[PLUG] Installing nvidia-legacy340 on Slackware 14.2

[Ben Koenig]

On Wednesday, January 16, 2019 6:38:09 PM PST Dick Steffens wrote:
> On 1/16/19 5:56 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
> > Time permitted this afternoon.
> > 
> >> I rebooted to run level 3.
> > 
> > How are you rebooting to runlevel 3?
> 
> Powering down and back up.
> 
> >> I ran nvidia-switch --remove
> >> 
> >> I ran slackpkg remove nvidia-legacy390-driver ...
> >> I ran slackpkg remove nvidia-legacy390-kernel ...
> >> I ran slackpkg remove nvidia-legacy340-driver ...
> >> I ran slackpkg remove nvidia-legacy340-kernel ...
> >> All four completed, although the 390 kernel complained that some files
> >> were in use. I assume they were also there as part of the 340 package.
> >> 
> >> I deleted /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and a few backups with that name included.
> >> 
> >> I deleted the nouveau blacklist file from /etc/modprobe.d
> >> 
> >> Then I rebooted, or at least tried to.
> >> 
> >> I watched as the system shut itself down. But when I started it back up,
> >> I saw a little graphic in the upper left corner of my DVI monitor blink
> >> between Analog and Digital a few times, and then stop. No response to
> >> the keyboard. When trying to ssh in, I got the message:
> >> 
> >> dick at ENU-1:~$ ssh rsteff at 192.168.0.134
> >> ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.134 port 22: No route to host
> > 
> > Make sure your host really is at 192.168.0.134. That looks like a DHCP
> > address, so it can change unless you configured it specifically not to on
> > your router.
> 
> I have that set in the router.
> 
> >> I can still boot from the install USB stick, which is what I expect I'll
> >> need to do next.
> >> 
> >> Recommendations on what else to do next?
> > 
> > I really want to know what you mean by "rebooted to runlevel 3". What is
> > inittab currently set to?
> 
> You had me set inittab to 3 several threads ago and said I should leave
> it there until things work right.
> 
> > - reinstall the base distribution packages that were overwritten
> > slackpkg reinstall xorg-server libdrm mesa
> 
> I also did that before powering down the last time.

Ok that's odd. 

When you boot up, does it go straight to a black screen? 

You need to sit there and watch it. Either it boots, gives you a wall of 
scrolling text and then a black screen..

OR, it boots, and immediately goes to a black screen after the kernel loads. 

If the former, then I know what's going on.