[nouveau] Ubuntu 18.10 boots to a blank screen with a blinking cursor
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gdm3 (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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High
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Unassigned | ||
mutter (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
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Running startx starts X just fine, but at login I just get a blank screen with a blinking cursor. If I hit Alt+F<n> I can get a console which allows me to login and run 'startx' at which point Gnome starts normally after entering my keychain unlock password.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu8
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-8-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Sun Oct 7 22:59:13 2018
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: cosmic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingI
GraphicsCard:
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0877]
NVIDIA Corporation GP104M [GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile] [10de:1be1] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell GP104M [GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile] [1028:0877]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-07 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Beta amd64 (20180927)
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1bcf:2b8c Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 187c:0550 Alienware Corporation
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 8087:0025 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Alienware Alienware 17 R5
ProcEnviron:
TERM=linux
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg crash
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/10/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: Alienware
dmi.bios.version: 1.5.0
dmi.board.name: Alienware 17 R5
dmi.board.vendor: Alienware
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Alienware
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAlienwar
dmi.product.family: Alienware
dmi.product.name: Alienware 17 R5
dmi.product.sku: 0877
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Alienware
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.94-1
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description: | updated |
Changed in gdm3 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
tags: | added: nouveau |
summary: |
- Ubuntu 18.10 boots to a blank screen with a blinking cursor + [nouveau] Ubuntu 18.10 boots to a blank screen with a blinking cursor |
Changed in mutter (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → High |
tags: | removed: nvidia |
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1795637, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.