We discovered the same issue with T1000 cards in a bunch of Dell Precision 3660s. We believe the correct choice should be "nvidia- driver-535", but it recommends "nvidia-driver-535-server-open" instead, which prevents gdm and X from starting. dmesg provides the following error:
[ 231.608701] NVRM objClInitPcieChipset: *** Chipset Setup Function Error! [ 233.147366] NVRM: Open nvidia.ko is only ready for use on Data Center GPUs. [ 233.147368] NVRM: To force use of Open nvidia.ko on other GPUs, see the [ 233.147369] NVRM: 'OpenRmEnableUnsupportedGpus' kernel module parameter described [ 233.147369] NVRM: in the README. [ 233.426588] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x62:0x0:1904) [ 233.426882] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0 [ 235.365019] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x62:0x0:1904) [ 235.365336] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0 [ 237.455019] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x62:0x0:1904) [ 237.455443] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0 [ 239.430998] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x62:0x0:1904) [ 239.431436] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0 [ 241.403724] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x62:0x0:1904) [ 241.404223] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0 [ 243.384996] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x62:0x0:1904) [ 243.385389] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0 Here is the output of lspci and ubuntu-drivers devices: shanew@prius:~$ sudo lspci -s 01:00.0 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU117GL [T1000 8GB] (rev a1) shanew@prius:~$ sudo ubuntu-drivers devices == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 == modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001FF0sv00001028sd00001612bc03sc00i00 vendor : NVIDIA Corporation driver : nvidia-driver-525-server - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-525 - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-535-open - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-535-server - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-525-open - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-535-server-open - distro non-free recommended driver : nvidia-driver-470-server - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-470 - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-535 - distro non-free driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2044973 Title: ubuntu-drivers install the wrong version of Nvidia driver on some machines Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: During the SRU testing, I found some of machines installed the wrong version of Nvidia driver. They shouldn't install nvidia-driver-535-server-open on a desktop. Please have a look, thanks. If you want to have more information, please let me know. + _run sudo ubuntu-drivers devices + ssh -t -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null ubuntu@10.102.154.51 sudo ubuntu-drivers devices == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 == modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001FB8sv00001028sd00000906bc03sc02i00 vendor : NVIDIA Corporation model : TU117GLM [Quadro T2000 Mobile / Max-Q] driver : nvidia-driver-535-server - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-535 - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-418-server - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-525 - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-535-open - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-470 - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-450-server - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-535-server-open - distro non-free recommended driver : nvidia-driver-470-server - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-525-open - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-525-server - distro non-free driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-drivers-common/+bug/2044973/+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
