On Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 8:48 PM Bruce Kilpatrick <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 7/20/20 6:47 PM, Bill Barry wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 8:42 PM Bruce Kilpatrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 7/20/20 6:23 PM, Nat Taylor wrote: > >>> Boot into safe mode or single user mode, so you get a command prompt. > >> Then > >>> you could try checking your dmesg / syslog etc, and maybe uninstalling > >> any > >>> nvidia drivers? > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 8:05 AM Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> On 7/20/20 12:00 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >>>>> On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 21:22:49 -0700 > >>>>> Bruce <[email protected]> dijo: > >>>>> > >>>>>> My Google searches turn up lots of problems with Nvidia. This > laptop > >>>>>> has onboard Intel drivers. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Can anybody point me in the proper direction? > >>>>> The command lshw -c video will tell you which chip it is trying to > use. > >>>>> There are lots of problems with the nouveau driver, especially with > >>>>> older Nvidia chips. > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> PLUG mailing list > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>>> > >>>> This laptop is running an Intel chipset. The driver is i915. > >>>> > >>>> It's strange that things work during boot showing the Ubuntu logo then > >>>> just stops around the time the desktop should appear > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> PLUG mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> PLUG mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>> > >> I have perused the lists as I can boot and run without the HDMI cable. > >> Nothing stood out. I'll have to peek at it in a bit to see if it has > >> any Nvidia drivers. The laptop is all Intel chipset, but it's worth a > look > >> > > > > > > Well does it work if you boot without the HDMI cable, then plug it in > after > > it boots? > > > > Bill > > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > That sends the screen on the laptop to a blank (possibly flashing) and > the TV saying it has no incoming signal > Looks like the same bug being reported here. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1871721 They are attributing it to problems with Nvidia drivers as you would, but it might be a more general problem. I don't see any solution in the thread, but a few had luck just turning the power on and off on the external monitor. Bill _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
