Black screen at booting after driver change

Noobtopro · 03-16-2016, 10:47 AM

When I try the "modprobe -l" command I just get this "modprobe: invalid option -- 'l'"

malekmustaq · 03-16-2016, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noobtopro

When I try the "modprobe -l" command I just get this "modprobe: invalid option -- 'l'"

Pardon my inadvertence. I meant

Code:

lsmod <Enter>
or
cat /proc/modules

That way you should be able to pinpoint the nvidia module loaded, the which, you may blacklist.

To know more about the module you may query

Code:

modinfo "module_name"
example:
modinfo snd

Don't forget to install the xorg.vesa module.

Hope that helps. Good luck.

m.m.

Noobtopro · 03-16-2016, 01:23 PM

Well I did the blacklist for the module (drm) and then i tried to install the vesa driver but I had it already. Rebooted but still doesn't work

Noobtopro · 03-16-2016, 01:28 PM

Or did I have to do the blacklisting in the modprobe.blacklist config or is that old conf.

malekmustaq · 03-17-2016, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noobtopro

Well I did the blacklist for the module (drm) and then i tried to install the vesa driver but I had it already. Rebooted but still doesn't work

In that case, the mdm may have problem in the install. Try another Mint with a different but better window manager, try Mint Xfce32bit, or try another distribution which is very easy install and easy to manage, a SalixLive DVD installer or the respectable Arch Linux, this one Arch has a very good documentation help resource.

By the way, the window manager MDM designed by Mint to run Cinnamon is only new though it is derived from GTK. I am not really familiar with it, as my last install for Mint was still on version 11.

Try the linked distros, have confidence.

Hope that helps. Good luck.

m.m.

Noobtopro · 12-16-2016, 03:30 PM

Is anyone here anymore? I have still this problem. I typed "display" and got this as an output "display.im6:unable to open X server ' @error/display.c/DisplayImageaCommand/428."