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After I switched from Nvidia to AMD GPUs on my main rig, I can now run Sid without issue and upgrade my Kernel whenever I want to without getting a black screen
by abenga 4mo ago
After I switched from Nvidia to AMD GPUs on my main rig, I can now run Sid without issue and upgrade my Kernel whenever I want to without getting a black screen with a blinking cursor on the next boot.
- freedomben 4mo agoIndeed. Having a machine where I don't live in fear after every reboot is a killer feature for AMD
- lmm 4mo ago> Sid Are you refusing to use the Nvidia binary drivers and/or a setup like DKMS that ensures kernel modules are rebuilt as necessary? While I respect the principle, it's a problem you're creating for yourself. > upgrade my Kernel whenever I want to without getting a black screen with a blinking cursor on the next boot. Really? I had very much the opposite experience.
- abenga 4mo agoI installed the drivers according https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers. Yet every time a new kernel is released (note that this is new, new kernels, e.g. at the moment I am using 7.0.10, just one point release off the current tippy tip 7.0.11), whether or not Nvidia drivers would work after boot was a crapshoot. Maybe it's better now, seeing as they are trying to open source some part of the drivers, I guess. It got so troublesome at the time that I just got a 7800XT to replace my old 2070. Never had the issue again.