X with nvidia takes 3 minutes to load

[kaefert]

I made a fresh install of ubuntu 10.10 RC on my multimedia pc, since my smplayer was trashed on my 10.04 that was installed before. Install and first boot went fine, but after installing nvidia driver and upgrades:

-) the splash screen is replaced by console output
-) after 10 seconds i get a terminal login prompt
-) after over 3 minutes (!!!) X finally loads and i get my desktop

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 173.14.28 Wed Sep 29 09:44:58 PDT 2010
 GCC version: gcc version 4.4.5 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu5)
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDmesg:
 [ 11.126628] EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
 [ 19.805136] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 [ 184.496203] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
 [ 191.916572] EXT4-fs (sda3): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
 [ 280.536929] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Date: Sat Oct 9 00:05:40 2010
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-22-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-173, 173.14.28, 2.6.35-22-generic, x86_64: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100928)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046a:0050 Cherry GmbH
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=249f15de-3146-4d51-86c8-62c2cd013589 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 10/30/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080015
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P55MX Series
dmi.board.vendor: Foxconn
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080015:bd10/30/2009:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnFoxconn:rnP55MXSeries:rvr1.0:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
Have you already tried a
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Fabio

[kaefert (kaefert)]

when i get home, ill try to boot with an xorg.conf that doesnt use nvidia driver, but i think ive done that last night and the described problem stayed the same but im not sure so ill try.. if theres some output you need please tell me soon before ill format again and switch back to 10.04

[kaefert (kaefert)]

here a bootchart of the first minute of my boot, i don't know how to make one of the whole 3 and a half minutes

[kaefert (kaefert)]

and here another chart without using the nvidia driver in the xorg.conf --> since the "modprobe" lines are the only ones colored differently, i guess they are whats causing my problem.. im gonna try to uninstall the nvidia drivers completly and try to boot again..
p.s.: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg doesnt do anything, how to get a freshly generated xorg.conf for my hardware?

[kaefert (kaefert)]

after uninstalling the nvidia driver the machine boots as expected, without showing the terminal login and without 3 minutes delay, so this is definitly related to nvidia driver

[Stanislav Sidorenko (ssidorenko)]

This affects me too. I'm using 10.10, 460 GTX.

However I found that nouveau kernel module is still loaded on boot even if nvidia proprietary driver is installed and activated. When I blacklisted nouveau the issue looks to be fixed.

Disabling nouveau is described here
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/260.19.12/README/commonproblems.html

It is needed to create /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf file with the following two lines added:
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

After doing this I didn't meet this issue for 3 days.

[Stanislav Sidorenko (ssidorenko)]

This affects me too. I'm using 10.10, 460 GTX.

However I found that nouveau kernel module is still loaded on boot even if nvidia proprietary driver is installed and activated. When I blacklisted nouveau the issue looks to be fixed.

It is needed to create /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf file with the following two lines added:
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

After doing this I didn't meet this issue for 3 days.