[SOLVED] 3.0.0-13 and 3.0.0-14 not booting

[rfakhrai]

Hi there -- I've done some searching on these forums and ubuntu forums and I can't find a solution to my problem and it's driving me nuts.

After I installed both these kernels, neither one completes the booting. It gets past the plymouth then both end at "checking battery state" and lock up. Seemingly there aren't any combinations of keys that will get me into a usable screen. I am almost sure that this is a proprietary nvidia driver issue and I'm almost sure that re-installing it will do the trick but I can't get to a command line.

Any advice? This seems to be a relatively common problem from what I've seen on ubuntu forums. Anyone else run across it?

Thanks.

[oshunluvr]

If it is in fact the nvidia driver, make sure you have installed the headers for each kernel you want to boot and dkms.

Boot to safe mode or text mode and verify you have everything.

dkms status

will verify dkms is installed and whether or not the driver is installed. If it lists the driver but not "installed" you're missing the kernel headers.

[rfakhrai]

I think I see the problem

$ dkms status
nvidia-173, 173.14.30, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-173, 173.14.30, 3.0.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-173, 173.14.30, 3.0.0-14-generic, x86_64: installed

I had no idea I was running the nvidia-173 driver too. That's not right since I've installed the 285.05.09 driver from the nvidia website.

So it looks like there might be a conflict. Not sure how to remove it. I always follow dibl's instructions when I install the driver but it looks like something's wrong here. Tips?

[rfakhrai]

OK, all is good. I booted into recovery mode for both 13 and 14 kernels and executed the nvidia RUN script. Now all is well again. Still not sure what the nvidia-173 is so any light on that might help me further diagnose problems in the future.

Thanks!

[oshunluvr]

If you're mixing the driver from the nvidia site with the one in the repos you can expect problems. The driver files aren't even in the same locations much less compatible.

[rfakhrai]

Yep, I just expected that the driver in the repos was completely gone since I've taken all steps to ensure that. I'll play it by ear for now.