Xorg freeze after boot if use xorg.conf generated by nvidia-xconfig

[Igor Zubarev]

Hello!

I have constant X crash if use xorg.conf generated by nvidia-xconfig.
Currently my xorg.conf is absent. Only if I have an empty conf file or it is absent I can start X.
The problem exists in 19.10 and 20.04 development version

Also I have strange messages if I run nvidia-xconfig:
$ sudo nvidia-xconfig

WARNING: Unable to locate/open X configuration file.

Package xorg-server was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xorg-server.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'xorg-server' found
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

Here is my xorg.conf generated by nvidia:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 440.64

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Layout0"
    Screen 0 "Screen0"
    InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier "Mouse0"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "auto"
    Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier "Keyboard0"
    Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    VendorName "Unknown"
    ModelName "Unknown"
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Device0"
    Driver "nvidia"
    VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Device0"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia wl
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Это каталог: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend: suspend hibernate resume
.proc.driver.nvidia.suspend_depth: default modeset uvm
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 440.64 Fri Feb 21 01:17:26 UTC 2020
 GCC version: gcc version 9.2.1 20200304 (Ubuntu 9.2.1-31ubuntu1)
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu20
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Отказано в доступе: '/var/log/boot.log'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Mar 13 16:44:45 2020
DistUpgraded: 2020-03-13 00:50:36,699 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_fix_proprietary.py'
DistroCodename: focal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bcmwl, 6.30.223.271+bdcom, 5.3.0-40-generic, x86_64: installed
 bcmwl, 6.30.223.271+bdcom, 5.4.0-14-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia, 440.64, 5.4.0-14-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GpuHangFrequency: Continuously
GpuHangReproducibility: Yes, I can easily reproduce it
GpuHangStarted: I don't know
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Sony Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [104d:90b7]
   Subsystem: Sony Corporation GK208M [GeForce GT 735M] [104d:90b7]
MachineType: Sony Corporation SVF15A1S9RB
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-14-generic root=UUID=81c8a442-a191-4c83-b415-ee0f1f2b0b81 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-03-12 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/19/2016
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
dmi.bios.version: R0250DA
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrR0250DA:bd07/19/2016:svnSonyCorporation:pnSVF15A1S9RB:pvrC10H9CDB:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.family: VAIO
dmi.product.name: SVF15A1S9RB
dmi.product.sku: 54581586
dmi.product.version: C10H9CDB
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.100-4
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.0-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.7-2ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20190815-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Please reproduce the crash/freeze again, and then on the very next reboot collect a log of the previous boot where it was happening:

  journalctl -b-1 > prevboot.txt

And then attach the file 'prevboot.txt' here.

Please also check /var/crash/ for any files and if you find some then follow these instructions:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses#Missing_a_crash_report_or_having_a_.crash_attachment

[Igor Zubarev (igor.zubarev)]

Hello, Daniel

I reproduce the crash.

$ journalctl -b-1 > prevboot.txt
Specifying boot ID or boot offset has no effect, no persistent journal was found.

Also I found gnome-shell crash report files on the next boot in the /var/crash/. I attached them

[Igor Zubarev (igor.zubarev)]

File _usr_bin_gnome-shell.1000.uploaded contains only:

973eabcc-6b3c-11ea-9874-fa163e102db1

[Igor Zubarev (igor.zubarev)]

Here is Error tracker report for my system:
https://errors.ubuntu.com/user/e6610abbef59d1eb8f3e0136f8628994b105e3877bb0ad07bd9a3baba72fd8d7c584d45bdbcf7bac8a4fa1bc454e38bad3220ab7afd9511353b82bfe90af76c0

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Those crashes look like they might be bug 1866044. Try re-enabling animations :)

[Igor Zubarev (igor.zubarev)]

Hi Daniel! I re-enabled animations and tried to boot with x.org by nvidia.
Still crash :(

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Please update your system:

  sudo apt update
  sudo apt full-upgrade
  sudo reboot

and then if the problem persists follow (all of) these instructions:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses#Missing_a_crash_report_or_having_a_.crash_attachment

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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