[Bug 1845801] Re: [nvidia] Automatic login fails and then all subsequent logins fail. Killing gnome-session-binary fixes it, or just not using automatic login.

Mon Aug 17 09:22:00 UTC 2020

We could use gfxpalyload blacklist, to mark certain nvidia cards there.
And then gfxpayload will not be set to keep, and then vt.handoff will
not be appended.

See grub-gfxpayload-lists package, and files in /usr/share/grub-
gfxpayload-lists/blacklist/

My current preference would be the gdm3 fix. And migrate the rest of the
login managers to tty1 too.

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Title:
  [nvidia] Automatic login fails and then all subsequent logins fail.
  Killing gnome-session-binary fixes it, or just not using automatic
  login.

Status in OEM Priority Project:
  Triaged
Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in gnome-session package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-430 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-435 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]
  In some platforms with specific Nvidia cards, auto-login will fail due to the old vt-handoff patch in grub2.

  [ Test Case ]
  1. Boot ubuntu into desktop environment.
  2. Enabled auto login in System->Users
  3. Reboot the system

  [Expected result]
  System will boot into desktop environment without the login page.

  [Actual result]
  System boots to login page, and can't login to desktop environment with the correct password.

  [ Regression potential ]
  Low, the patch just removes vt.handoff part in grub2 package, and I can't find any regression in several runs of stress tests.

  PPA: https://launchpad.net/~hugh712/+archive/ubuntu/sru-1845801

  ---

  I just updated to the Ubuntu 19.10 beta. After boot, I'm shown the GDM
  login screen (which I shouldn't; I have auto login enabled), and
  logging in just takes me back to the same user selection screen even
  though the password is correct.

  If I switch to a TTY and run `sudo pkill gnome-session-binary`,
  logging in through GDM starts working again.

  I should add that the do-release-upgrade was rocky; I did it in a
  terminal from within gnome, went away for a while, and when I
  returned, I just saw an Ubuntu 19.10 in a TTY. I was able to do `sudo
  dpkg --configure -a` and complete the upgrade, but I don't know if
  something's still messed up due to that.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-13.14-generic 5.3.0
  Uname: Linux 5.3.0-13-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0'
  .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
  .proc.driver.nvidia.suspend: suspend hibernate resume
  .proc.driver.nvidia.suspend_depth: default modeset uvm
  .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
   NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  435.21  Sun Aug 25 08:17:57 CDT 2019
   GCC version:  gcc version 9.2.1 20190909 (Ubuntu 9.2.1-8ubuntu1)
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
  CompositorRunning: None
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sat Sep 28 19:55:42 2019
  DistUpgraded: 2019-09-28 18:35:15,142 INFO cache.commit()
  DistroCodename: eoan
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus: nvidia, 435.21, 5.3.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   NVIDIA Corporation GP102 [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti] [10de:1b06] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GP102 [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti] [1043:85e4]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-09-14 (13 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
  MachineType: MSI MS-7A67
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.3.0-13-generic root=UUID=04974c80-e732-49b6-8148-c3dce7c02a25 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  Title: Xorg crash
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-09-28 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 01/25/2018
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 2.60
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string
  dmi.board.name: H270I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7A67)
  dmi.board.vendor: MSI
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2.60:bd01/25/2018:svnMSI:pnMS-7A67:pvr1.0:rvnMSI:rnH270IGAMINGPROAC(MS-7A67):rvr1.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.family: Default string
  dmi.product.name: MS-7A67
  dmi.product.sku: Default string
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
  version.compiz: compiz N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.99-1ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 19.1.6-1ubuntu1
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
  version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.5+git20190820-0ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.0.1-1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20190815-1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

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