Nvidia 325.08 won't build against 3.11.0 kernel

[dibl]

Do I have to put this file after the reinstallation of 304 and vdpau?

NO, it has to already be there before you install the nvidia driver.

Yes, the last "#" holds an empty line -- the last line needs to be empty.

[mylo]

Seems my system has a major problem. I purged all the nvidia stuff and installed

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xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

but also no init 5...
Is this package (from the wiki) outdated?

[piper]

Seems my system has a major problem. I purged all the nvidia stuff and installed

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xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

but also no init 5...
Is this package (from the wiki) outdated?

Try this

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apt-get purge $(dpkg -l | awk '/nvidia/{print $2}') && rm -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf

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apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

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apt-get install xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-video-nouveauYou possibly might need libgl1-mesa-dri also

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apt-get cleanreboot

if all works well, then try installing nvidia again and don't forget to make a new 20-nvidia.conf

[mylo]

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if all works well, ...

Hi piper, first of all thanks. I went through your recommended procedure but still no init 5...

[piper]

Anything unusual in /var/log/X.0.log and ~/.xsession-errors

What is the output of

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ls -l /sbin/init

[mylo]

hi piper,,

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What is the output of

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ls -l /sbin/init

I check the logs and come back.

The output is

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-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 40552 Jul 16 22:13 /sbin/init

cat /var/log/X.0.log provides "File or Directory not found

cat ~/.xsession-errors delivers half a mile of text, I'll send you the paste URL as PM (do not know whether security infos are in).
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[absolut]

cat /var/log/X.0.log provides "File or Directory not found

he meant /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[piper]

cat /var/log/X.0.log provides "File or Directory not found

he meant /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Yes, thanks ja danke

[mylo]

/var/log/Xorg.0.log is empty also; there is no Xorg* in /var/log/...

[vayu]

Try this
apt-get purge $(dpkg -l | awk '/nvidia/{print $2}')

What does this part do?  I'd like to uninstall nvidia on my laptop but I also have some nvidia libraries installed that are dependencies for a programming library and don't want to uninstall those.

[Geier0815]

dpkg -l list all Packages available at your system. This will be piped to the awk-code which will search for nvidia in every line and print if found the name of the package. This code with the $() builds a variable for every found of "nvidia" and the "apt-get purge" uninstall all these founds incl. their configs.