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I am running Ubuntu Server 16.04 Xenial on my mini itx board with a Nvidia GT218-ION videocard. I installed kodi and xinit but I seem to mis the correct Nvidia drivers, nvidia-304 (current) dont work with the latest version of xinit as it seems.

Nouveau drivers gives me: List of video drivers: nouveau modesetting No devices to configure. Configuration failed. (EE) Server terminated with error (2). Closing log file.

The nvidia-367 seems to work but also installs gnome which i dont want.

I did install the nvidia driver from their website now but i got this error: [ 2922.845] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" [ 2922.846] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia [ 2922.846] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" [ 2922.846] (II) Unloading nvidia [ 2922.846] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)

when i try to install nvidia-340 through the apt repo i get this: pastebin.com/YaJhq4m5 as you can see it wants to install gnome and unity packages

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  • The nvidia-367 seems to work but also installs gnome ????? No, installing a graphics drivers does not install a desktop environment. Besides, 304 is old, not current, and doesn't support ION. According to Nvidia you need 340 (and only this version): nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/107868/en-us
    – user589808
    Nov 19, 2016 at 10:48
  • Yes I installed the 340 driver from the nvidia website but I get this error now: [ 2922.845] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" [ 2922.846] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia [ 2922.846] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" [ 2922.846] (II) Unloading nvidia [ 2922.846] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
    – Alex1602
    Nov 19, 2016 at 11:03
  • You need to remove all previous versions before installing a new one: sudo apt purge nvidia. Reboot. Then you should be able to install the drivers already in the official repos: sudo apt install nvidia-340.
    – user589808
    Nov 19, 2016 at 11:06
  • when i try to install nvidia-340 through the apt repo i get this: pastebin.com/YaJhq4m5 as you can see it wants to install gnome
    – Alex1602
    Nov 19, 2016 at 11:06
  • Please edit and add all that information to your question, not just as a comment.
    – user589808
    Nov 19, 2016 at 11:11

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I installed the nvidia-340 from the repository and after that removed unity-greeting.

after a apt-get autoremove also all the other gui stuff got removed

Its working for now but it stays weird that a graphics driver installs unity and gnome stuff

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