I’m having issues trying to install Nvidia drivers via the Software & Updates app on my new Dell XPS 15 9530. I tried installing driver 535 and 525, both with the same result of getting stuck on a black screen and having to purge the Nvidia packages again.
I have tried using the ‘nomodeset’ in the boot parameters and turned off Safe boot in the BIOS. Removing /etc/X11/xorg.conf wasn’t an option, since it doesn’t exist.
This is the bug report I created after trying the 525 driver:
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (328.2 KB)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT:
It seems that the Xorg server is failing:
[ 25.699] (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device
[ 25.699] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[ 25.699] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[ 25.699] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 25.699] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[ 25.699] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 25.699] compiled for 1.21.1.4, module version = 0.0.2
[ 25.699] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
[ 25.699] (II) FBDEV(2): using default device
[ 25.699] vesa: Refusing to run on UEFI
[ 25.699] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 226:0
[ 25.700] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 25.700] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 25.700] (II) Module "fb" already built-in
[ 25.700] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 25.700] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 25.700] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 25.700] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 25.700] compiled for 1.21.1.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 25.700] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 25.700] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 25.700] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 25.700] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 25.700] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 25.700] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[ 25.700] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 25.700] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 25.700] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 25.700] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 25.700] (EE) Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDs for all framebuffer devices
[ 25.700] (EE)
[ 25.700] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 25.700] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 25.700] (EE)
[ 25.705] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
I haven’t found a solution to this yet.