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<SOLVED> How to install drivers sparkylinux

Started by gabinader, November 19, 2020, 04:07:32 PM

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gabinader

I just built a gaming PC and installed sparkylinux on it. I cant change the resolution to anything beyond 1024x768. I figured that I probably am missing video drivers for my card: GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2070. I tried the nvidia-detect and it said that it couldnt find drivers that are compatible. Does this mean that I should ditch sparkylinux?

lami07

For gaming you will need NVIDIA Proprietary Driver. Here you will find basic information:
https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
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gabinader

Thanks for your reply. The issue is that nvidia-detect is not giving me any information so I am not sure which driver I need.

lami07

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Disclaimer. I have no access to device with NVIDIA GPU. My knowledge about subject is purely theoretical and might be incomplete.

Run this command to identify your GPU
lspci -nn | egrep -i "3d|display|vga"

And compere the result with list of supported devices here
https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Desktop_Drivers

Before you proceed with istalation make sure you have installed headers for your kernel in use and dkms package.

After successful instalation run nvidia-xconfig
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