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

[Boris Borisov]

Or install xvnc using the ssh access and from there can try installing the
proprietary Nvidia drivers. I'm testing one Nvidia card and shownin driver
390 proprietary and tested.

On Sat, Feb 6, 2021, 12:05 <neal at mnopltd.com> wrote:

> I shall research that right after lunch.   Don't need fancy.   Just not
> crazy.
>
>
> On 2021-02-06 10:49, Boris Borisov wrote:
> > 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] [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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