On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:31:02 -0800 Dick Steffens <[email protected]> dijo:
>On 1/21/20 10:14 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:29:48 -0800 >> Dick Steffens <[email protected]> dijo: >> >>> Back when I first set up the machine I ran >>> >>> $ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall >>> >>> Would the right thing to do be to run >>> >>> $ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall -f >>> >>> or something else? I'm running the 390 driver. >>> >>> I don't have similar notes for installing VirtualBox. What is the >>> correct command for reinstalling that? >> I'm a big fan of Synaptic package manager, mostly because of the ease >> of searching. If you type 'nvidia' into the search box it will cough >> up all the packages that have 'nvidia' in the package name or >> description - which means it will even display the nouveau driver. >> >> Once you have the search results click on the status button and >> select 'installed.' That should show all the nvidia drivers that you >> have installed (just one, hopefully). Right click on it and choose >> 'reinstall.' > >Thanks. That didn't appear to do anything. >I still have only one monitor working, and it is running at a low >resolution. > >I also get a "System program problem detected" I chose the "Report >problem..." button. That box goes away, and it doesn't appear that >anything happened. Is there somewhere I can look to see what the >detected problem is? Maybe that will be a clue. Because it goes away, >I've forgotten to mention it, but I got that notice every time I >rebooted today. > >In Synaptic, the little box for nvidia-driver-390 is still green. First, are you sure the 390 driver is the right one for your card? If I recall correctly, when you select the driver in Synaptic there is a box below the list of packages that gives you information about the driver. Last time I looked it said things like 'for the G-blob series of chips.' As for messages, look at /var/log/messages. It's a long document, but if you open it in Mousepad or Gedit you can do a search on things like 'nvidia' and such. Oh, and I find it interesting that you have an Intel CPU, but lshw didn't find the video on it. Maybe your Intel CPU doesn't come with video. And another thought - we seem to assume that the problem must be software. What if the card is not properly seated? What if it's really kaput? I had the nVidia chip on my old laptop fail after six months or so. Do you have another video card you can stick in the machine for a test? (Hint: Free Geek has a lot of them.) That's all I can think of for now. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
