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waspinator
Asked: 2017-09-30 11:21:14 +0800 CST

Using intel graphics with nvidia drivers boot loop

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I have built in intel graphics that I want to use for my display, and keep my nvidia card for non-graphics workloads. After installing nvidia drivers (384.90), I get a boot loop after trying to log in. My monitor is plugged into the intel graphics output.

This is on a desktop with a PCIx nvidia graphics card.

syslog shows 

Sep 29 15:17:04 machine org.a11y.atspi.Registry[4934]: SpiRegistry daemon is running with well-known name - org.a11y.atspi.Registry
Sep 29 15:17:04 machine gnome-session[4924]: Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Sep 29 15:17:04 machine gnome-session[4924]: gnome-session-is-accelerated: No hardware 3D support.
Sep 29 15:17:04 machine gnome-session[4924]: Xlib:  extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
Sep 29 15:17:04 machine gnome-session[4924]: gnome-session-check-accelerated: Helper exited with code 256
Sep 29 15:17:04 machine gnome-session[4924]: gnome-session-binary[4924]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....
Sep 29 15:17:04 machine gnome-session-binary[4924]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry....
Sep 29 15:17:04 machine dbus[826]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.bluez' unit='dbus-org.bluez.service'
Sep 29 15:17:04 machine org.gnome.ScreenSaver[4797]: ** (gnome-screensaver:5024): WARNING **: Unable to get session bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-TNOEfmxdTg: Connection refused
Sep 29 15:17:04 machine org.gnome.ScreenSaver[4797]: ** (gnome-screensaver:5024): WARNING **: Failed to register with the message bus
Sep 29 15:17:04 machine lightdm[942]: ** (lightdm:942): CRITICAL **: session_get_login1_session_id: assertion 'session != NULL' failed
Sep 29 15:17:05 machine systemd[1]: Started Session c16 of user lightdm.
Sep 29 15:17:05 machine org.a11y.atspi.Registry[5069]: SpiRegistry daemon is running with well-known name - org.a11y.atspi.Registry
16.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer
    1. download and install nvidia drivers

    2. install drivers

      • press ctrl + alt + F2
      • log in
      • sudo systemctl stop lightdm.service
      • chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64*
      • blacklist nouveau driver
      • sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
      • append the following blacklist lbm-nouveau options nouveau modeset=0 alias nouveau off alias lbm-nouveau off
      • sudo update-initramfs -u
      • reboot computer
      • install nvidia driver
      • press ctrl + alt + F2
      • sudo systemctl stop lightdm.service
      • sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-* --dkms --no-opengl-files
      • don't update your x config file when prompted

    3. install m4

      • sudo apt-get install m4
    4. download corresponding nvidia-modprobe from

    5. extract, compile, and install nvidia-modprobe

      • tar -xvf nvidia-modprobe-*
      • cd nvidia-modprobe-*
      • make all
      • sudo make install

    6. reboot computer

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