Re: new video card broke X

On 6/28/26 19:00, Eben King wrote:
> On 6/28/26 18:40, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:
>> On Sun, Jun 28, 2026 at 5:49 PM Eben King <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I recently got a new-to-me video card:
>>> 00:1f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230
>>> Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller (rev 31)
>>>
>>> There is also the onboard hardware:
>>> 00:02.0 Display controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 (rev 06)
>>>
>>> It is currently connected to one monitor, but that'll change after this
>>> is fixed. One change at a time.
>>>
>>> The computer boots fine. The POST and bootloader show on both
>>> card-connected monitors and the boot sequence shows on the onboard one.
>>> but I can live with that for now.
>>>
>>> I formerly had an Nvidia GX750, and something still thinks I have it.
>>> startx runs but exits with error.  Any idea where that's coming from?
>>> I've done some investigation, but obviously not of the right things.
>>
>>
>> Try "sudo modprobe -r --remove-holders nvidia"
> 
> eben@cerberus:~$ sudo modprobe -r --remove-holders nvidia
> [sudo] password for eben:
> modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1998 
> kmod_module_get_holders() could not open '/sys/module/nvidia/holders': 
> No such file or directory
There is no /sys/module/nvidia, probably because the nvidia module isn't 
loaded:

eben@cerberus:~$ lsmod | grep nv
1

("1" is the exit status.)