What drivers do I need for a Nvidia geforce GTX 1660 Ti to work?

[Sharon Kimble]

Yesterday I installed my new graphics card but when I rebooted the system stopped just before the lightdm login box, and just stayed with a cursor blinking at the top left of the screen. I'm assuming that I need new drivers for it, so my question is -

What do I need to install to get a - Nvidia geforce GTX 1660 Ti - to work using Debian 10 please?

I've googled but haven't found anything relevant to Debian 10.

Thanks
Sharon.

[Sven Joachim]

Post by Sharon Kimble
Yesterday I installed my new graphics card but when I rebooted the
system stopped just before the lightdm login box, and just stayed with
a cursor blinking at the top left of the screen. I'm assuming that I
need new drivers for it, so my question is -
What do I need to install to get a - Nvidia geforce GTX 1660 Ti - to work using Debian 10 please?

The nvidia-driver package in non-free should work with it. There is no
support by free drivers, you would need at least a Linux 5.2 kernel
while Debian 10 comes with 4.19.

Cheers,
Sven

[hobie of RMN]

Post by Sven Joachim

Post by Sharon Kimble
Yesterday I installed my new graphics card but when I rebooted the
system stopped just before the lightdm login box, and just stayed with
a cursor blinking at the top left of the screen. I'm assuming that I
need new drivers for it, so my question is -
What do I need to install to get a - Nvidia geforce GTX 1660 Ti - to
work using Debian 10 please?

The nvidia-driver package in non-free should work with it. There is no
support by free drivers, you would need at least a Linux 5.2 kernel
while Debian 10 comes with 4.19.
Cheers,
Sven

How about GeForce 210...? Will the nouveau kernel module work for that or
are non-free drivers needed, on Debian 10?

--hobie

[Sven Joachim]

Post by hobie of RMN
How about GeForce 210...? Will the nouveau kernel module work for that or
are non-free drivers needed, on Debian 10?

The GeForce 210 has been around for many years, and nouveau should work fine
with it, modulo bugs.

Cheers,
Sven

[Jiri Kanicky]

Hi,

Did you try to install "nvidia-driver"?


I run nvidia drivers successfully with GTX 1050ti (on SID) as follows:


When you install the driver test if the nvidia modules were build by
"lsmod" or "modprobe nvidia". If the module is missing "dpkg-reconfigure
nvidia-kernel-dkms".

You should also check that novea is blacklisted.

/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf ->
/etc/alternatives/glx--nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf

# cat /etc/alternatives/glx--nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf
# You need to run "update-initramfs -u" after editing this file.

# see #580894
blacklist nouveau


To use only the nvidia graphics create this xorg.conf.

# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Module"
    Load "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "nvidia"
    Driver "nvidia"
    BusID "PCI:01:00:00"
    Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
EndSection


You might also change the following file if you use SDDM.

/usr/share/sddm/scripts

#!/bin/sh
# Xsetup - run as root before the login dialog appears
xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0
xrandr --auto


Jiri

Post by Sharon Kimble
Yesterday I installed my new graphics card but when I rebooted the system stopped just before the lightdm login box, and just stayed with a cursor blinking at the top left of the screen. I'm assuming that I need new drivers for it, so my question is -
What do I need to install to get a - Nvidia geforce GTX 1660 Ti - to work using Debian 10 please?
I've googled but haven't found anything relevant to Debian 10.
Thanks
Sharon.

[Jiri Kanicky]

Hi,

Did you try to install "nvidia-driver"?


I run nvidia drivers successfully with GTX 1050ti (on SID) as follows:


When you install the driver test if the nvidia modules were build by
"lsmod" or "modprobe nvidia". If the module is missing "dpkg-reconfigure
nvidia-kernel-dkms".

You should also check that novea is blacklisted.

/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf ->
/etc/alternatives/glx--nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf

# cat /etc/alternatives/glx--nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf
# You need to run "update-initramfs -u" after editing this file.

# see #580894
blacklist nouveau


To use only the nvidia graphics create this xorg.conf.

# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Module"
    Load "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "nvidia"
    Driver "nvidia"
    BusID "PCI:01:00:00"
    Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
EndSection


You might also change the following file if you use SDDM.

/usr/share/sddm/scripts

#!/bin/sh
# Xsetup - run as root before the login dialog appears
xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0
xrandr --auto


Jiri

Post by Sharon Kimble
Yesterday I installed my new graphics card but when I rebooted the system stopped just before the lightdm login box, and just stayed with a cursor blinking at the top left of the screen. I'm assuming that I need new drivers for it, so my question is -
What do I need to install to get a - Nvidia geforce GTX 1660 Ti - to work using Debian 10 please?
I've googled but haven't found anything relevant to Debian 10.
Thanks
Sharon.