nvidia-xconfig and reboot, "x(gdm3)" will not load. Several days research and nothing
I've reloaded kali about 3 times, in order to try different methods of installing nVidia drivers for my machine. None of have worked so far, but I am closer than before with this latest attempt.
The problem is this, I installed using this guide here. I was successful all the way to the point where I ran nvidia-xconfig and then rebooted the system. Upon restart, I get to the point where the screen is blank with the flashing cursor at the top left corner of the screen. From there I can do a ctrl-alt-f1 to get to the console, but no GUI. I know that the problem exists in the xorg.conf file because when I delete that file and reboot everything comes up fine, but without my nvidia driver loading.
I ran dmesg and here is the portion where I see that the driver is attempting to load and is followed by what appear to be several error messages about a conflicting version number or something. Had I not taken a 6 year hiatus from linux I may of been able to figure this out, but I need help. Here is the dmesg output from where I believe the nvidia driver is trying to load up.
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[ 6.039345] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[ 6.039349] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[ 6.046915] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
[ 6.046986] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
[ 6.047062] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 304.117 Tue Nov 26 21:36:39 PST 2013
[ 6.536829] media: Linux media interface: v0.10
[ 6.599308] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 6.804787] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device USB 2.0 WebCam Device (064e:d282)
[ 6.808117] input: USB 2.0 WebCam Device as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb3/3-1/3-1.4/3-1.4:1.0/input/input15
[ 6.808265] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
[ 6.808268] USB Video Class driver (1.1.1)
[ 6.808749] [drm] Enabling RC6 states: RC6 on, RC6p on, RC6pp off
[ 6.817657] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 6.817660] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 6.817662] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 6.817664] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 6.817665] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 6.817667] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 6.817668] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 8.523640] Adding 11707388k swap on /dev/sda6. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:11707388k
[ 8.536415] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[ 8.773767] EXT4-fs (sda5): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 9.059342] loop: module loaded
[ 10.231324] alx 0000:03:00.0: irq 48 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 10.231382] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 10.232158] alx 0000:03:00.0 eth0: NIC Up: 100 Mbps Full
[ 10.232387] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 11.736445] Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
[ 1566.999752] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 319.82, but
[ 1566.999752] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 304.117. Please
[ 1566.999752] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 1566.999752] NVRM: components have the same version.
[ 1628.787947] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 319.82, but
[ 1628.787947] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 304.117. Please
[ 1628.787947] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 1628.787947] NVRM: components have the same version.
[ 1656.497396] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 319.82, but
[ 1656.497396] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 304.117. Please
[ 1656.497396] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 1656.497396] NVRM: components have the same version.
[ 1698.484559] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 319.82, but
[ 1698.484559] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 304.117. Please
[ 1698.484559] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 1698.484559] NVRM: components have the same version.
[ 1708.234963] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 319.82, but
[ 1708.234963] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 304.117. Please
[ 1708.234963] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 1708.234963] NVRM: components have the same version.
[ 1982.489383] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 319.82, but
[ 1982.489383] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 304.117. Please
[ 1982.489383] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 1982.489383] NVRM: components have the same version.
[ 1987.759691] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 319.82, but
[ 1987.759691] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 304.117. Please
[ 1987.759691] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 1987.759691] NVRM: components have the same version.
[ 1988.858817] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 319.82, but
[ 1988.858817] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 304.117. Please
[ 1988.858817] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 1988.858817] NVRM: components have the same version.
[ 2652.273131] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 319.82, but
[ 2652.273131] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 304.117. Please
[ 2652.273131] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 2652.273131] NVRM: components have the same version.
[ 2658.335612] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 319.82, but
[ 2658.335612] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 304.117. Please
[ 2658.335612] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 2658.335612] NVRM: components have the same version.
[ 2691.362314] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 319.82, but
[ 2691.362314] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 304.117. Please
[ 2691.362314] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 2691.362314] NVRM: components have the same version.
Thanks in advance for any help!!
