Public bug reported: I use Ubuntu 15.04. I have both a nvidia graphics card and an integrated intel one. Sometimes, I boot my system without nvidia card, and sometimes with both. Until recently this setup worked correctly, so that when the nvidia card was enabled, the system would boot up using nvidia drivers, and in the other case it would use intel card. Now I am unable to boot up without nvidia card. Booting with it removes the xorg.conf file (it is empty). When I reboot with intel card only, Xorg fails to start because of the following error:
Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf Undefined Screen "nvidia" referenced by ServerLayout "layout". I check gpu-manager's logs, and indeed it claims to have generated the xorg.conf file: ==gpu-manager.log== log_file: /var/log/gpu-manager.log last_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot new_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot grep dmesg status 0 dmesg status 0 == 0? Yes grep dmesg status 256 dmesg status 256 == 0? No Is nvidia loaded? no Was nvidia unloaded? yes Is nvidia blacklisted? no Is fglrx loaded? no Was fglrx unloaded? no Is fglrx blacklisted? no Is intel loaded? yes Is radeon loaded? no Is radeon blacklisted? no Is nouveau loaded? no Is nouveau blacklisted? yes Is fglrx kernel module available? no Is nvidia kernel module available? yes Vendor/Device Id: 8086:412 BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0" Is boot vga? yes Vendor/Device Id: 10de:1184 BusID "PCI:1@0:0:0" Is boot vga? no The device is a pci passthrough. Skipping... Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915" Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915" Found "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915" output 0: DisplayPort connector Number of connected outputs for /dev/dri/card0: 1 Does it require offloading? yes last cards number = 1 Has amd? no Has intel? yes Has nvidia? no How many cards? 1 Has the system changed? No main_arch_path x86_64-linux-gnu, other_arch_path i386-linux-gnu Current alternative: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf Current core alternative: (null) Is nvidia enabled? no Is fglrx enabled? no Is mesa enabled? yes Is pxpress enabled? no Is prime enabled? no Is nvidia available? no Is fglrx available? no Is fglrx-core available? no Is mesa available? yes Is pxpress available? no Is prime available? no Single card detected PRIME detected pci bus from dmesg status 0 can't open /sys/module/nvidia/version /sys/class/dmi/id/product_version="To Be Filled By O.E.M." /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name="To Be Filled By O.E.M." 1st try: bbswitch without quirks Loading bbswitch with "load_state=-1 unload_state=1" parameters 2nd try: bbswitch with quirks Loading bbswitch with "load_state=-1 unload_state=1 skip_optimus_dsm=1" parameters Warning: can't load bbswitch, switching between GPUs won't work Selecting nvidia Error: no alternative found for nvidia Error: failed to enable the driver Selecting mesa /usr/bin/update-alternatives --set x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf update-alternatives status 0 Calling ldconfig ldconfig status 0 /usr/bin/update-alternatives --set i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf update-alternatives status 0 Calling ldconfig ldconfig status 0 Error: no alternative found for unblacklist Removing xorg.conf. Path: /etc/X11/xorg.conf can't access /etc/X11/xorg.conf Check failed Removing xorg.conf. Path: /etc/X11/xorg.conf Moved /etc/X11/xorg.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.08152015 Regenerating xorg.conf. Path: /etc/X11/xorg.conf No need to change the current bbswitch status =================== However, the generated xorg.conf file is clearly invalid: =====xorg.conf===== Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout" Screen 0 "nvidia" Inactive "intel" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "intel" Driver "intel" BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0" Option "AccelMethod" "SNA" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "intel" Device "intel" EndSection =================== So Xorg is right to report the error that screen "nvidia" is undefined. Apparently the xorg.conf file that gpu-manager generated is incorrect, and this issue prevents me from booting my system correctly, and this makes me believe this bug may be considered significant. ** Affects: ubuntu-drivers-common (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1485236 Title: gpu-manager generates an invalid xorg.conf file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/1485236/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs