Public bug reported:
I'm running Vivid Vervet including nvidia-304, 304.125-0ubuntu1. A usual
update batch containing kernel-3.19.0-7 just became available and I
upgraded to it. The net result was, that after boot I got a black
screen. In other words the X-server failed to start, because it
** Also affects: nvidia
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1427107
Title:
The DKMS building of the nvidia-304
This Bug #1409190 is about nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 and
nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates .
The Bug #1427924 is about nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 and ubuntu-drivers-common
autopkgtests.
The nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 parts are duplicates of each other and a fix
was released through Bug
ROOT CAUSE: In kernel headers, a feature that nvidia code depends on,
has been removed in kernel 3.19:
$ diff linux-headers-3.18.0-13/include/linux/fs.h
linux-headers-3.19.0-7/include/linux/fs.h | grep f_dentry
#define f_dentry f_path.dentry
WORKAROUND: Make nvidia code live
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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Title:
nvidia-331-updates
I'm not sure, what this discussion is about. But as far as i know, you
could fix Nvidia drivers:
In bug Bug #1409190 I wrote:
ROOT CAUSE: In kernel headers, a feature that nvidia code depends on, has
been removed in kernel 3.19:
$ diff linux-headers-3.18.0-13/include/linux/fs.h
Also I tested nvidia-304, version 304.132-0ubuntu2. I did it from zesty
archive.
It seems to me, that THIS bug is fixed. The module got loaded into
kernel, there are no longer unsatisfied global references.
But like others have have commented, something else seems to be wrong.
In my case (I am
To wrap up my previous couple of comments and hopefully bisect the
problem, I can state the following (thanks to BTRFS):
This problem didn't / does not exist with:
Description:Ubuntu Yakkety Yak (development branch)
Linux acer07 4.8.0-21-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 4 18:27:25 UTC 2016
I did a little bit of more triaging:
Staying on my
Linux acer07 4.8.0-21-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 4 18:27:25 UTC 2016
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
and only upgrading from "nvidia-304 304.131-0ubuntu5" to "nvidia-304
304.132-0ubuntu1"
brings up this problem.
On the other hand,
This was/is working in:
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:Ubuntu Yakkety Yak (development branch)
Release:16.10
Codename: yakkety
$ uname -a
Linux acer07 4.8.0-21-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 4 18:27:25 UTC 2016 x86_64
x86_64
kari@acer07:~$ dpkg -l nvidia-304
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ NameVersionArchitecture
Description
Thanks Mario, but for me, that doesn't help:
model: C61 [GeForce 6100 nForce 405]
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
driver : nvidia-304 - distro non-free recommended
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
nvidia-304 is the problem and I've tried Nouveau earlier with no
I have the same problem.
It seems, that the problem came with kernel 4.12.
Nvidia-304 has worked without problems for me in artful with kernels up till
4.11.
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I saw the same problem. Similar discussion can be found:
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1026876/patch-for-387-34-and-
linux-4-15-0-rc1/ .
I tested a similar fix and was able to get the kernel module built and
running. My fix attached.
** Attachment added: "fix-for-4.15-timer-change"
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