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Problems with nvidia driver

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carlos11
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Problems with nvidia driver

#1 Post by carlos11 »

greetings,

im runnning stretch
Linux carlos 4.10.0-35-generic #39~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 09:02:42 UTC 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux
After changing the gpu to a 1060, i had problems with nouveau (blackscreen), so i decided to install the nvidia driver. With a Ubuntu system i had no problems at all, but on my debian it is the horror.

At first i went with this tutorial

https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers

but after reboot i go a black screen. After that i tried different tutorials and sources like
apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's/[^-]*-[^-]*-//') nvidia-driver
apt install firmware-linux nvidia-driver nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig

the run from the nvidia website was no success cause first i hard to blacklist the nvidia_drm, after this it found pieces of older installations, the uninstaller could't delete all, with
apt purge nvidia*
i didnt work either.

After reboot sometimes i got a black screen, with nomodeset i reached the console but cant start x. Log says either
[ 10.881] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
[ 10.881] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages and
[ 10.881] (EE) NVIDIA: consult the NVIDIA README for details.
[ 10.881] (EE) No devices detected.
[ 10.881] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 10.881] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[ 10.881] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 10.881] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 10.881] (EE)
[ 10.883] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
or
Dec 16 13:41:39 carlos sddm[721]: Initializing...
Dec 16 13:41:39 carlos sddm[721]: Starting...
Dec 16 13:41:39 carlos sddm[721]: Adding new display on vt 7 ...
Dec 16 13:41:39 carlos sddm[721]: Display server starting...
Dec 16 13:41:39 carlos sddm[721]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/sddm/{326a07d3-bcd2-40d6-b518-36b55d647584} -background none -noreset -displayfd 18 vt7
Dec 16 13:41:39 carlos sddm[721]: Display server failed to start. Exiting
Dec 16 13:41:39 carlos systemd[1]: sddm.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT
Dec 16 13:41:39 carlos systemd[1]: sddm.service: Unit entered failed state.
Dec 16 13:41:39 carlos systemd[1]: sddm.service: Failed with result 'signal'.
...
ec 16 13:41:40 carlos systemd[1]: sddm.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Dec 16 13:41:40 carlos systemd[1]: Stopped Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Dec 16 13:41:40 carlos systemd[1]: sddm.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Dec 16 13:41:40 carlos systemd[1]: Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager.
Dec 16 13:41:40 carlos systemd[1]: sddm.service: Unit entered failed state.
Dec 16 13:41:40 carlos systemd[1]: sddm.service: Failed with result 'signal'.
The xorg.conf i created with nvidia-xconfig is nealry the same as the one at the running ubuntu system.
Installing nvidia-kernel-dkms didn't work on my problems.

i'm out of options and knowledge, if you got any solutions, i'd really appreciate some help :)

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Re: Problems with nvidia driver

#2 Post by stevepusser »

carlos11 wrote:greetings,

im runnning stretch
Linux carlos 4.10.0-35-generic #39~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 09:02:42 UTC 2017 x86_64 GNU/Linux

(much technosorrow due to the Ubuntu kernel headers not being available and the user ignoring the error messages deleted)
Not with that Ubuntu kernel, you're not. Use the Debian kernel and repositories, and it should work.
MX Linux packager and developer

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