lspci is:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 730]
(rev a1)
Nvidia site explicitly says that the 367.44 driver does support GT 730.
In my opinion, there are two problems here:
1 - The system initialization should not loop forever trying to load a module
it has already tryed to load and failed
2 - The 367.44 NVIDIA driver should support my hardware.
The NVRM messages repeat forever:
...
Oct 09 09:17:23 linux-af78 kernel: [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
Oct 09 09:17:23 linux-af78 kernel: nvidia_modeset: module license 'NVIDIA'
taints kernel.
Oct 09 09:17:23 linux-af78 kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
Oct 09 09:17:23 linux-af78 systemd-journal[120]: Journal started
Oct 09 09:17:23 linux-af78 kernel: nvidia_modeset: Unknown symbol
nvidia_register_module (err 0)
Oct 09 09:17:23 linux-af78 kernel: nvidia_modeset: Unknown symbol
nvidia_get_rm_ops (err 0)
Oct 09 09:17:23 linux-af78 kernel: nvidia_modeset: Unknown symbol
nvidia_unregister_module (err 0)
Oct 09 09:17:23 linux-af78 systemd[1]: Started Journal Service.
...
Oct 09 09:17:31 linux-af78 systemd[1]: Mounting /home...
Oct 09 09:17:31 linux-af78 mtp-probe[579]: checking bus 6, device 2:
"/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb6/6-1"
Oct 09 09:17:31 linux-af78 mtp-probe[578]: checking bus 5, device 2:
"/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.1/usb5/5-2"
Oct 09 09:17:31 linux-af78 mtp-probe[578]: bus: 5, device: 2 was not an MTP
device
Oct 09 09:17:31 linux-af78 mtp-probe[579]: bus: 6, device: 2 was not an MTP
device
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: vgaarb: device changed decodes:
PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: NVRM: The Unknown NVIDIA G8x Series GPU
installed in this
NVRM: system is not supported through the
367.44 NVIDIA
NVRM: driver. You can try the NVIDIA 340.xx
Legacy drivers.
NVRM: Please visit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
NVRM: for download information. The 367.44
NVIDIA driver
NVRM: will ignore this GPU. Continuing
probe...
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: nvidia: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with
error -1
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being
initialized, major device number 246
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine failed for 1
device(s).
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: NVRM: None of the NVIDIA graphics adapters
were initialized!
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered the Nvlink Core,
major device number 246
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: NVRM: NVIDIA init module failed!
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 systemd[1]: Mounted /home.
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 systemd[1]: Starting Local File Systems.
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 systemd[1]: Reached target Local File Systems.
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 systemd[1]: Starting Tell Plymouth To Write Out
Runtime Data...
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 systemd[1]: Starting Trigger Flushing of Journal to
Persistent Storage...
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem with
ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: vgaarb: device changed decodes:
PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=none,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: NVRM: The Unknown NVIDIA G8x Series GPU
installed in this
NVRM: system is not supported through the
367.44 NVIDIA
NVRM: driver. You can try the NVIDIA 340.xx
Legacy drivers.
NVRM: Please visit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
NVRM: for download information. The 367.44
NVIDIA driver
NVRM: will ignore this GPU. Continuing
probe...
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: nvidia: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with
error -1
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being
initialized, major device number 246
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine failed for 1
device(s).
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: NVRM: None of the NVIDIA graphics adapters
were initialized!
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered the Nvlink Core,
major device number 246
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: NVRM: NVIDIA init module failed!
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: vgaarb: device changed decodes:
PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=none,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: NVRM: The Unknown NVIDIA G8x Series GPU
installed in this
NVRM: system is not supported through the
367.44 NVIDIA
NVRM: driver. You can try the NVIDIA 340.xx
Legacy drivers.
NVRM: Please visit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
NVRM: for download information. The 367.44
NVIDIA driver
NVRM: will ignore this GPU. Continuing
probe...
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: nvidia: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with
error -1
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being
initialized, major device number 246
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine failed for 1
device(s).
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: NVRM: None of the NVIDIA graphics adapters
were initialized!
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered the Nvlink Core,
major device number 246
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: NVRM: NVIDIA init module failed!
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 systemd[1]: Started Tell Plymouth To Write Out
Runtime Data.
Oct 09 09:17:32 linux-af78 kernel: vgaarb: device changed decodes:
PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=none,decodes=none:owns=io+mem