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xorg.conf metamode validated and then invalidated
Ubuntu 24.04, Driver Version: 535.171.04 CUDA Version: 12.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 with 2 monitors attached and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 just for number crunching.
xorg.conf isn't a new topic, and it's ...
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Most characters disappearing in GNOME after suspend
Legion 5 17ARH05H laptop with AMD Ryzen 7 4800H and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (issue existed with 23.10, too)
NVIDIA drivers 550 (issue exists with 535, too)
Everything works ...
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Wayland no longer enable-able on Ubuntu 22.04 with NVidia?
I have enabled Wayland on Ubuntu 22.04 as follows:
/etc/gdm3/custom.conf I set WaylandEnable=true
But when I run
echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE it shows x11
I read that Gnome disables wayland when it detects ...
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GDM Wayland session dies with gnome-shell error No GPUs with outputs found (NVIDIA)
GDM tries to start a Wayland session but gnome-shell dies with "No GPUs with outputs found". GDM doesn't offer a choice of Wayland sessions as a result.
System has NVIDIA GPU in addition to ...
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How can I log into an X session on 23.10?
I recently upgraded to 23.10 and seem to be stuck on Wayland.
That's a problem because I'm a Nvidia graphics card owner and for the time being that means that Wayland is still pretty ropey. The ...
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How can I simulate unplugging a monitor's HDMI cable and plugging it back in?
This question is not about how to fix my system to work as it should. If you want to answer that question, see my prior question.
In order to get my three monitor system to work I have to physically ...
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Ubuntu 22.04: Freeze/Login Loop caused by GDM
Writing this question as a resource for future readers.
Environment: Ubuntu 22.04, Wayland
Hardware: Nvidia GeForce MX550
I have an issue where my computer freezes after the login screen. After ...
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Login Loop Ubuntu 22.0.4.3 LTS
Ask Ubuntu community,
I would like to share my recent experience of facing a frustrating issue with Ubuntu on my computer. After a system update, I was confronted with a login loop challenge that ...
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Apps unable to connect to the internet after beginning of NVIDIA driver install process
I'm fairly new to linux and like the title says I was trying to install a NVIDIA driver on Ubuntu 22.04 and during this process something went wrong and now the apps on my computer (browser, VPN,etc.) ...
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Inconsistant boot, hangs during, I think it's GPU related
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Installed NVIDIA driver last week, haven't had problems until now. Boot hangs at different part of boot usually. ~ 1 in 6 attempts boots without issue. advanced booting into ...
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no graphical login screen after boot into Ubuntu 22.04 following driver update
I have updated my nvidia driver to nvidia-driver-525-open using the GUI (which was marked as tested).
After a reboot I no longer get a graphical login screen, just a blinking cursor. Using Ctrl+Alt+F4 ...
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LTS22.04 - nVidia 515.65.01 enable wayland - proving impossible
I have migrated from Windows to Ubuntu on a Lenovo Legion 5 Pro laptop, I want to compare Wayland to X11 (scaling issues on my multi-monitor setup) but cannot get Wayland enabled. I've tried the two ...
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How do I stop the GUI (in Kubuntu 21.10)
I need to stop the GUI and access a TTY for the NVIDIA drivers. I found this question. However, when I tried sudo service lightdm stop (or the same with gdm), it said this:
$ sudo service lightdm stop
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GDM3 and GDM don't start in Ubuntu 20.04 - Kernel 5.11.0-34-generic - Nvidia Driver 470
I hope you can help me, as the title says and gdm3 starts on a black screen, I restart the PC and both gdm start correctly, I have configured the nomodeset grub and tried everything found on the ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 broken gdm on wake up from suspend mode
I'm using a desktop with Ubuntu 20.04 and a Nvidia RTX 2070 with driver "nvidia-driver-470". Sometimes when SO goes to suspend mode, on wake up GDM come back broken like this image.
So I ...
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Ubuntu server 18 problem with display manager - can't see GDM properly
Lenovo sr650 server with 2 graphical adapters :
Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA G200e
NVIDIA Corporation GV100GL [Tesla V100 PCIe 32GB]
After installing GDM - can't see it properly .
