On 10/06/2016 02:55 AM, gianluca wrote:
Are the opensource nouveau drivers so bad, so you need closed-source blob???
Yeah, unless you just play Hunt The Wumpus. Without accelerated graphics, you're missing out on a lot I already paid for. I refuse to cripple my hardware on purpose since I'm a geek, not a fool.
The reason the driver failed might be because the OP didn't install the dkms package. I went through the update and my nvidia setup is still rolling along. OTOH, if he would boot and get a black screen, move the mouse to see if there is a mouse cursor. If so, enter a terminal (ctl-alt-F1) logging as user and enter "startx" to see if his desktop comes back.
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