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Cannot boot into GUI with nvidia-340 installed.

Asked by Vanamali

I have a Lenovo Z50-70 laptop (i5/8GB) with Nvidia GeForce graphics card (2GB). When I install the propreitary driver (nvidia-340), the system doesn't boot into the GUI. The only way I can use the system is by changing the boot parameters to "nomodeset" from "quiet splash" and choosing a CLI (Ctrl+Alt+F1). Some relevant info I could think of are listed below along with the commands:

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic

uname -a
Linux Enigma 4.15.0-109-generic #110-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 23 02:39:32 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

grep -i nvidia /var/log/syslog
Jul 3 11:33:51 Enigma gnome-software[4695]: failed to rescan: Failed to parse /usr/share/applications/nvidia-settings.desktop file: cannot process file of type application/x-desktop
Jul 3 11:39:35 Enigma systemd-udevd[324]: Process '/bin/systemctl start --no-block nvidia-persistenced.service' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 11:39:35 Enigma systemd-udevd[324]: Process '/bin/systemctl start --no-block nvidia-persistenced.service' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 11:39:35 Enigma systemd-udevd[324]: Process '/bin/systemctl stop --no-block nvidia-persistenced' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 11:39:35 Enigma kernel: [ 26.479947] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Jul 3 11:39:35 Enigma kernel: [ 26.479957] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Jul 3 11:39:35 Enigma kernel: [ 26.483010] nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
Jul 3 11:39:35 Enigma kernel: [ 26.487322] nvidia 0000:03:00.0: enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
Jul 3 11:39:35 Enigma kernel: [ 26.487681] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20150116 for 0000:03:00.0 on minor 0
Jul 3 11:39:35 Enigma kernel: [ 26.487685] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 340.108 Wed Dec 11 11:06:58 PST 2019
Jul 3 11:39:35 Enigma kernel: [ 27.065515] nvidia_uvm: Loaded the UVM driver, major device number 242
Jul 3 11:40:03 Enigma systemd-udevd[1653]: Process '/bin/systemctl start --no-block nvidia-persistenced.service' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 11:55:56 Enigma nvidia-persistenced: Started (4712)
Jul 3 12:04:30 Enigma nvidia-persistenced: Shutdown (4712)
Jul 3 12:10:25 Enigma psensor.desktop[2860]: [2020-07-03T06:40:25] [ERR] nvctrl: Failed to retrieve NVIDIA information.
Jul 3 12:25:57 Enigma psensor.desktop[2467]: [2020-07-03T06:55:57] [ERR] nvctrl: Failed to retrieve NVIDIA information.
Jul 3 12:57:42 Enigma systemd-udevd[323]: Process '/bin/systemctl start --no-block nvidia-persistenced.service' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 12:57:42 Enigma systemd-udevd[328]: Process '/bin/systemctl start --no-block nvidia-persistenced.service' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 12:57:42 Enigma systemd-udevd[325]: Process '/bin/systemctl stop --no-block nvidia-persistenced' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 12:57:42 Enigma kernel: [ 25.311989] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Jul 3 12:57:42 Enigma kernel: [ 25.311998] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Jul 3 12:57:42 Enigma kernel: [ 25.314860] nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
Jul 3 12:57:42 Enigma kernel: [ 25.319201] nvidia 0000:03:00.0: enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
Jul 3 12:57:42 Enigma kernel: [ 25.319562] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20150116 for 0000:03:00.0 on minor 0
Jul 3 12:57:42 Enigma kernel: [ 25.319566] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 340.108 Wed Dec 11 11:06:58 PST 2019
Jul 3 12:57:42 Enigma kernel: [ 25.797368] nvidia_uvm: Loaded the UVM driver, major device number 242
Jul 3 12:58:06 Enigma systemd-udevd[1550]: Process '/bin/systemctl start --no-block nvidia-persistenced.service' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 13:00:53 Enigma systemd-udevd[2040]: Process '/bin/systemctl stop --no-block nvidia-persistenced' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 13:11:11 Enigma systemd-udevd[325]: Process '/bin/systemctl start --no-block nvidia-persistenced.service' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 13:11:11 Enigma systemd-udevd[320]: Process '/bin/systemctl start --no-block nvidia-persistenced.service' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 13:11:11 Enigma systemd-udevd[322]: Process '/bin/systemctl stop --no-block nvidia-persistenced' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 13:11:11 Enigma kernel: [ 25.243745] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Jul 3 13:11:11 Enigma kernel: [ 25.243755] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Jul 3 13:11:11 Enigma kernel: [ 25.246930] nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
Jul 3 13:11:11 Enigma kernel: [ 25.251447] nvidia 0000:03:00.0: enabling device (0006 -> 0007)
Jul 3 13:11:11 Enigma kernel: [ 25.251854] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20150116 for 0000:03:00.0 on minor 0
Jul 3 13:11:11 Enigma kernel: [ 25.251860] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 340.108 Wed Dec 11 11:06:58 PST 2019
Jul 3 13:11:11 Enigma kernel: [ 26.955058] nvidia_uvm: Loaded the UVM driver, major device number 241
Jul 3 13:11:41 Enigma systemd-udevd[1477]: Process '/bin/systemctl start --no-block nvidia-persistenced.service' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 13:12:52 Enigma systemd-udevd[2730]: Process '/bin/systemctl stop --no-block nvidia-persistenced' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 13:12:57 Enigma systemd-udevd[2766]: Process '/bin/systemctl start --no-block nvidia-persistenced.service' failed with exit code 5.
Jul 3 13:16:45 Enigma nvidia-persistenced: Started (8922)
Jul 3 13:17:05 Enigma nvidia-persistenced: The daemon no longer has permission to remove its runtime data directory /var/run/nvidia-persistenced
Jul 3 13:17:05 Enigma nvidia-persistenced: Shutdown (8922)
Jul 3 13:22:10 Enigma psensor.desktop[2586]: [2020-07-03T07:52:10] [ERR] nvctrl: Failed to retrieve NVIDIA information.

 grep -i nvidia /etc/modprobe.d/*
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer.conf:blacklist nvidiafb

systemctl status nvidia-persistenced
Unit nvidia-persistenced.service could not be found.

