FS#59346 - nvidia upgrade causes no boot with gdm and wayland

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Keith (keithg) - Sunday, 15 July 2018, 18:44 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Sunday, 15 July 2018, 19:28 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
If nvidia is upgraded (or installed with a new install of Arch), a no boot situation arises if gdm is used and the line to disable wayland is not set. It took me a while to find this post which allowed installation of nvidia drivers. System is fully up to date. All I did was disable Wayland in gdm and it seems to be functional.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=238602

Additional info:
* package version(s)
nvidia-lts 1:396.24-4

* config and/or log files etc.
/etc/gdm/custom.conf

add:
WaylandEnable=false
as a post install script if gdm is installed or the boot will hang at 'starting'

Steps to reproduce:
Upgrade or install nvidia or nvidia-lts with pacman.

A clean install boots fine with nouveau. If the nvidia package is added (at least with gdm installed), the boot stalls at 'starting'
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Sunday, 15 July 2018, 19:28 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:   FS#59262 

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