[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

https://paste.ubuntu.com/23613379/ same of @rodericj GDM works only with nvidia-340. using XDM to boot, gnome-shell works fine with all nvidia drivers -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Any progress on this issue? It has rendered my Alienware Alpha Ubuntu GNOME installation unusable, and I have to use Noveau now which is not acceptable for OpenCL apps. Any help? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Hello, I had the same problem, but I could solved my case: Gigabyte Notebook with hybrid Intel + Nvidia GTX 765M card with PRIME not working with (K)Ubuntu 16.04 with any version of the proprietary NVIDIA driver. When prime-select switched to nvidia gives a black screen, set to intel worked.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Can confirm. Ubuntu GNOME 16.04, fresh install, Nvidia 361 drivers not working. Has somebody made any progress on the bug? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Bug #1632322 - about computers with _only_ an NVIDIA card refusing to boot with proprietary drivers, because of GDM3 - was declared a duplicate of this bug yesterday and further discussion was to be conducted here. Hence my posting here to point out that bug #1632322 is _not_ a duplicate. Bug

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

This happened to me too. Installed Ubuntu Gnome 16.04.1 yesterday, installed the 361 NVIDIA driver (I think) for the 840M card and boot into black screen. All ttys showed: A start job is running for Hold until boot process finishes up. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

This is happening to me too. Cannot boot when nvidia-prime is set to nvidia. While set to intel it's fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

I just noticed a typo. Ubuntu 16.04 uses 361.42 which is fine -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

This happens to me on a desktop with Nvidia GTX 750 ti. Installing 16.10 works until the driver is installed and then it is no longer bootable. The solution is to use the older driver. You are offered 361.42 (which causes the problem) but the other one 340.96 works fine. Incidentally Ubuntu 16.10

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Similar issue for Dual Discrete Display card AMD+GeForce I wanna blacklist nouveau for the Geforce VGA Passthrough via VFIO but then the screen on ATI is flickering on the tty login screen but not to Gnome. The keyboard NUM lock light is flickering as well and it is hard to work for typing the

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Some adds, running Yakkety with official 367.44 driver : * running Intel, select Nvidia, logout/login, login loop * running Nvidia, select Intel, logout/login, login loop * running A, select B, restart, Gnome starts normally Maybe that some progress in my previous message were due to non-

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Add me to the users for whom lightdm worked. gdm runs, appears and on shutdown (service gdm stop) appears to be doing some sort of a loop of the NVIDIA Persistence Daemon... the daemon leaves a screen message that is hidden until the stop breaks in on it. The system is an older ASUS P5G41MLX

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Indeed, I get the same experience with Yakkety. "Kinda funky" means, running my system, that Nvidia boots fine but Intel can lead to a login loop (not reproduced) and surely to a Xorg crash (but only Apport makes me knowing that there is one, except maybe the deactivation of some Gnome shell's

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Tried to install Ubuntu Gnome 16.04.1 with NVIDIA Driver 367.xx using the GDM display manager yesterday and resulted in black screen at login. Did the same today with the newly released NVIDIA Driver 370.23 (beta, I think) and everything is actually working fine - no black screens, but the login

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Still affects Yakkety with GS 3.20 packages. Same workaround works. ** Tags added: yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Hello, I experienced the same problem on my new HP Pavillion 15 with nvidia 950M graphic card. After switching to nvidia driver the system boots into a black screen. So I started playing around a little... I've installed Ubuntu Gnome 16.04.01 and it ran fine with nouveau driver -> system

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Very similar for me with Acer V 15 Nitro with NVIDIA GTX 960M. When a display is plugged via HDMI black screen is present. When the GPU is set in prime settings (nvidia-settings) to Intel, everything works. Lightdm didn't help. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, driver 367.27, Ubuntu 4.4.0-28.47-generic 4.4.13

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

I am experiencing the same on HP EliteDesk 800 G2 SFF. Tried everything goes to loop and sometimes blank screen. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Same here on Dell Inspiron 3421 i5 with NVIDIA GeForce GT625M 1GB. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

I had the same issue on my Asus N552VX laptop. Installing 367.27 from nvidia-367 worked fine after running prime-select intel but prime-select nvidia would lead to the login loop issue people have noted here. Once logged in via the intel graphics option nvidia-settings wouldn't load.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Solved by installing 364.19 @ Dell Inspiron 5457. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Same issue on my laptop ( Asus G501VW ) I have installed "NDIDIA binary driver - Version 367.27 from nvidia-367" However, while I was searching for a solution my computer with the issue, automatically locked itself (I have set it to lock the screen and turn if off after 5 mins) when I moved the

