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layout: post
title: "Debian Jessie on Dell Precision M4800"
date: 2014-11-22 01:16:09 +0100
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The testing ISO image works on a USB key.
Using the nvidia (non-free) driver
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To install the nVidia driver:
* make sure installed kernel headers (linux-headers) match kernel (linux-image),
otherwise DKMS won't build.
* install nvidia-driver (note: this will build a kernel module, so requires
a working compiler)
* run `nvidia-xconfig --query-gpu-info` by hand and make note of PCI BusID
* run `nvidia-xconfig --busid=PCI:x:x:x` to generate xorg.conf
BIOS setup
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* Video -> Switchable graphics -> uncheck Enable Switchable Graphics
GNOME 3
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Disable `gnome-keyring`:
```
$ cd /etc/xdg/autostart
$ mv gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop gnome-keyring-ssh.desktop-
$ mv gnome-keyring-gpg.desktop gnome-keyring-gpg.desktop-
```
Remember NumLock state:
```
$ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.keyboard remember-numlock-state true
```
Support for smart-card reader
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`apt-get install pcscd`
Network
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Disable [IPv6 Privacy Extensions](https://home.regit.org/2011/04/ipv6-privacy/)
```plain /etc/sysctl.conf
# Disable IPv6 "Privacy extensions" (random SLAAC addresses)
net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr=0
net.ipv6.conf.default.use_tempaddr=0
```