you need to install the proper kernel modules for your new Nvidia card. don't bother with the official Nvidia driver installer for Linux. it never works. you need to find it in your repo.
I would recommend going on the AMD side of things for graphics cards at least until Nvidia stops making their cards only run with signed blobs. On 04/17/2017 09:02 AM, Robert Kopp wrote: > Until recently, I had been running my Sabertooth-based system with Ubuntu > 16.10 64-bit and an AMD R9 270 GPU. Then last week I swapped that card for a > somewhat better Nvidia card, the Geforce 970. > When attempting to boot in the usual way, there is a bunch of garbage on the > screen. Since I had intended to upgrade to 17.04 anyhow, I installed that on > a scratch disk to determine what the results would be, using a text-based > installation. Upon booting into that installation, I again got a bunch of > garbage on the screen (but the rest of the hardware appears to be working). > If I could get a text console (R/W), it would improve my chances of solving > this problem. Is there a way to do this? I would even consider a different > version of Linux that is better adapted to Nvidia hardware, if anyone has > advice. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
