Ubuntu 16.04.4 - Login Loop after suceeded 384.99-Run-File-Installation

Hi there,

My problem:
After Installation of the Nvidia-Driver I stuck at the Login-Screen (Login-Loop). What am I missing?

My environment:
OS: Ubuntu 16.04.4
Kernel: 4.8.0-36-generic (Downgraded from 4.13.0… because of errors in 384.99-Run-File-Installation)
Card: NVIDIA Tesla M60
Driver: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.99 (Run-File)

Installation-Procedure:

  1. nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
blacklist nouveau
       options nouveau modeset=0
  1. sudo update-initramfs -u
  2. sudo reboot
  3. service lightdm stop
  4. init 3
  5. sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.99-grid.run
  6. sudo reboot

nvidia-installer.log:

nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Thu Mar  8 15:29:52 2018
installer version: 384.99

PATH: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin

nvidia-installer command line:
    ./nvidia-installer

Unable to load: nvidia-installer ncurses v6 user interface

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> Detected 4 CPUs online; setting concurrency level to 4.
-> License accepted.
-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 384.99.
-> Running distribution scripts
   executing: '/usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install'...
-> done.
-> The distribution-provided pre-install script failed!  Are you sure you want to continue? (Answer: Continue installation)
-> Would you like to register the kernel module sources with DKMS? This will allow DKMS to automatically build a new module, if you install a different kernel later. (Answer: Yes)
-> Installing both new and classic TLS OpenGL libraries.
-> Installing both new and classic TLS 32bit OpenGL libraries.
-> Install NVIDIA's 32-bit compatibility libraries? (Answer: Yes)
-> Will install GLVND GLX client libraries.
-> Will install GLVND EGL client libraries.
-> Skipping GLX non-GLVND file: "libGL.so.384.99"
-> Skipping GLX non-GLVND file: "libGL.so.1"
-> Skipping GLX non-GLVND file: "libGL.so"
-> Skipping EGL non-GLVND file: "libEGL.so.384.99"
-> Skipping EGL non-GLVND file: "libEGL.so"
-> Skipping EGL non-GLVND file: "libEGL.so.1"
-> Skipping GLX non-GLVND file: "./32/libGL.so.384.99"
-> Skipping GLX non-GLVND file: "libGL.so.1"
-> Skipping GLX non-GLVND file: "libGL.so"
-> Skipping EGL non-GLVND file: "./32/libEGL.so.384.99"
-> Skipping EGL non-GLVND file: "libEGL.so"
-> Skipping EGL non-GLVND file: "libEGL.so.1"
Looking for install checker script at ./libglvnd_install_checker/check-libglvnd-install.sh
   executing: '/bin/sh ./libglvnd_install_checker/check-libglvnd-install.sh'...
   Checking for libglvnd installation.
   Checking libGLdispatch...
   Can't load library libGLdispatch.so.0: libGLdispatch.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Will install libglvnd libraries.
Will install libEGL vendor library config file to /usr/share/glvnd/egl_vendor.d
-> Searching for conflicting files:
-> done.
-> Installing 'NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64' (384.99):
   executing: '/sbin/ldconfig'...
-> done.
-> Driver file installation is complete.
-> Installing DKMS kernel module:
-> done.
-> Running distribution scripts
   executing: '/usr/lib/nvidia/post-install'...
   
   nvidia-gridd systemd service successfully installed.
-> done.
-> Running post-install sanity check:
-> done.
-> Post-install sanity check passed.
-> Running runtime sanity check:
-> done.
-> Runtime sanity check passed.
-> Would you like to run the nvidia-xconfig utility to automatically update your X configuration file so that the NVIDIA X driver will be used when you restart X?  Any pre-existing X configuration file will be backed up. (Answer: Yes)
-> Your X configuration file has been successfully updated.  Installation of the NVIDIA Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64 (version: 384.99) is now complete.

nvidia-xconfig created following xorg.conf:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 384.99  (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-06)  Sun Oct 29 04:14:45 PDT 2017


Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

nvidia-smi output:

Thu Mar  8 15:46:15 2018
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 384.99                 Driver Version: 384.99                    |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  GRID M60-1Q         Off  | 00000000:02:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   N/A    P8    N/A /  N/A |     80MiB /  1023MiB |      0%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                       GPU Memory |
|  GPU       PID   Type   Process name                             Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

nvidia-settings output:

Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
Unable to init server: Verbindung ist gescheitert: Verbindungsaufbau abgelehnt

ERROR: The control display is undefined; please run `nvidia-settings --help` for usage information.