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model: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTX 550 Ti] [1244](model id: 656)
possible other names of the device:
nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti Graphics Accelerator
GTX550Ti
GTX550 Ti
GTX 550 Ti
vendor:
NVIDIA Corporation
VendorID:ProductID code of the device:
10de:1244
year of commercialization:
2012
interface:
PCI-E
tested on:
Trisquel 5.5 Brigantia
Trisquel 6.0 Toutatis
tested with the following kernel libre:
3.2.0-49
3.10.5
how does it work with free software?
works with 3D acceleration
free driver used:
nouveau
Description:
Test of current Trisquel and Linux-libre kernel
Test environment:
  • Trisquel 6.0
  • Linux-libre kernel 3.2.0-49-generic, 3.10.5-gnu
  • xserver 1.11.4
  • mesa 9.1.6
  • nouveau 1.0.9
  • No proprietary firmware used.
Test result:
The Live installation image of Trisquel 6.0 would not login to its desktop environment. Almost everything worked as expected when using netinstall instead (it downloads the latest kernel and driver). Compiz and OPENGL does not work with mesa 9.2 and 9.3 by the time of August 2013. USB Audio DAC dropout from time to time but always with Chromium scrollbar movement (not observed with Intel HD Graphic and AMD + llvmpipe driver).

lspci -vmmnn

Slot:	05:00.0
Class:	VGA compatible controller [0300]
Vendor:	NVIDIA Corporation [10de]
Device:	GF116 [GeForce GTX 550 Ti] [1244]
SVendor:	ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. [19da]
SDevice:	Device [5194]
PhySlot:	1
Rev:	a1

lspci -nnk

05:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTX 550 Ti] [10de:1244] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device [19da:5194]
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
	Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb
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