Since nouveau isn't loading, you have at least part of the nvidia driver
installed. But, for some reason the nvidia.ko module is not loading.
The easiest thing to do here would be to uninstall/reinstall the nvidia
driver. This will force it to recompile the kernel interface and refresh
any other files that were lost. it might also be a good idea to run updates
before you reinstall the driver. I bet it pulled in a kernel update, but
for some reason the DKMS scripts weren't triggered, which will cause
exactly this issue. The nvidia module has to be rebuilt every time the
kernel is updated so when this happens reinstalling the driver usually
forces it to do the rebuild.
Verify that you only have 1 version of the nvidia drivers installed to
prevent conflicts, and then reinstall all packages associated with that
version. After a reboot it should load nvidia.ko and put everything back in
it's rightful place.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 12:41 PM Dick Steffens <d...@dicksteffens.com> wrote:
> On 1/21/20 10:59 AM, Dick Steffens wrote:
> > I looked at the BIOS but couldn't find where to change the secure boot
> > setting. DuckDuckGo provide many useless (to me) discussions about
> > disabling secure boot, but none that actually showed how to do it.
> > Most referred to the OS setting, but I don't find that on my version
> > of the BIOS.
> >
> > Since I need to get some work done, I'm copying needed files to my
> > older machine, including my T-bird profile. I'll be back online after
> > that.
>
> In the process of switching machines I need to transfer a license for my
> transcription software that runs on my virtual Win 7 machine. When I
> tried to start up the virtual machine I got an error message:
>
> > Failed to open a session for the virtual machine ENU2-Win7.
> >
> > The virtual machine 'ENU2-Win7' has terminated unexpectedly during
> > startup with exit code 1 (0x1).
> >
> > Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
> > Component: MachineWrap
> > Interface: IMachine {5047460a-265d-4538-b23e-ddba5fb84976}
>
> From my earlier reading I saw that this was also related to secure
> boot, and not having a signed something or other.
>
> So now I need to find out how to disable secure boot, or learn that my
> research is a red herring and that the problem is something else that
> probably happened during the Ubuntu update.
>
> What do I do next?
>
> BTW, I am on my older machine, and I have the newer machine running in
> low resolution mode.
>
> Also, the good folks at Transcription Gear unlocked my copy of Gear
> Player on my older machine and I'm getting my work done. This has taken
> away some of the urgency, but I'd really like to fix the newer machine.
>
> And, I got the notice of an update on my newer machine, and I'm not
> running that until I find out how to fix what it will likely do.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
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