[Solved] Ubuntu 14.04 login-loop after installing nvidia-384

Hello,

I have issues on succesfully installing a nvidia-driver on my notebook. Following information:

The notebook is a msi GL72 7RDX with built-in intel graphics card and additional nvidaia Geforce GTX1050.

As OS I am using Ubuntu 14.04, which is necessary for running nvidia DriveWorks. After a fresh install of the OS, the Xorg.0.log had already some errors (see attached “Xorg.0.fresh.log”)

[     3.259] 
X.Org X Server 1.16.0
Release Date: 2014-07-16
[     3.259] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[     3.259] Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-70-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
[     3.259] Current Operating System: Linux si-GL72-7RDX 3.16.0-30-generic #40~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 15 17:43:14 UTC 2015 x86_64
[     3.259] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-30-generic root=UUID=ef57a114-646a-4134-b5ed-56ae9644658e ro nomodeset quiet splash vt.handoff=7
[     3.259] Build Date: 12 February 2015  11:11:26PM
[     3.259] xorg-server 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2~trusty2 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
[     3.259] Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
[     3.259] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[     3.259] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[     3.260] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Dec  6 09:22:34 2017
[     3.260] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     3.262] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[     3.262] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[     3.262] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[     3.262] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[     3.262] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[     3.262] (==) Automatically adding devices
[     3.262] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[     3.262] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[     3.262] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[     3.262] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.262] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[     3.262] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.262] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[     3.262] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.262] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[     3.262] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.262] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[     3.262] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     3.262] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	built-ins
[     3.262] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[     3.262] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[     3.262] (II) Loader magic: 0x7f618c58bc80
[     3.262] (II) Module ABI versions:
[     3.262] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[     3.262] 	X.Org Video Driver: 18.0
[     3.262] 	X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
[     3.262] 	X.Org Server Extension : 8.0
[     3.263] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:591b:1462:11c9 rev 4, Mem @ 0xdd000000/16777216, 0xb0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f000/64
[     3.263] (--) PCI: (0:1:0:0) 10de:1c8d:1462:11c9 rev 161, Mem @ 0xde000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[     3.263] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[     3.265] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[     3.277] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.277] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.0.0
[     3.277] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 8.0
[     3.277] (==) AIGLX enabled
[     3.277] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
[     3.277] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
[     3.277] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[     3.277] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
[     3.277] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[     3.277] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[     3.280] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[     3.285] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.285] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 2.99.914
[     3.285] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     3.285] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[     3.285] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[     3.285] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[     3.286] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.286] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 0.9.0
[     3.286] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     3.286] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[     3.286] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[     3.286] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[     3.286] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.286] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 0.4.4
[     3.286] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     3.286] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[     3.286] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[     3.286] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[     3.287] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.287] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 2.3.3
[     3.287] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     3.287] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[     3.287] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets:
	i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G,
	915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM,
	Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
	GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43
[     3.288] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics: 2000-6000
[     3.288] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics: 5100, 6100
[     3.288] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics: 5200, 6200, P6300
[     3.288] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[     3.288] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[     3.288] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[     3.288] (++) using VT number 7

