Public bug reported: Fresh install of Ubuntu Studio 18.04 - xorg crashes just after login and returns to lightdm. Moving to a TTY and attempting to startx returns the following:
/usr/lib/Xorg: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so: undefined symbol: exaGetPixmapDriverPrivate Installing nvidia-driver-390 and rebooting resolves the issue. apt update && apt full-upgrade performed @ 03:54 EDT (I didn't think to check which versions the updates were at, as there were something like 145 of them) GPU: EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Kernel: 4.15.0-13-lowlatency OS: Ubuntu Studio 18.04 Bionic CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K @ 3.5GHz ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1762360 Title: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 - nouveau symbol lookup error causes X failure To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1762360/+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