Control: found -1 1.3.1 After purging the nvidia packages for a clean reinstallation:
# apt install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-settings Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libegl-nvidia0 libegl-nvidia0:i386 libegl1-glvnd-nvidia libegl1-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx:i386 libgldispatch0-nvidia libgldispatch0-nvidia:i386 libgles-nvidia1 libgles-nvidia1:i386 libgles-nvidia2 libgles-nvidia2:i386 libgles1-glvnd-nvidia libgles1-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libgles2-glvnd-nvidia libgles2-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libglx-nvidia0 libglx-nvidia0:i386 libglx0-glvnd-nvidia libglx0-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libnvidia-cfg1 libnvidia-cfg1:i386 libnvidia-eglcore libnvidia-eglcore:i386 libnvidia-glcore:i386 libnvidia-ml1 libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libvulkan1 libvulkan1:i386 linux-doc-4.6 linux-image-4.5.0-2-amd64 linux-image-4.6.0-1-amd64 nvidia-driver-bin nvidia-driver-libs:i386 nvidia-driver-libs-i386:i386 nvidia-persistenced nvidia-vulkan-common nvidia-vulkan-icd nvidia-vulkan-icd:i386 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: glx-alternative-nvidia libnvidia-glcore libxnvctrl0 nvidia-alternative nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-kernel-support nvidia-legacy-check nvidia-modprobe nvidia-support nvidia-vdpau-driver xserver-xorg-video-nvidia Suggested packages: nvidia-driver Recommended packages: nvidia-driver | libcuda1 libgl1-nvidia-glx nvidia-driver nvidia-settings The following NEW packages will be installed: glx-alternative-nvidia libnvidia-glcore libxnvctrl0 nvidia-alternative nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-kernel-support nvidia-legacy-check nvidia-modprobe nvidia-settings nvidia-support nvidia-vdpau-driver xserver-xorg-video-nvidia 0 upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 278 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/17.9 MB of archives. After this operation, 77.6 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] while I have only one nvidia package installed: cventin:~> dpkg -l | grep nvidia ii nvidia-installer-cleanup 20151021+4 amd64 cleanup after driver installation with the nvidia-installer If I omit the nvidia-settings package: # apt install nvidia-kernel-dkms Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-doc-4.6 linux-image-4.5.0-2-amd64 linux-image-4.6.0-1-amd64 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: glx-alternative-nvidia libegl-nvidia0 libegl-nvidia0:i386 libegl1-glvnd-nvidia libegl1-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx:i386 libgldispatch0-nvidia libgldispatch0-nvidia:i386 libgles-nvidia1 libgles-nvidia1:i386 libgles-nvidia2 libgles-nvidia2:i386 libgles1-glvnd-nvidia libgles1-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libgles2-glvnd-nvidia libgles2-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libglx-nvidia0 libglx-nvidia0:i386 libglx0-glvnd-nvidia libglx0-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libnvidia-cfg1 libnvidia-cfg1:i386 libnvidia-eglcore libnvidia-eglcore:i386 libnvidia-glcore libnvidia-glcore:i386 libnvidia-ml1 libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libvulkan1 libvulkan1:i386 nvidia-alternative nvidia-driver nvidia-driver-bin nvidia-driver-libs nvidia-driver-libs:i386 nvidia-driver-libs-i386:i386 nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-kernel-support nvidia-legacy-check nvidia-modprobe nvidia-persistenced nvidia-support nvidia-vdpau-driver nvidia-vulkan-common nvidia-vulkan-icd nvidia-vulkan-icd:i386 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia Suggested packages: vulkan-utils vulkan-utils:i386 Recommended packages: nvidia-settings The following NEW packages will be installed: glx-alternative-nvidia libegl-nvidia0 libegl-nvidia0:i386 libegl1-glvnd-nvidia libegl1-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx:i386 libgldispatch0-nvidia libgldispatch0-nvidia:i386 libgles-nvidia1 libgles-nvidia1:i386 libgles-nvidia2 libgles-nvidia2:i386 libgles1-glvnd-nvidia libgles1-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libgles2-glvnd-nvidia libgles2-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libglx-nvidia0 libglx-nvidia0:i386 libglx0-glvnd-nvidia libglx0-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libnvidia-cfg1 libnvidia-cfg1:i386 libnvidia-eglcore libnvidia-eglcore:i386 libnvidia-glcore libnvidia-glcore:i386 libnvidia-ml1 libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia:i386 libvulkan1 libvulkan1:i386 nvidia-alternative nvidia-driver nvidia-driver-bin nvidia-driver-libs nvidia-driver-libs:i386 nvidia-driver-libs-i386:i386 nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-kernel-support nvidia-legacy-check nvidia-modprobe nvidia-persistenced nvidia-support nvidia-vdpau-driver nvidia-vulkan-common nvidia-vulkan-icd nvidia-vulkan-icd:i386 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia 0 upgraded, 50 newly installed, 0 to remove and 278 not upgraded. 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