[     3.307] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[     3.307] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[     3.307] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[     3.307] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[     3.307] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[     3.307] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[     3.307] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.307] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 0.0.2
[     3.307] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[     3.307] (**) FBDEV(1): claimed PCI slot 0@0:2:0
[     3.307] (II) FBDEV(1): using default device
[     3.307] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[     3.307] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[     3.307] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[     3.307] (II) FBDEV(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[     3.307] (==) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[     3.307] (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888
[     3.307] (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[     3.307] (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[     3.307] (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: VESA VGA (video memory: 8128kB)
[     3.307] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against framebuffer device...
[     3.307] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against monitor...
[     3.307] (--) FBDEV(0): Virtual size is 1920x1080 (pitch 1920)
[     3.307] (**) FBDEV(0):  Built-in mode "current": 207.4 MHz, 85.3 kHz, 77.2 Hz
[     3.307] (II) FBDEV(0): Modeline "current"x0.0  207.38  1920 1952 2192 2432  1080 1084 1088 1104 -hsync -vsync -csync (85.3 kHz b)
[     3.307] (==) FBDEV(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[     3.307] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[     3.307] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[     3.307] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[     3.308] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.308] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.0.0
[     3.308] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     3.308] (**) FBDEV(0): using shadow framebuffer
[     3.308] (II) Loading sub module "shadow"
[     3.308] (II) LoadModule: "shadow"
[     3.309] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libshadow.so
[     3.309] (II) Module shadow: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.309] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.1.0
[     3.309] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     3.309] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[     3.309] (II) Unloading vesa
[     3.309] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[     3.309] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
[     3.311] (==) FBDEV(0): Backing store enabled
[     3.311] (==) FBDEV(0): DPMS enabled
[     3.311] (==) RandR enabled
[     3.315] (II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
[     3.315] (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
[     3.377] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized swrast
[     3.377] (II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0
[     3.384] (II) XKB: generating xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-B20D7FC79C7F597315E3E501AEF10E0D866E8E92.xkm
[     3.407] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event3)
[     3.407] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     3.407] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[     3.408] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[     3.409] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.409] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 2.9.0
[     3.409] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[     3.409] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 21.0
[     3.409] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[     3.409] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[     3.409] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[     3.409] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[     3.409] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[     3.409] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[     3.409] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3/event3"
[     3.409] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[     3.409] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     3.409] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     3.409] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[     3.410] (II) XKB: generating xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-808BBA3D4C227BDB44C370226C34E44C5D69A4A9.xkm
[     3.420] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event0)
[     3.420] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.420] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.420] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event2)
[     3.420] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     3.420] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[     3.420] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[     3.420] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[     3.420] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[     3.420] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[     3.420] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[     3.420] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input2/event2"
[     3.420] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[     3.420] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     3.420] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     3.420] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[     3.420] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event1)
[     3.420] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     3.420] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Sleep Button'
[     3.420] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[     3.420] (**) evdev: Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[     3.420] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x3
[     3.420] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Found keys
[     3.420] (II) evdev: Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
[     3.420] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input1/event1"
[     3.420] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[     3.420] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     3.420] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     3.420] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[     3.420] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event9)
[     3.420] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.420] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.420] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel Mic (/dev/input/event7)
[     3.420] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.420] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.421] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel Headphone (/dev/input/event8)
[     3.421] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.421] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.421] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event4)
[     3.421] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     3.421] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[     3.421] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[     3.421] (**) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
[     3.421] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Vendor 0x1 Product 0x1
[     3.421] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
[     3.421] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[     3.421] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4/event4"
[     3.421] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[     3.421] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     3.421] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     3.421] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[     3.421] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event5)
[     3.421] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
[     3.421] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
[     3.421] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "Default clickpad buttons"
[     3.421] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
[     3.421] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[     3.422] (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     3.422] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.8.99
[     3.422] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[     3.422] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 21.0
[     3.422] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'
[     3.422] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[     3.422] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
[     3.444] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1284 - 5656 (res 41)
[     3.444] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1128 - 4728 (res 61)
[     3.444] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
[     3.444] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 15
[     3.444] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left right double triple
[     3.444] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Vendor 0x2 Product 0x7
[     3.444] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[     3.444] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[     3.464] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6/event5"
[     3.464] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 10)
[     3.464] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MinSpeed is now constant deceleration 2.5
[     3.464] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MaxSpeed is now 1.75
[     3.464] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) AccelFactor is now 0.035
[     3.464] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[     3.464] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration profile 1
[     3.464] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[     3.464] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[     3.464] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[     3.464] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/mouse0)
[     3.464] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Ignoring device from InputClass "touchpad ignore duplicates"
[     3.465] (II) config/udev: Adding input device MSI WMI hotkeys (/dev/input/event6)
[     3.465] (**) MSI WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     3.465] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'MSI WMI hotkeys'
[     3.465] (**) MSI WMI hotkeys: always reports core events
[     3.465] (**) evdev: MSI WMI hotkeys: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
[     3.465] (--) evdev: MSI WMI hotkeys: Vendor 0 Product 0
[     3.465] (--) evdev: MSI WMI hotkeys: Found keys
[     3.465] (II) evdev: MSI WMI hotkeys: Configuring as keyboard
[     3.465] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input7/event6"
[     3.465] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "MSI WMI hotkeys" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[     3.465] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     3.465] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     3.465] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[     3.466] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
[    47.830] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-808BBA3D4C227BDB44C370226C34E44C5D69A4A9.xkm
[    50.710] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-808BBA3D4C227BDB44C370226C34E44C5D69A4A9.xkm
[    50.712] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-808BBA3D4C227BDB44C370226C34E44C5D69A4A9.xkm
[    50.714] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-808BBA3D4C227BDB44C370226C34E44C5D69A4A9.xkm
[    50.739] (II) XKB: generating xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-81907AB388B478D711E6423DD8B0048239BE0CB6.xkm
[    50.751] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-81907AB388B478D711E6423DD8B0048239BE0CB6.xkm
[    50.756] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-81907AB388B478D711E6423DD8B0048239BE0CB6.xkm
[    53.399] (II) XKB: generating xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-A237F4D5ECC0A2998042D3B58D9A7CE5E820BA0E.xkm
[   363.528] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
[   363.528] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
[   363.534] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
[   377.719] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument

I then executed ‘sudo apt-get update’, ‘sudo apt-get upgrade’, ‘sudo apt-get dist-upgrade’ and ‘sudo apt-get autoremove’, then restart. The corresponding Xorg.0.log file is attached as “Xorg.0.upd.log”

