I didn't get the above steps to work, so I choose a different way. I've tried to compile the missing "bochs-drm" module by following these steps :
apt-get install linux-source-4.18.0 cd /usr/src/linux-source-4.18.0/ tar xjf linux-source-4.18.0.tar.bz2 cd linux-source-4.18.0/ apt-get install bison apt-get install flex apt-get install libelf-dev make oldconfig make menuconfig In the menus I searched and enabled the module CONFIG_DRM_BOCHS=m Then I launched the compilation : make modules # Get some coffee mkdir /lib/modules/4.18.0-12-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs cp drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/*.ko /lib/modules/4.18.0-12-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs depmod -a modprobe bochs-drm This didn't work and I got the following message in "dmesg" : bochs_drm: version magic '4.18.17 SMP mod_unload ' should be '4.18.0-12-generic SMP mod_unload ' But I found a way to change it by editing the main Makefile and changing : SUBLEVEL = 17 EXTRAVERSION = To the values : SUBLEVEL = 0 EXTRAVERSION = -12-generic Then I restarted a clean compilation : make clean make modules # Get some coffee cp drivers/gpu/drm/bochs/*.ko /lib/modules/4.18.0-12-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/bochs depmod -a modprobe bochs-drm systemctl start sddm And then I got SDDM back on screen ! I hope bochs-drm will be included in future standard kernel, as asked for in bug 1795857, because these steps will be necessary after each update of the standard kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1802950 Title: X.org crashes after upgrade to 18.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1802950/+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