Bug#828870: nvidia-driver: Incorrect amount of graphics memory detected

[Lucas Serrano]

On 09/07/2018 11:55, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Control: tag -1 moreinfo
> 
> On 2016-06-29 14:01, Luca Boccassi wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 2016-06-28 at 19:23 +0200, Lucas Serrano wrote:
>>>>> Package: nvidia-driver
>>>>> Version: 352.79-8
> 
>>>>> I own a Clevo W255EG with an integrated GT 645M. Both nvidia-settings
>>>>> and nvidia-smi report 1GB as the total amount of graphics memory
>>>>> available. But there is at least 3x1GB graphical memory chips soldered
>>>>> on the laptop motherboard, which is consistent with amount of graphics
>>>>> memory reported on other laptops using this graphic card.
> 
>> For Linux stuff it's very common to create a new thread on the forum:
>>
>> https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/board/98/linux/
>>
>> I would encourage you to do so and add all details regarding your
>> hardware there. If you then report back the link to the thread, I can
>> add it to this bug metadata.
>>
>>> Also I found an interesting paragraph on the nvidia customer care website:
>>> "However, if you have a notebook computer, you must typically get driver
>>> updates directly from the manufacturer of your notebook. Notebook
>>> graphics cards are highly specialized and the reference drivers provided
>>> on the www.nvidia.com website may not work unless indicated"
>>>
>>> So I suppose that the driver is somehow customized for laptop,
>>> explaining maybe why I have less enabled memory than available. Sadly
>>> it's unlikely that Clevo provides up-to-date linux driver for my laptop.
>>
>> That would be very unusual, I've not seen such a problem before, but
>> anything can happen with proprietary drivers I suppose.
> 
> Is this still an issue with the latest driver (390.67) available in sid,
> buster, and stretch-backports?
> 
> 

I'm sorry but I can't test the latest drivers I don't have that laptop 
anymore.
-- 
Lucas