#1 2017-11-10 09:40:29

anarchosax

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New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

I have installed Bunsen Labs on a home built midi tower with an asrock 970 pro3 r2 motherboard and a nvidia geforce gt 1030 graphics card. I know that the nvidia-381 driver works with the graphics card, however I have no idea how to get this driver installed on a fresh install, when it refuses to boot. All I get is a blinking cursor underscore. I was a little surprised by this issue as everything was fine when booting the iso (usb) and installing.

Steve

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Re: New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

Hmm, i think bunsenlabs might not be able to run with that gpu. Have you tried with other linux distros?
The live session would be ok as it is running in a virtual state. I dont know the specifics but it might be a case of the free foss nvidia driver not having the capability to run that gpu from bare metal. The only option to get bunsenlabs going would be to drop back to intel video if intel cpu and install the driver that way, but i still think the linux kernel would not be enough to please your modern rig.

see here in regards to the non-free driver nouveau for this card https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page= … ux-Drivers

Bunsenlabs uses this driver by default for any using nvidia if i am not mistaken?

Last edited by Steve (2017-11-10 11:31:23)

anarchosax

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Re: New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

Thanks for the reply. Interesting. I tried a new install on /dev/sda, and that install works!!! I was able to boot into the system and am running the welcome script at this time Strange, but good. Unfortunately, the resolution doesn't seem to be the best. How do I check if I am using the correct driver and is it possible to change the resolution settings? Bunsenlabs has always just worked out of the box for me before, so I haven't any experience with changing the resolution.

Steve

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Re: New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

You could use arandr to check/modify resolution.

What is your dmesg output?

dmesg -k

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anarchosax

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Re: New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

Here.

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Re: New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

nvidia-smi should give you some info. To change stuff nvidia-settings as sudo and generate xorg.conf at the exit (backup previous version before that manually if there is one).

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Steve

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Re: New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

Here you go.

[    5.225432] nouveau E[  DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] unknown chipset, 0x138000a1
[    5.225486] nouveau E[     DRM] failed to create 0x80000080, -22
[    5.225832] nouveau: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -22

This command may give similar output?

dmesg | grep -iC 3 "graphics"

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anarchosax

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Re: New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

nvidia-smi should give you some info. To change stuff nvidia-settings as sudo and generate xorg.conf at the exit (backup previous version before that manually if there is one).

$ nvidia-smi
bash: nvidia-smi: command not found

anarchosax

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Re: New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

Here you go.

This command may give similar output?

dmesg | grep -iC 3 "graphics"

No output at all.

brontosaurusrex

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Re: New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

I thought you have installed drivers directly from nvidia?

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anarchosax

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Re: New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

Sorry, I wasn't aware that I needed to. New hardware, new issues. Always got away with the nouveau driver in the standard install. Should I install as mentioned in the Debian Wiki here or download from Nvidia?

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brontosaurusrex

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Re: New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

Debian way if your specific card is supported (unlikely) and nvidia way otherwise is what I would do. There is a long guide from Damo somewhere in this forums.

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Re: New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

You can try an SVN checkout and see if newer versions of the NVIDIA driver are available from Debian:

https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsD … s_from_SVN

Installing the drivers from Debian makes future system maintenance _much_ easier because the modules are rebuilt automatically after kernel updates.

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Re: New install won't boot. Screen flikker and Nvidia Geforce GT 1030.

All I get is a blinking cursor underscore

Ooops, missed this...

That usually indicates that you need to disable kernel modesetting for your video card(s).

See these links for details, post back if you need more help:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … odesetting

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … eters#GRUB

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