[     2.571] 
X.Org X Server 1.16.0
Release Date: 2014-07-16
[     2.571] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[     2.571] Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-70-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
[     2.571] Current Operating System: Linux si-GL72-7RDX 3.16.0-77-generic #99~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 19:17:10 UTC 2016 x86_64
[     2.571] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-77-generic root=UUID=ef57a114-646a-4134-b5ed-56ae9644658e ro nomodeset quiet splash vt.handoff=7
[     2.571] Build Date: 12 February 2015  11:11:26PM
[     2.571] xorg-server 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2~trusty2 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
[     2.571] Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
[     2.571] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[     2.571] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[     2.571] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Dec  6 10:50:31 2017
[     2.578] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     2.581] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[     2.581] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[     2.581] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[     2.581] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[     2.581] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[     2.581] (==) Automatically adding devices
[     2.581] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[     2.581] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[     2.584] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[     2.584] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     2.584] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[     2.584] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     2.584] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[     2.584] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     2.586] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[     2.586] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     2.586] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[     2.586] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     2.586] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	built-ins
[     2.586] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[     2.586] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[     2.586] (II) Loader magic: 0x7f2b4f114c80
[     2.586] (II) Module ABI versions:
[     2.586] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[     2.587] 	X.Org Video Driver: 18.0
[     2.587] 	X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
[     2.587] 	X.Org Server Extension : 8.0
[     2.588] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:591b:1462:11c9 rev 4, Mem @ 0xdd000000/16777216, 0xb0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f000/64
[     2.588] (--) PCI: (0:1:0:0) 10de:1c8d:1462:11c9 rev 161, Mem @ 0xde000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[     2.588] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[     2.591] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[     2.654] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.654] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.0.0
[     2.654] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 8.0
[     2.654] (==) AIGLX enabled
[     2.654] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
[     2.654] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
[     2.654] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[     2.654] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
[     2.654] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[     2.654] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[     2.654] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[     2.657] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.657] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 2.99.914
[     2.657] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     2.657] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[     2.657] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[     2.658] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[     2.658] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.658] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 0.9.0
[     2.658] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     2.658] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[     2.658] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[     2.658] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[     2.659] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.659] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 0.4.4
[     2.659] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     2.659] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[     2.659] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[     2.659] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[     2.660] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.660] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 2.3.3
[     2.660] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     2.660] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[     2.660] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets:
	i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G,
	915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM,
	Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
	GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43
[     2.661] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics: 2000-6000
[     2.661] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics: 5100, 6100
[     2.661] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics: 5200, 6200, P6300
[     2.661] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[     2.661] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[     2.661] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[     2.661] (++) using VT number 7

[     2.681] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[     2.681] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[     2.681] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[     2.681] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[     2.681] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[     2.681] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[     2.681] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.681] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 0.0.2
[     2.681] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[     2.681] (**) FBDEV(1): claimed PCI slot 0@0:2:0
[     2.682] (II) FBDEV(1): using default device
[     2.682] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[     2.682] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[     2.682] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[     2.682] (II) FBDEV(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[     2.682] (==) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[     2.682] (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888
[     2.682] (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[     2.682] (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[     2.682] (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: VESA VGA (video memory: 8128kB)
[     2.682] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against framebuffer device...
[     2.682] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against monitor...
[     2.682] (--) FBDEV(0): Virtual size is 1920x1080 (pitch 1920)
[     2.682] (**) FBDEV(0):  Built-in mode "current": 207.4 MHz, 85.3 kHz, 77.2 Hz
[     2.682] (II) FBDEV(0): Modeline "current"x0.0  207.38  1920 1952 2192 2432  1080 1084 1088 1104 -hsync -vsync -csync (85.3 kHz b)
[     2.682] (==) FBDEV(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[     2.682] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[     2.682] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[     2.682] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[     2.682] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.682] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.0.0
[     2.682] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     2.682] (**) FBDEV(0): using shadow framebuffer
[     2.682] (II) Loading sub module "shadow"
[     2.682] (II) LoadModule: "shadow"
[     2.683] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libshadow.so
[     2.683] (II) Module shadow: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.683] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.1.0
[     2.683] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     2.683] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[     2.683] (II) Unloading vesa
[     2.683] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[     2.683] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
[     2.685] (==) FBDEV(0): Backing store enabled
[     2.685] (==) FBDEV(0): DPMS enabled
[     2.685] (==) RandR enabled
[     2.690] (II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
[     2.690] (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
[     2.783] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized swrast
[     2.783] (II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0
[     2.795] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-B20D7FC79C7F597315E3E501AEF10E0D866E8E92.xkm
[     2.796] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event3)
[     2.796] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     2.796] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[     2.797] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[     2.800] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.800] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 2.9.0
[     2.800] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[     2.800] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 21.0
[     2.800] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[     2.800] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[     2.800] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[     2.800] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[     2.800] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[     2.800] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[     2.800] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3/event3"
[     2.800] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[     2.800] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     2.800] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     2.800] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[     2.802] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-808BBA3D4C227BDB44C370226C34E44C5D69A4A9.xkm
[     2.802] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event0)
[     2.802] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     2.802] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     2.803] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event2)
[     2.803] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     2.803] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[     2.803] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[     2.803] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[     2.803] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[     2.803] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[     2.803] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[     2.803] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input2/event2"
[     2.803] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[     2.803] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     2.803] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     2.803] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[     2.803] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event1)
[     2.803] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     2.803] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Sleep Button'
[     2.803] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[     2.803] (**) evdev: Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[     2.803] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x3
[     2.803] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Found keys
[     2.803] (II) evdev: Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
[     2.803] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input1/event1"
[     2.803] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[     2.803] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     2.803] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     2.803] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[     2.803] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event4)
[     2.803] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     2.803] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[     2.803] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[     2.803] (**) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
[     2.803] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Vendor 0x1 Product 0x1
[     2.803] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
[     2.803] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[     2.803] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4/event4"
[     2.803] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[     2.803] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     2.803] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     2.803] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[     2.804] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event5)
[     2.804] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
[     2.804] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
[     2.804] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "Default clickpad buttons"
[     2.804] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
[     2.804] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[     2.804] (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.804] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.8.99
[     2.805] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[     2.805] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 21.0
[     2.805] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'
[     2.805] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[     2.805] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
[     2.840] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1284 - 5656 (res 41)
[     2.840] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1128 - 4728 (res 61)
[     2.840] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
[     2.840] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 15
[     2.840] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left right double triple
[     2.840] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Vendor 0x2 Product 0x7
[     2.840] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[     2.840] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[     2.852] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6/event5"
[     2.852] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 10)
[     2.852] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MinSpeed is now constant deceleration 2.5
[     2.852] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MaxSpeed is now 1.75
[     2.852] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) AccelFactor is now 0.035
[     2.852] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[     2.852] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration profile 1
[     2.852] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[     2.852] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[     2.852] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[     2.852] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/mouse0)
[     2.852] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Ignoring device from InputClass "touchpad ignore duplicates"
[     2.853] (II) config/udev: Adding input device MSI WMI hotkeys (/dev/input/event6)
[     2.853] (**) MSI WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[     2.853] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'MSI WMI hotkeys'
[     2.853] (**) MSI WMI hotkeys: always reports core events
[     2.853] (**) evdev: MSI WMI hotkeys: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
[     2.853] (--) evdev: MSI WMI hotkeys: Vendor 0 Product 0
[     2.853] (--) evdev: MSI WMI hotkeys: Found keys
[     2.853] (II) evdev: MSI WMI hotkeys: Configuring as keyboard
[     2.853] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input7/event6"
[     2.853] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "MSI WMI hotkeys" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[     2.853] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[     2.853] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[     2.853] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[     2.854] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
[     3.141] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel Mic (/dev/input/event7)
[     3.141] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.141] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.141] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel Headphone (/dev/input/event8)
[     3.141] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.141] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[     3.487] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event9)
[     3.487] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[     3.487] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    38.353] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-81907AB388B478D711E6423DD8B0048239BE0CB6.xkm
[    38.363] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-81907AB388B478D711E6423DD8B0048239BE0CB6.xkm
[    38.443] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-808BBA3D4C227BDB44C370226C34E44C5D69A4A9.xkm
[    39.435] (II) XKB: generating xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-935791BB8D314AF76E0BAA786B66BB82FD866F95.xkm

