Bug 1055722

Summary:	Cannot login into KDE after installing nVidia RPMs
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE Distribution	Reporter:	Forgotten User OvlPd7Jcli <forgotten_OvlPd7Jcli>
Component:	X11 3rd Party Driver	Assignee:	E-mail List <xorg-maintainer-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch>
Severity:	Major
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	forgotten_OvlPd7Jcli
Version:	Leap 42.3
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
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Attachments:	nvidia-bug-report output

Description Forgotten User OvlPd7Jcli 2017-08-25 14:44:44 UTC

Created attachment 738335 [details]
nvidia-bug-report output

I did a fresh installation of LEAP 42.3, which works fine with default nouveau drivers. Since the machine has nVidia cards, I installed the RPMs for the appropriate drivers, and when rebooting the system only shows the mouse cursor.

The journalctl log only shows the following error from sddm-greeter:

"Could not initialize GLX"

after which sddm dumps its core and dies off.

I have tried to replace sddm with kdm. Kdm loads, and lets me log in, but immediately after that, the black screen with the mouse pointer is back, and nothing shows up.

I attach the output of nvidia-bug-report.sh as requested here http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1053934

Comment 1 Stefan Dirsch 2017-08-25 17:25:37 UTC

[    1.916651] nvidia_modeset: Unknown symbol nvidia_register_module (err 0)
[    1.916663] nvidia_modeset: Unknown symbol nvidia_get_rm_ops (err 0)
[    1.916672] nvidia_modeset: Unknown symbol nvidia_unregister_module (err 0)

[    0.000000] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.79-19-default root=UUID=91d92975-56b9-4cfb-9515-05e2ad1c4660 ro nomodeset idle=nowait resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/2af057bd-d38d-456a-a5a9-480e2d19da26 splash=silent quiet showopts

Please remove "nomodeset" from your kernel command line and try again.

Comment 2 Forgotten User OvlPd7Jcli 2017-08-25 19:52:16 UTC

I have tried that, and it did not change the outcome when using the nVidia drivers. 


The "nomodeset" option was needed to be able to see the installer and the boot screen when using open-source drivers.

Comment 3 Stefan Dirsch 2017-08-28 01:41:57 UTC

Ok. Then I don't know either. You can try with a simpler desktop like icewm and run glxinfo there in a terminal. Maybe it reveals the real issue, maybe not.

I suggest to uninstall the RPMs and run the NVIDIA installer manually. Maybe it is the same issue. Then at least it's no packaging bug.

Comment 4 Forgotten User OvlPd7Jcli 2017-10-06 18:43:35 UTC

This was fixed by package nvidia-gfxG04-kmp-default-384.90_k4.4.76_1-26.1.x86_64.rpm and related (Oct. 4th, 2017).

Closing based on this.