BT5RC3 x64 - Problems installing NVidia GeForce GT540M
Hello all!
After trying everything I found in other threads here I can't get the correct graphics driver working. Everything I tried didn't lead to goal.
I think the main problem is the nouveau kernel module which seems not to be able to uninstall or blacklist.
Latest steps I tried:
Code:
#apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
#apt-get install build-essential
#added following in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
blacklist vga16fb
blacklist nouveau
blacklist rivafb
blacklist nvidiafb
rivatv
#edited /boot/grub/grub.cfg
text splash nouveau.modeset=0 vga=791
#update-grub
#apt-get --purge remove nvidia-*
#apt-get --purge remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
#./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-295.59.run
The installation seems to finished correctly... After reboot and startx I get an error that no screens were found.
I will show you my log:
Code:
# lspci -nnk | grep VGA -A2
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1c3a] (rev 04)
Kernel driver in use: mei
--
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GF106 [GeForce GT 555M SDDR3] [10de:0df4] (rev a1)
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb
Code:
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
vmnet 55665 13
ppdev 17104 0
parport_pc 32571 0
vsock 47979 0
vmci 85669 1 vsock
vmmon 76074 0
nvidia 12348955 0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 31994 1
snd_hda_codec_realtek 222503 1
snd_hda_intel 33175 2
snd_hda_codec 110336 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
arc4 12529 2
snd_hwdep 13554 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 92879 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
ath9k 134009 0
snd_rawmidi 29179 1 snd_seq_midi
uvcvideo 67221 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14436 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 60549 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
psmouse 72820 0
mac80211 478885 1 ath9k
videodev 93508 1 uvcvideo
snd_timer 28838 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14129 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
v4l2_compat_ioctl32 20896 1 videodev
acer_wmi 27846 0
snd 64384 14 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
ath9k_common 13604 1 ath9k
mei 40623 0
soundcore 12598 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 18101 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
ath9k_hw 401846 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath 22992 3 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw
cfg80211 190023 3 ath9k,mac80211,ath
sdhci_pci 18683 0
sdhci 31728 1 sdhci_pci
lp 17789 0
parport 44368 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
serio_raw 13211 0
sparse_keymap 13526 1 acer_wmi
joydev 17457 0
aufs 183689 0
usbhid 46275 0
hid 97618 1 usbhid
tg3 147905 0
mxm_wmi 12823 0
wmi 18697 2 acer_wmi,mxm_wmi
video 18858 0
Any suggestions on my problem? After installing BT persistent to my hdd the graphics are worse than after booting from my USB-Stick...
Thanks for your replies and
best regards,
Patrick
Re: BT5RC3 x64 - Problems installing NVidia GeForce GT540M
Did you enter text mode, stoped the X's before installing and removed the nouveau module loaded by kernel?...
You do not need to use: apt-get --purge remove, please read "man aptitude"..just aptitude purge "whatever.."..It will remove package and purge config files.
I do not think you have to black list all those modules, just nouveau...I've done it many times before, even now I'm posting from my Dell 8600 with nvidia card (used the nvidia propietary driver) and I just blacklisted nouveau...It is the module you want to black list. Perhaps and only perhaps, the other modules might cause some problems to some nvidia video card driver, but not all of them. Just be more basic...If it doesnot work, then you can start blacklisting more modules, but one by one...
Did you enter text mode and stoped the X's before installing?...
1. Get in text mode and stop the X's. (you pick your method: init 1 or stoping the X's with gdm3 stop)
2. Uninstall the xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
3. remove nv module loaded: modeprobe -r nouveau or rmmod nouveau
4. blacklist nouveau
5. before start driver installation, change permmissions to file: chmod 777 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51.run
Then Install driver from nvidia...(the latest version for your card is: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51.run) you have an old one...
6. Restart X's or Reboot..Is up to you. If you stoped the X's with init 1, you need to go back to BT5 default runlevel (2 to 5) and "startx"..You can find the runlevel this way: cat /etc/inittab | grep -i deafault it will return a line like this: id:2:initdefault: So your default runlevel is 2. Now
just: "init 2" and then "startx"..Again, find the runlevel..The runlevel 2 is for Debian..Find the one for BT5..
Try it...Hope it helps