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I swapped GPUs from AMD (in the X58 NAS) to my GTX 580. Nouveau works fine, but after installing nvidia, it seems X won't start. I can get a prompt and login (with ALT+F2) and try to startx, but it complains "no screens found" and suggests I check the log file at var/log/Xorg.0.log (paraphrased and cut down):
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Anyone seen errors like this before? If anyone has any suggestions, I'd really appreciate it. I'm running out of ideas and really don't want to reinstall the OS at this point.
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I installed nvidia and lib32-nvidia-utils, and after initial loading, I get a blinking cursor. So I tried chrooting into the installation from Arch install media (I'm running Antergos, which is just a GUI installer for Arch Linux) and reinstalling the drivers, then running nvidia-xconfig, and the issue persists.
So I tried nvidia-340xx and running nvidia-xconfig again, and I can get to "OK Reached target Graphical Interface" with a blinking cursor beneath. I chrooted and did the same again, same issue. I chrooted and reinstalled xorg, same issue.
I discovered I can get a basic login with ALT+F2 and so did the diagnoses I mentioned above, trying to start x and so forth. I then tried reinstalling 340xx when logged in yet again and restarting, same issue.
I then tried disabling the grub framebuffer by uncommenting: GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console. No change, though I didn't rebuild grub.
When I run lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)" it lists both nouveau and nvidia as kernel modules, so I wonder if nouveau is not being blacklisted as it should? I'm running out of ideas.
I guess I'll uninstall the AMD drivers, but I've read that's usually not necessary, for what it's worth.
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Module "ramdac" already built-in
Nvidia Failed to initialize the Nvidia kernel module please see the systems kernal log for additional error msgs and consult the nvidia readme for details.
No devices detected
fatal error: no screens found
More Details:
I installed nvidia and lib32-nvidia-utils, and after initial loading, I get a blinking cursor. So I tried chrooting into the installation from Arch install media (I'm running Antergos, which is just a GUI installer for Arch Linux) and reinstalling the drivers, then running nvidia-xconfig, and the issue persists.
So I tried nvidia-340xx and running nvidia-xconfig again, and I can get to "OK Reached target Graphical Interface" with a blinking cursor beneath. I chrooted and did the same again, same issue. I chrooted and reinstalled xorg, same issue.
I discovered I can get a basic login with ALT+F2 and so did the diagnoses I mentioned above, trying to start x and so forth. I then tried reinstalling 340xx when logged in yet again and restarting, same issue.
I then tried disabling the grub framebuffer by uncommenting: GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console. No change, though I didn't rebuild grub.
When I run lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)" it lists both nouveau and nvidia as kernel modules, so I wonder if nouveau is not being blacklisted as it should? I'm running out of ideas.
I guess I'll uninstall the AMD drivers, but I've read that's usually not necessary, for what it's worth.