Please ...
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GDM3 Crashes system when external monitor connected with Wayland
I installed Ubuntu 21.04 today and would like to use it with my external monitor.
However, I have discovered that connecting the monitor before startup made the system hang at the purple login screen.
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Failed to start Light Display Manager on boot for Ubuntu 20
tl;dr; Light Service DM is not starting. I have tried fixing it via GDM3, was unable to do so due to broken packages. I think that somehow NVIDIA is involved, but I am not sure. Where to start from ...
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How do I stop xserver but still have a terminal/display to run stuff?
Hi i've looked at some other questions on stopping GDM/Lightdm to run stuff (Nvidia installs/patches) but my problem is using service stop gdm or init 3/init 5 just leave my screen with no connection ...
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Issues with Lightdm and gdm3 on ubuntu 20.04
I have been using ubuntu 20.04 since release, I started with gdm3 and then I got the infamous login loop error which I couldn't solve without switching to Lightdm. The issue is when I switch to ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 booting in console mode even after reinstalling drivers
So basically I just did one thing (or one mistake I would say): apt-removing python2 and python3 since I wanted to reinstall it for other reasons.
During the process I think it may removed something ...
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Gnome not recognizing secondary monitors, but xorg configuration works fine
I am having trouble getting GDM to make use of all of my screens. My hardware is connected like so:
Nvidia proprietary drivers 440.26
RTX 2070 super:
DP: 1080p@144 monitor
GTX 670:
DVI: 1080@60 ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 freeze after log in (dark window and mouse frozen)
I am experiencing an error at the start of my Ubuntu session, and I cannot figure out what it is.
I dualed boot my hp pavilion 15 (windows 10) with a version of Ubuntu 18.04. I installed it with the ...
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Mirror screens until GDM starts
I have two monitors, and my larger primary monitor takes a long time to "wake" when it first receives an input. Due to bad luck, my graphics card outputs to my secondary monitor at boot, but ...
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boot hangs at "Started GNOME Display Manager" after updating to 18.04 (kernel 4.15.0-66)
I have a custom-built workstation (from early 2018) with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. It's connected to one screen and a few USB devices.
It came with Ubuntu 16.04 preinstalled. The kernel I'm using ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 Login Loop After Installing Proprietary Nvidia Drivers
Background
After installing Nvidia proprietary driver (nvidia-driver-435), got caught in a login loop (see below for system specifics). After typing in my password and pressing enter my desktop ...
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Slow switching between Users / TTY using HDMI
Switching to another already logged in user (Ctrl+Alt+F#) takes a long time (approx. 10 - 20 seconds).
First, the screen turns black, after some seconds the cursor appears, and then after some time ...
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HDMI not recognised Ubuntu 18.04
My HP Zbook G5 is not recognizing when a hdmi cable is plugged in.
I am running Ubuntu 18.04 5.2.5-050205-generic kernel and proprietary nvidia 390 driver
If anyone has any suggestions I would very ...
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Dual monitor issue with Lenovo P50+Quadro M1000M
I used to work with a dual screen setup (Lenovo P50 + external monitor). For an unknown reason, the external monitor stays black and seems not to be detected. When I use gdm3, only the builtin monitor ...
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Ubuntu 19.04 nvidia 430 : only one display works at a time
sorry to include you in this mess but I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one with this issue:
I have a relatively new notebook with a Ge-force 1050TI. Since I need to be able to run preliminary models ...
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Overcoming black text and blank screens between plymouth and gdm-login boot stages
In Ubuntu 18.04.2, I would like to show a consistent background image from the start of Grub2 to the appearance of the GDM login screen.
I have customized the ubuntu-logo plymouth theme to show the ...
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Ubuntu flashes with a black screen without getting logged in
I was installing drivers for Nvidia GPU where I stopped lightdm to do so.
The drivers were installed through shell (ctrl+alt+f4) which I could verify.
And then I tried to login to my ubuntu desktop. ...
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18.04: Even with WaylandEnable=false gdm3 and lightdm only load sometimes
I am happy to use either gdm3 or lightdm, but neither are stable on my Ubuntu 18.04 system, they will work for either one or several boots after I take corrective action, but inevitably this results ...
