Black Screen after Upgrade from Kubuntu 17.04 to 17.10
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I just upgraded Kubuntu from 17.04 to 17.10 on two machines with the same Result:
After reboot, the first kernel in grub was 'linux-
This kernel does not work with the nvidia-grafic-card and lead to a black screen.
After purging this kernel in a tty-session it booted up smothely.
I think this can help many others.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu3
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
.proc.driver.
.proc.driver.
.proc.driver.
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 384.90 Tue Sep 19 19:17:35 PDT 2017
GCC version: gcc version 7.2.0 (Ubuntu 7.2.0-8ubuntu3)
.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: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Fri Oct 20 09:57:26 2017
DistUpgraded: 2017-10-20 08:57:01,633 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_
DistroCodename: artful
DistroVariant: kubuntu
DkmsStatus:
bbswitch, 0.8, 4.13.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-384, 384.90, 4.13.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingI
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] [10de:1380] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd GM107 [GeForce GTX 750 Ti] [1458:362d]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-23 (300 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.1)
Lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 062a:4102 Creative Labs
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z170X-Gaming 3
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-20 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 06/30/2017
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F22d
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: Z170X-Gaming 3
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.family: Default string
dmi.product.name: Z170X-Gaming 3
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1
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Same problem here - booting kubuntu 17.10 using the new, default 'lowlatency' kernel led to a black screen. Manually selecting the 'generic' kernel via the advanced options in grub worked fine. I've got an nvidia 780 card.