BT5RC3 x64 - Problems installing NVidia GeForce GT540M

[patrickk83]

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:

#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:

# 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

# 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

[maverik35]

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