Public bug reported:
I'm using 8.04 x86_64 upgraded from 7.10, but I experienced the same
issue with a fresh 8.04 Alpha6 install. I've installed the nvidia
restricted drivers from the restricted hardware manager. When I boot,
the splash appears just fine and the system fires up. When it's time to
launch gdm, however, the screen blanks and the system locks.
Ctrl+Alt+F1, Ctrl+Alt+Delete, etc. do not work. I have to hit the reset
button on my PC.
Then, I uninstalled the nvidia-glx-new package, and installed the beta
171.06 driver using the shell script provided by Nvidia. I then
encounter the same problem upon running startx, however. After another
hard reset, when launching gdm I am presented with the "low-graphics"
mode screen. If I try to reset it to nvidia in the xorg.conf file,
xserver will not start.
** Affects: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Nvidia restricted driver locks system with xserver launch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202670
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