LMDE didn’t install the DKMS modules on my kid’s PC, so the nVidia drivers never loaded after a new kernel got installed. I do enough tech support at work so we chucked Pop!_OS on the PC (and set it up with btrfs and timeshift-autosnap) instead. No more problems.
May not be a problem with mainline Mint, of course, but there are weirdos like me who prefer the Debian edition.
It’s baffling to me. I just started using Linux Mint (Cinnamon) recently for the first time in my life, and it asked if I wanted to install the official Nvidia drivers during the initial setup.
And what are Nvidia users supposed to do?
I have never had problems with Nvidia drivers on Linux mint detects them and ask if you want to install the official drivers
LMDE didn’t install the DKMS modules on my kid’s PC, so the nVidia drivers never loaded after a new kernel got installed. I do enough tech support at work so we chucked Pop!_OS on the PC (and set it up with btrfs and timeshift-autosnap) instead. No more problems.
May not be a problem with mainline Mint, of course, but there are weirdos like me who prefer the Debian edition.
Don’t be ashamed of using Debian!
press two buttons after install
They’re supposed to buy an AMD card, obviously. /s
I wish AMD had a competitive 4090 alternative
It depends on your distro
…to let the distro pick the best driver for you? That’s what I do at least.
Use POP OS which has NVIDIA Drivers in the iso
Or Nobara which has a dedicated Nvidia install tool in its welcome screen
I’m starting to wonder if this is a meme or if people are actually having problems.
It’s baffling to me. I just started using Linux Mint (Cinnamon) recently for the first time in my life, and it asked if I wanted to install the official Nvidia drivers during the initial setup.