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If I'm debugging my graphics driver, I rely on the commandlines I can access by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1-F6. However, after installing the latest NVIDIA drivers, the screen goes black when I switch to those TTYs. How can I get the TTYs to work with the NVIDIA drivers?

I tried some of the proposals from other questions, like the "closed as too localized" question here: How do I get my blacked out ttys back? and the very involved suggestion here: Can't view output in tty. (Ctrl+alt+f1 to f6 don't work, and display a black screen).

I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 with all the latest updates. Here's some system information: 

└─>lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 640M Mac Edition] (rev a1)

└─>lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
pci_stub               12622  1 
vboxpci                23194  0 
vboxnetadp             25670  0 
vboxnetflt             27613  0 
vboxdrv               409768  3 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt,vboxpci
bnep                   19624  2 
rfcomm                 69160  12 
nls_iso8859_1          12713  1 
arc4                   12608  2 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     46254  1 
btusb                  32412  0 
bluetooth             391196  22 bnep,btusb,rfcomm
uvcvideo               80885  0 
videobuf2_vmalloc      13216  1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops       13362  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core         40664  1 uvcvideo
videodev              134688  2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
b43                   387371  0 
snd_hda_codec_cirrus    18855  1 
mac80211              630653  1 b43
cfg80211              484040  2 b43,mac80211
ssb                    62379  1 b43
snd_hda_intel          52355  5 
snd_hda_codec         192906  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_cirrus
snd_hwdep              13602  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm               102099  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
snd_page_alloc         18710  2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_seq_midi           13324  0 
snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi            30144  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                61560  2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
intel_rapl             18773  0 
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    14205  0 
intel_powerclamp       14705  0 
coretemp               13435  0 
snd_seq_device         14497  3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
kvm_intel             143060  0 
snd_timer              29482  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
kvm                   451511  1 kvm_intel
crct10dif_pclmul       14289  0 
crc32_pclmul           13113  0 
snd                    69238  21 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_codec_cirrus,snd_seq_midi
ghash_clmulni_intel    13216  0 
applesmc               19308  0 
input_polldev          13896  1 applesmc
aesni_intel            55624  0 
aes_x86_64             17131  1 aesni_intel
lrw                    13286  1 aesni_intel
gf128mul               14951  1 lrw
glue_helper            13990  1 aesni_intel
ablk_helper            13597  1 aesni_intel
cryptd                 20359  3 ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel,ablk_helper
parport_pc             32701  0 
ppdev                  17671  0 
lpc_ich                21080  0 
lp                     17759  0 
bcma                   52096  1 b43
parport                42348  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
nvidia              10527448  31 
soundcore              12680  1 snd
drm                   303102  2 nvidia
video                  19476  0 
mac_hid                13205  0 
apple_bl               13993  0 
mei_me                 18627  0 
mei                    82276  1 mei_me
hid_apple              13386  0 
hid_generic            12548  0 
tg3                   166442  0 
sdhci_pci              23172  0 
sdhci                  43015  1 sdhci_pci
ptp                    18933  1 tg3
pps_core               19382  1 ptp
ahci                   25819  4 
usbhid                 52570  0 
libahci                32560  1 ahci
hid                   106148  3 hid_generic,usbhid,hid_apple
uvesafb                28686  0

Edit: I'm using the package nvidia-340 from the xorg-edgers PPA: 

└─>apt-cache policy nvidia-340
nvidia-340:
  Installed: 340.24-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1
  Candidate: 340.24-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 340.24-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I also tried disabling the framebuffer as described here: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=168108#p864284. Still no luck.

Edit: I'm now using the package nvidia-343 from the xorg-edgers PPA: 

└─>apt-cache policy nvidia-343
nvidia-343:
  Installed: 343.13-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1

Still no luck.

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Jonathan
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7 Answers7

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First,

fix grub resolution:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Now, locate the line 

#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

and change it to this changing 1280x800 to the desired resolution:

GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x800 
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep

Next,

add framebuffer (no, that's not a typo; use echo twice):

echo "echo FRAMEBUFFER=y" | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash

finally, update grub and initramfs:

sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo update-grub

reboot for the changes to take effect

mchid
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Did you try installing the Lastest Nvidia Drivers using this link ?

http://www.binarytides.com/install-nvidia-drivers-ubuntu-14-04/

I have the lastest Nvidia and tty works fine on 14.04 64x. P.S: Are you using the standard kde (Unity) ?

Itachi Sama
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First remove the xorg-edges drivers and pa from your system

Second go here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/78469/en-us

Third download the drivery

Give

 chmod +x filename

Last but not least

./filename
marcocassisa
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Josh
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I had the same issue after updating packages/kernel last night and installing these helped my nVidia card gets detected again:

nvidia-331
nvidia-331-updates
nvidia-current
nvidia-current-updates
xserver-xorg-lts-raring
nvidia-prime

Of course you can replace 311 with other versions in repositories, but I think what fixed it is xserver-xorg-lts-raring

Then run

glxinfo | grep renderer

It should show your card (earlier it wasn't showing for me).

user.dz
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Bashar Al-Abdulhadi
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have you also tried to download the driver for you specific device and run the installation through WINE? It's a possible route you could try. i have done the same when i ran ubuntu 13.10 and it wouldn't recognize my nVidia graphics card. i put the installation disk in and went to my computer and over the disk drive, right clicked 'run in wine.' then when the installation was done, i just adjusted ubuntu to the correct resolution and it worked for me. i just had to move the driver to C drive under drivers and restarted ubuntu. im not sure if this would work for all different devices, but it's worth a shot, if you ask me.

Richard Jester
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Have you tried using all the boot options?

nomodeset, noapic no1apic,

etc (the livecd provides the whole list, as does this link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

When I had display problems I experimented with these until I found one that got me to a usable system. Then from there I was able to solve the problem and remove the boot option.

semitones
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open this with your text editor

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

edit this to your resolution:

GRUB_GFXMODE=1920x1080
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep

save and exit:

press ctrl+o to save

press ctrl+x to exit

update grub and reboot:

sudo update-grub
sudo reboot
David
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