FS#60535 - [nvidia] Pacman -Syu update to 410.66-3 breaks xorg

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by taz8du29 (taz8du29) - Monday, 22 October 2018, 18:19 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Wednesday, 24 October 2018, 00:47 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

After update to version 410.66-3 of the nvidia driver, xorg won't start (using `startx`).


Additional info:

See attached logs and below for more infos


Steps to reproduce:

$ sudo pacman -Syu
Upgraded:
nvidia-utils (410.57-3 -> 410.66-1)
mkinitcpio (24-3 -> 25-1)
nvidia (410.57-6 -> 410.66-3)
nvidia-settings (410.57-2 -> 410.66-1)

(See attachments for full logs)

$ startx >& x.log
(Xorg exits, back to the terminal.)
(Also produces ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log)

$ sudo journalctl --system -e > journal.log
(Edited to only have the relevant part)
   journal.log (2.5 KiB)
   pacman.log (4.9 KiB)
   x.log (1.3 KiB)
   Xorg.0.log (6.5 KiB)
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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Wednesday, 24 October 2018, 00:47 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Mirror issues
Comment by taz8du29 (taz8du29) - Monday, 22 October 2018, 18:46 GMT
To be noted:
downgrading nvidia-utils to 410.57-3 and nvidia back to 410.57-6 solves the issue.
Hence, it is only an issue with nvidia package, not with other packages that were also upgraded (e.g mkinitcpio).
Comment by loqs (loqs) - Monday, 22 October 2018, 19:04 GMT
nvidia 410.66-3 is built for linux 4.18.16.arch1-1 but the full update you performed did not contain an update to the linux package.
Is the linux package configured as IgnorePkg in pacman.conf or an issue with the mirror you used.
Comment by taz8du29 (taz8du29) - Monday, 22 October 2018, 19:50 GMT
The "IgnorePkg" line of my pacman.conf is commented out.

My mirrors, in order of preference:
#1 http://osl.ugr.es/archlinux
#2 http://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/archlinux.org/
#3 http://mirror.easyname.at/archlinux
Comment by loqs (loqs) - Monday, 22 October 2018, 19:55 GMT
Comment out http://osl.ugr.es/archlinux run pacman -Syyu and the linux package should be updated
Comment by taz8du29 (taz8du29) - Monday, 22 October 2018, 20:30 GMT
Okay, I see an update for linux kernel
I got a timeout on the other two mirrors I listed above, though. I guess that pacman picked up one lower in the list.
Comment by taz8du29 (taz8du29) - Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 22:58 GMT
Works like a charm after full update (kernel is at version 4.18.16)

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