[SOLVED] Closed non-free Nvidia driver won't load

[roblm]

If the Nvidia driver is not loading and the nouveau driver was successfully blacklisted, then the FBDEV driver should be loading. Can you try blacklisting nouveau again. I assume you used this command after doing that:

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sudo update-initramfs -u

Reboot and then post the Xorg.0.log file again.

[JeremyB]

What is the result for

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ls /lib/modules/4.4.0-116-generic/kernel/drivers/char/drm/

[Pjotr]

If the Nvidia driver is not loading and the nouveau driver was successfully blacklisted, then the FBDEV driver should be loading. Can you try blacklisting nouveau again. I assume you used this command after doing that:

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sudo update-initramfs -u

Reboot and then post the Xorg.0.log file again.

You're great! It worked:

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pjotr@bureaucomputer ~ $ inxi -G
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210]
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.18.4) drivers: nvidia (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa,nouveau)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce 210/PCIe/SSE2 version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.104

I wasn't aware that I also had to execute that update-initramfs command, after the blacklisting of nouveau. This proved to be the key to success.

Thanks a lot to everybody who responded, but roblm in particular!

---Edit for the benefit of future readers: I've documented the solution on my website:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinux ... won-t-load
(item 12, left column)