Can't get past login - Nvidia Driver update

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#1 Post by **prism-probe** » Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:09 am

I am currently running MX-19 AHS on an older custom build i7 desktop machine with Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 GPU, attached to a 4K TV, usually set to 1080p resolution via linux display settings. Been running flawlessly for well over a year. This machine was running without an internet connection since at least June; we use if for playing offline video games (emulation and the sort). I finally went ahead and bought a wifi dongle and ran the MX Package Updater. Many things were updated, including the graphics driver. When I rebooted immediately after, my max resolution was set to 1024 x 768, so I tried running the Nvidia Driver utility a few times until I realized my GPU probably won't work with 510 driver.

I used the code

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sudo ddm-mx -p nvidia

to reset the graphics driver and eventually had my desktop back up and running at 2160p, but I then opened the "Display" utility to change from 4K resolution to 1920x1080, and suddenly my display disappeared, as if I had disconnected my TV. Now every time I reboot the computer I can see and get to the login screen, but as soon as I login, blank...

I do have access to the terminal using the Ctrl+Alt+F1 shortcut, so:

1 - Is there a way for me to reset the display resolution via command line so I can see the GUI again?

2 - When and if I manage to get my display working, is there a way for me to revert from 510 driver to 470 (and disable AHS repo)?

Thanks for any help

Huckleberry Finn · #2 Post by **Huckleberry Finn** » Fri Sep 02, 2022 9:58 am

prism-probe wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:09 am... 1 - Is there a way for me to reset the display resolution via command line so I can see the GUI again?..

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rm .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/displays.xml

(They'll have reverted to defaults at first login)

... Just while you're at it:

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rm .Xauthority

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sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf

(it may say "no such file or directory" for the latter, no harm)

You can do all when you Ctrl+Alt+F1 and login manually, then either sudo reboot or Ctrl+Alt+F7

prism-probe wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:09 am...2 - When and if I manage to get my display working, is there a way for me to revert from 510 driver to 470 (and disable AHS repo)?

Yes. "MX Repo Manager", last tab, uncheck the one that ends with ahs. Then "Nvidia Driver Installer" ...

Or, if you still can't access the desktop:

Again, while you're manually logged in (as above):

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sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list

Comment out the line

deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bullseye ahs

Save , close

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sudo ddm-mx -i nvidia

(Assuming you have internet connection)

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But: Don't forget to check first whether your partitions got full, sometimes that's the culprit:

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lsblk -f

#3 Post by **prism-probe** » Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:48 pm

Thank you so much! I am back in my machine's gui with proper resolution, but I need to reinstall the Proprietary Drivers and I can't seem to get it done with the "Nvidia Driver Installer". Whenever I try to install either option of drivers (418 or 470), I get this message:

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Refreshing Sources with apt-get update

Continue?
  1) yes (default)
  2) no
Press <Enter> for the default entry
Use 'q' to quit

Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease
Hit:2 http://mirror.its.dal.ca/mxlinux/mx/repo buster InRelease                                    
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease                                                
Hit:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates InRelease                               
Hit:5 https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public InRelease                                          
Hit:6 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                                      
Hit:7 http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable InRelease                                             
Hit:8 https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable InRelease                                 
Hit:9 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable InRelease                               
Hit:10 https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable InRelease                                          
Hit:11 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease                                
Hit:12 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease                                              
Get:13 https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/debian buster InRelease                               
Hit:14 https://apt.syncthing.net syncthing InRelease
Fetched 5,543 B in 2s (2,810 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done


Candidate is:  nvidia-driver 418.211.00-1
Installed is:  nvidia-driver (none)


Would you like to check MX Test Repo for a later version?
  1) yes
  2) no (default)
Press <Enter> for the default entry
Use 'q' to quit

Ok...


Need driver: nvidia-driver 418.211.00-1 
 packages to install are  nvidia-driver nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-dkms libnvidia-encode1

Continue?
  1) yes (default)
  2) no
Press <Enter> for the default entry
Use 'q' to quit

Frontend: 
Nvidia command  = apt-get install --install-recommends --reinstall -y    nvidia-driver nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-dkms libnvidia-encode1
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Reinstallation of linux-headers-5.10.0-5mx-amd64 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  glx-alternative-mesa glx-diversions nvidia-installer-cleanup update-glx
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
                                                                             Need to get 0 B/7,576 B of archives.
             After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 380354 files and directories currently installed.)     (Reading database ... 
Preparing to unpack .../build-essential_12.6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking build-essential (12.6) over (12.6) ...
Setting up build-essential (12.6) ...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 nvidia-settings : Depends: libxnvctrl0 (= 418.74-1) but 510.85.02-1~mx19+1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Finished

I feel like I deeply screwed something up with the 510 driver install. Any way around this, maybe some files I need to reset or delete?

