[SOLVED] Help installing Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Driver - hP pavilion

[benji]

Where do I have to add "3"?

end of quiet splash?

[antiX-Dave]

Where do I have to add "3"?

end of quiet splash?

Yes

[benji]

login with 3.jpeg

Is there anything that can be done from this screen?

[antiX-Dave]

Yes ‎
You can do pretty much anything. Install another kernel to try and resolve the acpi errors. 
Apt-get update && apt-get -f install linux-image linux-headers ‎
You can also verify that the Nvidia drivers installed correctly. (read through /var/log/ddm.log and check for errors).
cat /var/log/ddm.log |less -S
Also verify that the xorg.conf is moved. 
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /root/xorg.conf.bk


Then you could try unload / make sure the nouveau and nvidia drivers are unloaded‎
modprobe -r nouveau 
modprobe -r nvidia
Then load the Intel / modsetting
modprobe i915

Then try starting the login manager
service lightdm start

[benji]

Ran the commands sudo ddm-mx -p nvidia & sudo reboot and booted into desktop...


Is there any particular reason Nvidia driver was not compatabile...


can anything else be tried to install ? Changing kernel?

Thank you all for replying ...

[benji]

Yes ‎
You can do pretty much anything. Install another kernel to try and resolve the acpi errors. 
Apt-get update && apt-get -f install linux-image linux-headers ‎
You can also verify that the Nvidia drivers installed correctly. (read through /var/log/ddm.log and check for errors).
cat /var/log/ddm.log |less -S
Also verify that the xorg.conf is moved. 
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /root/xorg.conf.bk


Then you could try unload / make sure the nouveau and nvidia drivers are unloaded‎
modprobe -r nouveau 
modprobe -r nvidia
Then load the Intel / modsetting
modprobe i915

Then try starting the login manager
service lightdm start

Sure .... I will try and let you know what happens

[benji]

Yes ‎
You can do pretty much anything. Install another kernel to try and resolve the acpi errors. 
Apt-get update && apt-get -f install linux-image linux-headers ‎
You can also verify that the Nvidia drivers installed correctly. (read through /var/log/ddm.log and check for errors).
cat /var/log/ddm.log |less -S
Also verify that the xorg.conf is moved. 
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /root/xorg.conf.bk


Then you could try unload / make sure the nouveau and nvidia drivers are unloaded‎
modprobe -r nouveau 
modprobe -r nvidia
Then load the Intel / modsetting
modprobe i915

Then try starting the login manager
service lightdm start

Can WIFI be connected from this screen to connect to internet?

I dont know much about the commands ....I would like to learn more about them... Is there a resource center where I can get more information on these commands and understand them...

If I wanted to play a 4k video or do some graphic intensive work which would be better done by a graphics card how Is it possible to be done through the Nouveau driver?

How to make a program use Nvidia for graphic rendering using the free driver? (Read in the forum this can be done for Nvidia driver by using the command "optirun vlc myhiresvideo.mp4". Is there any such command for the Nouveau driver?

[Huckleberry Finn]

Simplest, Cleanest, Fastest:

Reinstall
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Only 15 min. or even less. Most of which is "files are being copied" ...
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In case you have lots of customizations and want to keep them:

Either choose to save home folder during installation,

or,

Copy-paste it to somewhere beforehand (on live session) then post-installation (again on live session) copy-paste (overwrite) back.

[benji]

@Huckleberry I was able to remove the Nvidia drivers...

want to know if it is possible to use the NVidia card for graphic intensive tasks without taxing the CPU...


Thank you for the replies...

[Huckleberry Finn]

Quoted from Fehlix:

in MX19 a new video-card selection menu was introduced by BitJam. This new video-card selection feature was added to better handle situations of hybrid and dual-videocards, were automatic KMS loading e.g. of nouveau driver might block getting to the X (GUI) desktop.
To enable the vcard menu please add this boot code

Code: Select all

vcard=menu

It should display the found Intel iGPU and NVIDIA dGPU. Please select intel.
(To add the vcard=menu boot code press "e" for Edit and add "vcard=menu" at the end the line starting with linux.)

So I guess if someone wants to use it frequently, it may be added to grub.cfg via etc/default/grub ... (to make it permanent, not to hit e and type each time)