I believe that I have identified why the newer nvidia drivers which depend on the new nvidia_drm kernel module fail on Mac hardware. That new module depends on the ipmi modules. On Mac hardware, unsurprisingly, the ipmi_si module fails to load and the ipmi device is not created. Motherboards with issues supporting on the PC probably explain the similar errors reported at...
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1037997/xid-61-black-screen-on- startup-ubuntu-18-04-gtx-1060-mobile/ So Ubuntu should definitely hold onto the nvidia-340 package as long as possible to support that hardware. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1797791 Title: nvidia-340 installation issues need to be resolved and the package marked as 'tested' Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 is essential to many users. For example, on my MacPro 3,1 equipped with an EVGA GTX-680 Mac version graphic card, the nvidia 360, 390 and 396 drivers all fail due to issues with the new nvidia_drm module resulting in no video output on DVI and HDMI. https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1042691/linux/black-screen- with-mac-version-of-gtx-680/1 Similiar issues exist for a number of PC users as well... https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1037997/xid-61-black-screen- on-startup-ubuntu-18-04-gtx-1060-mobile/ of which only some have been resolved. The nvidia-340 drivers are the recommended fall back according to the Nvidia linux developers. Unfortunately, the installation of the current nvidia-340 340.107-0ubuntu2 packaging is in really bad shape. The first error one sees while attempting to install it are dpkg-divert errors like those described in https://askubuntu.com/questions/419304/dpkg-divert-error- rename-involves-overwriting-usr-lib-xorg-protocol-txt-wit but for the files... /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libEGL.so.1.distrib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLESv1_CM.so.1.distrib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLESv2.so.2.distrib. /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1.distrib Currently one has to manually move these aside under a .bak suffix to get past these post-removal script errors. I believe these issues may be already addressed in the current nvidia-340 packaging residing on the ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa repo. The second installation issue that occurs is the same as that described in https://askubuntu.com/questions/969352/uninstalling-and- then-reinstalling-nvidia-384-kills-colord where currently the fix is the same. One has to edit the installed nvidia-340.postinst file and change NEWEST_KERNEL=$(get_newest_kernel "$(KERNEL") to NEWEST_KERNEL=$(get_newest_kernel "$CURRENT_KERNEL") following executing sudo dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-340 to allow the installation to cleanly complete. Lastly, there seems to be a missing dependency on the nvidia-340-dev that prevents akmods from building the kernel modules which should be fixed. The nvidia-340 drivers are supported until the end of 2019 by which time hopefully Nvidia will finally clean up their current issues with the newer drivers on problematic hardware. https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: nvidia-340 340.107-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Oct 14 12:41:21 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-26 (170 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180425.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-09-30 (14 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1797791/+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
