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volker_weissmann

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Registered: 2020-01-05

Posts: 71

[SOLVED] Nvidia driver problems

Hello,

I'm trying to boot into a text console with neither nouveau nor the nvidia driver loaded, so that I can installed a patched version of the nvidia driver.
I blacklisted the nouveau drvier, ran nvidia uninstall script, installed, then uninstalled the nvidia and nvidia-dkms packages.

If I try to boot, I only get a blinking cursor. Everytime I hit Ctrl + Alt + F4 I get the
Arch Linux version (tty4)
hostname login:
screen for a split second, until it disappears again.

The following message appears Xorg.0.log and many, many times  in journalctl -b -1:
https://pastebin.com/L8bjUVju

My xorg.conf was created using `Xorg :2 -configure` and I suspect it is wrong: https://pastebin.com/yNvyg51N

Kernellog: https://pastebin.com/X92u50F3
Full journalctl log: https://www.mediafire.com/file/lxxixme3 … l.txt/file

Note that I don't care about Xorg, I only want to get a text console, so that I can install the real nvidia graphics driver.

SOLUTION:
$ systemctl disable gdm
does what I want.

Last edited by volker_weissmann (2020-12-30 14:34:04)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,230

Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver problems

Boot with 'nomodeset systemd.unit=multi-user.target' on the kernel params.

That said I feel your entire methodology of going about this unnecessary complicated. There's no reason to "not have either nouveau or nvidia" loaded during the driver installation as long as you boot into the correct driver after doing the install. What is it that you are actually trying to do here? Which patch are you talking about?

volker_weissmann

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Registered: 2020-01-05

Posts: 71

Re: [SOLVED] Nvidia driver problems

I want(ed) to do this: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/4 … /155250/55

Running bash NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-455.38-custom.run  only works if neither the nouveau nor the nvidia module is loaded. Even when booted from a live stick.