Lubuntu 16.04 w/nVidia, no drivers after update.

[zelon88]

Hi there,


I'm running an ASUS Strix 970 GTX on Lubuntu 16.04.


I updated my system this past Saturday and my graphics drivers have not worked since. I cannot provide a nvidia-bug-report.sh log for the problem because "sh nvidia-bug-report.sh" fails with the error.....


user@computer:~$ sudo su
root@computer:/home/user# sh nvidia-bug-report.sh
sh: 0: Can't open nvidia-bug-report.sh

After I failed to generate a logfile I tried running "startx -- -logverbose 6" and "sh nvidia-bug-report.sh" again with the following output.....


root@computer:/home/user# startx -- -logverbose 6
xauth: (stdin):2: unknown command "fbd921459934c63b0e7493124c71e685"


X.Org X Server 1.18.4
Release Date: 2016-07-19
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 4.4.0-97-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux computer 4.4.0-116-generic #140-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 12 21:23:04 UTC 2018 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-116-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=e4c05f82-c3e5-440b-8ec3-8f44557550c0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Build Date: 13 October 2017 01:57:05PM
xorg-server 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.7 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.33.6
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Wed Apr 18 18:20:23 2018
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
xinit: connection to X server lost

waiting for X server to shut down (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

root@computer:/home/user# sh nvidia-bug-report.sh
sh: 0: Can't open nvidia-bug-report.sh

For the first couple days I was unable to switch from the open-source Nouveau drivers because doing so in the "Software & Updates" window would immediately result in the driver switching back to Nouveau. I have since passed that problem but now no drivers, from 384 to 396 will recognize a GPU and my resolution is very low. I have tried using every Linux kernel from "4.4.0-116-generic" through "4.4.0-121-generic" and enabled development builds with no change in this issue. I've also purged and reinstalled "nvidia-current" to no avail. I am getting ready to reinstall the entire OS but I'm not confident that will solve the problem either.

I also sent this info to nVidia hoping they had some ideas. Not really sure what to do. I'd appreciate any input.

[monkeybrain20122]

How did you install your driver before?

[zelon88]

I honestly don't know how long it's been since I installed the driver to be honest. I imagine I used something like "sudo apt install nvidia-current".

It just worked for a long time until last Saturday when it... well... didn't.

[zelon88]

So nVidia got back to me and filled me in that I wasn't running nvidia-bug-report.sh correctly, lol! Then it crashed anyway.

They instructed me to look into some articles relating to an outdated version of gcc that was being used to build retpoline versions of 4.4.0-116. I verified this myself by installing the 4.4.0-112 kernel and booting into it with perfectly functional drivers.

I'm now rebuilding the 116 kernel with the latest gcc-5 and I'm going to try booting it in a minute. Fingers crossed that I can get it working!

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1009725/login-loop-after-upgrading-to-4-4-0-116-kernel-graphical-login-screen-black?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa