![]() If it produces output then something is wrong. Just to be sure Open source NVIDIA Driver nouveau module NOT loaded, issue following command lsmod | grep nouveau Step 7.c: Check for Open source NVIDIA Driver nouveau module If it produces output like nvidia 10512020 28 or something similar (numbers could be different at your system) then NVIDIA module is loaded. If you do not have glxinfo then first install mesa-utils package then again issue above command and check output aptitude install mesa-utils Step 7.b: Check NVIDIA Driver ModuleĬheck if NVIDIA module loaded. Step 7.a: Check GLX Moduleįirst check if system is using glx module. As always, we need to check if everything went as expected. In case you can’t, follow the troubleshooting section at the bottom of this article. ![]() ![]() reboot Step 7: Confirming your installationĪt this point you should be able to login to your system in Graphical User Mode (GUI). At the end of this change, Device section in your nf file would look like this: Section "Device" Under Device section, you will see the following: Section "Device"Īdd BusID (mine was 01:00.0, yours might be different based on which Bus port it’s connected). I’ve added date to the following command so that you get a filename like ‘ +-busid” cp /etc/X11/nf /etc/X11/$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")-busid You can escape this step if you don’t have the above error/delay.įirst we confirm which PCI BUS my GPU is plugged in: lspci | grep VGAĠ1:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 (rev a2) So, We will manually let the system know where to go and which PCI BUS to use. This also helps to bypass the following error during boot time: Waiting for /dev to be populated.īecause lets face it, everything worked fine until you’ve installed NVIDIA driver and all on a sudden your system can’t populate /dev (i.e. It allows xorg/NVIDIA to utilize and bypass usual hardware detection process for Display/NVIDIA card and makes things slightly faster. This is an extra step that I’ve added compared to all my previous posts.
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