[PLUG] Installing nvidia-legacy340 on Slackware 14.2

[Dick Steffens]

On 1/16/19 6:50 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
> 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.

Well, it heard you talking about it, booted normally and gave me a login 
prompt. I logged in as rsteff and the DVI monitor came up with the 
normal stuff. The VGA monitor remains blank, as in no signal. I don't 
recall that happening before.

So, is there a way to get two monitors working at this point?

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Regards,

Dick Steffens