Control: tags -1 moreinfo On Sun, 2016-11-20 at 19:03 +0700, Michael Haag wrote: > Package: nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver > Version: testing/stretch > > Sorry I can't be more specific, but my system was rendered unusable > after installing the above (recommended) driver. > > The first time I attempted an upgrade from jessie to stretch. During the > upgrade I was prompted to install the above legacy driver. I did so, but > apt appeared to ALSO install the current nvidia-driver and related > packages. After rebooting I was left with a black screen, no mouse or > keyboard.
Hi, Having both the legacy and current drivers installed is actually supported. You can switch between the two with: sudo update-glx nvidia And then picking the one you need and rebooting (or manually killing XORG and reload the other kernel module). > I tried to do a clean install of stretch relying on the default nouveau > driver. All was well. I then tried installing the legacy driver. This > time apt seemed to install all the correct packages, nothing from > nvidia-current. But it did seem to install the kernel headers for 4.8 > rather than 4.7 which was the running kernel. End result was the same. > Black screen, no mouse no keyboard. > > I believe this may be the same bug as #833895 > > The graphics card in my system is a nvidia 9600GT. Never experienced > this problem on this system with Wheezy or Jessie. > > I hope this is helpful. Did it work after installing the correct headers? Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
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