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RandomQ4OSUser

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Re: [Closed] Unable to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Q4OS 4.13

Yes, they doesn't work for your card

Alright, thanks for the help anyway.

q4osteam

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Re: [Closed] Unable to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Q4OS 4.13

You could also run:
$ nvidia-detect
what is the output ?
if that command detects a supported card, it's a bug in Q4OS received from Debian upstream.

In anyway thanks for reporting.

Last edited by q4osteam (2025-02-06 13:46)

RandomQ4OSUser

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Re: [Closed] Unable to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Q4OS 4.13

It detected a card.

Detected NVIDIA GPUs:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [GeForce 610M] [10de:1058] (rev a1)

Checking card:  NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [GeForce 610M] (rev a1)
Your card is only supported up to the 390 legacy drivers series.
It is recommended to install the
    nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver
package.

q4osteam

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Re: [Closed] Unable to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Q4OS 4.13

So we are registering a new bug, thanks for reporting. Although you should be fine with the default Debian driver too.

RandomQ4OSUser

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Re: [Closed] Unable to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Q4OS 4.13

So we are registering a new bug, thanks for reporting. Although you should be fine with the default Debian driver too.

Alright, thanks but for now this thread will be closed.

q4osteam

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Re: [Closed] Unable to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Q4OS 4.13

You may also try to install newer Q4OS 5 Aquarius edition instead of Q4OS 4 Gemini

RandomQ4OSUser

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Re: [Closed] Unable to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Q4OS 4.13

Driver 390 works only till Debian 11. I will be staying here till EOL.

RandomQ4OSUser

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Re: [Closed] Unable to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Q4OS 4.13

You may also try to install newer Q4OS 5 Aquarius edition instead of Q4OS 4 Gemini

This is in fact a Q4OS bug, because the drivers worked on Linux Mint, the last time I used it.

q4osteam

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Re: [Closed] Unable to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Q4OS 4.13

@RandomQ4OSUser
Q4OS is based on Debian, Mint on Ubuntu. This bug comes from Debian upstream.

crosscourt

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Re: [Closed] Unable to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Q4OS 4.13

What model number/name  of laptop are you using?

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RandomQ4OSUser

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Re: [Closed] Unable to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Q4OS 4.13

What model number/name  of laptop are you using?

Asus K53SD, It doesn't matter though, I'm now using Quarkos with an Ubuntu base. The NVIDIA drivers work without an issue.

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Re: [Closed] Unable to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Q4OS 4.13

Glad you got it working. Thats my experience as well as Ubuntu based distros tend to have better hardware support.

How do you like Quark OS?  Ive been thinking of giving it a try.

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crosscourt

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Re: [Closed] Unable to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Q4OS 4.13

Just researched your Asus K53SD and there have been a lot of issues with the Optimus technology In Debian in particular but I noticed that Mint users werent having the same issues. It appears your move to Quark OS confirms there is a difference in the hardware support between Ubuntu and Debian.
I use Zorin OS(Ubuntu based) as well and it typically handles my older and newer hardware better overall.

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