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    nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

    I have the 64-bit version of Kubuntu 10.04. I'm using the latest ISO[I've tried all iso's, with same results], and every other or every third login I get a terminal login prompt, and not the graphical one. I normally use auto login, and changed to a login prompt. No change, staill every 2 or 3 logins I get the terminal login instead. I have the nVidia driver version 195 installed.

    I read this post and it seems very similar too my dilemma.

    I haven't tried any of the "fixes" regarding the awkward size splash, and frankly don't care about the size, I just want to login to get to the graphical auto login, automatically.

    I have the exact same nVidia driver installed on my Ubuntu 10.04 and it never fails to auto login. Is this a kde issue, Kbuntu, nVidia.
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    #2
    Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

    Did you install the nVidia drivers through the repositories, or from the nVidia website?
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      #3
      Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

      When booting takes you to a console login, go ahead and log in there, and then issue

      Code:
      sudo service kdm start
      That may be all it takes to launch the greeter. I can't guarantee it. On my 10.04 system, I also experience the occasional failed boot sequence -- mine hangs on the Plymouth screen with the dots frozen. I think the developers have pushed fast booting to the point where it's not entirely stable (personal opinion, not proven).

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        #4
        Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

        Through the repositories. Using the "System > Hardware Drivers" program.

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          Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

          Originally posted by dibl
          When booting takes you to a console login, go ahead and log in there, and then issue

          Code:
          sudo service kdm start
          That may be all it takes to launch the greeter. I can't guarantee it. On my 10.04 system, I also experience the occasional failed boot sequence -- mine hangs on the Plymouth screen with the dots frozen. I think the developers have pushed fast booting to the point where it's not entirely stable (personal opinion, not proven).

          Thanks. I was just now going to do that, but its working now. I'll reboot a few times and try that. I realized that it may be the gm not working right.

          edit: wait a minute. I don't even have to do that. If I just log in from the terminal then it automatically boots up. My problems is why does it get to the terminal login in the first place, and not the graphical one? It does 1 out of 3 times.
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            #6
            Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

            Next time you get the terminal login, try hitting CTRL-ALT-F7 or CTRL-ALT-F8
            That might take you to the graphical screen.
            I agree with dibl, I think they are going for too fast a boot-up without checking that everything is starting in proper sequence. Might just be a matter of adding in a delay loop during bootup, if that's what your hardware requires.

            We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet. -- Stephen Hawking
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              Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

              I'm at a point where I probably need to file a bug report. I need to get my ducks all lined up first.

              I never thought of using C+A+F7 or 8. Maybe I can see some error messages on one of the virtual terminals.

              Looking at kdm.log , it suggested looking at syslog. A couple of "(EE)" error lines indicate it couldn't find a suitable terminal:
              kdm.log:
              Code:
              ...
(EE) Jul 26 18:06:02 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
(EE) Jul 26 18:06:02 NVIDIA(0):   system's kernel log for additional error messages and
(EE) Jul 26 18:06:02 NVIDIA(0):   consult the NVIDIA README for details.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
...
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
...
              Xorg.0.log.old:
              Code:
              ...
(EE) Jul 26 18:06:02 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
(EE) Jul 26 18:06:02 NVIDIA(0):   system's kernel log for additional error messages and
(EE) Jul 26 18:06:02 NVIDIA(0):   consult the NVIDIA README for details.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
...
              Then syslog video reference:
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              Jul 26 18:06:00 user kernel: [  10.527926] vga16fb: initializing
Jul 26 18:06:00 user kernel: [  10.527929] vga16fb: mapped to 0xffff8800000a0000
Jul 26 18:06:00 user kernel: [  10.527972] fb0: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device
Jul 26 18:06:00 user kernel: [  10.540084] EDAC MC: Ver: 2.1.0 Jul 5 2010
Jul 26 18:06:00 user kernel: [  10.541882] i2c i2c-0: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x4d00
Jul 26 18:06:00 user kernel: [  10.541936] i2c i2c-1: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x4e00
Jul 26 18:06:00 user kernel: [  10.560494] type=1505 audit(1280192759.565:2): operation="profile_load" pid=659 name="/sbin/dhclient3"
Jul 26 18:06:00 user kernel: [  10.560679] type=1505 audit(1280192759.565:3): operation="profile_load" pid=659 name="/usr/lib/NetworkManager/nm-dhcp-client.action"
Jul 26 18:06:00 user kernel: [  10.560801] type=1505 audit(1280192759.565:4): operation="profile_load" pid=659 name="/usr/lib/connman/scripts/dhclient-script"
Jul 26 18:06:00 user kernel: [  10.583841] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
Jul 26 18:06:00 user kernel: [  10.763130] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
Jul 26 18:06:00 user kernel: [  11.176926] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Jul 26 18:06:00 user kernel: [  11.176929] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
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                #8
                Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

