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GeForce 8200M G Linux Lite 3.8 - linuxweb - 03-03-2018
What drive do I use for the GeForce 8200M G on Linux Lite 3.8?
Re: GeForce 8200M G Linux Lite 3.8 - Valtam - 03-03-2018
What nVidia driver are you using, legacy binary or binary? How did you install the driver?
Re: GeForce 8200M G Linux Lite 3.8 - linuxweb - 03-03-2018
Binary 340.104...
If I use legacy binary 304.135, then my screen will start to flicker and shortly the whole computer locks up and I have to do a hard shutdown.
When I use X.Org X Server, I get no video (just sound) with VLC...
Re: GeForce 8200M G Linux Lite 3.8 - Valtam - 03-04-2018
See the end of this thread- https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=213912 looks like the 304 version is better for your card.
Make sure you uninstall the nVidia driver you are using now. Reboot then do:
Code:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-304But you say you have already tried it so...tricky.
You could try:
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-currentAgain, make sure you uninstall the nVidia driver you are using now. Reboot, then try the above.
Re: GeForce 8200M G Linux Lite 3.8 - linuxweb - 03-04-2018
Hey,
I changed back to the X.Org X Server drv, rebooted, I did your first suggestion,
Code:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-304- it did a lot of things and one thing I noticed at the beginning it said it was removing the 340 version??
It completed, all looked good, I did a reboot and all was well. I checked the Update drivers and it showed I was using 304 version.
I was able to watch a video on VLC, not one flicker anywhere!
I did an Install Updates (US site) and it came back that my system was up to date. So I will try this for a day of two and msg back here.
But I will thank you for now sir.
Should I tempt fate and complete your second suggestion for the updates too?
Re: GeForce 8200M G Linux Lite 3.8 - Valtam - 03-04-2018
If it ain't broke...you know the rest.
Do not tempt fate
Smooth sailing.
Re: GeForce 8200M G Linux Lite 3.8 - rhyme99669 - 10-06-2018
No question here; I just wanted to add my experience. I'm using an older HP laptop G60-231WM, AMD Athlonx2 64-bit. The HP specs page lists the graphics card as NVIDIA GeForce 8200M, but Ubuntu 18.04 consistently identifies it as the 8200M G. I started at LinuxLite 4.0 which is based on 18.04. When I tried to use the default Nouveau driver, the fan runs hard all the time and flickers and laggy playback happen on high-demand graphics or even just YouTube at 720p resolution. When I switched to Nvidia's 340.xx driver, I got frequent lockups with crazy stuff happening on the screen. When I tried to apt-get install nvidia-304, it told me the package was unavailable. Finally, I downgraded to LinuxLite 3.8, installed nvidia-304 (nvidia-304.135 driver) and got great results with YouTube, DVDs, AND lower fan workload. I'm really happy with LinuxLite 3.8 and the Nvidia 304 driver.