Boot stops after LMDE upgrade

[darkvador80]

Hi everybody,

I'm new to Linux. I decided to give it a try and installed LMDE 201303 on my HP DV 5000 laptop.
Everything was stable, and I love linux mint.
I recently upgraded the software via the icon on the desktop, after the upgrade process it told me that I have broken packages.
I rebooted , the new screen i have is
Linuxmint ...... linux 3.11-2-486
Linuxmint ...... linux 3.11-2-486 recovery mode
Linuxmint ...... linux 3.2.0-4-486
Linuxmint ...... linux 3.2.0-4-486 recovery mode


I select the 1st one, it booted and I had many errors of this :

[ 12.543288] udevd[2958]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event' 'socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event': No such file or directory
[ 12.548789] udevd[2962]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event' 'socket:@/org/freedesktop/hal/udev_event': No such file or directory

There was a warning :
Startpar: Service(s) returned failure: plymouth ... failed

and nothing else after it, the system just stops

After some research , I used the recovery mode and
I removed hal,
I removed broken packages
Rebooted
i had no more errors but i still have
Startpar: Service(s) returned failure: plymouth ... failed
and the system stays there,
When I use ctrl + alt + suppr it reboots.

When I try the linux 3.2.0-4, it stops right during the boot process.

What is the problem?
can it be nvidia drivers, I checked and it says that I have the latest versio...

Thank you for your help

[Monsta]

Maybe MDM is not loading for some reason. Try reinstalling it:

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apt install --reinstall mdm mint-mdm-themes

[darkvador80]

Hi,

Just tried it, reinstall was successful, I choose mdm when it asked, but still the same result with more details:
a shell type screen that says :
Failed to start the X server. it is likely that it is not set up correctly. would you like to view the X server output to diagnose the problem

Also as it is the 1 st start after the update, it says that the kernel is compiling, at every reboot...

[darkvador80]

the diagnostic result is pretty large, At the end I have
loading extension GLX
ERROR: could not insert "nvidia current ' : no such device (EE)

FATAL SERVER ERROR:
(EE) no screens found (EE)
(EE)
please consult the X.Org foundation support
please also check the log file /var/log/Xorg.0.log
server terminated with error (1)

[Monsta]

please also check the log file /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Probably a good advice.

[darkvador80]

The next diag screen is : X.Org ser ver 1.14.3
no errors until the nvidia glx extension,
(EE) failed to load the nvidia kernel module(EE)
...
..
...
(EE) no drivers available
(EE) no screens found

???

[darkvador80]

I ran nvidia-detect:
geforce 7150 M

your card is only supported up to the 304 lergacy drivers series
it is recommended to install the nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver

??

[Monsta]

your card is only supported up to the 304 lergacy drivers series
it is recommended to install the nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver

Ah, so there it is. Your installed NVidia driver has been upgraded to 319.xx and this series doesn't support your old card. You should indeed follow the advice and install the legacy drivers.

[darkvador80]

Ok,
How to install the legacy drivers,

[Monsta]

It already told you the name of the metapackage, nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver.

[darkvador80]

Ok, I see
well, I don't understand how to install this package,
also, do I need to remove the actual driver ??

[darkvador80]

Is this the right topic ?
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 4&start=20

I'm little bit lost...

[Monsta]

Yes, the first two posts in that thread contain the instructions.

[Minzen]

Have you already found a solution to your problem??