[Bug 1889541] Re: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen
OK, I didn't mean to have a guarantee but just a flavour. I bougth the new GPU, also because in the process of renewing a bit my old machine, replacing the GPU was quite needed anyhow. In case it won't work properly I'll give it back, but I'm confident it'll work. Thanks for your support. Regards -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1889541 Title: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1889541/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1889541] Re: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen
I can't be sure that buying a new GPU will solve the problem so that is at your own risk and expense... But such a new(er) GPU does support Nvidia's latest drivers. In fact I've been using a GT 1030 in recent months for my own Nvidia-related work in Ubuntu 20.10. And that card is roughly 7x more powerful than your current one. But I can't predict the future and can't guarantee you won't face new problems or the same problems. I've just logged on again (it's Friday night here) to see what recent Ubuntu updates might have caused this issue... It can't be nvidia- graphics-drivers-340 because that's never changed. So perhaps it was a kernel update or xorg-server update. To test this properly, without buying anything, I suggest reinstalling Ubuntu with networking *disabled*, but the 3rd part components option *enabled*. That will give you a fresh Ubuntu system without any updates installed, and hopefully with nvidia-340 installed right from the beginning (it's included in the Ubuntu installer). If that works then we can figure out more easily what software updates (if any) have caused the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1889541 Title: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1889541/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1889541] Re: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen
Im considering, as your suggestion in the other post, to buy a new GPU (GeForce GT 1030) and for example I've seen the following on Amazon, with also Prime so I would get it tomorrow: - Gigabyte GT 1030 Low Profile 2G - graphics cards (NVIDIA, GeForce GT 1030, 4096 x 2160 pixels, 1257 MHz, 1506 MHz, 2 GB), GV-N1030D5-2GL I've checked it should be compatible with my old P5QL PRO mother board, therefore I assume it should address the problem Do you think a new GPU with the most recent drivers would solve my issue? Thanks. Regards, -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1889541 Title: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1889541/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1889541] Re: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen
I would be curious to see what a fresh install looks like. Because when you first started reporting these bugs you had disabled the open source driver in the kernel, didn't have the proprietary driver installed, and had installed a custom unsupported kernel. So I am still skeptical that some of those changes, or other changes, may have broken the system. Sorry it's so complicated... Nvidia retires their "old" hardware very quickly. Even when many of us would not consider it "old". Yours is in the process of being retired as it's only "supported" via an old driver. And that old driver is too old for newer kernels. It would be easy to blame Nvidia but you have to remember that these problems don't happen on Windows. So I would also blame the design of the Linux kernel for not providing a stable ABI (one that doesn't require rebuilding drivers). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1889541 Title: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1889541/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1889541] Re: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen
I would be curious to see what a fresh install looks like. Because when you first stated reporting these bugs you had disabled the open source driver in the kernel, didn't have the proprietary driver installed, and had installed a custom unsupported kernel. So I am still skeptical that some of those changes, or other changes, may have broken the system. Sorry it's so complicated... Nvidia retires their "old" hardware very quickly. Even when many of us would not consider it "old". Yours is in the process of being retired as it's only "supported" via an old driver. And that old driver is too old for newer kernels. It would be easy to blame Nvidia but you have to remember that these problems don't happen on Windows. So I would also blame the design of the Linux kernel for not providing a stable ABI (one that doesn't require rebuilding drivers). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1889541 Title: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1889541/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1889541] Re: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen
I installed the OS 3 times in the last two weeks to get rid of the nvidia problem without any success :-( I was hoping to find a way to identify in the logs what's going wrong because a fresh install won't solve the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1889541 Title: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1889541/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1889541] Re: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen
That's actually good news then. If you can safely wipe the machine and reinstall then it sounds like a fresh install might eliminate whatever the cause of the problem is. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1889541 Title: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1889541/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1889541] Re: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen
It was Ubuntu 20.04 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1889541 Title: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1889541/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1889541] Re: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen
I don't think your choice of hard drive is causing this problem. And your kernel log reports no errors with the Crucial SSD... When it was working 2 weeks ago, was that Ubuntu 20.04 or an older version? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1889541 Title: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1889541/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1889541] Re: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen
I actually think it must be somehow related to my configuration, because in my previous installation in the same machine (I had to install a fresh new Ubuntu around 2 weeks ago after an HDD major crash), I was able to install nvidia-340 drivers. The only difference between the old and the new machine configurations are the storage: >>> PAST: I had a Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD >>> NEW: I have a Crucial 500 GB SDD (where OS is installed) and a Toshiba 3 TB HDD But I don't think this could make any difference on nvidia-340 behaviour -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1889541 Title: Booting Ubuntu with Nvidia-340 gets stuck on a plain purple screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340/+bug/1889541/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
