Missing decrytion prompt after Nvidia driver install

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goodsoss
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Missing decrytion prompt after Nvidia driver install

#1 Post by goodsoss »

Hi all,
This is my first post on this esteemed forum. I've been playing with Linux for a year or so and with Mx for several months. I'm still leary of the Terminal but can use it if necessary. 9_9
On this machine when I install the Nvidia drivers using the tools menu I lose my decryption prompt on boot. All I see is a black screen. I can enter my decryption password at that point and the system boots. I have searched the forums and DDGo'd for answers feeling surely it must happen to others but found nothing describing my situation. As the system is still usable it is not a huge deal but I do get intramfs errors when I update. I have tried reinstalling and boot repair in tools but no joy. The stuff below is from today's install. Anything else I can do? Regards and Thanks.

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System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-18-amd64 [5.10.140-1] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.10.0-18-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.2.1_x64 Wildflower September 18  2022 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Inspiron 660 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 3 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0XR1GT v: A00 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A13 date: 05/22/2018 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-3330 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 
           model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21 cache: L2: 6 MiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 23954 
           Speed: 1677 MHz min/max: 1600/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1677 2: 1631 3: 1610 
           4: 1615 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed 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: disabled, 
           RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Dell 
           driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0152 class-ID: 0380 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia 
           v: 470.141.03 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c82 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver: 
           loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv display-ID: :0.0 
           screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 445x278mm (17.5x10.9") 
           s-diag: 525mm (20.7") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 98 size: 434x270mm (17.1x10.6") 
           diag: 511mm (20.1") 
           OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.141.03 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-18-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell driver: ath9k 
           v: kernel modules: wl port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0032 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell 
           driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 7.1 GiB (0.8%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-75ZF5A0 
           size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: N/A 
           serial: <filter> rev: 0A80 scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 922.49 GiB size: 906.94 GiB (98.31%) used: 7 GiB (0.8%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: root.fsm 
           ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 973.4 MiB (95.06%) used: 102.9 MiB (10.6%) 
           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: 7.98 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 253:1 mapped: swap 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 54 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 474 mobo: 1461 gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2067 lib: 1062 flatpak: 0 
           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://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 230 Uptime: 23m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.65 GiB used: 1.57 GiB (20.5%) 
           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)

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Re: Missing decrytion prompt after Nvidia driver install

#2 Post by dolphin_oracle »

there are some nvidia hardware/driver combinations that for whatever reason don't display the splash screen. you can change the "splash" boot parameter to "nosplash" and at least get a console prompt.
http://www.youtube.com/runwiththedolphin
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FYI: mx "test" repo is not the same thing as debian testing repo.
Live system help document: https://mxlinux.org/wiki/help-antix-live-usb-system/

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goodsoss
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Re: Missing decrytion prompt after Nvidia driver install

#3 Post by goodsoss »

Thanks for the prompt reply dolphin oracle. Now to investigate boot parameters in console.

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