18.04 LTS black screen after video card upgrade 4.15.0-50

[bwanaaa]

Dell 8930 w Nvidia 1050ti with Linux kernel 4.15.0-50 was running fine. I had the Nvidia drivers loaded and my machine was useful. However I needed a better gpu for ML so I swapped out to a Nvidia 2070 super. Booting now takes me to black screen. I followed the most common recommmendation which was to edit grub by adding ‘nomodeset’. Now it hangs on boot with the Nvidia persistence daemon error



https://imgur.com/gallery/SzcamVa

What’s another way to fix this?

[CatKiller]

Nvidia 1050ti with Linux kernel 4.15.0-50... I swapped out to a Nvidia 2070 super.

New cards need new drivers. You need at least the 430 branch to have support for the Turing Supers, ideally newer than that. You being on such an old kernel doesn't suggest that you were using the newest drivers before you swapped cards.

You can boot from a live USB and chroot to your install to do package management, since you can't boot normally. Getting on the Hardware Enablement Stack, adding the graphics drivers PPA, purging your current Nvidia driver, and installing the 440 branch would be my recommendation. And remove the nomodeset option.

[bwanaaa]

I tried
Sudo apt-get update
Sudo apt-get upgrade
Rebooted to same black screen

I tried the ‘nomodeset’ solution and now I get this



https://imgur.com/gallery/byxf5OR

[bwanaaa]

@catkiller
Thank you for your reply
But since I am pretty ignorant of Linux internals, I cannot decipher what you said.
I can burn a new Linux to a usb and boot from it. But from there, can I do a ‘repair upgrade’?

Can you tell I grew up in Microsoft land?

[bwanaaa]

Can I simply do this:

sudo apt install --reinstall linux-image-generic

[bwanaaa]

Well I did and got back to the desktop. Software update wanted to redo the upgrade so I let it. It also wanted remove all the CUDA code because it said it was obsolete. I let it do that too. Now I am at kernel

4.15.0.76

Am I done ?

[Bashing-om]

bwanaaa; Hello

As your first responder is currently off-line allow me to interject.

We want to remove that old driver and install the correct driver for the presently installed card.

As you are unfamiliar with this operating system we do this in small steps, per your request.

Please post back - between code tags - the outputs of terminal commands:

lsb_release -a
sudo lshw -C display
dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
dpkg -l | grep linux-

code tag tutorial:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...8#post12776168

So we know what we are working with - and an indication of where we are going with this.

it's all in the process

[bwanaaa]

thank you Bashing-om for helping me

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
Release:	18.04
Codename:	bionic

 sudo lshw -C display
  *-display                 
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: NVIDIA Corporation
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: irq:144 memory:eb000000-ebffffff memory:a0000000-afffffff memory:b0000000-b1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff
  *-display
       description: Display controller
       product: Intel Corporation
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: iomemory:2f0-2ef irq:136 memory:2ffe000000-2ffeffffff memory:90000000-9fffffff ioport:f000(size=64)

 dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
ii  cuda-nsight-compute-10-1                        10.1.243-1                                      amd64        NVIDIA Nsight Compute
ii  cuda-nsight-systems-10-1                        10.1.243-1                                      amd64        NVIDIA Nsight Systems
ii  cuda-nvtx-10-1                                  10.1.243-1                                      amd64        NVIDIA Tools Extension
ii  libnvidia-cfg1-435:amd64                        435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-common-418                            430.50-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         all          Transitional package for libnvidia-common-430
ii  libnvidia-common-430                            430.50-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
ii  libnvidia-common-435                            435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
rc  libnvidia-compute-390:amd64                     390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1                        amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
rc  libnvidia-compute-390:i386                      390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1                        i386         NVIDIA libcompute package
rc  libnvidia-compute-418:amd64                     430.50-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        Transitional package for libnvidia-compute-430
rc  libnvidia-compute-430:amd64                     430.50-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-435:amd64                     435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-435:i386                      435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         i386         NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-decode-435:amd64                      435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-decode-435:i386                       435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         i386         NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-encode-435:amd64                      435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-encode-435:i386                       435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         i386         NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-435:amd64                        435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-435:i386                         435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         i386         NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-gl-435:amd64                          435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-gl-435:i386                           435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         i386         NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-ifr1-435:amd64                        435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback runtime library
ii  libnvidia-ifr1-435:i386                         435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         i386         NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback runtime library
ii  nsight-compute-2019.5.0                         2019.5.0.14-1                                   amd64        NVIDIA Nsight Compute
ii  nsight-systems-2019.5.2                         2019.5.2.16-b54ef97                             amd64        NVIDIA Nsight Systems is a statistical sampling profiler with tracing features.
rc  nvidia-compute-utils-390                        390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1                        amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
rc  nvidia-compute-utils-430                        430.50-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
ii  nvidia-compute-utils-435                        435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
rc  nvidia-container-runtime-hook                   1.4.0-1                                         amd64        NVIDIA container runtime hook
rc  nvidia-container-toolkit                        1.0.3-1                                         amd64        NVIDIA container runtime hook
rc  nvidia-dkms-390                                 390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1                        amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
rc  nvidia-dkms-430                                 430.50-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
ii  nvidia-dkms-435                                 435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
rc  nvidia-docker2                                  2.2.1-1                                         all          nvidia-docker CLI wrapper
ii  nvidia-driver-435                               435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage
rc  nvidia-kernel-common-390                        390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1                        amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
rc  nvidia-kernel-common-430                        430.50-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-common-435                        435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-source-435                        435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA kernel source package
ii  nvidia-machine-learning-repo-ubuntu1804         1.0.0-1                                         amd64        nvidia-machine-learning repository configuration files
ii  nvidia-modprobe                                 440.33.01-0ubuntu1                              amd64        Load the NVIDIA kernel driver and create device files
ii  nvidia-prime                                    0.8.8.2                                         all          Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii  nvidia-settings                                 440.33.01-0ubuntu1                              amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-utils-435                                435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-435                   435.21-0ubuntu0.18.04.2                         amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

 dpkg -l | grep linux-
ii  binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu                       2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.2                          amd64        GNU binary utilities, for x86-64-linux-gnu target
ii  ladspa-sdk                                      1.13-3ubuntu2                                   amd64        sample tools for linux-audio-dev plugin architecture
ii  linux-base                                      4.5ubuntu1                                      all          Linux image base package
ii  linux-firmware                                  1.173.14                                        all          Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
ii  linux-generic                                   4.15.0.76.78                                    amd64        Complete Generic Linux kernel and headers
ii  linux-headers-4.15.0-46                         4.15.0-46.49                                    all          Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.15.0
ii  linux-headers-4.15.0-46-generic                 4.15.0-46.49                                    amd64        Linux kernel headers for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-headers-4.15.0-50                         4.15.0-50.54                                    all          Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.15.0
ii  linux-headers-4.15.0-50-generic                 4.15.0-50.54                                    amd64        Linux kernel headers for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-headers-4.15.0-76                         4.15.0-76.86                                    all          Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.15.0
ii  linux-headers-4.15.0-76-generic                 4.15.0-76.86                                    amd64        Linux kernel headers for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-headers-generic                           4.15.0.76.78                                    amd64        Generic Linux kernel headers
rc  linux-image-4.15.0-20-generic                   4.15.0-20.21                                    amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-4.15.0-22-generic                   4.15.0-22.24                                    amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-4.15.0-23-generic                   4.15.0-23.25                                    amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-4.15.0-33-generic                   4.15.0-33.36                                    amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-4.15.0-43-generic                   4.15.0-43.46                                    amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-4.15.0-46-generic                   4.15.0-46.49                                    amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-4.15.0-47-generic                   4.15.0-47.50                                    amd64        Signed kernel image generic
rc  linux-image-4.15.0-48-generic                   4.15.0-48.51                                    amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-4.15.0-50-generic                   4.15.0-50.54                                    amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-4.15.0-76-generic                   4.15.0-76.86                                    amd64        Signed kernel image generic
ii  linux-image-generic                             4.15.0.76.78                                    amd64        Generic Linux kernel image
ii  linux-libc-dev:amd64                            4.15.0-76.86                                    amd64        Linux Kernel Headers for development
ii  linux-libc-dev:i386                             4.15.0-76.86                                    i386         Linux Kernel Headers for development
rc  linux-modules-4.15.0-20-generic                 4.15.0-20.21                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-4.15.0-22-generic                 4.15.0-22.24                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-4.15.0-23-generic                 4.15.0-23.25                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-4.15.0-33-generic                 4.15.0-33.36                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-4.15.0-43-generic                 4.15.0-43.46                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-4.15.0-46-generic                 4.15.0-46.49                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-4.15.0-47-generic                 4.15.0-47.50                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-4.15.0-48-generic                 4.15.0-48.51                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-modules-4.15.0-50-generic                 4.15.0-50.54                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-modules-4.15.0-76-generic                 4.15.0-76.86                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-20-generic           4.15.0-20.21                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-22-generic           4.15.0-22.24                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-23-generic           4.15.0-23.25                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-33-generic           4.15.0-33.36                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-43-generic           4.15.0-43.46                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-46-generic           4.15.0-46.49                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-47-generic           4.15.0-47.50                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc  linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-48-generic           4.15.0-48.51                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-50-generic           4.15.0-50.54                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-76-generic           4.15.0-76.86                                    amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-signed-generic                            4.15.0.76.78                                    amd64        Complete Signed Generic Linux kernel and headers (dummy transitional package)
ii  linux-sound-base                                1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5                            all          base package for ALSA and OSS sound systems
ii  syslinux-common                                 3:6.03+dfsg1-2                                  all          collection of bootloaders (common)
ii  syslinux-legacy                                 2:3.63+dfsg-2ubuntu9                            amd64        Bootloader for Linux/i386 using MS-DOS floppies

