Cannot launch into Kubuntu 23.10 with a brand new install

**thespoonman** · November 17th, 2023

I've been having an issue with my Kubuntu install after I replaced my old one that wound up broken. It hangs whenever I try to launch Ubuntu normally through GRUB. I can only launch Kubuntu at the moment through safe mode and this is after installing all third-party drivers and updates. If I try to launch it through the default GRUB option, it simply hangs on a black screen that displays this text:

[ 4.059403] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: WRT: Invalid buffer destination

[ 5.415909] Bluetooth: hci0: Malformed MSFT vendor event: 0x02

EDIT: It turns out that my graphics driver wasn't set properly during the installation. Setting it to the Nouveau driver and back to the tested Nvidia driver in Software Sources fixed the issue for me.

**TheFu** · November 17th, 2023

What hardware? People need details to provide any guesses.
The system-info script is a good way to provide that, as is the boot-info (from boot-repair).

Lacking any details, nobody can guess except to ask if you have read the Kubuntu 23.10 release notes AND the Ubuntu 23.10 release notes? Some hardware doesn't work well (or at all) for some installs. Claiming you have installed "all third-party drivers" is unlikely. I don't think I've ever been able to do that in 30 yrs of Linux. Be specific and provide proof, please.

Also, those log entries seem related to wifi stuff. Plug in an ethernet cable, does that help?

**thespoonman** · November 18th, 2023

My motherboard is a MSI PRO Z790-P and my CPU is an Intel i7-13700K. I have my computer hooked up with an Ethernet connection, but my motherboard does have built-in wi-fi and bluetooth. I meant to say that I checked the option to install third-party drivers while installing Kubuntu onto my machine. I was in a rush during the morning, so I didn't have time to proof-read my post. This was the report that I got from system-info: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/7ZZzRXHHWv/

**MAFoElffen** · November 18th, 2023

Code:

  *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: AD103 [GeForce RTX 4080]
       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 cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: 
           iomemory:600-5ff 
           iomemory:640-63f 
           memory:81000000-81ffffff 
           memory:6000000000-63ffffffff 
           memory:6400000000-6401ffffff 
           ioport:4000(size=128) 
           memory:82000000-8207ffff
  *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: Display controller
       product: Raptor Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770]
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 04
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: 
           iomemory:640-63f 
           iomemory:400-3ff 
           memory:6403000000-6403ffffff 
           memory:4000000000-400fffffff 
           ioport:5000(size=64) 
           memory:4010000000-4016ffffff 
           memory:4020000000-40ffffffff

Code:

   --- User Installed Package List:
audacity
brave-browser
calibre
curl
deadbeef-static
discord
flatpak
gnome-disk-utility
gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
google-chrome-stable
keepassxc
libc6:i386
libegl1:i386
libgbm1:i386
libgl1-mesa-dri:i386
libgl1:i386
mainline
mpv
neofetch
pipx
plasma-discover-backend-flatpak
python3-pip
sox
steam-launcher
steam-libs-amd64
steam-libs-i386:i386
transmission-gtk
xterm
zenity

Okay... Didn't you say you installed third party drivers??? What, where and how? I see none installed and everything is unclaimed. I need to know what you did, so we know what we need to do to get you going...

I did see this:

Code:

    |__ Port 14: Dev 8, If 0, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M
        ID 8087:0033 Intel Corp. 
    |__ Port 14: Dev 8, If 1, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M
        ID 8087:0033 Intel Corp.

**thespoonman** · November 18th, 2023

Originally Posted by MAFoElffen

Okay... Didn't you say you installed third party drivers??? What, where and how? I see none installed and everything is unclaimed. I need to know what you did, so we know what we need to do to get you going...

That's odd, I just checked in Konsole and it says that I already have kubuntu-restricted-addons installed and I have checkmarked "Proprietary drivers for devices (restricted)" in Software Sources.

Code:

$ sudo apt install kubuntu-restricted-addons
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
kubuntu-restricted-addons is already the newest version (29).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

**TheFu** · November 18th, 2023

Code:

inxi -Gxxz

will show the graphics subsystem information and drivers used. I never believe GUI tools. Too many layers.

Or

Code:

inxi -Fxxz

will show all the details, with s/n removed for privacy.

**MAFoElffen** · November 18th, 2023

And

Code:

apt list nvidia-* --installed

**deadflowr** · November 18th, 2023

Is nomodeset really needed for nvidia drivers to work?

Edit:
I asked because I don't know what settings nvidia wants these days.