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Frank, If you have no NVIDIA GPU please file a new bug, that will be a different issue to what we are tracking in this bug. Run `ubuntu-bug gnome-shell`. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

@#74 Are you sure? Are you using the proprietary drivers for your GPU or the nouveau drivers? Also unrelated to the above I managed to get my NVidia 525M working by installing the 364 drivers *and* rolling the kernel back to 4.2.x. One or the other didn't work IIRC - you have to roll back both.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

I am seeing the same behavior with a Dell Precision 3420 (Service Tag 318HFB2). No NVIDIA, just i7-6700 HD430, 1 or 2 monitors turned on. Worked fine using defaualt DM (Unity) then installed gnome-shell and it broke. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Installing the Graphics Drivers Team 364.19 driver doesn't fix the problem on a Dell XPS 15 9550 when using the Nvidia GPU, but things are a bit different. Before I would only get a black screen when logging in, but now I get a largely back screen with some random looking vertical lines. Things

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

@henri; I was having the same issues, then I did a clean install and installed all system updates, then added the PPA and installed the driver from "Additional Drivers". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

timkofu, would you mind telling us about your system? I haven't had success with those drivers, i still just get flickering and then an eventual X crash when trying to connect an external screen to my XPS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Confirming installing the 364.19 driver from the “Graphics Drivers Team” team PPA fixes it on Ubuntu-Gnome 16.04 on a Dell Inspiron 5558 (Nvidia GeForce 920M (Optimus)) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Noticed a 367 update today, this problem still persists -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

I've same issue like #66 and fixed with https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1589006/comments/23 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Simon, you, like me, are probably running into this new Ubuntu Snappy bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1589006 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title:

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

soo the latest update to nvidia-367 (uploaded 17 hours ago) re-surfaced this issue for me. couldn't even get to the login screen, just stuck in a loop with a tty flashing. had the intel driver selected in nvidia- prime. i also can't remove libcuda1-367 now: Removing libcuda1-367

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

My problem details : http://askubuntu.com/questions/778300/installing- nvidia-graphics-drivers-on-ubuntu-gnome-16-04/780950#780950 I tried Nvidia-364 and Nvidia-367 from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa , It results in login loop when switched to Intel in Nvidia prime. -- You received this bug

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Actually looking at what nvidia-367 does it adds its own nouveau blacklist, so if you have these packages you probably already have one in there. Which I guess is why all the "manual reset from the TTY" guides make sure you do a full purge of nvidia-* before attempting to reboot into nouveau --

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

blacklisting noveau doesn't sound like a good idea... when anything goes berserk with my graphics driver, I always revert to noveau and things will be come stable (though not perfect) but everything will atleast work... abandoning noveau might leave you in between a rock and a hardplace -- You

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

After removing nvidia-364 and installing nvidia-367(.18) from a TTY before rebooting I still cannot get my external monitor to work. When I connect it via HDMI it flickers a lot and unless I unplug the HDMI after the first couple of flickers goes completely black. ubuntu gnome 16.04 Kernel:

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Without a fresh install the 367.18 driver (from ppa:graphics- drivers/ppa) does allow me to boot (no hanging on tty or login loop). But nvidia-settings appear empty (something like http://i.stack.imgur.com/H9EBt.png). I also have a secondary monitor connected over HDMI which is not being detected

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

I confirm, after a clean install again, everything is working, I think this was an Nvidia driver bug not gnome gdm3, as follows my system configuration: ubuntu gnome 16.04 Kernel: 4.4.0-22-generic nvidia driver: 367.18 installed from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa my gpu is: GeForce GT 740M running

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Alvin, please don't change the bug status unless you plan to fix this bug ;) thanks! ** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome Status: In Progress => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome Status: Triaged => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Interesting, I just tried again on a clean install and the latest nvidia-364 driver from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa is working fine with nvidia selected in prime now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Thank you Nuno (nmrcardoso), well said, that's exactly what is happening -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Ubuntu 16.04 with nvidia drivers 361 and 364 are NOT working here either in a laptop with intel and nvidia GeForce 940M. Using either these drivers and nvidia-prime, its installs and works at first graphical boot, after a few minutes the system freezes and only after a hard reset the drivers

Re: [Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

And yes, intel was modesetted. On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 21:39 Felipe Lavratti wrote: > Tested with nvidia-364 from the ppa:graphics-driver/ppa with gnome 3.18 > and ubuntu 16 and nvidia-prime with nvidia selected as gpu. It logged in > fine, didn't test further. > On Tue, May