Huckleberry Finn · #4 Post by **Huckleberry Finn** » Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:01 pm

prism-probe wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:48 pm... I am back in my machine's gui with proper resolution...

If you like, for a "clean job" :

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sudo apt purge nvidia* -y

As always: It's best to post "Quick System Info". Then we can see all without trying to guess. It looks like MX 19 with 5.10 and that may be the problem:

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Reinstallation of linux-headers-5.10.0-5mx-amd64 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.

If you like try with 4.19 .

#5 Post by **dolphin_oracle** » Fri Sep 02, 2022 9:26 pm

You can force a downgrade of the libxvcntl0 package in synaptic. A purge by ddm wound remove it because it’s a depend of conky. But it is safe to downgrade.

#6 Post by **prism-probe** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 8:38 am

Huckleberry Finn wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:01 pm
prism-probe wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 7:48 pm... I am back in my machine's gui with proper resolution...

If you like, for a "clean job" :
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sudo apt purge nvidia* -y
As always: It's best to post "Quick System Info". Then we can see all without trying to guess. It looks like MX 19 with 5.10 and that may be the problem:
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Reinstallation of linux-headers-5.10.0-5mx-amd64 is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
If you like try with 4.19 .

I did the purge but still gives me the same message of "held broken packages". How would I go about going back to 4.19 (kernel, I assume)?

Here is my system info:

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System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-5mx-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-5mx-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           init=/lib/systemd/systemd 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.14.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-19.4_ahs_x64 patito feo March 31  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: BIOSTAR product: TH67+ v: 6.0 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: BIOSTAR model: TH67+ v: 6.0 serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 4.6.4 
           date: 02/17/2011 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 
           serial: <filter> charge: 100% rechargeable: yes status: Full 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-2600K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge 
           family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 2F cache: L2: 8 MiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 54299 
           Speed: 1928 MHz min/max: 1600/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1928 2: 1792 3: 1713 
           4: 1732 5: 2101 6: 2172 7: 2217 8: 2858 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, 
           STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 950] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nouveau v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1402 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.14.0 driver: 
           loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.0x11.3") 
           s-diag: 583mm (23") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-1 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 61 size: 800x450mm (31.5x17.7") 
           diag: 918mm (36.1") 
           OpenGL: renderer: NV126 v: 4.3 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio 
           vendor: Biostar Microtech Intl Corp driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 
           chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GM206 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com. driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fba class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-5mx-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.12 running: no 
           Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 12.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
           vendor: Biostar Microtech Intl Corp driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 
           bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: NetGear type: USB driver: mt76x2u bus-ID: 4-2:2 chip-ID: 0846:9053 
           class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter> 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: tailscale0 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: full mac: N/A 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
           bus-ID: 3-1.3:3 chip-ID: 0cf3:3005 class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.0 lmp-v: 3.0 
           sub-v: 9999 hci-v: 3.0 rev: 9999 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1022:8 sco-mtu: 121:3 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 339.37 GiB (72.9%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: SSD 
           serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 463.73 GiB size: 455.45 GiB (98.21%) used: 339.37 GiB (74.5%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 29.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 350 
Repos:     Packages: 2645 note: see --pkg apt: 2628 lib: 1397 flatpak: 17 
           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 buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.its.dal.ca/mxlinux/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list 
           1: deb https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plex-mx.list 
           1: deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/protonvpn-stable.list 
           1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/protonvpn-stable-archive-keyring.gpg] https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list 
           1: deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing.list 
           1: deb https://apt.syncthing.net/ syncthing stable
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list 
           1: deb https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/debian buster main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list 
           1: deb http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main
Info:      Processes: 269 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 3 Memory: 15.62 GiB used: 1.8 GiB (11.5%) 
           Init: systemd v: 241 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 
           alt: 8 Shell: quick-system-in default: Bash v: 5.0.3 running-in: quick-system-in 
           inxi: 3.3.06

Huckleberry Finn · #7 Post by **Huckleberry Finn** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 9:23 am

Yep, I mean the kernel. If you still have that installed, you can boot with it via "Advanced Options" in Grub.

