Public bug reported: upgraded system from 14 to 16.04. LTS using the online system updates that are regular used by my as this is my workstation. Once finished only one of three monitors would show the desktop and login prompt. Once my password was entered a short dialogue box appeared and it showed I had an error. The screen with in about 3 seconds after I typed my password was able to show the error which was ambiguous, the logged me out. I was stuck with a system that runs my workstation, and unable to login. I chose to use a DVD and run the set-up from a disk, I had done the online update option. Once I did this I was able to work. I did choose to save my previous OS, however now I basally have a triple boot system, as I already had a dual boot, from Debian 8 , to Ubuntu that works fine, now I have a generic Ubuntu that is at the latest version, my set-up working upgraded system which works, and my other Debian system that works, Then I was able to go in and change my graphics card to use the non generic drive and login and set it to a nvida. All works now. current system 16.04. LTS Intel® Core™ i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz × 8 GeForce GTX 660/PCIe/SSE2 64-bit
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-34.53-generic 4.4.15 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 361.42 Tue Mar 22 18:10:58 PDT 2016 GCC version: gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.1) .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Mon Aug 8 07:54:26 2016 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.8, 4.4.0-34-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-361, 361.42, 4.4.0-34-generic, x86_64: installedError! Could not locate dkms.conf file. File: does not exist. ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GK106 [GeForce GTX 660] [10de:11c0] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. GK106 [GeForce GTX 660] [3842:2662] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-01 (188 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805) MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 8500 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 10/19/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A10 dmi.board.name: 0NW73C dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A01 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA10:bd10/19/2012:svnDellInc.:pnXPS8500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0NW73C:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: XPS 8500 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160714-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.1 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2 xserver.bootTime: Tue Aug 2 11:03:24 2016 xserver.configfile: default xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 ubuntu xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1610952 Title: upgrade error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1610952/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp