Control: reassign -1 nvidia-driver Hi,
and thanks for your report. Asmodean <place4...@gmail.com> (2023-05-23): > Package: installation-reports > Severity: normal > X-Debbugs-Cc: place4...@gmail.com > > (Please provide enough information to help the Debian > maintainers evaluate the report efficiently - e.g., by filling > in the sections below.) > > Boot method: USB > Image version: debian-bookworm-DI-rc3-amd64-DVD-1.iso > Date: 05/23/23 > > Machine: i7-6700k, Nvidia 980 Ti, HDMI lik to monitor, 1080p monitor > Partitions: `df -Tl`: > /dev/mapper/nvme0n1p3_crypt btrfs 248993792 17590048 229590192 8% / > /dev/mapper/nvme0n1p3_crypt btrfs 248993792 17590048 229590192 8% > /snapshots > /dev/mapper/nvme0n1p3_crypt btrfs 248993792 17590048 229590192 8% /swap > /dev/mapper/nvme0n1p3_crypt btrfs 248993792 17590048 229590192 8% /var > /dev/nvme0n1p2 ext2 515668 80388 409068 17% /boot > /dev/nvme0n1p1 vfat 522224 11096 511128 3% > /boot/efi > /dev/mapper/sda1_crypt btrfs 488368128 380438904 107203864 79% /home > > > Base System Installation Checklist: > [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it > > Initial boot: [O] > Detect network card: [O] > Configure network: [O] > Detect media: [O] > Load installer modules: [O] > Clock/timezone setup: [O] > User/password setup: [O] > Detect hard drives: [O] > Partition hard drives: [O] > Install base system: [O] > Install tasks: [O] > Install boot loader: [O] > Overall install: [O] > > Comments/Problems: > `initrd` was installed with the general option, and no extra modules > were loaded when prompted to do so in the expert installer. After > finishing the installation, the system rebooted correctly, albeit there > being no splash screen for the LUKs prompt, only a console text prompt > to enter the encryption passphrase. After decrypting everything and > loading the graphical environment, i.e. XFCE, the `non-free` component was > added to `/etc/apt/sources.list`, the package `linux-headers-amd64` was > installed, and lastly the command `apt install nvidia-driver > firmware-misc-nonfree` was run to install the proprietary Nvidia drivers > for my GPU. At reboot time, bootloader GRUB appeared without problem, > but after selecting the kernel and the initial loading that follows, the > console only displayed the line "XDG something disabled" instead of > showing the LUKs prompt. Though after waiting a few moments, supposedly > for the keyboard modules to load, the passphrase can be entered without > any visual feedback, with only the "XDG..." line on the screen. Pressing > <Return> following the passphrase boots the system into graphical target > without problems. The questions are: 1. Why was the GUI splash screen > unavailable > after the reboot following installation? That I don't know but I'm not going to consider a big issue. I've added debian-xfce@ to cc so that they can give some feedback if they want to. > 2. Why did the prompt disappear after > installing Nvidia drivers? 3. Is there a way to fix this? > Note: I installed the same system on the W550s Thinkpad which has a > Nvidia GPU. The splash screen displayed correctly after pressing > <Escape> following the initial boot, and loaded correctly too after > installing the Nvidia drivers with identical steps detailed above. Reassigning to nvidia-driver for this part that seems much more worrying. Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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