[ale] bizarre ubuntu video on Dell optiplex 740 (dropbox images)

[Boris Borisov]

Odd. At least VESA modes should work. Maybe try with some grub parameters
to disable nouveau driver or enforce VESA.

On Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 11:44 <neal at mnopltd.com> wrote:

> There is a chip on the MOBO.   "Integrated nVIDIA® Quadro® NVS 210S" is
> what the spec sheet says.
>
> S706B084   0725A3  TAIWAN  GT6129.1   NF-430-N-A3 is what the chip says.
>
> I have now progressed to where I have no login screen of any flavor,
> including text mode, and the only way in is via Ssh.
>
>
>
> On 2021-02-06 09:45, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:
> > What model Nvidia is in there.
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 10:17 DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On 2/6/21 10:02 AM, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
> >>> sudo ubuntu-drivers
> >>
> >> 20.04 has a few notes in the Release Notes about nvidia GPUs.
> >> Be certain to read it.
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes
> >>
> >> $ sudo apt purge nvidia-*
> >> $ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
> >>
> >> are the commands you want. Since 18.04, AMD and Nvidia GPU drivers
> >> have been available for still supported GPUs.
> >>
> >> The ubuntuforums.org [1] have lots of people who struggle with
> >> dual-GPU
> >> systems, especially when those systems have both nvidia and Intel
> >> iGPUs. Anyways, check there for more help.
> >>
> >> I don't have a system like that and my only 20.04 system runs
> >> inside a VM.  Last month, I moved from 16.04 to 18.04 on most of my
> >> systems. ;) I don't really "do" GUI stuff - still rocking fvwm here.
> >> ;)
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