Oh, and THIS is fun... now my laptop (Lenovo W530) has started reporting the same stinking error. This is like watching a train wreck.
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Greg Hyman <snur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rebooting now takes me to a CLI login prompt. But when I try to give it my > login credentials, the screen flickers and then it takes me to the GUI > login prompt. > > After logging in, everything seems to function as it has been since > installing last month, only it pops up a "system error" box, asks to load a > blue million files to file a bug report with, but after an hour it has not > done anything at all. (Literally an hour, I decided to wait since most of > the bug reports it has been filing usually take 3-5 minutes.) > > Rebooting brings it back to the normal startup - that is, no login at all, > but straight to the desktop, like I had initially set it to do. > > Rebooting again goes back through the login prompts. > > When it goes through the login screen reboot (as opposed to going straight > to the desktop like it also does sometimes,) it is also completely ignoring > the 'viewportout' settings in xorg.conf. > > The Xorg log shows a lot of nvidia and nouveau entries; but does not show > why that would randomly switch how it decides how to let me login. > > udev log is ~14000 lines long, mostly relating to the sound. This makes > sense given the sound issues. but again - nothing pointing to login or > viewportout. > > kern.log is also huge (~10000 lines), but the most recent entries are > primarily hda-codec related. > > dpkg log is ~225000 lines long, and I honestly don't feel like spending my > day reading through that much stuff - I'm really not even sure what to look > for to find something relating to when it decides to take me to a cli > login, and gui login, or just go straight to the desktop - this was always > done as a 'set it and forget it' switch in previous versions of Ubuntu. why > they had to change it is beyond me. > > gpu-manager.log, interestingly, ends with: > > System configuration has changed > Removing xorg.conf. Path: /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > Which is interesting since my system has *not* changed; all I did is > reboot. And curiously, there IS an xorg.conf. > > This latest solution does not seem like it is working very well at all. > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Csaba Patyi <patyi.cs...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi All! >> >> Thanks for the solution. >> >> B.r. >> Csaba >> >> >> -----Eredeti üzenet----- >> Feladó: Davide Mannarelli <1268...@bugs.launchpad.net> >> Reply-to: Bug 1268257 <1268...@bugs.launchpad.net> >> Címzett: patyi.cs...@gmail.com >> Tárgy: [Bug 1268257] Re: nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu3: >> nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build, with only error: >> "objdump: '... .tmp_nv.o': No such file" >> Dátum: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:16:46 -0000 >> >> >> Solved in this way: >> >> 1) boot with old kernel (3.13.0-44) >> 2) login without gui (ctrl-alt-f1) >> 3) login with root (if enabled) >> 3) stopping lightdm (service lightdm stop) >> 4) a little cleaning (apt-get clean && apt-get autoclean && apt-get >> autoremove) >> 5) update source and fix (apt-get update && apt-get install -f) >> 6) install nvidia (apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-331-updates-uvm) >> 7) upgrade (apt-get upgrade) >> 8) reboot (shutdown -r now) >> 9) boot with new kernel (3.13.0-45) >> 10) :-) >> >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a >> duplicate bug report (1405836). >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1268257 >> >> Title: >> nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu3: nvidia-331-updates kernel module >> failed to build, with only error: "objdump: '... .tmp_nv.o': No such >> file" >> >> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package in Ubuntu: >> Triaged >> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates package in Ubuntu: >> Triaged >> >> Bug description: >> Nvidia kernel module failed to build on kernel 3.13.0-2 >> Yesterday when the new kernel was pushed, the dkms process failed. >> >> ProblemType: Package >> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 >> Package: nvidia-331-updates 331.20-0ubuntu9 >> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4 >> Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic x86_64 >> ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1 >> Architecture: amd64 >> DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-2-generic >> Date: Sun Jan 12 01:28:35 2014 >> InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-03 (69 days ago) >> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 >> (20131016.1) >> PackageVersion: 331.20-0ubuntu9 >> SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates >> Title: nvidia-331-updates 331.20-0ubuntu9: nvidia-331-updates kernel >> module failed to build >> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-29 (13 days ago) >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/+bug/1268257/+subscriptions >> > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1268257 Title: nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu3: nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build, with only error: "objdump: '... .tmp_nv.o': No such file" Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Nvidia kernel module failed to build on kernel 3.13.0-2 Yesterday when the new kernel was pushed, the dkms process failed. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: nvidia-331-updates 331.20-0ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4 Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-2-generic Date: Sun Jan 12 01:28:35 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-03 (69 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) PackageVersion: 331.20-0ubuntu9 SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates Title: nvidia-331-updates 331.20-0ubuntu9: nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-29 (13 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/+bug/1268257/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
