NVIDIA 64 bit + Knoppix64 not working

[DTeCH]

Hey Klaus

It has been 7 years since i installed the NVIDIA drivers with your help, but i've since installed AMD about a year ago, but now I need NVIDIA again, because the stupid AMD card burnt up lol, but the method you gave that worked before for NVIDIA, no longer works, this is what i'm getting now when I use your old instructions for DVD version 7.0.5...

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-kernel-common/experimental nvidia-kernel-dkms/experimental nvidia-vdpau-driver/experimental glx-alternative-nvidia/experimental nvidia-glx/experimental glx-diversions/experimental xserver-xorg-video-nvidia/experimental nvidia-alternative/experimental nvidia-settings/experimental nvidia-xconfig/experimental libgl1-nvidia-alternatives/experimental libglx-nvidia-alternatives/experimental glx-alternative-mesa/experimental libgl1-nvidia-glx/experimental nvidia-installer-cleanup/experimental nvidia-support/experimental libxnvctrl0/experimental
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Release 'experimental' for 'nvidia-kernel-common' was not found
E: Release 'experimental' for 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' was not found
E: Release 'experimental' for 'nvidia-vdpau-driver' was not found
E: Release 'experimental' for 'glx-alternative-nvidia' was not found
E: Release 'experimental' for 'nvidia-glx' was not found
E: Release 'experimental' for 'glx-diversions' was not found
E: Release 'experimental' for 'xserver-xorg-video-nvidia' was not found
E: Release 'experimental' for 'nvidia-alternative' was not found
E: Release 'experimental' for 'nvidia-settings' was not found
E: Release 'experimental' for 'nvidia-xconfig' was not found
E: Unable to locate package libgl1-nvidia-alternatives
E: Unable to locate package libglx-nvidia-alternatives
E: Release 'experimental' for 'glx-alternative-mesa' was not found
E: Release 'experimental' for 'libgl1-nvidia-glx' was not found
E: Release 'experimental' for 'nvidia-installer-cleanup' was not found
E: Release 'experimental' for 'nvidia-support' was not found
E: Release 'experimental' for 'libxnvctrl0' was not found
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$

It looks like the "Experimental" location no longer exists, or has changed to something else. Any Ideas? I also did the "sudo apt-get update" command first too. I'm using DVD version 8.2 now by the way.

[DTeCH]

I couldn't edit the previous post, so here's a new one.

While waiting for a reply, I looked at the instructions you gave me 7 years ago, & decided to replace the word "experimental" with the word "buster", & ran the commands again. This is what Buster returned...

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-kernel-common/buster nvidia-kernel-dkms/buster nvidia-vdpau-driver/buster glx-alternative-nvidia/buster nvidia-glx/buster glx-diversions/buster xserver-xorg-video-nvidia/buster nvidia-alternative/buster nvidia-settings/buster nvidia-xconfig/buster libgl1-nvidia-alternatives/buster libglx-nvidia-alternatives/buster glx-alternative-mesa/buster libgl1-nvidia-glx/buster nvidia-installer-cleanup/buster nvidia-support/buster libxnvctrl0/buster
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Release 'buster' for 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' was not found
E: Release 'buster' for 'nvidia-glx' was not found
E: Unable to locate package libgl1-nvidia-alternatives
E: Unable to locate package libglx-nvidia-alternatives

...Only a few things missing. So... I tried replacing buster with sid, & this was the results...

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-kernel-common/sid nvidia-kernel-dkms/sid nvidia-vdpau-driver/sid glx-alternative-nvidia/sid nvidia-glx/sid glx-diversions/sid xserver-xorg-video-nvidia/sid nvidia-alternative/sid nvidia-settings/sid nvidia-xconfig/sid libgl1-nvidia-alternatives/sid libglx-nvidia-alternatives/sid glx-alternative-mesa/sid libgl1-nvidia-glx/sid nvidia-installer-cleanup/sid nvidia-support/sid libxnvctrl0/sid
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Release 'sid' for 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' was not found
E: Release 'sid' for 'nvidia-glx' was not found
E: Unable to locate package libgl1-nvidia-alternatives
E: Unable to locate package libglx-nvidia-alternatives
E: Release 'sid' for 'libgl1-nvidia-glx' was not found

...this one was missing libgl1-nvidia-glx. So, I changed the word sid to stretch, & tried again...

