Hi, Daniel van Vugt asked me to fill a new bug for the problem I have after he replied me in this old problem with GDM. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1705369
First, I will show the basic configuration of my desktop computer:
-Motherboard: ROG STRIX X370-F GAMING.
-CPU: Ryzen 7 1700.
-GPU: GTX 1050 2GB from MSI.
-Sound: Xonar DSX with ALC1220 of the motherboard deactivated.
Well, the problem I have ocurrs randomly and I saw it in Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04. In the prior version I get the typical “stopping user manager for uid” message, but in the most recent version I only see some information about storage I always see in the system boot, nothing apparently bad. I always use the official NVIDIA blob driver from the Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA, but the I also saw the bug in drivers provided by Ubuntu’s repositories.
I used Linux Mint 19 for one month and I didn’t see the bug, so I think that origin is from Ubuntu’s stack. I suspect of two components and three possibilities:
-GDM.
-NVIDIA Prime.
-Both combinanted.
I’m trying a workaround setting nomodeset in the file “/etc/default/grub”. The line:
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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
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Is now:
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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset"
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After modify the file I executed the “sudo update-grub” command.
Until now I didn’t see the bug again, but it’s too early to make sure. If I don’t see the bug again in two months I will declare the bug solved for me, but this is not the "out of the box" behavior you expect from a system like Ubuntu.
Sorry if my English is hard to understand.
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: communitheme:ubuntu:GNOME
DisplayManager: gdm3
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
GsettingsChanges:
b'org.gnome.shell' b'had-bluetooth-devices-setup' b'true'
b'org.gnome.shell' b'favorite-apps' redacted by apport
b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-26 (14 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
Package: gnome-shell 3.28.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-30.32-generic 4.15.18
Tags: bionic
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-30-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
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