                If you haven't tried it, here's a different approach to installing the driver:

                http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3107406.0

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                  Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

                  Originally posted by dibl
                  If you haven't tried it, here's a different approach to installing the driver:

                  http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3107406.0

                  Thanks again for your reply. Yes, I did read your approach early on, but didn't think it was related to this issue. But now I'nm not so sure since using the installed default driver never fails. I will give the second step a try maybe tomorrow : "2. The official Nvidia way:"
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                    #10
                    Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

                    Try the following:

                    Code:
                    locate nouveau.ko
locate nvidia-current.ko
                    If either of those are present, you will not be able to load the nvidia driver.
                    Seems by default, that at least the kernels in Maverick load nouveau.ko.
                    Before going any further, you probably need to get rid of any nvidia packages that have been loaded.
                    Easiest way is to start synaptic, search for nvidia, and see if anything is loaded. If so, remove it.
                    If you have removed the nvidia.ko's and nouveau.ko's, and then done a sudo update-initramfs -u
                    and rebooted, then you are ready to proceed with the "official nvidia way".



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                      Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

                      Thanks for your reply. The output:
                      Code:
                      user@user:~$ locate nouveau.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko
user@user:~$ locate nvidia-current.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.32-24-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia-current.ko
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/195.36.24/2.6.32-24-generic/x86_64/module/nvidia-current.ko
                      Breaking News:

                      II installed Patience and it now works

                      If I just wait [patience] for several seconds, the logging process keeps going and I get my graphical login as usual. Weird. Its as though everything came to a halt. Thats why after seeing the "Login:" prompt, I promptly logged.

                      If it wasn't for your previous suggestion of C+A+F7 or 8 I may never have found it. After issuing a C+A+F7, I noticed some messages stuck there. A battery message being the last one. I was going to jot them down when all of a sudden the screen started up again and I was at the desktop.

                      This still isn't right, but at least I'm not still chasing my tail. I think those "(EE)" outputs above were a clue. It couldn't find a usable terminal but didn't stop looking. Now that I think about this, Steve Langasek replied about an issue I had when I had error on an Intel video chipset. It was in regards to mountall and Plymouth. Back then there was reference to contention between mountall and Plymouth fighting to see which would get the right VT. It was up in the air weather it would be VT1 or VT7.

                      If I removed Plymouth then it worked. But I didn't want to go that route at the time.

                      So the upchuck of all this - is it nVidia or Plymouth still at fault.


                      I should mark this topic solved for now and then regroup and decide if I should follow up on a bug report. Maybe trying dibl's write up on using nVidia's driver. Then see what that brings to the table.

                      Thank you everyone for your help.
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                        #12
                        Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

                        Hmm. I am wondering if you are really running the nvidia driver, or the nouveau driver.
                        Try running nvidia-settings (you might have to install it) and see if it comes up. If it does, you are running the nvidia driver.
                        Reason I mention this is that usually, if the nouveau.ko is present, nvidia won't load, and visa versa.
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                          Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

                          Originally posted by doctordruidphd
                          Hmm. I am wondering if you are really running the nvidia driver, or the nouveau driver.
                          Try running nvidia-settings (you might have to install it) and see if it comes up. If it does, you are running the nvidia driver.
                          Reason I mention this is that usually, if the nouveau.ko is present, nvidia won't load, and visa versa.
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                          user@user:~$ nvidia-settings
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                            #14
                            Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

                            That looks right. I'm surprised at the notion that the nouveau driver is still present -- I thought jockey-kde was supposed to remove that if you installed the proprietary driver.

                            Another thing you can do to check the status of your Nvidia driver is run
                            Code:
                            glxinfo
                            -- it should ouput the fact that it's using the Nvidia driver, the version, and a long string of GLX capabilities.

                            If you decide to rip out nouveau and follow my "Method 2" guide, I would get the current Nvidia driver version, as listed here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122606
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                              #15
                              Re: nVidia driver installed. Stopped at terminal login.

                              Yeah, strange. If the nvidia install program seek nouveau at all on my system,
                              it chokes right away. Maybe it's blacklisted somewhere in /etc/modprobe.d

                              Anyway, it looks good. If glxgears runs for you, then, as they say, if it ain't broke...

                              We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet. -- Stephen Hawking
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