Then I tried to install a working nvidia-driver for the GTX1050, executing ‘sudo apt-get install nvidia-384 nvidia-settings nvidia-prime’. The install process went well and without any errors.
After the reboot I fell into the so-called “login-loop”, as I can not log in on the graphic user interface. After entering my password and pressing ENTER, the login mask returns emmediately. A login via the console is possible. The Xorg.0.log for this state is attached as “Xorg.0.nvdrv.log”

[    15.643] 
X.Org X Server 1.16.0
Release Date: 2014-07-16
[    15.643] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    15.643] Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-70-generic x86_64 Ubuntu
[    15.643] Current Operating System: Linux si-GL72-7RDX 3.16.0-77-generic #99~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 19:17:10 UTC 2016 x86_64
[    15.643] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-77-generic root=UUID=ef57a114-646a-4134-b5ed-56ae9644658e ro nomodeset quiet splash vt.handoff=7
[    15.643] Build Date: 12 February 2015  11:11:26PM
[    15.643] xorg-server 2:1.16.0-1ubuntu1.2~trusty2 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support) 
[    15.643] Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
[    15.643] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    15.643] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    15.643] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Dec  6 12:25:17 2017
[    15.643] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    15.643] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[    15.643] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[    15.643] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[    15.643] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[    15.644] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[    15.644] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    15.644] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    15.644] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    15.644] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[    15.644] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    15.644] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[    15.644] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    15.644] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[    15.644] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    15.644] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[    15.644] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    15.644] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[    15.644] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    15.644] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	built-ins
[    15.644] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    15.644] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[    15.644] (II) Loader magic: 0x7fa6e0685c80
[    15.644] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    15.644] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    15.644] 	X.Org Video Driver: 18.0
[    15.644] 	X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
[    15.644] 	X.Org Server Extension : 8.0
[    15.644] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    15.645] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:591b:1462:11c9 rev 4, Mem @ 0xdd000000/16777216, 0xb0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f000/64
[    15.645] (--) PCI: (0:1:0:0) 10de:1c8d:1462:11c9 rev 161, Mem @ 0xde000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[    15.645] (WW) "glamoregl" will not be loaded unless you've specified it to be loaded elsewhere.
[    15.645] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[    15.645] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    15.645] (II) Loading /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/libglx.so
[    15.647] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    15.647] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    15.647] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    15.647] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  384.90  Tue Sep 19 17:00:25 PDT 2017
[    15.647] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
[    15.647] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
[    15.647] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 2
[    15.647] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 3
[    15.647] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 4
[    15.647] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 5
[    15.647] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[    15.647] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    15.647] (II) Loading /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so
[    15.647] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    15.647] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    15.647] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    15.647] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[    15.647] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
[    15.647] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    15.647] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.0.11
[    15.647] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    15.647] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[    15.647] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[    15.647] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[    15.648] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    15.648] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 2.99.914
[    15.648] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    15.648] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[    15.648] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    15.648] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[    15.648] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    15.648] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 0.9.0
[    15.648] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    15.648] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[    15.648] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    15.648] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[    15.648] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    15.648] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 0.4.4
[    15.648] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    15.648] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[    15.648] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    15.648] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[    15.648] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    15.648] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 2.3.3
[    15.648] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    15.648] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[    15.648] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  384.90  Tue Sep 19 16:35:54 PDT 2017
[    15.648] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[    15.648] (II) NOUVEAU driver Date:   Thu Aug 28 03:57:48 2014 +0200
[    15.648] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[    15.648] 	RIVA TNT        (NV04)
[    15.648] 	RIVA TNT2       (NV05)
[    15.648] 	GeForce 256     (NV10)
[    15.648] 	GeForce 2       (NV11, NV15)
[    15.648] 	GeForce 4MX     (NV17, NV18)
[    15.648] 	GeForce 3       (NV20)
[    15.648] 	GeForce 4Ti     (NV25, NV28)
[    15.648] 	GeForce FX      (NV3x)
[    15.648] 	GeForce 6       (NV4x)
[    15.648] 	GeForce 7       (G7x)
[    15.648] 	GeForce 8       (G8x)
[    15.648] 	GeForce GTX 200 (NVA0)
[    15.648] 	GeForce GTX 400 (NVC0)
[    15.648] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets:
	i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G,
	915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM,
	Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
	GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43
[    15.648] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics: 2000-6000
[    15.648] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics: 5100, 6100
[    15.648] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics: 5200, 6200, P6300
[    15.648] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[    15.648] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[    15.648] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[    15.648] (++) using VT number 7

