Problem when trying to enter init 3

[mylo]

Hi,
today I encounter a problem, when entering init 3.
I have green blocks on my screen (see attached).

What to do?

Code Select Expand

lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia              11228876  30
i2c_core               16849  2 i2c_i801,nvidia


[mylo]

wow, this problem is real. I cannot more d-u. I cannot reach init 3 level.
This stinks as a complete new install.

[dibl]

?

Surely you could change to the nouveau driver, and then you can d-u, right?

[mylo]

Hi dibl,

as I cannot enter from init 5 into init 3 mode, this is a problem. I see no way out right now. I think, I should not try that in a root shell.

[ayla]

You may reach RL3 by adding a digit "3" by editing your kernel command line at grub's boot-screen.

Or you may add your driver in this line (I guess the syntax is driver=nouveau, not sure), but then you should not have a xorg.conf which tells something else, also nouveau maybe blacklistet if you use the blob.

greets
ayla

[mylo]

Hi ayla,

yes I put the 3 in the wrong place and corrected this. Unfortunately a d-u does not help. So it seems I have to fix the driver.

Can I try:

Code Select Expand

apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-glx?

[mylo]

Strange to me looks, that

Code Select Expand

nvidia-kernel-source is not installed...

[ayla]

Don't know much about nvidia.

But AFAIK if you use nvidia-kernel-dkms there is no need of nvidia-kernel-source.

If I had to repair my driver I would apt-get purge nvidia* and install all new after. Don't know what towo would think about this procedure

greets
ayla

[mylo]

Right ayla, I'll see, whether towo has a hint, how to proceed.

Code Select Expand

dmesg | grep NV
[    0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bbf9e000-0x00000000bbfdffff] ACPI NVS
[    0.046018] PM: Registering ACPI NVS region [mem 0xbbf9e000-0xbbfdffff] (270336 bytes)
[   12.028673] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[   12.052890] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  304.84  Wed Feb 27 04:58:49 PST 2013
[  102.067799] NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
[  102.067804] NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
[  102.067806] NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
[  102.067808] NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
[  102.067810] NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.

Obviously there is a problem....

[towo]

Don't use a console-framebuffer.

[michaa7]

read
http://forum.siduction.org/index.php?topic=3299
and reinstall the older driver. Then set it on hold.

[mylo]

Thanks michaa7; towo, what do I have to do in order to not unsing the buffer?

[towo]

I don't know, how you have set the framebuffer.
Show me the contents of /etc/default/grub.

[mylo]

Code Select Expand

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"



GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768

I'll respond later, as I have to catch a train. Thanks in advance.

[mylo]

I can't find "framebuffer" related  issues in this file?!