Blank screen on bootup, karmic, nvidia card

[themusicalduck]

Binary package hint: xorg

On latest version of Karmic, booting up will only take me as far as to show the glowing Ubuntu logo, then it'll move to a completely blank screen and do nothing.

A semi-workaround is to rename xorg.conf, this allows Ubuntu to boot, but because NVidia generates its own custom xorg.conf file, I lose 3D support and dual-monitor support. Regenerating a new xorg with nvidia-xconfig takes me back to an un-bootable system. I have a GTX260 NVidia card.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 12 02:52:25 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04f3:0212 Elan Microelectronics Corp. Laser Mouse
 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:00b0 Microsoft Corp. Digital Media Pro Keyboard
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=c9411100-0249-4730-8d86-683a5f379be9 ro single
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.44-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu2
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090825.fc74e119-0ubuntu3
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic i686
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1715): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1715): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1782): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1774): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (Do:1811): Wnck-CRITICAL **: wnck_set_client_type got called multiple times.
dmi.bios.date: 07/16/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F6
dmi.board.name: GA-K8NXP-9
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF6:bd07/16/2005:svn:pn:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-K8NXP-9:rvrx.x:cvn:ct3:cvr:
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-13-generic

[themusicalduck (themusicalduck)]

Attached bad xorg file:

[Daniel Drummond (dmdrummondx)]

What size and type of monitor are you using? I have experienced this with the daily live-cd from yesterday, on my 18.4 inch LCD laptop screen. Then I tried the Beta of Karmic, and the picture was all fuzzy (presumably as the modelines/frequencies were detected wrong).

[themusicalduck (themusicalduck)]

I have two 19" LCD monitors attached by VGA (with DVI adaptors). I tried to boot into the daily live as well, and got the same problem I was having with the desktop, just ending up with a blank screen.

I tried to re-install the drivers using Hardware Drivers, and was then able to use nvidia-settings to setup dual-monitors, but I cannot save the new configuration to xorg (I get error: Failed to parse existing X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'). Also I still cannot get 3D support.

Also, if no graphics drivers are installed, I only boot into a flashing TTY screen. Which is impossible to use, because it flashes rapidly and doesn't respond well to typing. I had to boot into recovery mode, use telinit 3, then install drivers from there. (this doesn't work anymore since this problem started.)

Lastly, holding down ctrl+alt+del will restart the PC if the screen goes blank, so it is still responsive, but for some reason unable to open the display.

A new xorg.conf was generated when I installed the drivers from Hardware Drivers. Attached it to this comment:

[Jack Deslippe (jdeslip)]

I have the same problem after install the 185 drivers in an up to date Karmic - boots into black screen. I am pretty sure this bug is back - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180/+bug/429003 - or something like it has been born.

I have nvidia 9400 and 8400 and both machines are screwed. If I install 173 nvidia driver it seems to work, though.

[themusicalduck (themusicalduck)]

I got everything back to normal after the latest updates, by uninstalling the drivers from Hardware Drivers, and then manually installing them again with the driver from the NVidia website (the 190 beta version, didn't try 185)

[Jack Deslippe (jdeslip)]

Marking this a duplicate of another bug reported today that has logs from when 185 was booted not the working 173.