Kali Boots Only Boots into TTY after Nvidia Driver Install

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What have you tried:
I have tryed posiblty everything I could figure out with Google and ChatGPT, primarily with the lightDM module and Xorg. I also tried to reinstall kali and then install nvidia drivers.

What is the error:
After I install nvidia drivers kali only will boot into TTY mode (a terminal). I can enter the command startx and it will go to the xfce GUI, but after reboot it starts back in terminal. This only happens after installing the nvidia drivers using the instructions that kali has online.

What device is this on:
Custom Desktop:
Intel i7-11700k (It does have integrated graphics but I don’t use them, may be enabled in BIOS)
Nvidia RTX 3060
ASUS Prime Z590-P

By the way I do plan on dual booting windows on a separate disk, I currently have unplugged it so that it won’t interfere. I also am using the XFCE desktop on Kali and the GRUB bootloader. Sorry if I left anything out, I am a newbie to linux.

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Hi.
Have exactly same issue.
One possibility is use Nouveau Nvidia only, not propertiary driver. Second thing is add nvidia_drm.nomodeset=1 to to grub menu at line where is " ro quiet splash" - it will work, wayland too – but it crash if you relogin.

You can edit grub in /etc/grub/default - edit those lines and update-grub then.

lightdm / sdd the same issue - probably too old driver 535.xx for Wayland.

My nvidia config 1660s / 1070 8GB - work well any where - wayland - but always issues in Kali.

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I had the same issue. However, if you install GNOME, it won’t boot into TTY. It seems to be an issue with LightDM because GDM works normally. I haven’t tested it with KDE or Wayland.

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You need to change some kernel parameters;

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I read all of it but I don’t understand what is happening. Is there a video you can link? I am super new to Linux and would love to learn.

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search youtube and there will be plenty of links about ‘setting up nvidia on Linux’ and search ‘adding Linux kernel parameters’ too

You can use the nvidia detect tool to tell you what you need to install;

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Thank you everyone for your help!

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I’m understand how to get the driver, my main issue is figuring out out to get the driver to be used and stop loading into tty3 after I record after I install it
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read the guides on installing, you need to blacklist the nouveau drivers to use nvidia official.
You could be ending up at a tty because of your log in manager misconfigured, not because of drivers at all.

I realise your ‘new to Linux’, so that means lots of reading on ‘how to start with Linux’ type articles and videos. Frankly, get the latest ISO image, burn it to a USB and reinstall your Kali Linux, its going to be quicker for you.