Installing nvidia-361 leaves me unable to log in

[Jeramy Rutley]

I have never successfully gotten the nvidia drivers to work properly. Before I used nvidia-304 because that seemed to be the only driver other than Nouveau that worked... the other nvidia drivers just give me a black screen

With nvidia-361 I get a different outcome:
I get to the login screen, and when I try to log in, it kicks me back out to the login screen.

The only thing that I can do to resolve this is Ctrl-Alt-F1, log in, and try to undo anything that I just broke.

So there are a number of things that look wrong in the logs, and I am willing to provide any necessary information, or try things.

Version: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

apt-cache policy nvidia-361:
Installed and Candidate: 361.42-0ubuntu2
Version table:
*** 361.42-0ubuntu2 500
  500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/restricted amd64 Packages
  100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Sun Apr 24 22:16:46 2016
DistUpgraded: 2016-04-24 07:38:36,778 DEBUG icon theme changed, re-reading
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bbswitch, 0.8, 4.2.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
 bbswitch, 0.8, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-361, 361.42, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [1028:04b6]
 NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 525M] [10de:0df5] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell GF108M [GeForce GT 525M] [1028:04b6]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-28 (209 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System XPS L502X
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-21-generic root=UUID=cda70297-42ac-43e6-aeb2-8ce418cd09cd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-24 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A12
dmi.board.name: 0YR8NN
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 0.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd09/07/2012:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL502X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0YR8NN:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1:
dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L502X
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2
xserver.bootTime: Sun Apr 24 22:09:57 2016
xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
 product id 6125
 vendor AUO
xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2

[Gowtham (m-r-gowthamkumar)]

Yes. I am also facing similar problem.

- Tried installing nvidia-361 & nvidia-364 each at a time.
- Disabled Secure Boot
- Tried changing ownership of ~/.Xauthority

It allows me to login at first time after the installation of the drivers. After that for every login attempt, it kicks me out to the login screen.

Thanks,
Gowtham

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Jeremy Rutley, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.

To clarify, does nvidia version 304 still work via https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 ?

[Jeramy Rutley (jrutley)]

I'm sorry about not getting back to you on this.. the machine in question
is dead, so I can't verify one way or the other.

On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 9:59 PM, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Jeremy Rutley, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu
> better.
>
> To clarify, does nvidia version 304 still work via
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 ?
>
> ** Tags added: latest-bios-a12
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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[penalvch (penalvch)]

Jeramy Rutley, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1574425/comments/4 regarding you no longer have the hardware. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.