I don't have the same final message (as I now booted the last one I got was "Started Detect the available GPUs and deal with any system changes."), but the result is the same. The system tries to start the graphical environment and usually fails (maybe one boot in 30 succeeds on the first try).
Workaround: 1. Press e on the GRUB screen to edit the Ubuntu entry and put a # before the gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode line. This will allow you to change TTYs after the system finishes booting. 2. Once you're stuck on the screen of kernel messages, change the TTY to 2 and back to 1. The system will try and sometimes even succeed to start the graphical environment again. If it doesn't (I'm then stuck on a blinking cursor in the upper left corner of the screen) switch to TTY 2 and back to 1 again. I've never had to do that more than 3 times. 3. There is no step three. I'm on a Macbook Pro 6,2 with an Nvidia 330M. Luckily suspend/resume is pretty reliable so I don't turn off the computer at all since getting Ubuntu 18.10. It was all good on 18.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1800763 Title: After installing the package with version 340.107, the system won't start Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On Ubuntu 18.10, after installing the 340.107 driver, the system hangs with the last line showing [OK] Started GNOME Display Manager. I'm not able to change to another TTY, the system is completely locked. After forced restart, entered recovery mode, with root terminal, and removed the driver, and then the systems starts using the Nouveau drivers. The GPU is a nVidia GeForce 9500GT. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1800763/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
