Public bug reported: I am not able to boot my computer (Dell Latitude E7450) with the nvidia proprietary drivers. bbswitch complains about there being no suitable _dsm call. I do not know what this is, but this happens in spite of loading the bbswitch module with the skip_optimus_dsm option.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: bbswitch-dkms 0.8-3ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-116.140-generic 4.4.98 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-116-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm wl nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Mar 6 19:11:24 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-18 (596 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: bbswitch UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: bbswitch (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to bbswitch in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1753808 Title: No graphical boot with nvidia driver and bbswitch and kernel 4.4.0-116 Status in bbswitch package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I am not able to boot my computer (Dell Latitude E7450) with the nvidia proprietary drivers. bbswitch complains about there being no suitable _dsm call. I do not know what this is, but this happens in spite of loading the bbswitch module with the skip_optimus_dsm option. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: bbswitch-dkms 0.8-3ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-116.140-generic 4.4.98 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-116-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm wl nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Mar 6 19:11:24 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-18 (596 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: bbswitch UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bbswitch/+bug/1753808/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp