using nvidia gpus in devuan
context
- devuan releases table @
- wikipedia / nvidia gpu list @
- @ nvidia / unix drivers
- debian wiki / NvidiaGraphicsDrivers@
- nouveau/codenames @
- Devuan forum / Nouveua vs Nvidia benchmarks on GM206 @
- @ envytools / nvidia gpu docs
installation of nouveau driver
Installing devuan on a pc with a nvidia gpu will result in installation of nouveau driver. How that happens? What packages are involved ?
installation of priopriatory driver
gather related info
devuan version and it's corresponding debian version
That could be usefull for accessing and using related info available in the debian wiki. ref : devuan releases table @
identify installed gpu card
install non-free/x11 nvidia-detect and execute nvidia-detect
disable secure boot
According to the debian wiki :
$ sudo mokutil --sb-state // check secure boot state
In Daedalus i didnt succeed in enrolling my machine keys so i disabled secure boot in the uefi bios. How that is done is not standard across uefi-bioses.
Add contib and non-free apt sources
Add "contrib", "non-free" components to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:
- deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus main contrib non-free
- apt update
linux headers
Do we need linux headers ? What is linux headers? linux-headers-amd64
install non-free firmware
firmware-nvidia
install nvidia-driver
issues
persistance daemon
$ sudo apt-cache show nvidia-driver Recommends: nvidia-settings (>= 535), libnvidia-cfg1 (= 535.216.01-1~deb12u1), nvidia-persistenced (>= 535) During installation in Daedalus
utilities
nvdia-settings
nvidia-detect
nvidia-smi
nvidia-detect recommends a driver version.
nvidia-smi
nvidia-smi (also NVSMI) provides monitoring and management capabilities for each of NVIDIA's Tesla, Quadro, GRID and GeForce devices from Fermi and higher architecture families
$ nvidia-smi -q -d TEMPERATURE
benchmarks
programs
in devuan
glmark2
third parties
Unigine Benchmarks
benchmarking GM206
Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0
| - | nouveau | nvidia |
|---|---|---|
| FPS | 10.8 | 99.8 |
| Score | 452 | 4176 |
| Min FPS | 7.5 | 43.3 |
| Max FPS | 7.5 | 167.8 |
glmark2 Score: 842 glmark2 Score: 17719
secured boot
If secureboot is enabled the nvidia driver must be signed and the key used to sign it must be enrolled to the uefi's keys using either mokutil or from the uefi setup.