Re: Nvidia package installation problems
On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> wrote:
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>>have any trouble doing that. But I don't want to have a package from
>>repository still installed at the same time as the nvidia download.
>
> There are problems with that as you can imagine. Debian packages can
> get confused by a previous nvidia installation. I don't know whether
> the same is true the other way round, but better safe than sorry.
>
> I include here a list of all nvidia specific packages I have installed,
> for the sake of comparison with your own list:
>
> glx-alternative-nvidia_0.4.1
> libgl1-nvidia-glx_319.76-1
> libnvidia-ml1_319.76-1
> libvdpau1_0.7-1
> libxnvctrl0_319.72-1
> libxnvctrl0_319.72-1
> libxnvctrl0_319.72-1
> nvidia-driver_319.76-1
> nvidia-kernel-dkms_319.76-1
> nvidia-settings_319.72-1
> nvidia-alternative_319.76-1
> nvidia-xconfig_319.72-1
> nvidia-installer-cleanup_20131102+1 *
> nvidia-kernel-common_20131102+1
> nvidia-kernel-source_319.76-1
> nvidia-support_20131102+1
> xserver-xorg-video-nouveau_1.0.10-1
> xserver-xorg-video-nvidia_319.76-1
>
> * handy for ensuring the nvidia downloaded module stuff doesn't
> conflict with the Debian packages.
Before I gave up I ran 'dpkg-reconfigure with each package name above
hoping that fix something, or at least generate an error message that
would give some clue. But, no luck. So I uninstalled it all and
rebooted. My desktop came up fine with (I think) the vesa driver.
But, I often watch HD shows through MythTV, which didn't work well at
all with the vesa driver, nor with the nouveau driver. So, back to
the downloaded nvidia driver. Which had the exact same problem as the
nvidia package loaded through the repository, X would not load. Ouch,
I hadn't expected that.
Poking around again I noticed a line in Xorg.0.log:
"Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE+/vmlinux-3.11.-2-686-pae
root=/dev/mapper/MyVG-root_LV ro nomodeset nouveau.modeset=0"
I did notice that earlier, but wasn't worried about nouveau being in
there because it's blacklisted. But with these continuing problems I
guess it's worth looking into. I edited it out in /etc/defaults/grub
and ran 'update-grub'. That was it! I am really puzzled how it got
there. It seem strange to me that uninstalling the downloaded nvidia
drivers (which is the first thing I did when this all started) would
add that. None of the 'grub.*' files in /etc/defaults was newer than
2012, but it was in there, suggesting it was always in the command
line. So why was it a problem now??? As usual, I figure I must have
missed something, or done something dumb. But, at least it works!
Oh, and one of my reasons for changing in the first place was to have
the driver automatically configured for each new kernel update that
was installed. Apparently I did not have 'dkms' installed before, but
it got left over. The nvidia driver offered to register with it for
automatic updates. So I still get the main reason for changing.
Thanks for all your help,
Jon
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