SOLVED [KDE Version] How to Install Drivers?

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I am not really sure on how to install nvidia drivers and enable 3d acceleration. I have a GTX 1650 Max-Q. I did some stuff with

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nvidia-detect and installed the 470 drivers. And then I got carried away and installed one that was told from a Debian documentation.

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nvidia-smi works but I remember using a command similar to

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vainfo and my GPU didn't show up.

Someone I know told me that I was installing it wrong and that I should install it based on the desktop environment. They also told me about

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nvidia-vaapi-driver, which I did manage to install but I had to force-overwrite a file due to conflicts but didn't really configure it because I don't use Firefox.

But yeah it's just a total mess. I don't know if I installed it properly and I have no clue how to enable GPU 3d acceleration on Opera/Chrome. The fact that my CPU is going crazy whenever I do something on browser is driving me nuts. Yes, graphics acceleration is enabled (by default btw).

[duststuff]

Don't have much experience with this, so can't help you much with details. If you haven't done so already, the place I would probably start is searching this forum using one or more keywords related to your graphics hardware to see if anyone else has already encountered / solved this problem. (I guess it's always possible keywords related to the make / model of your laptop may also be useful / necessary.) Then you could do the same thing with Debian resources (see their website for documentation, wiki, etc.) and/or Debian-related forums. (Maybe even any Linux-related forums?) You do want to be aware of the dates of any related posts you see -- if they're pretty old, there's always a chance that part/all of them are not relevant anymore. You'll probably also want to take pretty detailed notes of your attempt to resolve this, so you can approach it more systematically. And putting some time into figuring out how to get possibly helpful input from terminal output and/or log files might also point you in the right direction on some aspects of this. This could turn out to be time-consuming, frustrating, and (on the positive side) an opportunity to learn, but I'm guessing there's a decent chance a fix or workaround can be found. Hopefully there are some nvidia users who can also chime in with more details perhaps.

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Don't have much experience with this, so can't help you much with details. If you haven't done so already, the place I would probably start is searching this forum using one or more keywords related to your graphics hardware to see if anyone else has already encountered / solved this problem. (I guess it's always possible keywords related to the make / model of your laptop may also be useful / necessary.) Then you could do the same thing with Debian resources (see their website for documentation, wiki, etc.) and/or Debian-related forums. (Maybe even any Linux-related forums?) You do want to be aware of the dates of any related posts you see -- if they're pretty old, there's always a chance that part/all of them are not relevant anymore. You'll probably also want to take pretty detailed notes of your attempt to resolve this, so you can approach it more systematically. And putting some time into figuring out how to get possibly helpful input from terminal output and/or log files might also point you in the right direction on some aspects of this. This could turn out to be time-consuming, frustrating, and (on the positive side) an opportunity to learn, but I'm guessing there's a decent chance a fix or workaround can be found. Hopefully there are some nvidia users who can also chime in with more details perhaps.

Yeah already searched the best I could. I have absolutely no clue.

[duststuff]

I just noticed on my Sparky 7.3 system that the 'APTus AppCenter' (accessible through the apps / 'start' menu) has a package called 'Nvidia Settings' (under 'System'-'Others'). If that's also available on your system, it might be worth checking out, if you haven't already. There's a chance that it's only useful if you already have the correct driver(s) installed, but I thought I'd mention it anyway in case it's helpful. I think there are also one or more general Linux packages 'out there' that were developed to identify the hardware of a system and then search online for a matching driver. I haven't ever used one of these, but I've heard others reference them who were facing situations roughly similar to yours.

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I just noticed on my Sparky 7.3 system that the 'APTus AppCenter' (accessible through the apps / 'start' menu) has a package called 'Nvidia Settings' (under 'System'-'Others'). If that's also available on your system, it might be worth checking out, if you haven't already. There's a chance that it's only useful if you already have the correct driver(s) installed, but I thought I'd mention it anyway in case it's helpful. I think there are also one or more general Linux packages 'out there' that were developed to identify the hardware of a system and then search online for a matching driver. I haven't ever used one of these, but I've heard others reference them who were facing situations roughly similar to yours.

Yeah I already have that. It turns out that it was installed successfully as I was able to seek help from the NVIDIA discord.

[duststuff]

Hey, glad to hear it! :-)