Dell Alienware 17R3 w/Sky Lake, nVidia GTX 970M and Intel HD530 with prime-select set to nVidia. Running Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS with a laptop screen plus HDMI external screen plus HDMI external screen (via Thunderbolt 3 Displayport to HDMI adapter).
>From /var/log/syslog today: Nov 26 13:33:12 alien lightdm[1093]: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file Nov 26 13:33:12 alien lightdm[1093]: message repeated 4 times: [ /etc/modprobe.d is not a file] Nov 26 13:33:12 alien systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Nov 26 13:33:12 alien systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Unit entered failed state. Nov 26 13:33:12 alien systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies. Nov 26 13:33:12 alien systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Nov 26 13:33:12 alien systemd[1]: Starting Clean up any mess left by 0dns-up... Nov 26 13:33:12 alien systemd[1]: Started Run anacron jobs. Nov 26 13:33:12 alien systemd[1]: Stopped target Graphical Interface. Nov 26 13:33:12 alien mkdir[1163]: /bin/mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/var/run/pppconfig’: File exists Nov 26 13:33:12 alien systemd[1]: Starting Restore /etc/resolv.conf if the system crashed before the ppp link was shut down... Nov 26 13:33:12 alien anacron[1164]: Anacron 2.3 started on 2017-11-26 Nov 26 13:33:12 alien anacron[1164]: Normal exit (0 jobs run) Nov 26 13:33:12 alien systemd[1]: dns-clean.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1 Nov 26 13:33:12 alien systemd[1]: Failed to start Clean up any mess left by 0dns-up. Nov 26 13:33:12 alien systemd[1]: dns-clean.service: Unit entered failed state. Nov 26 13:33:12 alien systemd[1]: dns-clean.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1369216 Title: gpu-manager: /etc/modprobe.d is not a file Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Get these lines logged into gpu-manager.log, on that fresh stock installation /etc/modprobe.d is not a file update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for x86_64-linux-gnu_gfxcore_conf ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: upstart 1.13.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-14.20-generic 3.16.2 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Sun Sep 14 08:42:45 2014 ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-14-generic root=UUID=7c755ed6-51cc-4b75-88ac-9c75acf82749 ro SourcePackage: upstart UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UpstartBugCategory: System UpstartRunningSessionVersion: upstart 1.13.2 UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.13.2) modified.conffile..etc.default.whoopsie: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.gdm.Init.Default: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.default.whoopsie: 2014-08-29T19:12:47.435075 mtime.conffile..etc.gdm.Init.Default: 2014-09-07T17:01:23.246055 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1369216/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
