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ckv0 · Help & Support (Stable)

pidsley wrote:

^ then you need to use Bumblebee. See the link bronto posted.

Really? I've never heard of bumblebee. On Statler all I had to do was enter run level 1, stop slim, and ./ the latest proprietary drivers from NVIDIA and everything worked.

ckv0 · Help & Support (Stable)

pidsley wrote:

Is this a laptop? With optimus?

Yes.

ckv0 · Help & Support (Stable)

startx:

sudo su
startx

xauth: file /root/.Xauthority does not exist
.
.
.
Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult The X.Org Foundation support
          at http://wiki.x.org
  for help
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information

Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf says: a whole bunch of stuff. its too long for me to type it out.

lspci | grep VGA:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1213 (rev a1)

ckv0 · Help & Support (Stable)

Just tried smxi - Ended up with the same problem. (X doesn't start after booting. Command line login. No GUI)

ckv0 · Help & Support (Stable)

I've been stuck on this for over a day now. There are numerous guides floating around about installing proprietary NVIDIA drivers. Examples Include:

http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=19398
http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=19332
http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=17492
http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=25983
http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=22740
http://askubuntu.com/questions/214150/u … el-upgrade

(and a few others that I didn't bookmark)

All of these guides pretty much amount to following some sort of convoluted process of disabling/uninstalling/blacklisting nouveau and installing the proprietary drivers. For me, any of these approaches (with enough elbow grease) leads to the exact same place: The drivers appear to have been installed successfully (e.g.: no errors or complaints from the nvidia installer) but, upon booting my system, X will not start and I am left with a simple command line (no GUI).

I'd like to point out some commonalities that are shared between pretty much every thread I have found on the topic of installing proprietary NVIDIA drivers (see above) on crunchbang/debian:

1.) There are one or more people claiming to have the exact same issue I am having
2.) There is no resolution or documented solution (that I can tell). Either the person gives up or vaguely says they fixed it without really following up on how they did so.

I've been using Crunchbang for a few years now and, while installing NVIDIA drivers has always been a pain, It wasn't until now that I feel like I am completely stuck. I think crunchbang is the best OS ever but I am at the point where I will be forced to abandon it if I cannot get this working - I just have too many other things to do (I'm sure most of you understand where I am coming from).

If any of you know what is going on and have any ideas or fixes, please don't hesitate to let me know. Thank you.

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#1 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » NVIDIA Drivers: X won't start after installation » 2013-07-05 23:58:01

#2 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » NVIDIA Drivers: X won't start after installation » 2013-07-05 23:52:49

#3 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » NVIDIA Drivers: X won't start after installation » 2013-07-05 23:41:35

#4 Re: Help & Support (Stable) » NVIDIA Drivers: X won't start after installation » 2013-07-05 23:18:15

#5 Help & Support (Stable) » NVIDIA Drivers: X won't start after installation » 2013-07-05 22:40:42

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