Nvidia driver not loading after instalation

[jpantao]

Hello.

I just installed debian 9 stretch and I have been trying to get my nvidia GeForce GTX 950M to work following the debian wiki, installing the respective kernel headers and the nvidia driver recommended by nvidia-detect, also added 32-bit architecture with dpkg - -add-architecture i386 and installed the following packages: libavcodec-extra firmware-linux-nonfree.

After installing the driver and rebooting the system, when a try to open nvidia-settings I get the message:
"You do not appear to be using de NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run 'nvidia-xconfig' as root), and restart the X server."

In the debian wiki says that debian 9 does not need nvidia xconfig and I tryed to run nvidia-xconfig after installing the package and when I reboot the system I get a blinking cursor and nothing more.

I can't seem to find the answer on the internet. Can you help me?

Thank you.

[sunrat]

It would help if you explained what hardware you have. I suspect you have an Optimus dual graphics laptop for which the nvidia-driver package is not the correct way to get it working. Search the forums and internet for "Bumblebee".

[4D696B65]

In addition to what sunrat asked, what did nvidia-detect tell you to install? It has been telling people to install legacy drivers for modern cards.

p.s. stay away from nvidia-xconfig, its a piece of garbage.

[jpantao]

It would help if you explained what hardware you have. I suspect you have an Optimus dual graphics laptop for which the nvidia-driver package is not the correct way to get it working. Search the forums and internet for "Bumblebee".

Sorry, my laptop is an hp envy-notebook with the graphics car I mentioned I don't know if it is an Optimus dual graphics laptop but wouldn't the nvidia-detect tell me that?
Thank you for your time.

[jpantao]

In addition to what sunrat asked, what did nvidia-detect tell you to install? It has been telling people to install legacy drivers for modern cards.

p.s. stay away from nvidia-xconfig, its a piece of garbage.

It told me to install nvidia-driver.
I won't try nvidia-xconfig again for sure.

[4D696B65]

post the output of

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lspci

[jpantao]

post the output of

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lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 (rev 09)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Audio Controller (rev 09)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev e3)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev e3)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev e3)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev e3)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev e3)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP Thermal Management Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS522A PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
04:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 950M] (rev a2)
05:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Limited BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)

[4D696B65]

You have Optimus, both intel and nvidia
https://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee

[jpantao]

You have Optimus, both intel and nvidia
https://wiki.debian.org/Bumblebee

So I just install bublebee and I'm good to go?
I've installed it and the "optirun glxgears" seems to be working just fine.
I still cant use nvidia-settigs.

Thank you for your help!

[stevepusser]

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optirun -b none nvidia-settings -c :8

[jpantao]

Nice, thank you all for your help!