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GDM running but no display
In a routine reboot event this morning, my Ubuntu machine can no longer show display and it was totally random (did not do anything).
Version
4.15.0-43-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 6 14:45:28 UTC ...
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gdm3 display manager hangs after booting with Ubuntu 18.10
I want to use gdm3 but unfortunately, it does not work. After booting it just completely hangs.
boot process stopped after Started GNOME Display Manager
It just does not do anything. Installing ...
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Changing from Nvidia to Nouveau causes hang at boot
I'm on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS. I was running Nouveau and everything was fine, but in order to run Android Studio and emulate an Android device, I needed to install the Nvidia driver. I used the Software &...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Display Driver Lots of Locked Files
My system has been frequently locking up since upgrading to 17.10 and it appears to be that xorg it taking the processor to 100%. I purged the NVidia drivers but can’t reinstall as countless files and ...
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Xorg freezing Ubuntu 18.04
I have a notebook with a clean install of Ubuntu 18.04, no updates, no garbage, I formatted my notebook and installed the OS.
Always when do "some things" (I'll explain) i can see in $ htop the ...
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How can I stop GDM on Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop in order to install NVIDIA Driver?
In the case of Ubuntu 16.04. I can download the NVIDIA driver run file and then ctrl+alt+F1 and then do the below
sudo service lightdm stop
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.48.run
I follow on screen ...
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Upgrade 17.10 - 18.04 wayland default, xorg freezes
I had installed Ubuntu 17.10 with xorg as default display driver. I had nvidia-384 drivers and everything worked, no issues.
I have upgraded the system today from 17.10 to find out that my default ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 and Nvidia Drivers
I got a new machine without any OS in it. The very first thing I did was to install Ubuntu 17.10.
Here are some specs;
i7 7700HQ
GTX 1060 6 GB
Samsung EVO 960 PRO m2 + 2 TB Seagate HDD
The ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 crashes to console, sometimes!
I have a fresh artful_x64, with preinstalled softwares, and experiencing GUI crash(using default wayland), and screen jumps to boot console log(at last line when it was booting up).
When I log back ...
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Graphic interface doesn't start (GDM) [duplicate]
It started after I updated my BIOS settings (virtualization and fast boot). I think I returned them back in place, although I might have changed something and forgot. But my system can't boot normally ...
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Gnome Shell: Unable to log into Xorg directly, yet Gnome Classic lets me log in
--Edit for Clarification--
I'm unable to login to the Xorg version of Gnome, but I'm still able to access it with the "Gnome Classic" shell extension from GDM. I'm wondering if anyone has encountered ...
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How to keep graphical session running in 17.10 when external screen is turned off?
On Ubuntu 17.10 using Nvidia Quadro M2000, when the (external) screen stops consuming the DisplayPort data stream (either because the screen is turned off or a different input is chosen on the screen ...
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Booting issue on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS using GNOME 3
So, I booted up Ubuntu, and for some reason, the display was turning on and off erratically, and my computer was making small whining noises whenever the display dimmed. I had to force shut down my ...
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"The system is running in low-graphic mode" issue on ubuntu 16.04 after booting
This morning I booted my Ubuntu partition through Grub as normal, but instead of going to the log in screen, it showed the black page with error message "The system is running in low-graphic mode". I ...
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Nvidia-prime and gdm dont work on ubuntu-gnome
I have managed to install the correct drivers for my Nvidia Geforce 940MX on my asus i5 laptop. When I open NVIDIA X Server Settings, I have the option to choose between my two GPUs (NVIDIA (...
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Ubuntu 17.04 gmd3 Boot Issues with GTX 970
I'm making the switch from pure Debian to Ubuntu, but I'm running into issues booting into a Gnome session after install the Nvidia Graphics Drivers.
I'm working off of a fresh install, so I'm ...
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A stop job is running for session c1 of user gdm after installing nVidia drivers
I recently installed a 1050 Ti on my pc, and used the driver recommended from the Additional drivers submenu in the settings. (375)
After that, my boot and shutdown screens got messed up (low ...
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