FS#53576 : [linux] [nvidia] [xorg] Fatal server error: no screens found

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FS#53576 - [linux] [nvidia] [xorg] Fatal server error: no screens found

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Colin Keenan (colinkeenan) - Wednesday, 05 April 2017, 18:45 GMT
Last edited by Antonio Rojas (arojas) - Wednesday, 05 April 2017, 20:25 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category	Packages: Core
Status	Closed
Assigned To	No-one
Architecture	x86_64
Severity	Low
Priority	Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

Description:
Xorg fails to load any modules and so has no screen to open. Doesn't happen with linux 4.10.6 (or older) but does happen with linux 4.10.8-1.

Additional info:
* linux 4.10.8-1, nvidia 378.13-4, xorg-server 1.19.3-1
* Attached Xorg.0.log showing Fatal server error: no screens found after failing to load any modules

Steps to reproduce:
1) sudo pacman -Syu
2) reboot

Steps to fix
1) cd /var/cache/pacman/pkg
2) sudo pacman -U linux-4.10.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz linux-headers-4.10.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
3) reboot