**thespoonman** · November 18th, 2023

Here are the results of inxi and the apt list commands:

Code:

System:
  Kernel: 6.5.0-10-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
    Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.8 tk: Qt v: 5.15.10 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: PRO Z790-P WIFI (MS-7E06) v: 2.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: A.A0
    date: 10/27/2023
CPU:
  Info: 16-core (8-mt/8-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700K bits: 64
    type: MST AMCP arch: Raptor Lake rev: 1 cache: L1: 1.4 MiB L2: 24 MiB
    L3: 30 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 850 high: 1100 min/max: 800/5300:5400:4200 cores:
    1: 1100 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 1100
    11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800 15: 1100 16: 1100 17: 800 18: 800 19: 807
    20: 800 21: 800 22: 800 23: 800 24: 800 bogomips: 164044
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: N/A arch: Gen-13 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a780
  Device-2: NVIDIA AD103 [GeForce RTX 4080] vendor: ZOTAC driver: N/A
    arch: Lovelace pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2704
  Device-3: Logitech HD Webcam C525 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5.1:7 chip-ID: 046d:0826
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.0
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nouveau,vesa
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting dri: swrast gpu: N/A display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: default res: 2560x1440 size: N/A
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3 renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7
    256 bits) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22bb
  Device-3: Thesycon System & Consulting GmbH D30 Pro driver: snd-usb-audio
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 152a:8750
  Device-4: Logitech HD Webcam C525 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5.1:7 chip-ID: 046d:0826
  Device-5: Focusrite-Novation Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd Gen
    driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 1-5.4:10 chip-ID: 1235:8202
  API: ALSA v: k6.5.0-10-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.79 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Intel driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7a70
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: igc
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 06:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:15f3
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-14:8 chip-ID: 8087:0033
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
    lmp-v: 12 sub-v: 32fe
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 20.01 TiB used: 9.73 TiB (48.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT2000P5PSSD8 size: 1.82 TiB
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 44.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT2000P5PSSD8 size: 1.82 TiB
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 42.9 C
  ID-3: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0
    size: 5.46 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
  ID-4: /dev/sdb vendor: Crucial model: CT4000MX500SSD1 size: 3.64 TiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
  ID-5: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD8002FZWX-00BKUA0
    size: 7.28 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 45.53 GiB used: 16.6 GiB (36.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 96 MiB used: 35.7 MiB (37.2%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
  ID-3: /home size: 906.99 GiB used: 17.38 GiB (1.9%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.45 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 458 Uptime: 5m Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est.
  available: 31.11 GiB used: 2.93 GiB (9.4%) Init: systemd v: 253
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 13.2.0 alt: 12/13
  Packages: 2536 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2517 pm: flatpak pkgs: 8 pm: snap pkgs: 11
  Shell: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.29

Code:

nvidia-compute-utils-535/mantic-updates,mantic-security,now 535.129.03-0ubuntu0.23.10.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-dkms-535/mantic-updates,mantic-security,now 535.129.03-0ubuntu0.23.10.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-driver-535/mantic-updates,mantic-security,now 535.129.03-0ubuntu0.23.10.1 amd64 [installed]
nvidia-firmware-535-535.129.03/mantic-updates,mantic-security,now 535.129.03-0ubuntu0.23.10.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-kernel-common-535/mantic-updates,mantic-security,now 535.129.03-0ubuntu0.23.10.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-kernel-source-535/mantic-updates,mantic-security,now 535.129.03-0ubuntu0.23.10.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-prime/mantic,mantic,now 0.8.17.2 all [installed]
nvidia-settings/mantic,now 510.47.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-utils-535/mantic-updates,mantic-security,now 535.129.03-0ubuntu0.23.10.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]

**TheFu** · November 19th, 2023

Code:

Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: N/A arch: Gen-13 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a780
  Device-2: NVIDIA AD103 [GeForce RTX 4080] vendor: ZOTAC driver: N/A
    arch: Lovelace pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:2704
  Device-3: Logitech HD Webcam C525 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5.1:7 chip-ID: 046d:0826
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.0
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nouveau,vesa
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting dri: swrast gpu: N/A display-ID: :0 screens: 1

So, this tells me that your system isn't using the proprietary nvidia driver. You are using the F/LOSS nouveau driver. I'm guessing that the Intel iGPU is getting in the way. I have no idea how to pick between the Intel iGPU and the nvidia GPU. Sorry.
I think you are also using Wayland which is known to be a problem for nvidia GPUs, so you should look up how to ensure Wayland + XWayland aren't used.

I could be misreading the output, but for reference, here's mine for a Ryzen iGPU on a 20.04 system:

Code:

$ inxi -Gxxz
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.0 
           chip ID: 1002:1638 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 1920x1200~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.42.0 5.15.0-88-generic LLVM 12.0.0) 
           v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.6 direct render: Yes

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