Re: [Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Tested with nvidia-364 from the ppa:graphics-driver/ppa with gnome 3.18 and ubuntu 16 and nvidia-prime with nvidia selected as gpu. It logged in fine, didn't test further. On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 21:31 Tim wrote: > we do have that package on our ISO's so not likely related.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

we do have that package on our ISO's so not likely related. Also pretty sure Nvidia PRIME uses the modesetting driver for intel, not the above mentioned. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

This was posted on ubuntuforums today: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2324014 "Julien Lavergne 17:27 (55 minutes ago) to lubuntu-devel Hi, Looks like we may have a problem with Intel users after all. I checked the difference between xubuntu and lubuntu ISO, and this package is missing

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Even after installing proprietary,tested nvidia drivers for gforce 630M, this issue pops up... as of now, did a sudo apt-get remove nvidia* till this issue is fixed, I'm not gonna update my nvidia drivers currently running on noveau -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

I hope we need not "apt-get remove --purge". "purge" is not necessary as the issue might be with gdm alone and the next time we choose the nvidia drivers, it'll use the one already downloaded instead of downloading it once again -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Any update on this bug? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus To manage

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

I upgraded the following packages on 2016.5.3: nvidia-common:amd64 (1:0.4.17, 1:0.4.17.1), ubuntu-drivers-common:amd64 (1:0.4.17, 1:0.4.17.1) And the black screen showed up again. I had to switch back to lightdm to login. Hope this information help... -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Some more information. Alberto do you mind taking a look: $ systemctl stop gdm.service $ startx xterm $ xrandr -q --display :0 Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 640 x 480, maximum 16384 x 16384 $ xrandr --listproviders --display :0 Providers: number : 2 Provider 0: id: 0x2d0 cap: 0x0 crtcs: 0

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

#0 0x7f3435983035 in center_pointer (backend=0x182b8d0 [MetaBackendX11]) at backends/meta-backend.c:106 monitors = 0x0 primary = 0x0 n_monitors = 0 So both xrandr and mutter both seem to fail to find any outputs/monitors -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Stacktrace attached. I modified the LOG variable in /sbin/prime-offload to /tmp/prime- offload.log as well as adding xrandr -q >> $LOG 2>&1 as per darkxst suggestion and only get one line logged: Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 8 x 8, maximum 16384 x 16384 ** Attachment added:

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Hey Tim, yes I already did that https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1559308 Just included the results here for completeness. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

shinyblue, probably best to file a seperate bug for the external monitor issues -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Bruce, can you file a crash report bug for the segfault so we get a backtrace? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

** Changed in: gdm Status: Unknown => Confirmed ** Changed in: gdm Importance: Unknown => Critical -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #750157 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750157 ** Also affects: linux via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=750157 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** No longer affects: linux ** Changed in: gdm Importance:

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome Importance: Undecided => Critical -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

I just upgraded my Acer Aspire V3-771G with Nvidia GeForce GT630M to 16.04 from 15.10. What I found was the following: 1. If booting with the splash quiet options in GRUB you will get "A start job is running for Hold until boot process finishes up ( 1s / no limit)" on all tty's. Without these

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

This is a valid problem, each time I enable nvidia, I can't login, no GDM or GDM3, I can't play Dota 2, please fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

@shinyblue: Very nice work. Does the ticket title need updating to reflect it isn't just Nvidia drivers? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Attempt to re-do formatting AGAIN! --- Config_Driver__Prime___12345678 --- c1_361.42-0ubuntu2_intel___EF.F c2_361.42-0ubuntu2_nvidia__FFFF

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Phew! Just done all 48 of these tests... Tests: 1. GDM starts 2. Lightdm starts 3. Can launch Gnome 4. Can launch Gnome Classic 5. External monitor with Lightdm 6. External monitor with Gdm 7. External monitor with Gnome 8. External monitor with Gnome Classic Results: . is fine, E is error

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Attempt to re-do formatting... --- Config Driver Prime 12345678 --- c1 361.42-0ubuntu2 intel EF.F c2 361.42-0ubuntu2 nvidia FFFF c3

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

I was following daily build until one big update, then did this problem, I play Dotaz2 with nvidia drivers, I rolled back to 15.10, sad so sad, please fix ASAP -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

@shinyblue you can try different version from ppa, but remember to turn off Nvidia in bios before you are ready to turn it on. Terminal upgrade and terminal recovery console is a very bare runtime without any power management. I was facing frequent force-reset while working in terminal, due to

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Still have this problem while running 364.19 Tue Apr 19 14:15:03 PDT 2016 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