Please note that these outputs were generated after the nvidia-340 driver was purged. Also, I have tried two methods of installing the driver: command line using "sudo apt install nvidia-340" and from the "Additional drivers" tab in "Softwares and Updates". Both result in the same problem. In the output above, the entry "nvidia-persistenced: Started" exists because I manually ran "start-nvidia-persistenced" found in /usr/bin. The last output is the same with or without nvidia-340 installed.

Please help.

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veli (velisia) said : 		#4

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

How did you install the driver please? What steps did you take? Are you planning to game on the system? Does the open source nouveau driver not fulfil your needs?

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Vanamali (vanamalishastry) said : 		#6

I installed the driver using two methods:
1) sudo apt install nvidia-340
2) From the Additional Drivers tab in Software & Updates.

Each time modified the grub to change boot parameter to "nomodeset", ran "sudo update-grub", rebooted the system, and when it failed, logged into the console (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and purged the nvidia-340 driver using the command "sudo apt purge nvidia-340". Before rebooting, modified the grub to revert to "quiet splash" and ran "sudo update-grub".

No, I don't plan to game. But, I do create short animations from time-to-time using blender.

I have not tried nouveau as I came across many articles that suggested blacklisting it (I'm a bit skeptical about those articles, but I thought I'd better be safe than sorry).

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#7

"Process '/bin/systemctl start --no-block nvidia-persistenced.service' failed with exit code 5"

Exit code 5 usually indicates I/O error and may indicate a file system inconsistency.

I suggest that you perfom a full file system check on your root file system (by booting an installer in the "Try Ubuntu without installing" mode).

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Vanamali (vanamalishastry) said : 		#8

@m-hampl,

I ran the file system check using fsck. The following is the output:

sudo fsck -f /dev/sda1
fsck from util-linux 2.31.1
e2fsck 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
^[[1;5AInode 16387986 extent tree (at level 1) could be narrower. Fix<y>? yes
Inode 16780216 extent tree (at level 1) could be narrower. Fix<y>? yes to all
Pass 1E: Optimizing extent trees
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information

/dev/sda1: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
/dev/sda1: 1453977/60530688 files (1.0% non-contiguous), 170785887/242119680 blocks

sudo fsck -f /dev/sda1
fsck from util-linux 2.31.1
e2fsck 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/sda1: 1453977/60530688 files (1.0% non-contiguous), 170785887/242119680 blocks

sudo fsck -f -r /dev/sda1
fsck from util-linux 2.31.1
e2fsck 1.44.1 (24-Mar-2018)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/sda1: 1453977/60530688 files (1.0% non-contiguous), 170785887/242119680 blocks
/dev/sda1: status 0, rss 62344, real 51.474105, user 10.586759, sys 1.213872

I hope this is what you meant. (The ^[[1;5A etc characters are the result of accidental key press.)

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#9

Ok, the fsck output does not show any severe error.

What is the output of the command

sudo lshw -C display

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Vanamali (vanamalishastry) said : 		#10

 sudo lshw -C display
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 0b
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:47 memory:c3000000-c33fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:6000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
  *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: 3D controller
       product: GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: irq:50 memory:c2000000-c2ffffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff memory:c0000000-c1ffffff ioport:3000(size=128)

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#11

This is one of the systems with two graphic cards. Perhaps https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bumblebee helps (don't use the instructions for Ubuntu 12.04, but those for 14.04 and newer)

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Vanamali (vanamalishastry) said : 		#12

@m-hampl,

Tried installing bumblebee using the link you gave. Installation went fine. GUI is so far normal. But I found the following:

optirun firefox
[ 587.381006] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: Could not load GPU driver

[ 587.381072] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

 sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for vanamali:
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 0b
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:47 memory:c3000000-c33fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:6000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff

 lspci | egrep 'VGA|3D'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b)
03:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT 620M/625M/630M/720M] (rev a1)

The 3D controller is not listed by lshw.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#13

Sorry, this is unexpected. I do not own such system with two graphics adapters myself, and so my knowledge about that is limited.

Maybe you should look at
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1054932/error-running-bumblebee-ubuntu-18-04
and/or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CezzY3DGi4U

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Vanamali (vanamalishastry) said : 		#14

I tried that. No luck! The display works fine, but the nvidia card is not recognised. After installation, the output of lshw is:

sudo lshw -c display
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 0b
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:47 memory:c3000000-c33fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:6000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff

Notice that nvidia card is not at all mentioned. I also tried the nouveau-firmware (sudo apt install nouveau-firmware). This recognises the nvidia and uses it. But leads to problems in many other parts of the system. For example, after installation, I lost the use of usb mouse. The system wouldn't recognise the usb mouse. Later on, the system started hanging. And finally, I had to uninstall the nouveau-firmware. The system is now in a slightly worse shape. The nvidia card is not recognised. The output of lshw is the same as listed above.

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Vanamali (vanamalishastry) said : 		#15

Also, with the nouveau-firmware installed, suspend/hibernate feature did not work.

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