Issue happened again after today's system update.
The problem is causing the Nvidia device to not even been detected:
frontend@frontend:~$ lsmod | grep nvidia
frontend@frontend:~$ sudo lshw -c video | grep 'configuration'
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
configuration: latency=0
After running steps listed here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1129516
/black-screen-at-boot-after-nvidia-driver-installation-on-
ubuntu-18-04-2-lts
The card is correctly detected again:
frontend@frontend:~$ lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia_uvm 937984 0
nvidia_drm 45056 3
nvidia_modeset 1110016 6 nvidia_drm
nvidia 20422656 249 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset
drm_kms_helper 172032 2 nvidia_drm,i915
drm 401408 8 drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm,i915
ipmi_msghandler 53248 2 ipmi_devintf,nvidia
frontend@frontend:~$ sudo lshw -c video | grep 'configuration'
[sudo] password for frontend:
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1879333
Title:
[nvidia] Black screen on loading latest system update
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
This bug has been around since 16.04 and still occurs with 18.04 when
using nvidia drivers. When update required for the OS the black screen
situation happens after the required reboot. Only way to regain
desktop is to login via ssh terminal and run the commands listed here:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1129516/black-screen-at-boot-after-
nvidia-driver-installation-on-ubuntu-18-04-2-lts
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
echo "# Disable the default Nouveau kernel driver" | sudo tee -a
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
echo "# -----------------------------------------" | sudo tee -a
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
echo "blacklist nouveau" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-
nouveau.conf
echo "blacklist lbm-nouveau" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-
nouveau.conf
echo "options nouveau modeset=0" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d
/blacklist-nouveau.conf
echo "alias nouveau off" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-
nouveau.conf
echo "alias lbm-nouveau off" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-
nouveau.conf
cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
echo "options nouveau modeset=0" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d
/nouveau-kms.conf
cat /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-kms.conf
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo service lightdm stop
sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-440
lsmod | grep nvidia
sudo lshw -c video | grep 'configuration'
sudo reboot
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-101.102-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-101-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14
Architecture: amd64
BootLog:
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Mon May 18 08:44:05 2020
DistUpgraded: 2019-12-17 11:35:32,743 DEBUG icon theme changed, re-reading
DistroCodename: bionic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
bbswitch, 0.8, 4.15.0-101-generic, x86_64: installedError! Could not locate
dkms.conf file.
File: does not exist.
bbswitch, 0.8, 4.15.0-99-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Atom/Celeron/Pentium Processor
x5-E8000/J3xxx/N3xxx Integrated Graphics Controller [1849:22b1]
NVIDIA Corporation GK208 [GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2] [10de:1284] (rev a1)
(prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GK208 [GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2] [1043:846a]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-09-26 (234 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20190227)
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-101-generic
root=UUID=89ea4739-64a1-4200-9626-c597e9d5a485 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2019-12-17 (152 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 02/27/2018
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.50
dmi.board.name: N3150M
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.50:bd02/27/2018:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnN3150M:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.99-1ubuntu1~18.04.2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 19.2.8-0ubuntu0~18.04.3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.5-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
2:2.99.917+git20171229-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2
xserver.bootTime: Wed Apr 29 07:15:33 2020
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
xserver.version: 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.4
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