Friday, December 28, 2018

Ubuntu 18.04 and nVidia. Stuck after boot



I'm installing Ubuntu 18.04 on my notebook.



When i boot live from USB everything works fine. Then i start installation progress. And everything it's okay.



After rebooting, i get stuck just after I insert login data.
Somethimes before, sometimes after. It looks like a graphical issue.




I looked for a solution, but everything tried didn't work.
Any hint?



Thank you.



EDIT:



Ubuntu gets stuck at boot screen (freeze, not black) after attempting brightness fix for NVIDIA card




Ubuntu freezes during boot



These solution didn't work. :(



I found a solution on Ubuntu Forums.



These were the steps to solve the issue (post #3).




  1. Turn on the laptop and press shift or esc during boot to show the GRUB menu


  2. Press e and edit the line starting with linux adding nouveau.modeset=0

  3. Press F10 to boot

  4. Once logged in successfully, go to Activities (top left corner) > Drivers and install suggested nvidia driver.



After these steps everything works perfectly.



I have no idea why it worked. I understand that missing drivers where causing the issue, but can someone elaborate so I can completely understand why this solution actually worked?



The solution was proposed for Ubuntu 16.04. I had ubuntu 16.04 and worked like a charm on my laptop, but Ubuntu 18.04 introduced the same issue. Why?



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