I reloaded Ubuntu from scratch and still had the black screen issue. I am now running the latest version of Mint Cinnamon and all is well. Thanks for your help. Regards Paul
Sent from Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: nore...@launchpad.net <nore...@launchpad.net> on behalf of Daniel Letzeisen <2097...@bugs.launchpad.net> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2025 5:52:40 PM To: paul_j_les...@hotmail.com <paul_j_les...@hotmail.com> Subject: [Bug 2097566] Re: Black screen with nouveau after system update Both of your logs show a lot of these errors with gnome-shell: Feb 16 17:03:55 panther kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: gr: DATA_ERROR 00000012 [RT_LINEAR_WITH_ZETA] Feb 16 17:03:55 panther kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: gr: 00100000 [] ch 3 [003fa80000 gnome-shell[1816]] Can you try booting with "nouveau.config=NvMXMDCB=0" -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2097566 Title: Black screen with nouveau after system update Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in mesa package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Ubuntu 24.04.01 LTS updated today using "software updater". Since the update the PC just boots to a black screen. It worked fine before the software updates. I have managed to get a usable screen (but wrong size etc) with online help using Esc key on bootup. But the bug persists when the PC is restarted. I have an NVIDIA GT218 graphics card and Ubuntu tells me that "all available drivers are already installed". lsb_release -rd No LSB modules are available. Description: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS Release: 24.04 apt-cache policy pkgname N: Unable to locate package pkgname ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+23ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-52.53-generic 6.8.12 Uname: Linux 6.8.0-52-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log' CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Feb 6 19:34:44 2025 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: noble DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3] [10de:10c3] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-07-27 (925 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20210915) MachineType: MSI MS-7788 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/bin/bash XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.8.0-52-generic root=UUID=fc8796e1-8f5e-41b8-8950-dcd20c14eda7 ro nomodeset SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/14/2012 dmi.bios.release: 4.6 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V2.5 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: H61M-P31 (G3) (MS-7788) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV2.5:bd07/14/2012:br4.6:svnMSI:pnMS-7788:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnH61M-P31(G3)(MS-7788):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0:skuTobefilledbyO.E.M.: dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.name: MS-7788 dmi.product.sku: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.122-1~ubuntu0.24.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:21.1.12-1ubuntu1.1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:22.0.0-1build1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20210115-1build1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-2build1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2097566/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2097566 Title: Black screen with nouveau after system update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2097566/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
