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Running Ubuntu 16.04 on a HP with AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 220 Processor × 2, NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] (rev a2) card.

After update, I was stuck in the endless login loop. The latest version of the Nvidia driver doesn't work in my oh-so old Hewlett Packard.

Installing via ubuntu-drivers autoinstall installs driver 304.137 which doesn't work.

I need driver 304.134, for which I have the .run file sitting in my desktop.

However, in order to access my computer, I had to purge everything related to Nvidia (only way to avoid login loop). I now am typing in 640x480 resolution and a bunch of squares with circles on the monitor:

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I need help with the terminal commands to do the following:

  1. Install the Nvidia 304.134 driver, in a system that has been freshly purged of everything Nvidia*
Gohsts in my machine
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  • according to the supported products tab here (https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/123709/en-us) your card is still supported perhaps you just had a failed driver install? ether way you can dl the driver you want here(https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/112990/en-us) and this link has some install instructions for you (https://askubuntu.com/questions/149206/how-to-install-nvidia-run) – wraith3690 001 Oct 31 '20 at 03:10
  • @wraith3690001 I started everything again, purged Nvidia, added repository graphics drivers, installed Nvidia-340. And then I noticed two errors in terminal, which I'm sure are the key to fixing this, if I knew what I am doing: ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/nvidia-304.0.crash' Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.4.0-193-generic (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-304/304.137/build/make.log for more information. Any suggestions? – Gohsts in my machine Oct 31 '20 at 17:54
  • When viewing /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-304/304.137/build/make.log the output says ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid."; \ echo >&2 " include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing. – Gohsts in my machine Oct 31 '20 at 19:32
  • @wraith3690001 the make.log file also has a bunch of "Werrors", about 50. – Gohsts in my machine Nov 02 '20 at 22:43

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