Aw: Re: X does not start any more since upgrading to Debian 9.1 with NVIDIA GeForce 7100

[Andreas Köhler]

Hello Felix,

 

thanks for your posting.

 

The upgrade was already finished. The open source driver nouveau does not seem to support the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 any more. I installed the non-free nvidia driver as well but selected the nvidia-legacy-304xx with 'update-alternatives --config nvidia'. Your hint about the old 3.2er kernel seemed to be significantly to me. I removed all the old kernel fragments for the kernels 2.6 and 3.2 that still were installed on Debian stretch (why this was not done with 'apt-get dist-upgrade'???). Then I reinstalled most of the nvidia-legacy-304xx packages to have their scripts running once more. All without success! Here are the related packages that are currenty installed on my system:

 

uli:~# dpkg -l | awk '{ print $1 " " $2 " " $3;}' | egrep -i '(linux)|(glx)|(drm)|(nvidia)|(nouveau)'
ii console-setup-linux 1.164
ii doc-linux-de 2003.10-5
ii doc-linux-text 2008.08-1
ii firmware-linux-free 3.4
ii fonts-linuxlibertine 5.3.0-2
ii glx-alternative-mesa 0.7.4
ii glx-alternative-nvidia 0.7.4
ii glx-diversions 0.7.4
ii libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 2.4.74-1
ii libdrm-intel1:i386 2.4.74-1
ii libdrm-nouveau2:i386 2.4.74-1
ii libdrm-radeon1:i386 2.4.74-1
ii libdrm2:i386 2.4.74-1
rc libegl1-nvidia:i386 340.65-2
ii libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 13.0.6-1+b2
ii libgl1-nvidia-legacy-304xx-glx:i386 304.135-2
ii libnvidia-compiler:i386 375.66-2~deb9u1
ii libnvidia-eglcore:i386 375.66-2~deb9u1
ii libnvidia-fatbinaryloader:i386 375.66-2~deb9u1
ii libnvidia-legacy-304xx-cfg1:i386 304.135-2
ii libnvidia-legacy-304xx-compiler:i386 304.135-2
ii libnvidia-legacy-304xx-cuda1:i386 304.135-2
ii libnvidia-legacy-304xx-glcore:i386 304.135-2
ii libnvidia-legacy-304xx-ml1:i386 304.135-2
ii libnvidia-ml1:i386 375.66-2~deb9u1
ii libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler:i386 375.66-2~deb9u1
ii libselinux1:i386 2.6-3+b1
ii libswt-glx-gtk-3-jni 3.8.2-3
ii libva-drm1:i386 1.7.3-2
ii libva-glx1:i386 1.7.3-2
ii libxcb-glx0:i386 1.12-1
rc libxvmcnvidia1:i386 304.125-1
ii linux-base 4.5
ii linux-compiler-gcc-6-x86 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-headers-4.9.0-3-686 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-headers-4.9.0-3-686-pae 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-headers-4.9.0-3-all 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-headers-4.9.0-3-all-i386 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-headers-4.9.0-3-common 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-headers-4.9.0-3-common-rt 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-headers-4.9.0-3-rt-686-pae 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-headers-686-pae 4.9+80+deb9u1
ii linux-image-4.9.0-3-686 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-image-4.9.0-3-686-dbg 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-image-4.9.0-3-686-pae 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-image-4.9.0-3-686-pae-dbg 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-image-4.9.0-3-rt-686-pae 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-image-4.9.0-3-rt-686-pae-dbg 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-kbuild-4.9 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-libc-dev:i386 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
rc linux-sound-base 1.0.23+dfsg-2
ii linux-source 4.9+80+deb9u1
ii linux-source-4.9 4.9.30-2+deb9u5
ii linux-wlan-ng 0.2.9+dfsg-5
ii linux-wlan-ng-doc 0.2.9+dfsg-5
ii linux-wlan-ng-firmware 0.2.9+dfsg-5
ii nvidia-alternative 375.66-2~deb9u1
ii nvidia-detect 375.66-2~deb9u1
ii nvidia-installer-cleanup 20151021+4
ii nvidia-kernel-common 20151021+4
ii nvidia-kernel-dkms 375.66-2~deb9u1
ii nvidia-kernel-support 375.66-2~deb9u1
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-alternative 304.135-2
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver 304.135-2
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver-bin 304.135-2
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver-libs:i386 304.135-2
rc nvidia-legacy-304xx-kernel-3.2.0-4-686-pae 304.135-2+3.2.65-1+deb7u2
rc nvidia-legacy-304xx-kernel-4.9.0-3-686-pae 304.135-2+4.9.30-2+deb9u3
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-kernel-dkms 304.135-2
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-kernel-source 304.135-2
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-kernel-support 304.135-2
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-opencl-icd:i386 304.135-2
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-smi 304.135-2
ii nvidia-legacy-304xx-vdpau-driver:i386 304.135-2
ii nvidia-legacy-check 375.66-2~deb9u1
ii nvidia-modprobe 375.26-1
ii nvidia-opencl-common 375.66-2~deb9u1
ii nvidia-opencl-icd:i386 375.66-2~deb9u1
ii nvidia-persistenced 375.26-2
ii nvidia-settings-legacy-304xx 304.134-1
ii nvidia-smi 375.66-2~deb9u1
ii nvidia-support 20151021+4
ii nvidia-xconfig 375.26-1
ii update-glx 0.7.4
ii util-linux 2.29.2-1
ii xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.13-3
ii xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-304xx 304.135-2
uli:~#

 

Do you have any further idea how I should proceed? What I don't understand: If the X server silently dies, why I don't get any core file? The ulimit has been set to unlimited for core files and the (kernel-)core pattern has been set to /tmp/core ... were the user should have write permission ...?!? Mmmm ... would it make sense to wrap the start of the X server with strace/valgrind or something like that?

 

Thanks and regards,

Andreas

 

Gesendet: Montag, 02. Oktober 2017 um 21:34 Uhr
Von: "Felix Miata" <mrma...@earthlink.net>
An: xorg@lists.x.org
Betreff: Re: X does not start any more since upgrading to Debian 9.1 with NVIDIA GeForce 7100

"Andreas Köhler" composed on 2017-10-02 19:39 (UTC+0200):

> Hello @xorg mailing list,
> I upgraded from Debian 8.x to 9.1 some days ago and now X does not start any
> more. ...
> [ 462.623] Current Operating System: Linux uli 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian
> 3.2.65-1+deb7u2 i686
> [ 462.623] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-686-pae
> root=UUID=30333d3d-39dc-4635-ab28-81c8eed4a21b ro
...
> Since I cannot see any error it is really hard to understand what going wrong
> here. Does anybody have a hint for me?
> Much thanks and regards,

Start by uninstalling the NVidia driver, removing /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and
finishing the upgrade. Install the NVidia driver only if you are not pleased
with the default modesetting driver's behavior, and you find the alternative
Nouveau driver isn't adequate either. 3.2 is Wheezy's kernel. The Stretch kernel
is 4.9.
--
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