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[snurfle <snurfle@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, and THIS is fun... now my laptop (Lenovo W530) has started reporting
the same stinking error.  This is like watching a train wreck.

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Greg Hyman <snurfle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Rebooting now takes me to a CLI login prompt. But when I try to give it my
> login credentials, the screen flickers and then it takes me to the GUI
> login prompt.
>
> After logging in, everything seems to function as it has been since
> installing last month, only it pops up a "system error" box, asks to load a
> blue million files to file a bug report with, but after an hour it has not
> done anything at all. (Literally an hour, I decided to wait since most of
> the bug reports it has been filing usually take 3-5 minutes.)
>
> Rebooting brings it back to the normal startup - that is, no login at all,
> but straight to the desktop, like I had initially set it to do.
>
> Rebooting again goes back through the login prompts.
>
> When it goes through the login screen reboot (as opposed to going straight
> to the desktop like it also does sometimes,) it is also completely ignoring
> the 'viewportout' settings in xorg.conf.
>
> The Xorg log shows a lot of nvidia and nouveau entries; but does not show
> why that would randomly switch how it decides how to let me login.
>
> udev log is ~14000 lines long, mostly relating to the sound. This makes
> sense given the sound issues. but again - nothing pointing to login or
> viewportout.
>
> kern.log is also huge (~10000 lines), but the most recent entries are
> primarily hda-codec related.
>
> dpkg log is ~225000 lines long, and I honestly don't feel like spending my
> day reading through that much stuff - I'm really not even sure what to look
> for to find something relating to when it decides to take me to a cli
> login, and gui login, or just go straight to the desktop - this was always
> done as a 'set it and forget it' switch in previous versions of Ubuntu. why
> they had to change it is beyond me.
>
> gpu-manager.log, interestingly, ends with:
>
> System configuration has changed
> Removing xorg.conf. Path: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> Which is interesting since my system has *not* changed; all I did is
> reboot.  And curiously, there IS an xorg.conf.
>
> This latest solution does not seem like it is working very well at all.
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Csaba Patyi <patyi.csaba@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All!
>>
>> Thanks for the solution.
>>
>> B.r.
>> Csaba
>>
>>
>> -----Eredeti üzenet-----
>> Feladó: Davide Mannarelli <1268257@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-to: Bug 1268257 <1268257@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Címzett: patyi.csaba@xxxxxxxxx
>> Tárgy: [Bug 1268257] Re: nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu3:
>> nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build, with only error:
>> "objdump: '... .tmp_nv.o': No such file"
>> Dátum: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:16:46 -0000
>>
>>
>> Solved in this way:
>>
>> 1) boot with old kernel (3.13.0-44)
>> 2) login without gui (ctrl-alt-f1)
>> 3) login with root (if enabled)
>> 3) stopping lightdm (service lightdm stop)
>> 4) a little cleaning (apt-get clean && apt-get autoclean && apt-get
>> autoremove)
>> 5) update source and fix (apt-get update && apt-get install -f)
>> 6) install nvidia (apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-331-updates-uvm)
>> 7) upgrade (apt-get upgrade)
>> 8) reboot (shutdown -r now)
>> 9) boot with new kernel (3.13.0-45)
>> 10) :-)
>>
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>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
>> duplicate bug report (1405836).
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1268257
>>
>> Title:
>>   nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu3: nvidia-331-updates kernel module
>>   failed to build, with only error: "objdump: '... .tmp_nv.o': No such
>>   file"
>>
>> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package in Ubuntu:
>>   Triaged
>> Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates package in Ubuntu:
>>   Triaged
>>
>> Bug description:
>>   Nvidia kernel module failed to build on kernel 3.13.0-2
>>   Yesterday when the new kernel was pushed, the dkms process failed.
>>
>>   ProblemType: Package
>>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
>>   Package: nvidia-331-updates 331.20-0ubuntu9
>>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4
>>   Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic x86_64
>>   ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
>>   Architecture: amd64
>>   DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-2-generic
>>   Date: Sun Jan 12 01:28:35 2014
>>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-03 (69 days ago)
>>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64
>> (20131016.1)
>>   PackageVersion: 331.20-0ubuntu9
>>   SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates
>>   Title: nvidia-331-updates 331.20-0ubuntu9: nvidia-331-updates kernel
>> module failed to build
>>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-29 (13 days ago)
>>
>> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-331/+bug/1268257/+subscriptions
>>
>
>

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1268257

Title:
  nvidia-331-updates 331.38-0ubuntu3: nvidia-331-updates kernel module
  failed to build, with only error: "objdump: '... .tmp_nv.o': No such
  file"

Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Nvidia kernel module failed to build on kernel 3.13.0-2
  Yesterday when the new kernel was pushed, the dkms process failed.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: nvidia-331-updates 331.20-0ubuntu9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-7.15-generic 3.12.4
  Uname: Linux 3.12.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  DKMSKernelVersion: 3.13.0-2-generic
  Date: Sun Jan 12 01:28:35 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-03 (69 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  PackageVersion: 331.20-0ubuntu9
  SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates
  Title: nvidia-331-updates 331.20-0ubuntu9: nvidia-331-updates kernel module failed to build
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-29 (13 days ago)

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