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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: quy3501 on June 24, 2021, 10:12:15 PM

Title: Nvidia drivers on Tinycore
Post by: quy3501 on June 24, 2021, 10:12:15 PM

I just used tinycore and I think it's pretty cool but I can't find the nvidia 390 legacy driver extension. Do I have to install manually from nvidia website? I found a extension named "firmware-nvidia.tcz" but I am not sure that it is the right one. I am quite new to linux

Title: Re: Nvidia drivers on Tinycore
Post by: Juanito on June 25, 2021, 03:15:11 AM

You don't mention which architecture or version of tinycore you are using, but assuming tc-12.x x86, there are only the xf86-video-nouveau and xf86-video-nv drivers available.

As the name suggests, the firmware-nvidia extension contains only firmware.

There are various nvidia driver extensions in earlier versions of tinycore, but to use 12.x, you would need to manually install the required closed source driver unless your hardware works with xf86-video-nouveau or xf86-video-nv.