On 9/13/22 16:35, Dick Steffens wrote:
I am trying to install Xubuntu 20.04 on a Lenovo Ideapad 330. The base
install worked fine. It asked me if I wanted to install updates. I
said yes. It proceeded to do that for a lot of minutes (I was reading
news on another computer, so I don't know exactly how long). At some
point the screen went blank. I waited for another long bit of minutes
and tried moving the mouse, thinking it might be a screen saver issue,
but with no results. I can see the mouse pointer, but get no response
to clicks. I powered down and back up. The screen shows the Lenovo
splash image, then the xubuntu logo with the arc chasing around in a
circle, then the list of journal recovery stuff, then a blank screen
with the clock in the upper right hand corner, and then a blank screen
with the mouse pointer.
Any ideas on where to start to look to solve this one?
I had a recollection that the nVidia drivers might be the problem. I
found instructions for removing then and going to the Nouveau drivers at:
https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/disable-remove-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu/
That site is aimed at standard Ubuntu, but by following the command line
instructions, with the exception of the one that wants ubuntu-desktop
installed, and substituting xubuntu-desktop, the removal worked. The
nouveau drivers were present, and a reboot brought up the normal xubuntu
screen.
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Regards,
Dick Steffens
