AVLinux sources.list && Nvidia & RT

[khz]

2 questions:
1)
Can you pls post your AVLinux sources.list. THX
My AVLinux sources.list, is that's right?

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### DEBIAN STRETCH
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free


# DEBIAN UNSTABLE (AKA SID)
# deb http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
# deb-src http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/debian/ unstable contrib non-free main


# Pipelight-Multi
deb http://repos.fds-team.de/stable/debian/ sid main


# LIQUORIX (OPTIONAL KERNELS)
deb http://liquorix.net/debian sid main
# deb-src http://liquorix.net/debian sid main


# AVL Kernels
deb http://www.bandshed.net/kernels/apt/ stretch main


# UBUNTUZILLA (Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Builds)
deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt/ all main


# Tragtor & Other Apps
# deb http://repository.mein-neues-blog.de:9000/ /

"# Pipelight-Multi" and "# LIQUORIX (OPTIONAL KERNELS)" are "sid" <-- OK?

2)
How can i install Nvidia (like https://wiki.debian.org/GraphicsCard?) & is it stable with RT?

[khz]

Are the sources.list OK?
Is it possible/stable/safe to use nvidia && RT?

THX4feedback

[GMaq]

Hi!

The sources.list looks OK, except 'pipelight' is no longer developed so it can be commented out or removed.

nVidia and RT is a mess!

1. nVidia's own drivers from nVidia's site currently will fail to build when they detect that the default custom AV Linux kernel is RT preempt, so currently that doesn't work... If I can isolate one of the recent nVidia drivers and work around the RT detection then it may be possible. I have not had time so far this summer to look deeply into it and have a lot of not so great stuff going on offline right now.

2. If you install Debian's own RT kernel from the Stretch repositories then Synaptic will let you install the Debian 'nvidia-driver' metapackage and it will install BUT... in my experience there was some kind of OpenGL library mismatch and when you try to use any plugins with OpenGL UI's (a good example are Robin Gareus' x42 plugins) then they will instantly crash your host (in my case Ardour/Mixbus) so this option seems to work at first but is also broken (in my testing experience).

3. In AV Linux if you must have nVidia support I recommend to install the Liquorix lowlatency (not RT) kernel (the Liquorix repository is included by default) and then you can install the nVidia drivers using the sgfxi script which is also included.

sgfxi instructions are here: http://smxi.org/docs/sgfxi-manual.htm

sgfxi does work pretty well but it is extremely scary for newbies because it must be run as Root outside of X, so it can be very intimidating.

I'm sorry the news is not good for nVidia and RT on AV Linux right now...

Hope than answers your question, best regards!
Glen

[khz]

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