X does not start any more since upgrading to Debian 9.1 with NVIDIA GeForce 7100

[Felix Miata]

"Andreas Köhler" composed on 2017-10-02 19:39 (UTC+0200):

> Hello @xorg mailing list,
> I upgraded from Debian 8.x to 9.1 some days ago and now X does not start any 
> more. ...
> [   462.623] Current Operating System: Linux uli 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 
> 3.2.65-1+deb7u2 i686
> [   462.623] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-686-pae 
> root=UUID=30333d3d-39dc-4635-ab28-81c8eed4a21b ro
...
> Since I cannot see any error it is really hard to understand what going wrong 
> here. Does anybody have a hint for me?
> Much thanks and regards, 

Start by uninstalling the NVidia driver, removing /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and
finishing the upgrade. Install the NVidia driver only if you are not pleased
with the default modesetting driver's behavior, and you find the alternative
Nouveau driver isn't adequate either. 3.2 is Wheezy's kernel. The Stretch kernel
is 4.9.
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