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<!> Make sure you read everything it tells you during the installation, especially about initrd image. If you use an unusual boot loader, you might need to reconfigure after installing the kernel image - don't forget to tell it to use appropriate initrd image for the kernel in this case (PackageManagement page has details about listing contents of a package).
My bootloader can be unusual, becasue there are 3 efi partitions.
The system reported "Fail to load kernel modules" and the display manager didn' t start.
The installation (apt-get install linux-image-4.18...) didn 't tell me anything.
What do I need to do?.
Also in the old kernel the display manager did' t start.
I installed lightdm (via cli) and used it that for a while.
I' m on debian 9 amd64.
Last edited by Scorpion on 2018-11-23 12:51, edited 1 time in total.
Put the output in code tags. That should give a nice idea of your hardware and drivers. My first guess is that you are using the proprietary Nvidia drivers and did not know that you have to use the version of those from backports for recent kernels.
apt-get install -t stretch-backports nvidia-driver
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
nvidia-driver is already the newest version (384.130-1).
So I' m using that nvidia driver (and a nvidia card).
Is there something else that should I know about the new kernels?
Scorpion wrote:
My bootloader can be unusual, becasue there are 3 efi partitions.
The system reported "Fail to load kernel modules" and the display manager didn' t start.
What do I need to do?.
What's unusual about that?
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llivv wrote:<!> Make sure you read everything it tells you during the installation, especially about initrd image. If you use an unusual boot loader, you might need to reconfigure after installing the kernel image - don't forget to tell it to use appropriate initrd image for the kernel in this case (PackageManagement page has details about listing contents of a package).
Becasue the guide states:
<!> Make sure you read everything it tells you during the installation, especially about initrd image. If you use an unusual boot loader, you might need to reconfigure after installing the kernel image - don't forget to tell it to use appropriate initrd image for the kernel in this case (PackageManagement page has details about listing contents of a package).
The current version of the Nvidia driver in stretch-backports is 390.87, and you need that version, because the older Nvida driver versions will fail to build on the backports kernel. It showed that error on the terminal output when you installed the newer kernel, but you must have missed it.
It doesn't seem that you have the backports repository enabled...what does "inxi -r" show for your repositories?
inxi -r
Repos:
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free
2: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free
3: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free
4: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free
5: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
6: deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
7: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main
I installed the (384) nvidia drivers via backports
...
7: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main
I installed the (384) nvidia drivers via backports
Not with those sources. You need contrib non-free added to your backports line. I guess it defaulted to installing nvidia-driver from main which currently has 384.130-1.
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7: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main
I installed the (384) nvidia drivers via backports
Not with those sources. You need contrib non-free added to your backports line. I guess it defaulted to installing nvidia-driver from main which currently has 384.130-1.
Right so I also need the non-free.
Meanwhile I had some big problems with the nvidia-driver. Aptitude saved me.
390 successfully installed, after I installed the 4.18... kernel and it is fine.
I know nothing about backports, I'm a sid (buildd repos) user, but, cuda *may have problems at this time, or very soon, since I know jack crap about backports and theirs not a problem disregard this
Backports are not unstable so I think that it will be fine. We will see
But I do have a problem when I boot take some time and the writings doesn' t appear on the screen.
I have the impression that gd3 starts when I open the tty 2(CTRL+ALT+F2).
After 5:15 minutes of waiting after I chose normal boot option (debian 4.18 kernel from backports) I pressed quickly enter 3 times. I got some writing. One maybe can help fix this problem apt daily download 4:55 and still not finished (only problematic/incomplete).
After some seconds gdm3 started.
Some times I left the pc there so I don' t need to press a key.
Why are not there the writings? Why so long?
Another pc with same kernel/system but without nvidia driver is fine.