Kali Roling 2016 Freeze after login as root

[deanMKD1]

Hi !

I have one problem that i have not found the solution yet.. I have dell 7559 with Win10 on it and nVidia GTX960M. I have make roling kali bootable with usb, create non alocate space on my ssd. Instalaltion passed ok (instead of warning that wifi firmware is missing) and installed.

I logged in and that was it. Kali Linux froze with a grey screen after I signed in with root and nothing happens and it doesn't work. Pointer was freezed, nothing worked. :(


I have used Kali 2.0 Sana before without problems and worked great. With Rolling distribution only issues.. Also i tryed to use Live Version of Roling, and works without issuesm but when install on disk, start problems listed before. I can login to Kali only if ising Gnome on Wayland UI. All other freeze me laptop.

My laptop specs:

Cpu : Core i7 6700HQ Skylake
Gpu: nVidia GTX960M4GB DDR5
Ram: 16 Gb 1600 mhz
Wifi : Some intel dual band AC card.

I found this threads, but not help me..

https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?28826-Keyborad-and-mouse-freeze
http://superuser.com/questions/972170/kali-linux-booting-issue-freeze-at-login-page
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?29892-Long-wait-for-desktop-after-logging-in-on-Kali-2016-1-64bit-issue-and-Nvidia-info

I have installed amd64 bit Kali Roling .

[ZeOp]

Hey ! I have EXACTELY the same problem, the only thing that change is the power of my pc...
If you have found the solution, can you write it here plz :'( ?

[zoli96]

Hi!
I don't know if you still need a solution, I have succeeded in making my GUI work.
It's not the best solutin, what's more I think everyone is going to say it is bad, but it worked for me, and I had the same problem as You.
I logged in as root not in graphical mode but in console
ctrl + alt + f1
root
your root password
and type apt-get install nvidia-*
it will download every nvidia package (2 GBs as I remember). After it is done restart and it will work.
( didn't try but befor this I created a non root user in the sudoers group and i logged in as this user)
If you have a better solution, please share it.
I hope it's helpful.

[ab cde]

Same problem here, and my only workaround was to boot with acpi off. I posted a thread about my issue, because with acpi off my touch pad does not work.