Black screen after installing nvidia driver on 920mx

Graphics / Linux Linux
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Hello,

After installing the Nvidia drivers 375 on 920mx ubuntu 16.10, I got blank screen with backlight off but I hear the welcome sound of Ubuntu.
There are some observation :

1 - In dmesg there are thousands of line with : PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, id=00e5(Receiver ID)
2 - I blacklisted neuovo drivers from kernel parameters : vga=0 rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0
3 - I am able to go to alt+cntl+F1 to tty and screen turns on and show console.
4 - Nvidia-SMI is working and reporting GPU model and size and etc.

Is there anybody has the same issue? Any fix?

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Which version of the nVidia driver are you using? 375.20 or 375.26?

How did you install it? This way?

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

Proprietary GPU Drivers : “Graphics Drivers Team” team
https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

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375.26.
Yeah i installed it using that PPA with additional drivers.

4

How did you uninstall the previous driver before installing the new one? And which driver version was the last one to work correctly with your notebook?

5

This is a new laptop. I didn’t have any driver before. I tried also 367. But it doesn’t work, same result.

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What’s the make and exact model # of your laptop?

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You could try installing the oldest version of the nVidia driver from that PPA (361.45 for the GeForce 920MX, according to http://www.geforce.com/drivers) and then work your way up.

This is the procedure which works for me in Linux Mint when I find it desirable or necessary to change from one nVidia driver version to another:

  • Via Driver Manager install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

  • Reboot

  • Then install the desired version of the nVidia binary driver

  • Reboot

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The model is Asus X302UV with nvidia 920mx.

What will happen in this procedure? Do I have to blacklist nouveau again in kernel parameters?
I will try it in this afternoon when i get home.

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IME the procedure I use has always worked automatically without my having to blacklist anything or manually intervene in any way.

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Which CPU etc?

Intel® Core™ i7 6500U Processor,
Intel® Core™ i5 6200U Processor,
Intel® Core™ i3 6100U Processor

X302UV | Notebooks | ASUS Global
https://www.asus.com/Notebooks/X302UV/specifications/

Your notebook was released in Feb., 2016 according to the older of the two UEFI / BIOS versions which are available for it so far. Is it running the newest one, BIOS 203?

As well, are you using secure boot?

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