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I recently noticed that there was a kernel warning saying that the nvidia driver wasn't compatible with booting into a video mode terminal, so I edited /etc/default/grub, to make it boot into a text only terminal. This worked fine for several days, but now suddenly When I go into a tty I only get a black screen and a flashing cursor. The resolution is also very low. I am actually able to log in and run commands, I just don't get any output, all happens is the cursor moves.
What I have tried:




  • Setting it to boot back into video mode - same in a tty apart from this time there were vertical blue lines running down it

  • echo FRAMEBUFFER=y > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash - No difference, although plymouth did start earlier in the boot.
    Neither of these have worked, what do you recommend I try next?

  • Adding nomodeset in grub - no change



[EDIT]
As requested output from lsmod



$ lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by

nls_iso8859_1          12713  1 

nls_cp437              16991  1 

vfat                   17585  1 

fat                    61512  1 vfat

pci_stub               12622  1 

vboxpci                23237  0 

vboxnetadp             13382  0 

vboxnetflt             23478  0 

vboxdrv               287082  3 vboxpci,vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt

kvm_amd                55848  0 

kvm                   415550  1 kvm_amd

parport_pc             32866  0 

ppdev                  17113  0 

bnep                   18281  2 

rfcomm                 47604  0 

bluetooth             180153  10 bnep,rfcomm

binfmt_misc            17540  1 

snd_hda_codec_realtek   224173  1 

ip6t_LOG               16974  4 

xt_hl                  12521  6 

ip6t_rt                12558  3 

nf_conntrack_ipv6      13906  7 

nf_defrag_ipv6         13412  1 nf_conntrack_ipv6

ipt_REJECT             12576  1 

ipt_LOG                12919  5 

xt_limit               12711  12 

xt_tcpudp              12603  42 

xt_addrtype            12713  4 

xt_state               12578  14 

nvidia              11300349  40 

ip6table_filter        12815  1 

ip6_tables             27864  3 ip6t_LOG,ip6t_rt,ip6table_filter

nf_conntrack_netbios_ns    12665  0 

nf_conntrack_broadcast    12589  1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns

nf_nat_ftp             12704  0 

nf_nat                 25891  1 nf_nat_ftp

nf_conntrack_ipv4      19716  9 nf_nat

nf_defrag_ipv4         12729  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4

nf_conntrack_ftp       13452  1 nf_nat_ftp

nf_conntrack           81926  8 nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_broadcast,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ftp

iptable_filter         12810  1 

snd_hda_intel          33719  3 

snd_hda_codec         127706  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel

snd_hwdep              17764  1 snd_hda_codec

ip_tables              27473  1 iptable_filter

x_tables               29891  13 ip6t_LOG,xt_hl,ip6t_rt,ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,xt_addrtype,xt_state,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables,iptable_filter,ip_tables

snd_pcm                97275  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec

snd_seq_midi           13324  0 

arc4                   12529  2 

snd_rawmidi            30748  1 snd_seq_midi

rt2800pci              18715  0 

rt2800lib              58967  1 rt2800pci

crc_ccitt              12707  1 rt2800lib

k10temp                13166  0 

rt2x00pci              14620  1 rt2800pci

rt2x00lib              55326  3 rt2800pci,rt2800lib,rt2x00pci

mac80211              506862  3 rt2800lib,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib

edac_core              53746  0 

psmouse                97485  0 

edac_mce_amd           23709  0 

serio_raw              13211  0 

cfg80211              205774  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211

eeprom_93cx6           12767  1 rt2800pci

snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi

snd_seq                61929  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event

snd_timer              29990  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq

snd_seq_device         14540  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq

snd                    79041  15 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device

soundcore              15091  1 snd

snd_page_alloc         18529  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm

mac_hid                13253  0 

i2c_nforce2            13058  0 

lp                     17799  0 

parport                46562  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp

usbhid                 47238  0 

hid                    99636  1 usbhid

ums_realtek            18248  0 

usb_storage            49243  2 ums_realtek

forcedeth              63460  0 

sata_nv                32286  2


lspci -v:



