[Bug 1773637] Re: Distribution upgrade to 18.04: used nvidia display driver is commented out

Tue Jan 8 16:29:36 UTC 2019

Hello Yoshee, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ubuntu-release-upgrader into cosmic-proposed. The package will
build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/ubuntu-release-upgrader/1:18.10.11.3 in a few hours, and then in the
-proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

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** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu Cosmic)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-cosmic

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Title:
  Distribution upgrade to 18.04: used nvidia display driver is commented
  out

Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 source package in Cosmic:
  Won't Fix
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader source package in Cosmic:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Impact
  ------
  Users who have manually configured and xorg.conf file with nvidia enabled as a driver will be surprised to have disabled on upgrade to a new release of Ubuntu and won't have a graphical display.

  Test Case
  ---------
  If you don't have a system with nvidia hardware to upgrade this is a bit convoluted but still works.

  1) Run do-release-upgrade (use -d if upgrading to disco)
  2) Cancel the upgrade
  3) Create an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file with a Device section listed in the original description using the nvidia driver.
  4) cd to /tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-$TEMPNAME
  5) run ./$target-release-name --frontend DistUpgradeViewText
  6) Observe the Driver line is commented out of xorg.conf

  When testing the release-upgrader from -proposed you'll need to use
  the -p switch to get the right tarball. Additionally, you'll want to
  add a step 4.5 where you modify xorg_fix_proprietary.py so nvidia
  defaults to True instead of False (line 106) this'll simulate the
  nvidia driver being loaded.

  Regression Potential
  --------------------
  This just changes how xorg_fix_proprietary check for nvidia being in use and it only affects people who have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf so the impact of a regression is rather small. Additionally, the logic used to determine if nvidia in use is the same logic used in the apport package hook for all xorg packages so is well tested.

  Original Description
  --------------------
  I upgraded my system from 17.10 to 18.04 Bionic Beaver via do-release-upgrade.
  After the installation had finished, Xorg wouldn't start. I later found out that this was because the installation routine had commented out the nvidia display driver I used in the xorg.conf:

  Section "Device"
      Identifier "nvidia"
  #    Driver "nvidia"
      BusID "PCI:10 at 0:0:0"
      Option "ConstrainCursor" "off"
  EndSection

  As the installtion routine backuped my xorg.conf I could verify that
  the line hadn't been commented out before upgrading. Removing the "#"
  solved the problem.

  ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-22.24-generic 4.15.17
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-22-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia_modeset nvidia
  .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.0a.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:0a:00.0'
  .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
  .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
   NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  390.48  Thu Mar 22 00:42:57 PDT 2018
   GCC version:  gcc version 7.3.0 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-16ubuntu3)
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: None
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sun May 27 11:43:16 2018
  DistUpgraded: 2018-05-21 10:52:35,978 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_fix_proprietary.py'
  DistroCodename: bionic
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   bcmwl, 6.30.223.271+bdcom, 4.15.0-20-generic, x86_64: installed
   bcmwl, 6.30.223.271+bdcom, 4.15.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed
   nvidia, 390.48, 4.15.0-20-generic, x86_64: installed
   nvidia, 390.48, 4.15.0-22-generic, x86_64: installed
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 [8086:1616] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company HD Graphics 5500 [103c:229d]
     Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company GM108M [GeForce 840M] [103c:229d]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-02 (205 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-22-generic root=UUID=2c76a9d7-c435-4600-abc9-2ecd10fc3001 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-21 (6 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 11/28/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde
  dmi.bios.version: F.33
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
  dmi.board.name: 229D
  dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.board.version: 78.15
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsyde:bvrF.33:bd11/28/2014:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPENVY17NotebookPC:pvr0973120000405F10000620180:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn229D:rvr78.15:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
  dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV G=N L=CON B=HP S=ENV X=Null
  dmi.product.name: HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC
  dmi.product.version: 0973120000405F10000620180
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  version.compiz: compiz N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.91-2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1
  version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2

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