Cannot reinstall Nvidia drivers [Solved]

[Nobluesky]

Hello,
I'm a long time MX user, and I'm facing a very annoying problem I cannot solve.

I have an MX 21.3 install that works well on my desktop. I uninstalled Nvidia stable drivers because I wanted to test Nouveau again. I used the

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sudo ddm-mx -p nvidia

command and rebooted. And it works well with Nouveau, except second monitor isn't detected and video playback in Firefox has tearing and uses 10% CPU.

No big deal I say to myself, I'll reinstall the driver with Nvidia driver installer built in MX. But it fails and boots to a blinking cursor. I tell myself again, no big deal, I'll fix that by opening the console. But I cannot open it with ctrl+alt+f1, it stays on the blinking cursor despite the HDD led activity blinking/caps lock working.

I tried reinstalling from a snapshot I made before the incident, and it boots normally, but display resolution on live system is broken due to the fact Nvidia driver is installed. So I installed MX from the assistant, rebooted to a blinking cursor again, BUT this time ctrl+alt+f1 allows me to enter the console. I then tried to find

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/etc/X11/xorg.conf

but it wasn't there, only an X11 directory in /etc .
I ended up running

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sudo ddm-mx -p nvidia

again and restored a perfectly working system with Nouveau. Tried reinstalling Nvidia stable drivers and I went straight back into the loop, blinking cursor at reboot, console not accessible, forced to reinstall from snapshot.

Note 1 : Last update on Nvidia driver went on without any issue.
Note 2 : Nvidia driver issue when uninstalled and reinstalled has always been there, I just forgot about it leading to the current issue. I no longer have a snapshot made before I installed Nvidia drivers, that worked perfectly. First install of Nvidia drivers always works.

My system uses MBR to avoid messing with my Windows drive (EFI supports both legacy and EFI boot, wasn't an issue so far).
Here is my system report :

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Snapshot created on: 20230109_0332
System:    Kernel: 5.18.0-4mx-amd64 [5.18.16-1~mx21+1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.18.0-4mx-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_x64 Wildflower janvier 09  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B550 AORUS ELITE V2 serial: <filter> 
           BIOS: American Megatrends LLC. v: F15d date: 07/20/2022 
CPU:       Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 family: 17 (23) 
           model-id: 71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 8701021 cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 86245 
           Speed: 2788 MHz min/max: 2200/3600 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2788 
           2: 2196 3: 2196 4: 2199 5: 2196 6: 2196 7: 2196 8: 2196 9: 2329 10: 2198 11: 2196 
           12: 2198 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected 
           Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP protection 
           Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: always-on, RSB 
           filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: N/A 
           alternate: nouveau bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d01 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.14 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: nouveau,vesa unloaded: fbdev,modesetting alternate: nv display-ID: :0.0 
           screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 81 s-size: 602x343mm (23.7x13.5") 
           s-diag: 693mm (27.3") 
           Monitor-1: default res: 1920x1080 
           OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 14.0.5 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 22.0.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: NVIDIA GP108 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb8 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.18.0-4mx-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl bus-ID: 04:00.0 
           chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: f000 
           bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
           bus-ID: 1-6.2:4 chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: 
           hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: slave accept 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 4.2 TiB used: 3.07 TiB (73.2%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB 
           size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 
           type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 32.9 C scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HUS726T4TALA6L4 
           size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD 
           rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: W984 scheme: GPT 
           ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Kingston model: SUV400S37120G size: 111.79 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> 
           rev: 87RA scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 433.53 GiB size: 425.65 GiB (98.18%) used: 13.93 GiB (3.3%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 16.8 C mobo: 16.8 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Packages: 2482 note: see --pkg apt: 2475 lib: 1370 flatpak: 7 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
           2: deb http://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/mxlinux/packages/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs
Info:      Processes: 297 Uptime: 25m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.53 GiB used: 2.29 GiB (14.8%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 10.2.1 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[dolphin_oracle]

output of

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nvidia-detect-mx

please as well as attach your /var/log/ddm.log file.

[Freja]

nvidia-340 driver on Ubuntu 20.04
https://9to5answer.com/nvidia-340-drive ... untu-20-04
Generally, nvidia 340 driver installation I usually reference this article.

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sudo apt install --install-recommends linux-generic

This is the important part.

I don't know if it will help in your case, but
I had a hard time too, but this command worked very well.

Sorry if it's not 340.
Your "GeForce GT 1030"'s driveris might newer version.

[Nobluesky]

output of

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nvidia-detect-mx

please as well as attach your /var/log/ddm.log file.

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Distribution:   MX

Latest =  470.141.03
Detected NVIDIA GPUs:
06:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] [10de:1d01] (rev a1)

Checking card:  NVIDIA Corporation GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] (rev a1)
Your card is supported by the nvidia-driver 470.141.03 package
It is recommended to install the following:
INSTALL:  nvidia-driver

Here is the ddm.log
Thank you.

[Nobluesky]

Note I was running

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nvidia-driver 510.108.03-2~mx21+1

without issues so far.

[dolphin_oracle]

is that log edited? I see the removal, but not the reinstall attempt.

510.108.03-2~mx21+1 is the current version.

[Nobluesky]

I had to reinstall the snapshot to get a running system. I'll reinstall drivers and get you the log with a live USB.

[Nobluesky]

Here you go
Looks like there is something in there.

[dolphin_oracle]

I'm going to suggest install mx-debian-firmware, then apt install -f

for whatever reason, your installation of the nvidia driver isn't quite finishing.

[Arnox]

What happens when you load up a persistent LiveUSB of MX and install the Nvidia drivers there?