no video after antiX 17 kernel upgrade to 4.13

[entropyfoe]

I am taking this out of the liquorix thread where it does not belong.

I did upgrade the kernel in my antiX 17 beta2 fully updated.
I can select either the new kernel 4.13 antix 64 bit or the stock 4.10.

The 4.10 still works, but the new one gives a black screen log in.

So I logged in, that works so the system is there.
But when I startx, I get nothing but a fatal error, "no screens"

So how to get video?
Can I run one of the scripts sgfxi or smxi ?
Will that get me an xorg and an nvidia driver?

Or, if this is a long path, I will try downloading antix 17 rc1 and starting over.
I am getting close, and with some advice to help me when I am the edge of my linux experience, I think I can do this.

Thanks anticapitalista and all the kernel experts here.

[kmathern]

Was the nvidia driver for the 4.10 kernel installed using sgfxi?

If it was you might try sgfxi's -! 40 option, here's what sgfxi's help says about it:

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-! 40 Create modules for all your kernels (nVidia only). Will loop through and test
      each if can be made, then create the modules, excluding your running kernel.
      You must have already installed an nVidia driver with sgfxi to use -! 40
      Note: if your installed driver is NOT the default sgfxi offers, you have to
      use either the -o <driver number> OR the -B option (if you are using current beta driver)
      as well as the -! 40 option. EG: to install beta to all kernels: sgfxi -B -! 40
      -! 40 must be the LAST option in your list of options or errors will occur!

You can run the -! 40 sgfxi command while at the desktop in X and running the 4.10 kernel.
The version of the nvidia driver that's currently installed for the 4.10 kernel does also need to support the 4.13 kernel.
Even if it fails during installation because it doesn't support a 4.13 kernel, your existing nvidia install for the 4.10 kernel should keep working.

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sgfxi -! 40

[entropyfoe]

I get no desktop in 4.13, only a terminal, and startx fails with the fatal error 'NO SCREENS'

I did not use sgfxi to install the nvidia driver
I used the antix control center,

or does that just invoke the sgfxi script?
So, could I run the script from my 4.10 kernel, accept what ever sgfxi recommends for the nvidia
( I have this :
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 710B]
Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GT 710/PCIe/SSE2 version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 375.82

[kmathern]

I did not use sgfxi to install the nvidia driver
I used the antix control center,

or does that just invoke the sgfxi script?

I don't know what the antix control center uses to install the nvidia driver, if you do the nvidia install while in X it's probably not using sgfxi.

You can only run sgfxi -! 40 thing I mentioned if sgfxi is what was used originally to install the nvidia driver for the 4.10 kernel.

[Stevo]

You can always reboot with the older kernel to get back to a GUI, right?

Check if you have the Debian version, which is appears you do, by running

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apt policy nvidia-driver

If so, try reinstalling the nvidia-kernel-dkms package

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apt install --reinstall nvidia-kernel-dkms

Watch the output to see what kernels it's building for and if there are any failures. There a command to trigger rebuilds for all kernels for dkms, but I don't remember it offhand...I'm sure the Google can turn it up.

[entropyfoe]

kmathern

Yup,

I don't know what the antix control center uses to install the nvidia driver, if you do the nvidia install while in X it's probably not using sgfxi.

It was while in x.

You can only run sgfxi -! 40 thing I mentioned if sgfxi is what was used originally to install the nvidia driver for the 4.10 kernel.

So my option I was thinking was to download the antix rc1, try it out, then install nvidia (need for stability) with sgfxi

Then I can use that option for all kernels which is cool.

[entropyfoe]

Stevo
Yup, I can get back to my normal antix 17 desktop woth the 4.10 kernel.

I will have to look into that dkms stuff, this is a bit outside my linux knowledge, so an opportunity to learn

I was also thinking of installing the antix 17 rc1 as a trial, then I could use the sgfxi to get the nvidia driver, and then use the all kernels option

[Stevo]

You should run that command to see if nvidia-driver is installed from Debian. Since that 375.82 is the Stretch version, odds are that it is, and that the antiX installer installed it and the nvidia-kernel-dkms package. Those automatically rebuild the drivers for a new kernel if its headers are also installed, which makes me suspect that perhaps something is wrong concerning the headers. It's easy to manually install the wrong headers if you are not careful. I know that the Stretch nvidia driver builds on the 4.13 Liquorix kernel--am running it right now, in fact. But we can only check if you run those simple commands.

Other options: run the antiX Nvidia installer from the command line when booted to the 4.13 kernel CLI, if it offers that mode. I think it might make sure you have the current headers installed. Otherwise, install module-assistant if necessary and run

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m-a prepare

when booted to the new kernel to make sure you have the headers.

[kmathern]

I think this dkms command will build/install the nvidia module for the 4.13 kernel if it (dkms) was used to install the nvidia driver for the 4.10 kernel. You can execute the command while running from the 4.10 kernel.

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sudo dkms install nvidia/375.82 -k 4.13{press tab key  to autocomplete} 

[anticapitalista]

antiX-17 uses ddm-mx.