One more to report, this one got my son's computer, an older Asrock machine. Uninstalling the nVidia drivers allowed booting into the desktop but then when none of the available nVidia drivers worked we made the mistake of trying to install the Linux driver from nVidia's site. Apparently somewhere in the process it uninstalled the Noveau drivers and now we can't even log into the system except via ssh.
I then tried reinstalling the Noveau package xserver-xorg-video-nouveau and it claims it cannot be installed because The following packages have unmet dependencies: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau : Depends: xorg-video-abi-15 Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.14.99.902) Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 9.0) If I tried to reinstall the xorg/xserver stuff, no matter what I tried I kept getting these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: unity-control-center : Depends: libcheese-gtk23 (>= 3.4.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: libcheese7 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not going to be installed E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages. But if I try to install those I get: libcheese-gtk23 is already the newest version. libcheese7 is already the newest version. And if I tried to force install them, it showed that it is already running libcheese-gtk23:amd64 (3.10.2-0ubuntu2) and libcheese7:amd64 (3.10.2-0ubuntu2) which are both higher versions than what xorg seems to require, so I don't understand what is going on here. Anyway, at this point the system is pretty much totally broken as far as getting into the desktop is concerned. Is there any chance you can fix this and get a new kernel update out very soon, like tonight or tomorrow? Because if not, it looks like I may have to reinstall from scratch, and even then I'm not entirely certain I won't run into the exact same issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1750937 Title: 14.04 Kernel update on 2/21 breaks Nvidia drivers Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Running fine with nvidia-384 until this kernel update came along. When booted into the new kernel, got super low resolution and nvidia- settings was missing most of its functionality - could not change resolution. Rebooted into 4.4.0-112 kernel and all was well. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-112.135~14.04.1-generic 4.4.98 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-112-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 384.111 Tue Dec 19 23:51:45 PST 2017 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.3) ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.27 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Wed Feb 21 19:23:39 2018 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.7, 4.4.0-112-generic, x86_64: installed bbswitch, 0.7, 4.4.0-116-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-384, 384.111, 4.4.0-112-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-384, 384.111, 4.4.0-116-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:1c82] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:6253] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-03 (1086 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. M11AD ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-112-generic root=UUID=5a88d2a1-0a24-415b-adc2-28435b13248a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/15/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0302 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: M11AD dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0302:bd08/15/2013:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnM11AD:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnM11AD:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: M11AD dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20160425-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1ubuntu0.14.04.2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri N/A version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Wed Feb 21 18:48:14 2018 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty4 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1750937/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp