On 23 August 2014 17:52, Robert Moonen <n0b0dy@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
Best to solve one problem at a time, so video first, by the non-free drivers do you mean this one http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-319.49-driver that seems to be the latest one. I am presently running Debian Wheezy on an i7 3820 with 8GB on a gigabyte mobo with a GT 520 video card and it is running just fine with kernel 3.2 and also using the actual nvidia driver, the driver I linked to covers both cards so would be a good place to start. As for the other problems you experience, this seems to be a contention/timeout problem, as no relatively new machine will ever take 30s to write a 2 kilobyte file.
Am using the drivers in Debian backports - I was using the drivers in stable, but upgraded, just in case. These work fine with the 3.12 kernel: $ dpkg -l \*nvidia\* | grep -v none Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-=====================================-============================================-============-============================================================================== ii glx-alternative-nvidia 0.4.1~bpo70+1 amd64 allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider ii libgl1-nvidia-glx:amd64 319.82-1~bpo70+2 amd64 NVIDIA binary OpenGL libraries ii libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386 319.82-1~bpo70+2 i386 NVIDIA binary OpenGL libraries ii libgl1-nvidia-glx-i386 319.82-1~bpo70+2 i386 NVIDIA binary OpenGL 32-bit libraries ii libnvidia-ml1:amd64 319.82-1~bpo70+2 amd64 NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) runtime library ii nvidia-alternative 319.82-1~bpo70+2 amd64 allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider ii nvidia-driver 319.82-1~bpo70+2 amd64 NVIDIA metapackage ii nvidia-glx 319.82-1~bpo70+2 amd64 transition to nvidia-driver ii nvidia-installer-cleanup 20131102+1~bpo70+1 amd64 cleanup after driver installation with the nvidia-installer ii nvidia-kernel-3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64 319.82+1~bpo70+1+1~bpo70+1+3.12.6-2~bpo70+1 amd64 NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64 ii nvidia-kernel-3.13-0.bpo.1-amd64 319.82+1~bpo70+1+1~bpo70+1+3.13.10-1~bpo70+1 amd64 NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 3.13-0.bpo.1-amd64 ii nvidia-kernel-3.14-0.bpo.1-amd64 319.82+1~bpo70+1+1~bpo70+2+3.14.4-1~bpo70+1 amd64 NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 3.14-0.bpo.1-amd64 ii nvidia-kernel-3.2.0-4-amd64 304.117+1+1+3.2.54-2 amd64 NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 ii nvidia-kernel-common 20131102+1~bpo70+1 amd64 NVIDIA binary kernel module support files ii nvidia-settings 319.72-1~bpo70+1 amd64 tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver ii nvidia-support 20120630+3 amd64 NVIDIA binary graphics driver support files ii nvidia-vdpau-driver:amd64 319.82-1~bpo70+2 amd64 NVIDIA vdpau driver ii xserver-xorg-video-nvidia 319.82-1~bpo70+2 amd64 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver Am going to try and disable gdm at boot, then I will be able be able to prove if X-Windows is a factor or not. -- Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>