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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0003227Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2018-01-29 12:33
Reporterkbelo Assigned Tog0tmi1k  
PrioritynormalSeveritycrashReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionsuspended 
Product Version2016.1 
Summary0003227: Black Screen After Nvidia Package Installation
Description

I bought a Dell Ultrabook 5480 with a Nvidia GeForce 830M and I installed the Kali Rolling Custom with Gnome and I execute the aptitude dist-upgrade before install the Nvidia Package.

To install the Nvidia Package I followed the instructions from here:

http://docs.kali.org/general-use/install-nvidia-drivers-on-kali-linux

Steps To Reproduce

I can reproduce the problem any time because is persistent.

Additional Information

I got some files but if necessary I can reproduce the problem again and get the specifics files than you need.

Attached Files
nvidia-problem.tar.gz (363,124 bytes)

Activities

builderbob

builderbob

2016-04-10 19:33

reporter   ~0005106

Last edited: 2016-04-10 19:34

Hi. I actually had the exact same problem yesterday and found that the problem for me was that I also had to install "nvidia-xconfig" and then run it with "nvidia-xconfig".

I'm not sure this is a bug with Kali, but rather a mistake in the documentation for leaving that part out, which is the reason I came here. Maybe this is related to something I/we got wrong during installation though.

Anyway, to solve your situation, you need to get a shell and run:
"aptitude -y install nvidia-xconfig && nvidia-xconfig && reboot"

If you have the same problem I had, you CAN press CTRL+ALT+F1 to get a TTY, but you can't see it. So what I did was to simply get the TTY, log in, ran the 1-liner above and waited for it to reboot. It took me like 3 tries to get it right but there is probably an easier way.

kbelo

kbelo

2016-04-11 14:29

reporter   ~0005108

Hi builderbob,

I did that before but didn't worked too.

My xorg.conf is attached in my report.

I tried everything what came in my mind including set the BusID on xorg.conf, but without success.

Part of my xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BusID "PCI:08:00:0"
EndSection

Thank you for the informations,

g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2018-01-29 12:33

administrator   ~0008154

Due to the age of the OS (Kali Moto [v1], Kali Safi [v2], Kali Rolling 2016.x), these legacy versions are no longer supported.
We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.

Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux - https://www.kali.org/downloads/)?

If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing,and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-04-10 17:24 kbelo New Issue
2016-04-10 17:24 kbelo File Added: nvidia-problem.tar.gz
2016-04-10 19:33 builderbob Note Added: 0005106
2016-04-10 19:34 builderbob Note Edited: 0005106
2016-04-11 14:29 kbelo Note Added: 0005108
2018-01-29 12:33 g0tmi1k Assigned To => g0tmi1k
2018-01-29 12:33 g0tmi1k Status new => closed
2018-01-29 12:33 g0tmi1k Resolution open => suspended
2018-01-29 12:33 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0008154