nvidia driver install issues

pozric · 2016-03-16 00:58:38

Hi guys I installed nvidia driver doing this https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsD … stallation but my card is older and not supported of that version I didnt pay attention enough , I did it and ofc I got blankscreen and logged from live usb I deleted xorg.conf so I could log in and uninstalled Version 352.79 from synaptic but now its abit sluggish and slow etc and also I do get random freezes. I always had trouble when i try to install nvidia driver I have gt 220, should i reinstall bl.

Horizon_Brave · 2016-03-16 01:09:25

So you uninstalled the troubling nvidia driver. Do you know what vg driver you were using previously? What does a

lspci -vnn | grep -i vga

show you?

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pozric · 2016-03-16 01:14:41

Hi Horizon it shows this lspci -vnn | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GT215 [GeForce GT 220] [10de:0ca5] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

Horizon_Brave · 2016-03-16 01:30:46

Sorry, also should have asked, did you check your output of journalctl ? Grep for keywords like nvidia vga etc..? You may find some interesting hints logged there.

pozric · 2016-03-16 01:51:58

I didnt find anything in the output of journalctl , but the thing is I just could skip nvidia I mean I dont play games etc not now anyway. Do I really need the nvidia driver? ok its abit blurry with videos with noeuveau I guess.

Snap · 2016-03-16 06:44:48

Try this: https://forums.solydxk.com/viewtopic.php?t=2908

It saved my ass quite a few times.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-03-16 07:47:44

@OP: Please post the output of:

lspci -k | grep -iA2 'vga\|3d'

This will have a "kernel driver in use" line

If you wish to return to nouveau, remove any and all xorg configuration files and also remove the blacklist on the nouveau module that is needed to allow the NVIDIA drivers to work.

Find the blacklist with:

grep -R nouveau /etc/modprobe.d

The output will show you the file which contains the "blacklist nouveau" line -- open that file in a text editor (as root!) and remove that line; if it is the only line in the file, simply remove the file.

You will also have to remove any "nomodeset" kernel command line parameters (nouveau requires KMS), check if any have been added with:

cat /proc/cmdline

Edit /etc/default/grub then run `update-grub` to remove these.

Reboot to effect the changes.

damo · 2016-03-16 11:58:48

You can find out which is the recommended driver for your system by installing and running `nvidia-detect`

Here is my method for installing nvidia:

NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
---------------------
https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
1) Go to TTY1 (ctrl-alt-F1), then login as root: "sudo su -"
2) Stop the X server with "systemctl stop lightdm.service"
3) "apt-get install nvidia-settings nvidia-xconfig nvidia-driver"
This will also build the kernel nvidia module
4) Create xorg server config file [ important to do this before restarting X!!] by running
"nvidia-xconfig" [ error messages can usually be ignored ]
5) Reboot, to blacklist nouveau
5) set up monitors with "nvidia-settings" (although arandr should work)

pozric · 2016-03-17 00:53:39

Hey guys thanks for helping me , the forum was down for me earlier and Ive had major crashes and random reebots, I cant even ctrl+alt+F1, the computer is old, worn out so to speak hehe. Here is the output of

lspci -k | grep -iA2 'vga\|3d'
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT215 [GeForce GT 220] (rev a2)
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

Im gonna do what you wrote Damo and see if it works and then Im gonna try your link Snap.
It crashes alot now I think Its my memory that sux etc, plus I screwed up with the partitioning I think, Im not good with that part but it did not crash and freeze like this with crunchbang and I fucked up alot things then too, I love linux even if you screw stuff up its better than windows, never gonna go back cant do it:) Im gonna stick with linux forever. Tabks again guys you really are friendly and helpful.

Last edited by pozric (2016-03-17 01:07:48)

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