Public bug reported: I have never successfully gotten the nvidia drivers to work properly. Before I used nvidia-304 because that seemed to be the only driver other than Nouveau that worked... the other nvidia drivers just give me a black screen
With nvidia-361 I get a different outcome: I get to the login screen, and when I try to log in, it kicks me back out to the login screen. The only thing that I can do to resolve this is Ctrl-Alt-F1, log in, and try to undo anything that I just broke. So there are a number of things that look wrong in the logs, and I am willing to provide any necessary information, or try things. Version: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS apt-cache policy nvidia-361: Installed and Candidate: 361.42-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 361.42-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/restricted amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' Date: Sun Apr 24 22:16:46 2016 DistUpgraded: 2016-04-24 07:38:36,778 DEBUG icon theme changed, re-reading DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.8, 4.2.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed bbswitch, 0.8, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-361, 361.42, 4.4.0-21-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [1028:04b6] NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 525M] [10de:0df5] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Dell GF108M [GeForce GT 525M] [1028:04b6] InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-28 (209 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) MachineType: Dell Inc. Dell System XPS L502X ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-21-generic root=UUID=cda70297-42ac-43e6-aeb2-8ce418cd09cd ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-24 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A12 dmi.board.name: 0YR8NN dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 0.1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd09/07/2012:svnDellInc.:pnDellSystemXPSL502X:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0YR8NN:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr0.1: dmi.product.name: Dell System XPS L502X dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160415-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 xserver.bootTime: Sun Apr 24 22:09:57 2016 xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: product id 6125 vendor AUO xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubuntu xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574425 Title: Installing nvidia-361 leaves me unable to log in To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1574425/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
