A temporary solution is to install lightdm before installing the nvidia driver.
sudo apt install lightdm
** Summary changed:
- Nvidia Persistence Daemon stops Ubuntu 18.10 from booting
+ Gnome Display Manager stop after installing Nvidia driver
** Also affects: gdm3 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1798827
Title:
Gnome Display Manager stop after installing Nvidia driver
Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
At first boot the system boots normally, but at restart after a
shutdown or restart the boot is frozen in the Nvidia Persistence
Daemon message.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: nvidia-driver-390 390.87-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-10.11-generic 4.18.12
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Oct 19 10:39:14 2018
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-390
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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