On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 17:51:37 -0500, Haines wrote in message
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> Arnt, thanks for the suggestion. I tried to install all the packages,
> but nvidos-persistenced failed to initialize. Coult not install
> nvidia-persistenced becaue it is not configured. Could not install
> nvidia-driver-full because nvidia-persistenced not confiigured.

..nvidea users, chip in, I'm a nouveau-only guy this last decade,
my radeon experience is "on hold" since 2014.

> Got the idea a reboot might help, but not could startx. I can access
> this list with mutt in terminal. Root can't startx, nor does
> startx flukxbox work. Log of no help. So I have to step back from
> my question unti I can get xorg to work.
>
> Incidentally, lost DIAPLAY value for a while, but then it started
> working for some reason.


..tried xorg -configure ?

..I'm getting the idea your GeForce GT 1030 card may be shut down by
your old config files meant for your dead motherboard video chip.


--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.