[    15.648] (EE) [drm] KMS not enabled
[    15.648] (EE) [drm] KMS not enabled
[    15.650] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[    15.650] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[    15.650] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[    15.650] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[    15.650] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    15.650] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 0.0.2
[    15.650] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 18.0
[    15.650] (**) FBDEV(1): claimed PCI slot 0@0:2:0
[    15.651] (II) FBDEV(1): using default device
[    15.651] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[    15.651] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[    15.651] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[    15.651] (II) FBDEV(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[    15.651] (==) FBDEV(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[    15.651] (==) FBDEV(0): RGB weight 888
[    15.651] (==) FBDEV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    15.651] (==) FBDEV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[    15.651] (II) FBDEV(0): hardware: VESA VGA (video memory: 8128kB)
[    15.651] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against framebuffer device...
[    15.651] (II) FBDEV(0): checking modes against monitor...
[    15.651] (--) FBDEV(0): Virtual size is 1920x1080 (pitch 1920)
[    15.651] (**) FBDEV(0):  Built-in mode "current": 207.4 MHz, 85.3 kHz, 77.2 Hz
[    15.651] (II) FBDEV(0): Modeline "current"x0.0  207.38  1920 1952 2192 2432  1080 1084 1088 1104 -hsync -vsync -csync (85.3 kHz b)
[    15.651] (==) FBDEV(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[    15.651] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[    15.651] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    15.651] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[    15.651] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    15.651] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.0.0
[    15.651] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    15.651] (**) FBDEV(0): using shadow framebuffer
[    15.651] (II) Loading sub module "shadow"
[    15.651] (II) LoadModule: "shadow"
[    15.651] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libshadow.so
[    15.651] (II) Module shadow: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    15.651] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.1.0
[    15.651] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    15.651] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[    15.651] (II) Unloading vesa
[    15.651] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[    15.651] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument
[    15.651] (==) FBDEV(0): Backing store enabled
[    15.651] (==) FBDEV(0): DPMS enabled
[    15.651] (==) RandR enabled
[    15.654] (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)
[    15.658] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-B20D7FC79C7F597315E3E501AEF10E0D866E8E92.xkm
[    15.659] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event3)
[    15.659] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    15.659] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[    15.659] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    15.659] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    15.659] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 2.9.0
[    15.659] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    15.659] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 21.0
[    15.659] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[    15.659] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    15.659] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[    15.659] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[    15.659] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[    15.659] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[    15.659] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3/event3"
[    15.659] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[    15.659] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    15.659] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    15.659] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[    15.660] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-808BBA3D4C227BDB44C370226C34E44C5D69A4A9.xkm
[    15.661] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event0)
[    15.661] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    15.661] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    15.661] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event2)
[    15.661] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    15.661] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[    15.661] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    15.661] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event2"
[    15.661] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[    15.661] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[    15.661] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[    15.661] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input2/event2"
[    15.661] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[    15.661] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    15.661] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    15.661] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[    15.661] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event1)
[    15.661] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    15.661] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Sleep Button'
[    15.661] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[    15.661] (**) evdev: Sleep Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[    15.661] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x3
[    15.661] (--) evdev: Sleep Button: Found keys
[    15.661] (II) evdev: Sleep Button: Configuring as keyboard
[    15.661] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input1/event1"
[    15.661] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[    15.661] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    15.661] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    15.661] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[    15.661] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event9)
[    15.661] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    15.661] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    15.661] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel Mic (/dev/input/event7)
[    15.661] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    15.661] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    15.661] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel Headphone (/dev/input/event8)
[    15.661] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    15.661] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    15.662] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event4)
[    15.662] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    15.662] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[    15.662] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[    15.662] (**) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
[    15.662] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Vendor 0x1 Product 0x1
[    15.662] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
[    15.662] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[    15.662] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input4/event4"
[    15.662] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[    15.662] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    15.662] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    15.662] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[    15.662] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event5)
[    15.662] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
[    15.662] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
[    15.662] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "Default clickpad buttons"
[    15.662] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
[    15.662] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[    15.662] (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    15.662] 	compiled for 1.16.0, module version = 1.8.99
[    15.662] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    15.662] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 21.0
[    15.662] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'
[    15.662] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[    15.662] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
[    15.680] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1284 - 5656 (res 41)
[    15.680] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1128 - 4728 (res 61)
[    15.680] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
[    15.680] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 15
[    15.680] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left right double triple
[    15.680] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Vendor 0x2 Product 0x7
[    15.680] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[    15.680] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[    15.692] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6/event5"
[    15.692] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 10)
[    15.692] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MinSpeed is now constant deceleration 2.5
[    15.692] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MaxSpeed is now 1.75
[    15.692] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) AccelFactor is now 0.035
[    15.692] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[    15.692] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration profile 1
[    15.692] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    15.692] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    15.692] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[    15.692] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/mouse0)
[    15.692] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Ignoring device from InputClass "touchpad ignore duplicates"
[    15.692] (II) config/udev: Adding input device MSI WMI hotkeys (/dev/input/event6)
[    15.692] (**) MSI WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    15.692] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'MSI WMI hotkeys'
[    15.692] (**) MSI WMI hotkeys: always reports core events
[    15.692] (**) evdev: MSI WMI hotkeys: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
[    15.693] (--) evdev: MSI WMI hotkeys: Vendor 0 Product 0
[    15.693] (--) evdev: MSI WMI hotkeys: Found keys
[    15.693] (II) evdev: MSI WMI hotkeys: Configuring as keyboard
[    15.693] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input7/event6"
[    15.693] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "MSI WMI hotkeys" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[    15.693] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    15.693] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    15.693] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[    15.694] (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOBLANK: Invalid argument

