On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 10:42:55 +0200, Frank Fricke wrote: > Now: This morning Xserver didn't start at boot. I had installed the > nvidia-driver package (proprietary "flavour") the day before yesterday, > and now the screen read "failed to load systemd-modules-load.services" > (quoting from memory).
I can't help with the underlying problem, but... (with nouveau:) > # nvidia-settings > > and the GUI popped up as it is supposed to, but the terminal also > returned the following message: > > > "error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is invalid or not set in the environment. > > (nvidia-settings:1499): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **:09:03:58.532: > g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed > error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is invalid or not set in the environment." This message is completely harmless. You can safely ignore it, and focus on the actual problem (X won't start with the proprietary nvidia driver).
