Ubuntu
nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates package

nvidia geforce 8400 latest update causes screen to go blank on bootup

Bug #1477766 reported by RRE
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nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

booting with 3.13.0-58-generic results in blank screen.
booting with 3.13.0-57-generic works fine.
this graphics card has generated numerous error messages, but has always worked in the past.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Walker Rowe (werowe) wrote :

I get same result:

I had to use the generic driver because the NVIDIA one caused the system to hang on boot. This causes problems in Firefox where the browser shows a pixilated section of the screen. And Chromium is not stable. How do I monitor for when NVIDIA will fix this.

ubuntu-drivers devices == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/0000:02:00.0 == modalias : pci:v000010DEd000006E4sv00001043sd0000830Cbc03sc00i00 vendor : NVIDIA Corporation model : G98 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2] driver : nvidia-340 - distro non-free recommended driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin

uname -r 5.4.0-91-lowlatency

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