A “nvidia-bug-report” could not be created as the “nvidia-bug-report.sh” could not be found on the system.

I tried many of the solutions found on the web previously, without any success.
BIOS i running in LEGACY mode.
.Xauthority was owned by me.

I just noticed, that in the current state, there is no .Xauthority file on the system.

I need the working driver in preparation to get nvidia DriveWorks running.

For further information, please don’t hesitate to write me.

Greetings

Xorg.0.fresh.log (18.1 KB)
Xorg.0.upd.log (17.5 KB)
Xorg.0.nvdrv.log (18.7 KB)
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (80.8 KB)

The problem is not the nvidia but the intel. It’s a Sky or Kaby Lake model where the iGPU needs additional firmware (packages intel-microcode and linux-firmware) and a more recent kernel. While I think Ubuntu somehow supports that in 14.04.4 I’d rather choose 16.04.

Hello generix,

I updated the Kernel to 4.2.0-42-generic using ‘sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-wily’

Also I executed ‘sudo apt-get install intel-microcode’ and ‘sudo apt-get install linux-firmware’

After restart, the Xorg.0.log showed the same errors as aforementioned Xorg.0.nvdrv.log

The login loop problem still exists

Too old. Kernel 4.8 or higher needed or a backported i915 driver which I don’t know if it exists.
14.04 has only 1.5 years support left, btw.

Taken a look at 14.04, the current HWE should be 14.04.5 using kernel 4.4 and the package linux-image-extra should contain the backported driver i915_bpo.
Use
lsmod | grep i915 to see if it gets loaded. Run nvidia-bug-report.sh from /usr/lib/nvidia-XXX/bin
with XXX being the version of the driver and attach the output file to your post.

lsmod | grep i915 printed out following:

i915 1130496 0
i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 i915
drm_kms_helper 126976 2 i915,nvidia_drm
drm 360448 4 i915,drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm
video 40960 2 i915,msi_umi

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz is attached to post

Kernel 4.2 won’t work, you’re getting kernel backtraces unrelated to gpus. To upgrade to the current hwe of 14.04 use

sudo apt-get -s install --install-recommends linux-generic-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-core-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-xenial xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-xenial libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-xenial
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg-lts-xenial

(c/p from ubuntu hwe page)
then blacklist the normal i915 driver by adding

blacklist i915

to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
Reboot, use lsmod | grep i915 to see if i915_bpo gets loaded. Run nvidia-bug-report.sh again.
Though I wonder when this is a fresh install, why have you been using the old hwe? Downloaded wrong install file?

I did as you told.

Kernel and hwe are still the same (according to Xorg.0.log)

nvidia-bug-report is attached to this comment

used for installation a boot-disc given by it-departement to me (also tried it with 16.04, but there the nouveau-driver was very slow, so i used 14.04)
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (80.9 KB)

Like said, it was a c/p and I didn’t notice it had the -s (simulate) option in it. So please run the apt-get commands again but this time remove the -s if the last run didn’t give any errors.
You could have also stayed with 16.04 and install the proprietary driver afterwards to get full accel, just like you did with 14.04.

