On 2018-07-06 14:17, Richard Levitte wrote: > Package: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia > Version: 390.67-2
> it seems that a recent upgrade of nvidia-kernel-dkms and related packages > broke my system. > I cannot say what package this issue actually belongs with (help appreciated). We seem to have two issues here ... first > With kernel version 4.9.0, I have a different issue, the modules are not > loadable, the reported > error is "unknown rela relocatable: 4" (as I understand it, there's a > relocation entry type > that 4.9.0 doesn't understand). Try rebuilding the kernel module: apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-kernel-dkms The logfiles are in /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/390.67/*/x86_64/log/make.log I have currently no clue how to debug the second issue: > So fine, I upgrade to the latest kernel, 4.16.0, and this is > when I get a screen that goes blank and a CPU fan that goes to max, and > nothing else seems to > happen. I also tried with the kernel 4.17.0, same result. The included > Xorg.0.log is from > the run with the latter, but it's exactly the same with 4.16.0. Is there anything reported in the kernel log at the time the module gets loaded? Needs root privileges to read ... > All in all, that makes my laptop pretty much unusable. > > The laptop is a Lenovo Y500, with a GeForce GT 650M (GK107). Andreas