@Alberto Milone ah yet they said that it is just packed from the vendor's release -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

@Alberto apologies. it's labeled as open source in software-properties- gtk http://i.imgur.com/7tgluHG.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

one minor correction: 364.19 is not open source. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

The latest open source driver (364.19) from graphics-drivers/ppa work for me now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

@Simon Kjellberg If 364.19 not work for you, you may try roll back to 352 as it work in 15.10. I am sure it is gdm, I have almost naver been able to combine lightdm with Gnome in my system. $dpkg-reconfigure gdm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

@virgosun just tried it with the latest open source driver (364) from graphics-drivers/ppa, and while selecting intel in prime works fine, after switching to nvidia and rebooting I'm faced with black screen again. Are you sure you're using gdm and not lightdm? -- You received this bug

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Rick Gatewood@ graphics ppa work for me, you can try. If you face back screen boot, then restart to recovery console: mount -o remount,rw / prime-select intel If it don not work apt-get purge nvidia* If it work, login to desktop add graphic ppa address as @Alberto Milone. On additional

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

This is a real show stopper for hybrid graphic laptop. I had to reinstall 15.10. I will be interested to see the fix for this one. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title:

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

@Alberto Milone solve by add graphical ppa, nvidia 364.19 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

@virgosun: does 352 from the PPA work in 16.04? https://launchpad.net /~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

@Alberto Milone yet , 362 driver only works if the PRIME profile set to Intel Graphics power save. If the profile is set to NVIDIA Geforce then black screen after login. With Nouveu there is no way to turn of Nvidia GeForce. 16.04 in fact ruin the PC, toast it really heat. Driver 351 run

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

@Flames_in_paradise I do not have access to any optimus hardware to test. @Alberto, Thanks, gdm does not run as root anymore, X is for now launched as root via Xwrap for NVIDIA, but once the nvidia KMS drivers land even that should not be required. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

the log in comment #10 looks good to me. @Tim: yes, it could be a problem with permissions. I don't use Gnome, so I didn't notice. I can certainly have a look at GDM. @virgosun: that sounds like a different problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Same to me. I have to rollback to Ubuntu Gnome 15.10. Please fix it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

confirm same. reproducible on hardware Lenovo Yoga 500-15IBD Primus HD 5500/ Nvidia Geforce GT940M. Before 16.04, run fine on base system 15.10 Nvidia proprietary 351 After $sudo do-release-upgrade Lighntdm ---> login loop dpkg-reconfigure Gdm

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

** Summary changed: - Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus + Ubuntu GNOME boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Similar issue covered on Archlinux-bugbase: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47140 ([bumblebee] can not handle nvidia-modeset.ko) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

@ TIm The above mentioned just works in VirtuaBox. Nvidia driver is using the new nvidia-drm and NOT module (nvidia.ko). subscribing Alberto to look into that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Hey Tim, it's just a guess, but could you try adding iomem=relaxed to the boot-parameter line? (Linux section, where you find the "quiet splash") -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

my gpu-manager.log is almost the same as Manvydas's. ** Attachment added: "gpu-manager.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1559576/+attachment/4642294/+files/gpu-manager.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Alberto, Any ideas on this one? The gdm PRIME scripts no longer seem to run as root, which I think was to do with the root-less Xorg work. Though that shouldn't otherwise affect the prime-offload script, right? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

** Attachment added: "gpu-manager.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1559576/+attachment/4641397/+files/gpu-manager.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Also can you attach /var/log/gpu-manager.log ** Also affects: ubuntu-gnome Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: ubuntu-gnome Milestone: None => xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Alberto, this is probably not an upstream bug. the prime support is ubuntu specific. I am not sure if this is fatal, but there is an error setting up prime offload, seems like the helper scripts are not getting called as root anymore. Kov 19 22:59:55 username-Lenovo-Z70-80

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Please: 1. Report to (http://tinyurl.com/zzhjgjz). 2. Paste the new report link here. 3. Set this bug status back to "confirmed". Thank you. ** Also affects: gdm Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

When I switch to tty1~tty6, the screen showed only one line: A start job is running for Hold until boot process finishes up( 56s/ no limit), and I can't do anything, even login to tty1... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

this bug affects me too, my laptop is Lenovo t440p with Nvidia 730M. Changing GDM to lightdm also works for me too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu Gnome boots

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

I can confirm that lightdm+GnomeShell works without any Nvidia or Intel issue. GDM fails. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using

[Bug 1559576] Re: Ubuntu Gnome boots to black screen when using proprietary Nvidia drivers on a laptop with Optimus

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: gdm3 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1559576 Title:

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