It should look similar to the following example Go down to the line that loads the linux kernel and append " nomodeset" without the quotes but including the prefixed space after the 'quiet' text, this will allow you to load your display manager. Once Kali is installed, when GRUB loads, select the kali boot entry and press 'e'. NVIDIA Setup on Optimus Enabled Laptops M series GPUįirst of all, the instructions on the KALI distro website are wrong, they won't work and they're not ever going to work with a Kali install. If you need to configure your drivers, run nvidia-settings from terminal.
Install the Nvidia drivers and reboot apt-get install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings Blacklist the nouveau drivers leafpad /etc/modprobe.d/nfĪnd add the line "blacklist nouveau" sans the quotes to the conf file, save and close.Ħ. Install kernel headers apt-get install gcc make linux-headers-$(uname -r)ĥ. Grab the packages you need apt-get updateĢ. Pre-requisites leafpad /etc/apt/sources.listĮnsure that sources.list ONLY has the following source: deb kali-rolling main contrib non-freeġ. It's a little trickier on the Optimus laptop but still quite doable.įirst of all I'm assuming being logged in under root and a clean install of kali 2016.2. Please help! I will compile everything into a tutorial, so other who have the same errors with kali linux 2016.2 are helped too.Īctually, I just got the propriety Nvidia drivers working myself on both my desktop and my laptop, scroll down the guide for the Laptop guide.
So my GeForce 210 is supported by this driver package, but how do I install it manuall and after which step should I do so? GeForce GTS 240, GeForce GT 230, GeForce GT 240, GeForce GT 220, GeForce G210, GeForce 210, GeForce 205 GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 275, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce GTS 250, This is the Info about that driver package: This is the file I downloaded "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_" it is about 69.4 MB large
I figured I have to download the driver manually from NVIDIA I'm totally stuck at this point and I'm not sure what to try next I added the recommended repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list echo "deb sana main non-free contrib" > /etc/apt/sources.listĮcho "deb-src sana main non-free contrib" > /etc/apt/sources.listĮcho "deb kali-rolling main contrib non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.listĮcho "deb-src kali-rolling main contrib non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.listĪnd retried that step, but it still fails and shows the error. Since the installion stalled again on the following step, aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r)Ĭouldn't find any package whose name or description matched "linux-headers-4.6.0-kali1-amd64"
echo "deb kali-rolling main contrib non-free" > etc/apt/sources.listĪpt-get update & apt-get upgrade -y & apt-get dist-upgrade -yĪptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r)Īpt-get install nvidia-kernel-$(uname -r) Here are the steps outlined which can be found in that tutorial. The process over again, following the tutorial found under: I managed to render my installation of kali linux 2016.2 useless, so I re-installed it, and started