Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Shell |
Unknown
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Critical
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Ubuntu GNOME |
Fix Released
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Critical
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Critical
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Unassigned | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Alberto Milone | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Yakkety |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Zesty |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
To fix this now without waiting for the Stable Release Update
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Install xserver-xorg-legacy
Impact
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Many users are unable to use their computers after installing the NVIDIA proprietary drivers to Ubuntu GNOME. Specifically, the log in screen does not load.
The problem is that many of nvidia-* driver packages do not depend on xserver-xorg-legacy which is needed for gdm/gnome-shell to work
Test Case
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1. Check that gnome-shell depends on xserver-
2. Optionally, if you have an affected computer, set gdm as the default login manager (sudo apt install gdm3; sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3; sudo reboot). Does the login screen show up? And can you log in to gnome (sudo apt install gnome-shell)?
Regression Potential
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Low. Installing a missing dependency should cause no issues; if it does, something is very broken already.
Other Info
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The most minimal fix here for 16.04 LTS and 16.10 is to just have gnome-shell depend on xserver-
xserver-xorg-legacy is a very small package.
gdm3 depends on gnome-shell.
Original Bug Report
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Using latest Ubuntu Gnome x64 daily build with all updates installed.
Lenovo Z70-80 laptop with Nvidia 840M, BIOS updated to latest version, secure boot and other potentially problematic BIOS settings disabled.
Can only see a black screen instead of a log-in screen after boot completes when proprietary Nvidia drivers are installed.
Regular Ubuntu works absolutely fine on the same machine with the same driver version. Attempting to use older drivers on Ubuntu Gnome made no difference.
Bug is affecting more than just me. We were talking about workarounds in ubuntuforums. User fthx claims that switching to lightdm fixes the issue http://
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 19 23:19:21 2016
HibernationDevice: RESUME=
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-19 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160318)
MachineType: LENOVO 80FG
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
RelatedPackageV
linux-
linux-
linux-firmware 1.156
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/22/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: ABCN96WW
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: Lenovo Z70-80
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: NO DPK
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:
dmi.product.name: 80FG
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
CVE References
Changed in linux (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
Changed in gdm3 (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
summary: |
- Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers + Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
no longer affects: | linux |
Changed in gdm: | |
importance: | Undecided → Unknown |
status: | New → Unknown |
tags: | added: gnome-3.10 gnome-3.16 gnome-3.18 gnome3.12 trusty wily |
tags: |
added: gnome-3.12 removed: gnome3.12 |
Changed in gdm: | |
importance: | Unknown → Critical |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
status: | In Progress → Triaged |
tags: | added: yakkety |
summary: |
Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers - on a laptop with Optimus |
description: | updated |
Changed in nvidia-drivers-ubuntu: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
affects: | gdm3 (Ubuntu) → gnome-shell (Ubuntu) |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
no longer affects: | linux (Ubuntu) |
no longer affects: | linux (Ubuntu Xenial) |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Yakkety): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
description: | updated |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
description: | updated |
Changed in gdm: | |
status: | Confirmed → Unknown |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | In Progress → Triaged |
Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu Yakkety): | |
status: | In Progress → Triaged |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Triaged |
no longer affects: | nvidia-drivers-ubuntu |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → High |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
no longer affects: | gnome-shell (Ubuntu Xenial) |
no longer affects: | gnome-shell (Ubuntu Yakkety) |
no longer affects: | gnome-shell (Ubuntu Xenial) |
no longer affects: | gnome-shell (Ubuntu Zesty) |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 (Ubuntu Yakkety): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-375 (Ubuntu Zesty): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in ubuntu-gnome: | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
affects: | gdm → gnome-shell |
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