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-kernel-common/stretch nvidia-kernel-dkms/stretch nvidia-vdpau-driver/stretch glx-alternative-nvidia/stretch nvidia-glx/stretch glx-diversions/stretch xserver-xorg-video-nvidia/stretch nvidia-alternative/stretch nvidia-settings/stretch nvidia-xconfig/stretch libgl1-nvidia-alternatives/stretch libglx-nvidia-alternatives/stretch glx-alternative-mesa/stretch libgl1-nvidia-glx/stretch nvidia-installer-cleanup/stretch nvidia-support/stretch libxnvctrl0/stretch
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Release 'stretch' for 'nvidia-glx' was not found
E: Unable to locate package libgl1-nvidia-alternatives
E: Unable to locate package libglx-nvidia-alternatives

This one had most things, but is still missing nvidia-glx, libgl1-nvidia-alternatives, & libglx-nvidia-alternatives. I'm stuck guys... I'm not a guru, & have no idea what to do next.

Thanks for your help, as always.

[klaus2008]

Hi DTeCH!

I got an email from this site telling that you might need some assistance.

The first thing I did when I read your message was to download an ISO image of the Knoppix version you are currently using.
I prepared an USB Flash device with Knoppix 8.2.0 then.
Now I have some time to investigate the situation.
Knoppix 8.2.0 was built in 2018. It is based on Debian stable (stretch), testing (buster) and unstable (sid) with the Linux 4.12.7 kernel. There were some improvements since.
In 2019 there was a public release of Knoppix 8.6.1 based on Debian stable (buster), testing (bullseye) and unstable (sid) with the Linux 5.3.5 kernel.
You see Knoppix 8.2.0 uses the previous Version of the Debian Distribution.

What kind of Nvidia GPU are you currently using? Nvidia sometimes removes older GPUs from the list of the supported Hardware.
I have got a PC with an Nvidia 960 GTX graphics card and another one with an Nvidia 1060 GTX graphics card. Is this the hardware you intend to use?

Regards
Klaus2008

[DTeCH]

Hey Klaus!

No, the card that I'm using is an old one, it's the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE Made in 2005 i think. Here's my "Windows 7 Ultimate" picture of CPU-Z snapshot & card:




Here's a bigger picture:



It runs everything fine on windows, except for the bigger games as usual, & i think I ran it on this same Knoppix 8.2 before I installed AMD to replace it,
& it ran fine... I think. I'm sure it did, i think. lol

Anyway, the driver version installed for it on Windows 7 is 9.18.13.908 ( NVIDIA 309.08 ) Win7 64bit. According to the CPU-Z tool.

It had to have worked because my Custom Dual GPU NVIDIA Card died a few years back, & the only card i had to use was the NVIDIA 6200 LE,
& I have no memories of there ever being a problem to install NVIDIA ever since you showed me how to do it. I just came to this thread,
copied your code, & ran it, then restarted, & everything was always good. I Use Knoppix a lot. I recently got an AMD card with more memory,
so I installed that instead about a year ago, but it burnt up recently, so I'm back to the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE / 512MB for now.

I must have broken something somewhere, or removed the drivers or something, because now, the card runs everything, but VERY VERY SLOWLY,
& all the system animations each takes about 10 seconds to animate, as well as Youtube videos... SLOW & LAGGY, but the audio of the videos are fine,
with no lags, & Also, I can't fine any NVIDIA configuration toos installed on the system anywhere, so I think I uninstalled them maybe?

The only thing I have done differently now is, I haven't successfully run the code you gave me 7 years ago yet, the
"Experimental" branch seems to have removed all those files now. Every other time I got to this point, I Just came back here, & ran your code,
& everything was back to normal.