Or (if not) you can install the "antiX 4.19" from "MX Package Installer" - "Popular Apps" tab. (then boot as above)

#8 Post by **prism-probe** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 6:30 pm

I can't seem to crack this, unfortunately. No luck installing any nVidia drivers, even going back to the older kernels, gives the same message every time. Here are the kernels that were available; I activated the two that were available in Package Manager (4.9 + 5.8) and logged into each via Grub menu :

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$ dpkg --list | grep linux-image
ii  linux-image-4.9.0-276-antix.1-amd64-smp   4.9.0-276-antix.1-amd64-smp-1           amd64        Linux kernel, version 4.9.0-276-antix.1-amd64-smp
ii  linux-image-5.10.0-5mx-amd64-unsigned     5.10.26-1~mx19+1                        amd64        Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs
ii  linux-image-5.8.16-antix.1-amd64-smp      5.8.16-antix.1-amd64-smp-1              amd64        Linux kernel, version 5.8.16-antix.1-amd64-smp

Kernel 4.9 does not support my Netgear WiFi dongle either. Very odd. Am I stuck backing up and installing MX-21 from scratch?

Thanks for all your help so far...

Huckleberry Finn · #9 Post by **Huckleberry Finn** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 6:58 pm

In fact, the message is correct: When I open MXPI on MX19.4 no such (5.10.0-5mx .. 5.10.26) kernel (hence headers). (Currently it is 5.10.136-1 ...)

Meanwhile, I notice just now that "antiX" 4.19 is available on MX21, not 19 , sorry for that. You can install the Debian 4.19 ...

But, if you like, first boot with any of those older ones, then remove that 5.10 (you can use "MX Cleanup" , Kernel Removal Tool below the window, just 2 clicks.. Or Synaptic ...)

Then try.

#10 Post by **prism-probe** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 9:50 pm

Alright, I've got 4.19 kernel installed and the others removed. Here is the current system info:

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System:    Kernel: 4.19.0-21-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-21-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           init=/lib/systemd/systemd 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.14.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-19.4_ahs_x64 patito feo March 31  2021 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: BIOSTAR product: TH67+ v: 6.0 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: BIOSTAR model: TH67+ v: 6.0 serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 4.6.4 
           date: 02/17/2011 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 
           serial: <filter> charge: 100% rechargeable: yes status: Full 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-2600K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge 
           family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 2F cache: L2: 8 MiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 54305 
           Speed: 1597 MHz min/max: 1600/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1597 2: 1597 3: 1597 
           4: 1597 5: 1597 6: 1597 7: 1597 8: 1597 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 950] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nouveau v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1402 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.10 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.14.0 driver: 
           loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.0x11.3") 
           s-diag: 583mm (23") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-1 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 61 size: 800x450mm (31.5x17.7") 
           diag: 918mm (36.1") 
           OpenGL: renderer: NV126 v: 4.3 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio 
           vendor: Biostar Microtech Intl Corp driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 
           chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GM206 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com. driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fba class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.19.0-21-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.12 running: no 
           Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 12.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
           vendor: Biostar Microtech Intl Corp driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 
           bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: NetGear type: USB driver: mt76x2u bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 0846:9053 
           class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter> 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: tailscale0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 
           bus-ID: 4-1.3:3 chip-ID: 0cf3:3005 class-ID: e001 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.0 lmp-v: 3.0 
           sub-v: 9999 hci-v: 3.0 rev: 9999 
           Info: acl-mtu: 1022:8 sco-mtu: 121:3 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 338.06 GiB (72.6%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: SSD 
           serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 463.73 GiB size: 455.38 GiB (98.20%) used: 338.06 GiB (74.2%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 43.0 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 0 
Repos:     Packages: 2650 note: see --pkg apt: 2633 lib: 1397 flatpak: 17 
           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 buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.its.dal.ca/mxlinux/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plex-mx.list 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/protonvpn-stable.list 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing.list 
           1: deb https://apt.syncthing.net/ syncthing stable
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list 
           1: deb https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/debian buster main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list 
           1: deb http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main
Info:      Processes: 242 Uptime: 7m wakeups: 3 Memory: 15.65 GiB used: 1.44 GiB (9.2%) 
           Init: systemd v: 241 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 
           alt: 8 Shell: quick-system-in default: Bash v: 5.0.3 running-in: quick-system-in 
           inxi: 3.3.06

Still trying to install 470 nVidia driver as I think that's what was installed before the big update. Either way, 418 nVidia driver doesn't work, crashed my emulator software (never had that happen before the update to 510). Here is what happens when I try for 470 from the test repo :

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About to execute /usr/local/bin/ddm-mx -i nvidia.
This command needs root privileges to be executed.
Using su...
Enter root password at prompt.
Password: 

Distribution:   MX

INSTALL IS nvidia
creating lock ...
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Install drivers for: nvidia
Start at (m/d/y): 09/03/2022 22:34:45
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To restore open source drivers use:  
sudo ddm-mx -p nvidia

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Refreshing Sources with apt-get update

