** Description changed: + After entering username and password, gnome3 never loads, and instead + you are stuck on a blank screen. Switching tty doesn't work. Sometimes + gdm3 doesn't even load and the blank screen happens before you can try + to log in. Without a workaround, you are forced to boot into recovery + mode and purge nvidia, reverting back to nouveau. + At first glance, this seems similar to this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics- drivers-390/+bug/1752053/+index?comments=all However, none of the solutions listed there work and the workaround is to use lightdm instead of gdm3: sudo apt install lightdm - If it doesn't ask you to set the default display manager, then do this after, and set lightdm as the default: + If it doesn't ask you to set the default display manager, then do this after, and set lightdm as the default when prompted: sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 After that, the system will boot and let you log in normally. This problem is happening on a Clevo laptop without Optimus, with a - discrete nvidia gtx 970m device, after installing any of the modern + dedicated nvidia gtx 970m device, after installing any of the modern nvidia drivers from version 390 onward, from the official repo, from the graphics PPA, and I presume also the official driver from the nvidia - site. It happens on both Ubuntu 18.04.1 + updates, and Ubuntu 18.10 + - updates. + site. + + I tested on both Ubuntu 18.04.1 + updates, and Ubuntu 18.10 + updates. I tested with nvidia driver versions 390, 396, and 415. gdm3 works fine until you install the nvidia driver.
** Summary changed: - gdm3 crashes after (and sometimes before) login with nvidia-driver-390 and a gtx 970m + display goes blank and system hangs after (and sometimes before) gdm3 login with nvidia-driver-390 and a gtx 970m -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1808658 Title: display goes blank and system hangs after (and sometimes before) gdm3 login with nvidia-driver-390 and a gtx 970m To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1808658/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
