Installing a proprietary nvidia-304 driver on antix-21_386_base

Two basic steps are involved, but a 3rd intermediate step is required:


1) Reverting to xorg-server (1.19.2).
     It requires the forced installation (dpkg --install *.deb)
     of 23 debian-stretch-based packages:

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libxcb-util0_0.3.8-3+b2_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-core_1.19.2-1+deb9u5_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu_1.2.0-1+b1_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-ati_7.8.0-1+b1_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus_1.5.3-1+b2_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev_0.4.4-1+b5_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-glide_1.2.2-1+b6_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-intel_2.99.917+git20161206-1_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-mach64_6.9.5-1+b2_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-mga_1.6.5-1_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic_1.2.9-1+b2_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau_1.0.13-3_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome_0.5.0-3_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-qxl_0.1.4+20161126git4d7160c-1_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-r128_6.10.2-1_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-radeon_7.8.0-1+b1_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-savage_2.3.9-1_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion_1.7.9-2_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb_0.9.7-1_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-tdfx_1.4.7-1_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-trident_1.3.8-1_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-vesa_2.3.4-1+b2_i386.deb
xserver-xorg-video-vmware_13.2.1-1+b1_i386.deb

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The intel video module has a dependency on libxcb-util0:
Stretch and Buster use the same version of it, but Bullseye
doesn’t have it.

NB:  It is necessary, prior to the above step, to remove the package
xserver-xorg-video-sis671.   Debian Stretch does not have a version.

Intermediate Step

It was discovered that an anomaly is caused by ISO Snapshot when trying
to install a customized version of antiX-19  on another machine requiring the
subject driver. On the .iso produced by ISO Snapshot, the disable-nouveau.conf
file created in the /etc/modprobe.d directory is deleted.  (This problem is the
the same for antiX-21).

This characteristic is of no consequence if the target machine for
the ISO Snapshot .iso uses a graphics card other than NVIDIA, but
for a machine that does have the card, when boot-up is attempted
with the ISO Snapshot live dvd, failure inevitably occurs with a
heavily pixillated screen.

The workaround is can be done in at least 2 different ways:

-after completion of Step 1, suspend the graphics installation entirely, 
 and complete the installation of all additional application software that is desired;
 or alternately,  complete Step 2 up to and including the 
 sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-304.137.run -x   command and then install 
 all additional application software.

NB:  the Step 2 procedure as described below utilizes a /home subdirectory
 for locating the NVIDIA*.run and nvidia*.patch files.  As  the /home 
 subdirectories can be omitted when running ISO Snapshot,  a directory
 that is sure to be retained should be used for these 2 files, and for
 saving disable-nouveau.conf, e.g.  /usr/share/Nvidia.

-run ISO Snapshot to create the customized .iso
-install the customized .iso in the target NVIDIA machine
-complete the graphics installation with the restoration of the 
  disable-nouveau.conf file to /etc/modprobe.d and the
  installation of  the nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver as the last 2 sub-steps.



2) Except for the directory change prescribed in the Intermediate Step above,  and 
    omission of the patch, follow EXACTLY the July 17, 2018 steps in the “nvidia-304 won’t   install” post, https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2396263.

Len E.