Installation of hwe was succesfull

Ubuntu 14.04.5 is running with Kernel 4.4.0-101-generic

nvidia-bug-report throws ACPI-errors; see attached file
nvidia-bug-report.171207-2.log.gz (81 KB)

The ACPI errors are “normal”, ignore. System looks better.
You now have the kernel parameter “nomodeset”, please remove that (edit /etc/default/grub and run sudo update-grub).
The normal i915 driver still gets loaded, add the blacklist entry and run sudo update-initramfs -u
Reboot, post a new nvidia-bug-report.

System looks great now

I can login into graphics desktop

nvidia-driver is running smoothly

no more errors in Xorg.0.log

nvidia-bug-report is attached

should I do ‘sudo apt-get update upgrade dist-upgrade’ once more?
nvidia-bug-report.171207-3.log.gz (89.4 KB)

dist-upgrade would take you to the next ubuntu version, since this is a fresh install without data, you’d rather just do a fresh install of 16.04.3. But if you want to train yourself, you can of course do a dist-upgrade.

Definitely do apt-get update then upgrade, there’s only one thing open, from demsg

[    1.790020] i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: Direct firmware load for i915/kbl_dmc_ver1.bin failed with error -2
[    1.790024] i915_bpo 0000:00:02.0: Failed to load DMC firmware [https://01.org/linuxgraphics/intel-linux-graphics-firmwares], disabling runtime power management.

Ubuntu took this specific firmware out of the package at one point due to a regression it caused but it’s unclear to me if this is still the case. So update, reboot then use dmesg |grep “i915_bpo” to see if the message is still there. Then you can decide if you’re manually downloading it and put it in /lib/firmware/i915 or live with it.
Then give your IT a kick because they gave you an outdated install media. Normal procedure would have been:
download Ubuntu 16.04.03 or if necessary 14.04.5, not 16.04, not 16.04.1, not 16.04.2, not 14.04…
put it on a thumb drive
boot
install
reboot
login
klick on ‘install proprietary nvidia driver’
reboot
finish.

PS: when you do a dist-upgrade and you get a kernel >4.8 you have to remove the blacklist i915 entry and udate-initramfs again.

OK, it seems, my problem is solved

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I have the same problem described in this post, but with Ubuntu 16.04. I have a Supermicro GPU server with two k80s that I am trying to set up as a compute box to run multi-gpu applications I have compiled on a development box running two C2075s Unbuntu 14.04. I had not problem setting up the development box, but have a snag setting up the compute box. In setting the box up I installed Nvidia driver on the compute box using sudo apt-get install nvidia-384 nvidia-modprobe". and copied the pgi REDIST directory to its normal location in /opt, setup the LD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable to point to REDIST. This all works well in that I can then run by applications imported from my development box. The problem is, if I re-boot the compute box I get the login-loop problem, as described in this post. I tried the running the fix as described, but the command “sudo apt-get -s install --install-recommends …” does not run as is on Ubuntu 16.04 and I do not have a i915 driver as described. If I purge the nivdia driver with “sudo apt-get purge nvidia*” the login-loop problem goes away. Hence, my current mode of working is to power-up the compute box, login, install the nvidia drivers, run my jobs, purge the nvidia drivers, power off. Not the most efficient. Is there a similar fix for my situation? Any help would be much appreciated.

The following is a listing of various system data and the driver install process:

myname@mybox:~$ cat /etc/*release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=“Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS”
NAME=“Ubuntu”
VERSION=“16.04.5 LTS (Xenial Xerus)”
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME=“Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS”
VERSION_ID=“16.04”
HOME_URL=“http://www.ubuntu.com/
SUPPORT_URL=“http://help.ubuntu.com/
BUG_REPORT_URL=“http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/
VERSION_CODENAME=xenial
UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial

myname@mybox:~$ uname -r
4.4.0-135-generic

myname@mybox:~$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-384 nvidia-modprobe
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
cuda-command-line-tools-9-0 cuda-core-9-0 cuda-cublas-9-0 cuda-cublas-dev-9-0 cuda-cudart-9-0 cuda-cudart-dev-9-0 cuda-cufft-9-0 cuda-cufft-dev-9-0 cuda-curand-9-0 cuda-curand-dev-9-0
cuda-cusolver-9-0 cuda-cusolver-dev-9-0 cuda-cusparse-9-0 cuda-cusparse-dev-9-0 cuda-documentation-9-0 cuda-driver-dev-9-0 cuda-libraries-9-0 cuda-libraries-dev-9-0 cuda-license-9-0
cuda-misc-headers-9-0 cuda-npp-9-0 cuda-npp-dev-9-0 cuda-nvgraph-9-0 cuda-nvgraph-dev-9-0 cuda-nvml-dev-9-0 cuda-nvrtc-9-0 cuda-nvrtc-dev-9-0 cuda-samples-9-0 cuda-toolkit-9-0
cuda-visual-tools-9-0 freeglut3 freeglut3-dev libdrm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libice-dev libllvm3.8 libmircommon5 libpthread-stubs0-dev libqmi-glib1 libqpdf17 libsm-dev libx11-dev
libx11-doc libx11-xcb-dev libxau-dev libxcb-dri2-0-dev libxcb-dri3-dev libxcb-glx0-dev libxcb-present-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-render0-dev libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-sync-dev
libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxcb1-dev libxdamage-dev libxdmcp-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev libxi-dev libxmu-dev libxmu-headers libxshmfence-dev libxt-dev libxxf86vm-dev mesa-common-dev
ubuntu-core-launcher x11proto-core-dev x11proto-damage-dev x11proto-dri2-dev x11proto-fixes-dev x11proto-gl-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev x11proto-xext-dev x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev
xorg-sgml-doctools xtrans-dev
Use ‘sudo apt autoremove’ to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
libcuda1-384 nvidia-opencl-icd-384 nvidia-prime nvidia-settings
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libcuda1-384 nvidia-384 nvidia-modprobe nvidia-opencl-icd-384 nvidia-prime nvidia-settings
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/81.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 363 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 file:/var/cuda-repo-9-0-local nvidia-modprobe 384.81-0ubuntu1 [17.1 kB]
Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-384.
(Reading database … 219477 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack …/nvidia-384_384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb …
Unpacking nvidia-384 (384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) …
Selecting previously unselected package libcuda1-384.
Preparing to unpack …/libcuda1-384_384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb …
Unpacking libcuda1-384 (384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) …
Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-opencl-icd-384.
Preparing to unpack …/nvidia-opencl-icd-384_384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb …
Unpacking nvidia-opencl-icd-384 (384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) …
Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-prime.
Preparing to unpack …/nvidia-prime_0.8.2_amd64.deb …
Unpacking nvidia-prime (0.8.2) …
Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-settings.
Preparing to unpack …/nvidia-settings_396.54-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1_amd64.deb …
Unpacking nvidia-settings (396.54-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1) …
Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-modprobe.
Preparing to unpack …/nvidia-modprobe_384.81-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb …
Unpacking nvidia-modprobe (384.81-0ubuntu1) …
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) …
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) …
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) …
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20180209-0ubuntu1) …
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index…
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) …
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5.2) …
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) …
Setting up nvidia-384 (384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) …
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-384/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-384/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_EGL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_egl_conf) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-384/alt_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-384/alt_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_EGL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_egl_conf) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/nvidia-384/glamor.conf to provide /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/glamoregl.conf (glamor_conf) in auto mode
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
INFO:Enable nvidia-384
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
Adding system user nvidia-persistenced' (UID 121) ... Adding new group nvidia-persistenced’ (GID 129) …
Adding new user nvidia-persistenced' (UID 121) with group nvidia-persistenced’ …
Not creating home directory `/'.
Loading new nvidia-384-384.130 DKMS files…
First Installation: checking all kernels…
Building only for 4.4.0-135-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 4.4.0-135-generic
Done.

nvidia_384:
Running module version sanity check.

  • Original module
    • No original module exists within this kernel
  • Installation
    • Installing to /lib/modules/4.4.0-135-generic/updates/dkms/

nvidia_384_modeset.ko:
Running module version sanity check.

  • Original module
    • No original module exists within this kernel
  • Installation
    • Installing to /lib/modules/4.4.0-135-generic/updates/dkms/

nvidia_384_drm.ko:
Running module version sanity check.

  • Original module
    • No original module exists within this kernel
  • Installation
    • Installing to /lib/modules/4.4.0-135-generic/updates/dkms/

nvidia_384_uvm.ko:
Running module version sanity check.

  • Original module
    • No original module exists within this kernel
  • Installation
    • Installing to /lib/modules/4.4.0-135-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod…

DKMS: install completed.
Setting up libcuda1-384 (384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) …
Setting up nvidia-opencl-icd-384 (384.130-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) …
Setting up nvidia-prime (0.8.2) …
Setting up nvidia-settings (396.54-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1) …
Setting up nvidia-modprobe (384.81-0ubuntu1) …
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) …
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.12) …
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-135-generic
W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/ast_dp501_fw.bin for module ast
Processing triggers for shim-signed (1.33.1~16.04.1+13-0ubuntu2) …
Secure Boot not enabled on this system.
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) …

myname@mybox:~$ nvidia-smi
Sun Sep 23 07:03:56 2018
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 384.130 Driver Version: 384.130 |
|-------------------------------±---------------------±---------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 Tesla K80 Off | 00000000:04:00.0 Off | 0 |
| N/A 70C P0 62W / 149W | 0MiB / 11439MiB | 0% Default |
±------------------------------±---------------------±---------------------+
| 1 Tesla K80 Off | 00000000:05:00.0 Off | 0 |
| N/A 71C P0 71W / 149W | 0MiB / 11439MiB | 0% Default |
±------------------------------±---------------------±---------------------+
| 2 Tesla K80 Off | 00000000:84:00.0 Off | 0 |
| N/A 77C P0 75W / 149W | 0MiB / 11439MiB | 0% Default |
±------------------------------±---------------------±---------------------+
| 3 Tesla K80 Off | 00000000:85:00.0 Off | 0 |
| N/A 74C P0 77W / 149W | 0MiB / 11439MiB | 93% Default |
±------------------------------±---------------------±---------------------+

±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Type Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| No running processes found |
±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

myname@mybox:~$ ls -l .Xauthority
-rw------- 1 myname myname 52 Sep 23 06:38 .Xauthority