apport information
** Tags added: apport-collected
** Description changed:
After entering username and password, gnome3 never loads, and instead
you are stuck on a blank screen. Switching tty doesn't work. Sometimes
gdm3 doesn't even load and the blank screen happens before you can try
to log in. Without a workaround, you are forced to boot into recovery
mode and purge nvidia, reverting back to nouveau.
At first glance, this seems similar to this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-
drivers-390/+bug/1752053/+index?comments=all
However, none of the solutions listed there work and the workaround is to use
lightdm instead of gdm3:
sudo apt install lightdm
If it doesn't ask you to set the default display manager, then do this after,
and set lightdm as the default when prompted:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3
After that, the system will boot and let you log in normally.
This problem is happening on a Clevo laptop without Optimus, with a
dedicated nvidia gtx 970m device, after installing any of the modern
nvidia drivers from version 390 onward, from the official repo, from the
graphics PPA, and I presume also the official driver from the nvidia
site.
I tested on both Ubuntu 18.04.1 + updates, and Ubuntu 18.10 + updates.
I tested with nvidia driver versions 390, 396, and 415.
gdm3 works fine until you install the nvidia driver.
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+ ProblemType: Bug
+ ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1
+ Architecture: amd64
+ CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
+ InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-15 (1 days ago)
+ InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64
(20181017.3)
+ NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
+ Package: gdm3 3.30.1-1ubuntu5
+ PackageArchitecture: amd64
+ ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-12.13-generic 4.18.17
+ Tags: cosmic
+ Uname: Linux 4.18.0-12-generic x86_64
+ UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
+ UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
+ _MarkForUpload: True
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1808658/+attachment/5222821/+files/Dependencies.txt
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display goes blank and system hangs after (and sometimes before) gdm3
login with nvidia-driver-390 and a gtx 970m
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