Ubuntu INSTALLER will not start using nvidia card unless nomodeset is included in grub options

[David Cahill]

This has been a problem since version 12.04 and earlier. I cannot believe it has not been fixed yet.

When using an nvidia card such as a gtx750 TI and booting from a standard Desktop LTS version DVD, the screen will go blank and not display splash or anything after the grub menu.

I am using 2 monitors, 1 DVI-D, 1 DP. Both capable of resolutions beyond 1920x1080. However the combination of using one or both makes no difference until the restricted / additional nvidia drivers are installed.

Before then, you MUST set nomodeset in the boot options.

This makes installation for new users, laptops, etc, very difficult in several hardware instances.

Suggestion: Turn nomodeset on either by default, or as an additional boot option in the grub menu for users called "Safe Graphics Mode".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.39-generic 4.4.8
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.02.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:02:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 361.42 Tue Mar 22 18:10:58 PDT 2016
 GCC version: gcc version 5.3.1 20160413 (Ubuntu 5.3.1-14ubuntu2)
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
BootLog:

CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue May 10 15:03:34 2016
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bbswitch, 0.8, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed
 bbswitch, 0.8, 4.4.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-361, 361.42, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-361, 361.42, 4.4.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] [10de:1380] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] [3842:3757]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-04 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision T5610
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-22-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=9b142dd7-1bff-4390-ab95-c7137a45e0ce ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/26/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A10
dmi.board.name: 0WN7Y6
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A01
dmi.chassis.type: 7
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd06/26/2015:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionT5610:pvr01:rvnDellInc.:rn0WN7Y6:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision T5610
dmi.product.version: 01
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2
xserver.bootTime: Tue May 10 11:53:03 2016
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

sounds like the nouveau kernel module fails to drive them properly, please provide dmesg when booting without nomodeset & nvidia installed

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