Re: Nvidia 340 driver bug

[floris <jkfloris@dds.nl>]

Pétùr schreef op 2018-06-02 17:46:
> > This is a bug in the nvidia driver module. There is not much you can 
> > do
> > until it is fixed upstream.
>
> Thanks!
>
> I would like to use the nouveau driver waiting for the fix.
>
> However I an unable to boot X with the nouveau driver.
>
> I did:
>
> # apt-get purge nvidia.
> # apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> # reboot
>
> I have no xorg.conf.
>
> $ startx
>
> says:
>
> XF86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitted)

Did you also removed the NVidia symlinks? I'm not sure if they are 
removed when you purge the NVidia packages.

Try:
sudo update-glx --config glx
If there are any options choose mesa

and rebuild initramfs with:
sudo update-initramfs -u


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Floris