this is #debianan IRC-Channel at freenode (freenode IRC service closed 2021-06-01)
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1[00:00:06] <Primer> The only part that might fail is that the kernel module is already installed from dkms and I'm not sure purging the package unloads the module
11[00:01:42] <Primer> Lady_Aleena: To be safe, I should have had you check lsmod for modules named nvidia* and had you remove those beforehand, but we'll see how this goes
21[00:04:27] <Primer> So here is where betting people can chime in
22[00:04:47] <Primer> I'm feeling pretty confident here. I want to suggest this: sudo service sddm restart :)
23[00:04:53] <Primer> I got $10 on the table!
24[00:05:04] * dvs bets a $20
25[00:05:12] <Primer> dvs: let's do it!
26[00:05:17] <dvs> heh
27[00:05:53] <Primer> But yeah, I'm making a rather bold statement, but I professed to knowing what I'm doing, and that was the show stopper, the driver mismatch
28[00:06:14] <Primer> BUT, one step we skipped was the review of the package list! I never did see that!
29[00:06:24] <Lady_Aleena> I'm going to reboot after the restart, is that okay Primer?
30[00:07:10] <dvs> no need
31[00:07:18] <dvs> X should start up
32[00:07:20] <Primer> Lady_Aleena: wait
33[00:08:04] <Primer> yes, I want to try just starting X, because it _should_ just work. But let's try startx. First remove /var/log/Xorg.0.log, then use the alt-f2 method, and start there
34[00:08:10] <Primer> and expect X to start :)
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