On 08/05/2017 09:04 PM, Alan wrote: > On Fri, 2017-08-04 at 10:04 -0700, Bill Morita wrote: >> 16.04.3 VGA Graphic display stopped working. >> Even a No-Machine connection does not seem to work. >> >> Ctrl-Alt-F1 does get me a simple text terminal. >> >> Anybody else seen this ? >> >> It has happened on both my systems. >> Currently booting to an older kernel to operated. >> > > What video card? What does lspci show? > _______________________________________________
Bill More importantly, what does lsmod show? You have terminal output so the card is working (hence nothing new in lspci). if the nouveau (Mesa, F/OSS) or nvidia (proprietary) modules are not loaded... Check: /var/log/Xorg.0.log for clues. Did you update the kernel just before you lost the X display? If using the proprietary binary nvidia blob, the kernel module is tied to a particular kernel version/release. After kernel update, you have to recompile the nvidia module kernel interface. Ubuntu and derivatives have a nasty habit of automatically updating the kernel on a whim, resulting in the death of proprietary drivers. -Ed _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
