Bug#830721: Failed to load module "nv" (module does not exist, 0)

[Luca Boccassi]

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On Sun, 2016-07-10 at 20:36 +0200, Karsten Malcher wrote:
> Package: nvidia-driver
> Version: 340.96-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> i changed the card from ATI to NVIDIA after the ATI card died.
> After that i uninstalled all ATI stuff.
> Then i reinstalled the xserver and the nvidia-driver.
> It says it was compiling the nvidia driver and did report no error.
> 
> But it is not working - there is no driver!
> 
> Why graphics is such a pain in original Debian?
> When i boot Knoppix i always have a running X!
> 
> Cheers
> Karsten

How did you install the drivers? Make sure you reboot afterwards to
unload and blacklist nouveau!

Logs show that:

1) You have a very old 304.125 module loaded. Remove any *legacy-304xx
packages, and make sure the kernel modules from dkms are gone too
2) Xorg is still loading nouveau, so make sure update-alt is correct:

- "sudo update-alternatives --config glx" should have /usr/lib/nvidia
- "sudo update-alternatives --config nvidia" should
have /usr/lib/nvidia/current

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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