[bwanaaa]

the latest 440 branch driver is not available from the ppa. when i download it from nvidia and try to install it thusly (after doing sudo telinit 3 and opening a root terminal w ctrl-alt-f1)

$ sudo bash NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.50.run

gives me the following error

Unable to load: nvidia-installer ncurses v6 user interface

[bwanaaa]

amazingly, even my CUDA works

./deviceQuery
./deviceQuery Starting...

CUDA Device Query (Runtime API) version (CUDART static linking)

Detected 1 CUDA Capable device(s)

Device 0: "GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER"
CUDA Driver Version / Runtime Version 10.1 / 10.1
CUDA Capability Major/Minor version number: 7.5
Total amount of global memory: 7980 MBytes (8367439872 bytes)
(40) Multiprocessors, ( 64) CUDA Cores/MP: 2560 CUDA Cores
GPU Max Clock rate: 1785 MHz (1.78 GHz)
Memory Clock rate: 7001 Mhz
Memory Bus Width: 256-bit
L2 Cache Size: 4194304 bytes
Maximum Texture Dimension Size (x,y,z) 1D=(131072), 2D=(131072, 65536), 3D=(16384, 16384, 16384)
Maximum Layered 1D Texture Size, (num) layers 1D=(32768), 2048 layers
Maximum Layered 2D Texture Size, (num) layers 2D=(32768, 32768), 2048 layers
Total amount of constant memory: 65536 bytes
Total amount of shared memory per block: 49152 bytes
Total number of registers available per block: 65536
Warp size: 32
Maximum number of threads per multiprocessor: 1024
Maximum number of threads per block: 1024
Max dimension size of a thread block (x,y,z): (1024, 1024, 64)
Max dimension size of a grid size (x,y,z): (2147483647, 65535, 65535)
Maximum memory pitch: 2147483647 bytes
Texture alignment: 512 bytes
Concurrent copy and kernel execution: Yes with 3 copy engine(s)
Run time limit on kernels: Yes
Integrated GPU sharing Host Memory: No
Support host page-locked memory mapping: Yes
Alignment requirement for Surfaces: Yes
Device has ECC support: Disabled
Device supports Unified Addressing (UVA): Yes
Device supports Compute Preemption: Yes
Supports Cooperative Kernel Launch: Yes
Supports MultiDevice Co-op Kernel Launch: Yes
Device PCI Domain ID / Bus ID / location ID: 0 / 1 / 0
Compute Mode:
< Default (multiple host threads can use ::cudaSetDevice() with device simultaneously) >

deviceQuery, CUDA Driver = CUDART, CUDA Driver Version = 10.1, CUDA Runtime Version = 10.1, NumDevs = 1
Result = PASS