Black Screen of Death after logging into Ubuntu Bionic: "Failed to acquire modesetting permission"
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xorg (Ubuntu) |
Expired
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
**Specs:** Ubuntu Bionic; NVidia GTX 1070 w/`nvidia-387` drivers.
**Problem:** After installing a new GTX 1070 and installing `nvidia-387`, I get a black screen of death AFTER logging into Ubuntu (i.e., the login screen shows up just fine). I'm not even able to access other TTYs (the error logs below were retrieved via SSH).
**/var/
**/var/
[ 26.455] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to acquire modesetting permission.
[ 26.455] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen 0
[ 26.455] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 26.455] (II) UnloadSubModule: "wfb"
[ 26.455] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fb"
[ 26.455] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[ 26.455] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 26.455] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[ 26.455] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://
for help.
[ 26.455] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/
[ 26.455] (EE)
[ 26.457] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
**Conf files.** Here are my conf files:
$ cd /usr/share/X11
$ find . -name "*.conf"
./xorg.
./xorg.
./xorg.
./xorg.
./xorg.
./xorg.
./xorg.
./xorg.
I tried deleting all of these except for the nvidia one and rebooting, and the error persists. In addition, I tried deleting all of them and generating a new one via `sudo X -configure` but get
$ cd /usr/share/X11$
$ sudo pkill X && sudo X -configure
_XSERVTrans
_XSERVTrans
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://
for help.
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/
(EE)
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
**kms.** Finally, in case relevant:
$ lsmod | grep kms
drm_kms_helper 167936 1 nvidia_drm
syscopyarea 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
fb_sys_fops 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
drm 356352 6 nvidia_
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: xorg (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
.proc.driver.
.proc.driver.
.proc.driver.
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 387.34 Tue Nov 21 03:09:00 PST 2017
GCC version: gcc version 7.2.0 (Ubuntu 7.2.0-18ubuntu2)
.proc.driver.
Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
Date: Sat Feb 10 13:14:48 2018
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: bionic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
bbswitch, 0.8, 4.13.0-25-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-387, 387.34, 4.13.0-25-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingI
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] [10de:1b81] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] [3842:6276]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-02 (100 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
MachineType: MSI MS-7917
ProcEnviron:
TERM=eterm-color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/16/2016
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V1.13
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: MS-7917
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.89-1
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| George (georgewsinger) wrote | #1 |
| penalvch (penalvch) wrote | #2 |
| tags: | added: latest-bios-1.13 |
| Changed in xorg (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Incomplete |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in xorg (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
| Cyrus Harmon (ch-launchpad) wrote | #4 |
| Jonathan (jjcf89) wrote | #5 |
George, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
1) Regarding the version of the nvidia drivers you attempted to use, it appears you are using an upstream or 3rd party version. Could you please mention where you obtained the driver from?
2) Could you please install a supported version of the nvidia driver found at https:/
3) Do you have this issue if you don't install a proprietary nvidia driver?
4) To advise, when attaching logs, please don't snip/grep/cut logs. Attach logs in their entirety from the first entry of a boot to when the issue is reproducible. Developers can't work with snips.