$ lspci -v



    00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)

        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a99

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

        Capabilities: <access denied>



    00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)

        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a99

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

        I/O ports at 4f00 [size=256]



    00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)

        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a99

        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 11

        I/O ports at 4900 [size=64]

        I/O ports at 4d00 [size=64]

        I/O ports at 4e00 [size=64]

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: nForce2_smbus

        Kernel modules: i2c-nforce2



    00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)

        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a99

        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel



    00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])

        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a99

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23

        Memory at fbeff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd



    00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller (rev a3) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])

        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a99

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22

        Memory at fbefec00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd



    00:04.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64

        Capabilities: <access denied>



    00:05.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)

        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a99

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22

        Memory at fbef8000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

        Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel



    00:07.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)

        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a99

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43

        Memory at fbefd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

        I/O ports at e480 [size=8]

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: forcedeth

        Kernel modules: forcedeth



    00:08.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])

        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a99

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21

        I/O ports at e400 [size=8]

        I/O ports at e080 [size=4]

        I/O ports at e000 [size=8]

        I/O ports at dc00 [size=4]

        I/O ports at d880 [size=16]

        Memory at fbefc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: sata_nv

        Kernel modules: sata_nv



    00:08.1 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])

        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a99

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20

        I/O ports at d800 [size=8]

        I/O ports at d480 [size=4]

        I/O ports at d400 [size=8]

        I/O ports at d080 [size=4]

        I/O ports at d000 [size=16]

        Memory at fbef3000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: sata_nv

        Kernel modules: sata_nv



    00:09.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

        Kernel modules: shpchp



    00:0b.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

        Kernel modules: shpchp



    00:0c.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

        Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0

        Memory behind bridge: fbf00000-fbffffff

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: pcieport

        Kernel modules: shpchp



    00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a99

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21

        Memory at fa000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]

        Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]

        Memory at f9000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]

        [virtual] Expansion ROM at fbec0000 [disabled] [size=128K]

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: nvidia

        Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nouveau, nvidiafb



    00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration

        Flags: fast devsel

        Capabilities: <access denied>



    00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map

        Flags: fast devsel



    00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller

        Flags: fast devsel

        Kernel modules: amd64_edac_mod



    00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control

        Flags: fast devsel

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: k10temp

        Kernel modules: k10temp



    00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control

        Flags: fast devsel



    04:00.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe

        Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc Device 7602

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19

        Memory at fbff0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]

        Capabilities: <access denied>

        Kernel driver in use: rt2800pci

        Kernel modules: rt2800pci


Uname -a:



Linux ********* 3.2.0-39-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 28 00:28:53 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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OK, I found a fix for myself, and I am leaving it here in case other people with the same problem find this.
First run sudo apt-get install v86d
Then run cat /sys/bus/platform/drivers/uvesafb/uvesafb.0/vbe_modes, and remember the highest of the modes it outputs. (If this doesn't output anything you may need to restart your computer after installing v86d, I can't quite remember). Then run gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub, and make the grub_cmdline_linux_default look like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1024x768-32,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap", also check if this file contains the GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=something or other line. If it does, then remove it.
But replace 1024x768-32 with the highest listed resolution from the second step. Then run gksudo gedit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules, and add this to the bottom: uvesafb mode_option=1024x768-32 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap Once again replacing 1024x768-32 with the mode you found. Then run gksudo gedit /etc/grub.d/10_linux, and find the part which looks like this:



function gfxmode {

    set gfxpayload="${1}"

    if [ "${1}" = "keep" ]; then

        set vt_handoff=7

    else

        set vt_handoff=

    fi

}


and make it look like this:



function gfxmode {

    set gfxpayload="${1}"

    if [ "${1}" = "keep" ]; then

        set vt_handoff=

    else

        set vt_handoff=

    fi

}


Then run sudo update-grub; sudo update-initramfs -u. Reboot and the problem will be fixed :)


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