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PenguinGuy
Trying to kill Nvidia X-Server so I can install the proprietary drivers & replace the open source Nouveau drivers.
When I kill x-server by finding the PID with pkill X then kill -9 ‘PID’ it will just log out & restart it (even if I login as root).
Apparently you can stop/kill properly with systemtcl, but that doesn’t work on this antix.
So I found this: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SysVinit_to_Systemd_Cheatsheet
But when I try to use the service X stop in the terminal I get X: unrecognized service.
It doesn’t seem to work for any service (not only X).
Any ideas?
Another option might be logging in by some kind of terminal mode & running the install script there.
christophe
Any instructions involving systemd are bound to fail with antiX.
Another option might be logging in by some kind of terminal mode & running the install script there.
Ctrl + Alt + F2 allows you to login (again) via console while X is running.
Or to reboot & not load X at all: on the grub boot screen, press “e” (no quotes) to edit manually. Go to end of “linux” line and press (space) and “3” (again, no quotes). Ctrl-X boots. This brings you to runlevel 3, which does not load X. Only for this session (not permanent).
- This reply was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by christophe.
- This reply was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by christophe.
- This reply was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by christophe. Reason: cant seem to write coherently in one session :)
confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019
Xecure
Stop the display manager instead.
sudo service slim stopantiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.lgj100
Hi Penguinguy,
You can use sysv-rc-conf – it is actually available from the Control Centre, under System.
Sincerely,
Lars.- This reply was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by lgj100.
- This reply was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by lgj100.
seaken64
I’ve used the technique mentioned by christophe, that is using run level 3 at initial boot. Add a “3” to the end of the boot line in grub. Then, after updating the nvidia driver reboot. The 3 will not be on the boot line on reboot so it will carry on to start X.
Seaken64
caprea
Anyway, I’m guessing you now that there’s a baked in method in antiX to install the nvidia driver
menu > control-centre > drivers > nvidia-installerchristophe
Anyway, I’m guessing you know that there’s a baked in method in antiX to install the nvidia driver
menu > control-centre > drivers > nvidia-installerTry that first, if you haven’t already. 🙂
confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019
PenguinGuy
I was able to run the Nvidia driver installer, but can’t install it without first uninstalling the Nouveau Drivers (which I thought I did since I ran some script to remove them from the kernel, but I guess that’s not the same thing).
It’s a huge pain to uninstall these Open Source drivers it seems. Nvidia recommends blacklisting them, but other sources say you can run both at the same time (outdated info?).
Does anyone know how to uninstall these drivers?
Anyway, I’m guessing you know that there’s a baked in method in antiX to install the nvidia driver
menu > control-centre > drivers > nvidia-installerTry that first, if you haven’t already.
I believe I tried this 1st which is the problem — it installs the Open Source Nouveau Drivers.
From what I understand…
Open Source Nouveau Drivers = OpenGL only (no Vulkan support) & Good for basic apps (but since antiX is more lightweight maybe not as much of a benefit).
Proprietary Nvidia Drivers = Required for Vulkan & Lutris, Proton + some Wine apps to emulate Direct X programs. Better performance in non-Wayland/UI type apps (but also closed source).
It would be good if there was a way to choose which driver or to safely install both.
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- This reply was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by PenguinGuy.
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caprea
The nouveau driver is already installed and used per default on antiX for nvidia cards, this is normal.It will get blacklisted after installation of nvidia.
If the driver installer from control-centre does not work for you and you want to install the nvidia-driver manually,
first download your matching driver from nvidia side
Then you have to go out of X with Ctrl + Alt + F2from your desktop
or with the method typing letter e on boot screen and adding a 3 to the line beginning with “linux” before booting.When out of x type
sudo service slim stopsudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64_your matching driver.run
You can ignore the “pre-install script failed” warning and choose “Continue anyway”
Answer the questions with yes and after installation do
startx
You might have to blacklist the nouveau manally
echo "blacklist nouveau" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
reboot and do the procedure second time.Another way to install the nvidia is to use the sgfxi script, which is also installed per default on antiX,
heres a manual, important point begins at “Running sgfxi directly”https://smxi.org/docs/sgfxi-manual.htm
This method also might has to be runned twice.Is there a reason why you are not using the current antiX21, because there for sure the baked in nvidia installer is working fine.
Please let us know more about your hardware for better helping, post
inxi -zv6
or
inxi -GxxPenguinGuy
Alright this is solved — can someone change update the post title with [SOLVED] plz?
I think I’ll write a separate post about Nvidia/Vulkan drivers.
Basically whatever Debian driver I was using had bad/no Vulkan support.
What I was missing was purging Nvidia drivers first
sudo apt-get remove –purge nvidia-*
Then install the driver, it will hang/crash at some point in the Terminal mode with missing Blacklist warnings (manual restart with the physical button).
Try to install again — it will ask to Blacklist — say yes.
Will have to restart again from Terminal mode (without hang/crash).
Then it will startup with it installed & have your old settings (even though it looked like you had to install it again).
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Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
vendor: ASRock driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0412
Device-2: NVIDIA GM200 [GeForce GTX 980 Ti] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 460.73.01 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:17c8
Device-3: Logitech type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo bus-ID: 4-1:2
chip-ID: 046d:085e
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: loaded: nvidia resolution:
1: 1920×1080~60Hz 2: 1816×1021~60Hz s-dpi: 75
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 980 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.73.01
direct render: YesMaybe I am using the Nvidia drivers, but for some reason Vulkan is broken or missing from them?
When I try to install the Nvidia Drivers manually it says to use the Debian Packages & then exits with a timer.
Also when I kill slim the Terminal full screen mode is partially cut off which is annoying (I have to guess what I’m typing & seeing). I though this might be my monitor, but changing the monitor setting has the same cut off text which is really annoying. The preboot looks fine though.
I’m still using 19.4 because it works pretty good & I was just reading how 21 has some bug that makes your CPU & ssd go crazy. So I’m just trying to stick with what works for now.
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So it says to use Debian Packages & uninstall the current driver — select ‘continue installation’
Then a 10 sec timer starts to begin installation.
Can’t see options mashed arrow keys, enter + y/n.Then the timer finishes, but the installer quits with an error message [that looks like because the beginning is cut off]:
received signal SIGTERM; aborting.
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