Nvidia driver crash my Linux mint 18.2's Cinnamon

[shawn]

Setup:
OS: Linux mint 18.2
Nvidia driver: nvidia-396 version 396.24.02
GPU: GTX1060

My Cinnamon keeps crashing with this Nvidia driver.

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uname -a: Linux sn-N8xxEP6 4.13.0-45-generic #50~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 30 11:18:27 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Appreciate help with steps.

[richyrich]

Un-official drivers installed without Mint Driver Manager will do that sometimes.
Did you have problems with the available drivers in Driver manager?

[shawn]

I have also tried:
nvidia-390.67
nvidia-384.130

These drivers crash my Cinnamon as well.

xserver-xorg-video-nouveau v1:1.0.12 is the only one that don't crash...

I have just upgraded to Linux Mint 18.3 hoping it will resolve the problem, but, no luck.

Setup:
OS: Linux mint 18.2
Nvidia driver: nvidia-396 version 396.24.02
GPU: GTX1060

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uname -a: Linux sn-N8xxEP6 4.13.0-45-generic #50~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 30 11:18:27 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[slipstick]

Have you tried using "nomodeset" at boot-up? I have a Nvidia 750 Ti adapter, using the 384.130 driver, and I have to use nomodeset or else Cinnamon will crash almost every time at log-in. You can try that to see if it works, following these instructions:
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_sylvia_cinnamon.php
Scroll down to "Solving freezes during the boot sequence" (ignore the sentence "With these drivers the system should now be stable and you no longer need to use "nomodeset".", which is not true for my system, as I have to use nomodeset at every boot).

If that solves your problem, then you can make "nomodeset" permanent so you don't have to enter it at every boot. Edit (as Root) the file /etc/default/grub and add "nomodeset" (without the quotes) to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. Make sure it goes within the quote marks and if there is anything else like "quiet splash" just leave a space, for example GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset". Then open a terminal and enter this command:

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sudo update-grub

From then on, every boot will have nomodeset.

[joyang90]

I'm having the save problem but using "nomodeset" suggested by user lipstick work on me. Thanks

[trytip]

had issues with nvidia-340 it could not hold settings with my monitor/tv setup. in my case it turned out to be that the xorg nouveau driver wasn't removed when installing nvidia-340 from driver manager. but once removed nouveau i had no tear, movies and web played pretty good. i didn't even have to resort to any no_tear tricks. i am using kernel 4.17.4 not sure if that has anything to do with it or not.

[shawn]

I tried

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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset"
"nouveau.noaccel=1"
"nomodeset"
"noapic noacpi nosplash irqpoll"

And created blacklist-nouveau.conf with

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blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

But, still crashing... god

[Citizen229]

I do not use Cinnamon. From what i have gathered from other readings is certain applets can make Cin crash. Try removing applets one at a time and rebooting. There are plenty of posts involving Cin crashing.

[MrBollie]

I'm using ARCH instead of Mint with the very same configuration. But perhaps what I recently found out might be of some help.

X crashes when you use bumblebeed with bbswitch when the nvidia card is in status OFF. On other laptops, it sometimes help to fidle around with the acpi_osi boot params until you find a setting that allows proper booting. So far, I haven't found any and have set PMMethod=off in my bumblebeed.conf

Cheers
Bollie