Drivers 396.18-396.24 with the Linux kernel 4.16 and X.Org 1.20 at startup X.Org hangs (only hard-reset helps). With Linux 4.15 situation the same.
What to do? X.Org hangs even before anything begins to write to the log file. The only way out I see is downgrade to X.Org 1.19 and use 390.25 driver.
Anything n dmesg? Are you using a specific xorg.conf? Please run nvidia-bug-report.sh as root and attach the resulting .gz file to your post. Hovering the mouse over an existing post will reveal a paperclip icon.
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz – https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cHQUh8kvOjTSYVBD7mCQ2eDtMu6Alccg
dmesg.log – https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KZnk7SSh_sT8yXqsAWUuwtZ0SSM3XUDH
dmesg.log after startx:
May 12 23:59:08 BratSinot kernel: [ 98.464268] NVRM: GPU at PCI:0000:01:00: GPU-b4305c5a-001f-124c-302b-e9150e28bec3
May 12 23:59:08 BratSinot kernel: [ 98.464269] NVRM: GPU Board Serial Number:
May 12 23:59:08 BratSinot kernel: [ 98.464272] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:01:00): 62, 0ac0(2f10) 00000000 00000000
Xorg.log.0 is empty, because system crash before X start.
And after nvidia-bug-report.sh i got something like these:
So, seems like these problem like in Windows with 397.* with Palit 1060 (i got problem on my Windows 7 too). And seems it’s driver problem:
Yes, known bug, you found the right thread.