Continue?
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  2) no
Press <Enter> for the default entry
Use 'q' to quit

Hit:1 http://mirror.its.dal.ca/mxlinux/mx/repo buster InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease                                        
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease                                                
Hit:4 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                                      
Hit:5 https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public InRelease                                          
Hit:6 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable InRelease                               
Hit:7 https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable InRelease                                 
Hit:8 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates InRelease                               
Hit:9 https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable InRelease                                           
Hit:10 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease                                              
Hit:11 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease                                
Hit:12 http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable InRelease                                            
Hit:13 https://apt.syncthing.net syncthing InRelease                                            
Get:14 https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/debian buster InRelease          
Fetched 5,543 B in 2s (2,766 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done


Candidate is:  nvidia-driver 418.211.00-1
Installed is:  nvidia-driver (none)


Would you like to check MX Test Repo for a later version?
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  2) no (default)
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1
Ok...
Enabling MX Test repo
Running apt-get update...

Refreshing Sources with apt-get update

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Hit:1 http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://mirror.its.dal.ca/mxlinux/mx/repo buster InRelease                                    
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease                                        
Hit:4 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                                      
Hit:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease                                                
Hit:6 https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public InRelease                                          
Hit:7 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates InRelease                               
Hit:8 https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable InRelease                                 
Get:9 http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo buster InRelease [6,791 B]                                  
Hit:10 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable InRelease                              
Hit:11 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease                                              
Hit:12 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease                       
Get:13 https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/debian buster InRelease                          
Hit:14 https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable InRelease           
Hit:15 https://apt.syncthing.net syncthing InRelease
Get:16 http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo buster/test amd64 Packages [1,168 kB]
Get:17 http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo buster/test i386 Packages [1,127 kB]
Fetched 2,308 kB in 3s (868 kB/s)    
Reading package lists... Done

Installing latest nvidia-detect package

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
nvidia-detect is already the newest version (470.129.06-6~mx19+1).
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  linux-kbuild-5.10
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 272 not upgraded.

Main repo candidate is:   418.211.00-1
MX Test repo candidate is:   470.129.06-6~mx19+1
Installed is:  (none)

Which driver do you wish to install

Main repos or MX Test

1: Main nvidia-driver 418.211.00-1

2: MX Test nvidia-driver 470.129.06-6~mx19+1

3: Exit

Enter Number of selection
2
Ok...



Need driver: nvidia-driver 470.129.06-6~mx19+1 
 packages to install are  nvidia-driver nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-dkms libnvidia-encode1

Continue?
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Frontend: 
Nvidia command  = apt-get install --install-recommends --reinstall -y  -t a=mx,c=test nvidia-driver nvidia-settings nvidia-kernel-dkms libnvidia-encode1
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  linux-kbuild-5.10
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
                                                                             Need to get 0 B/1,103 kB of archives.
              After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 378621 files and directories currently installed.)      (Reading database ... 
Preparing to unpack .../build-essential_12.6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking build-essential (12.6) over (12.6) ...
Preparing to unpack .../linux-headers-4.19.0-21-amd64_4.19.249-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking linux-headers-4.19.0-21-amd64 (4.19.249-2) over (4.19.249-2) ...
Setting up linux-headers-4.19.0-21-amd64 (4.19.249-2) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 4.19.0-21-amd64:Deprecated feature: REMAKE_INITRD (/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/source/dkms.conf)
.
Setting up build-essential (12.6) ...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 nvidia-kernel-dkms : Depends: nvidia-kernel-support-470.129.06
                      Depends: nvidia-kernel-support--v1
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Finished


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To restore open source drivers later use:  
sudo ddm-mx -p nvidia

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For recovery help see 
https://mxlinux.org/wiki/hardware/nvidia-driver-install-recovery

Information written to /home/trochel/ddm-mx-nvidia_removal_command.txt


Resetting sources
Hit:1 http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://mirror.its.dal.ca/mxlinux/mx/repo buster InRelease                                    
Hit:3 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease                                      
Hit:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease                                        
Hit:5 https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public InRelease                                          
Hit:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease                                                
Hit:7 https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable InRelease                                 
Hit:8 https://repo.protonvpn.com/debian stable InRelease                                           
Hit:9 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates InRelease                               
Hit:10 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease                                              
Hit:11 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable InRelease                              
Hit:12 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable InRelease 
Hit:13 https://apt.syncthing.net syncthing InRelease
Get:14 https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/debian buster InRelease
Fetched 5,543 B in 2s (2,741 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

Press <Enter> to exit

I really don't understand how this update has set me back so far. I have sincerely enjoyed MX Linux and this is my first obstacle. Maybe I've just been lucky

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