On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:40:57 -0700 Dick Steffens <d...@dicksteffens.com> wrote:
> 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. > > I'm taking a poll. i've had nothing but trouble with nouveau drivers, starting with boot time parameters to disable it so my computer would boot. BUT, that's because laptop. So i've had to install the nvidia drivers. I'm just curious as to what others have experienced with the nouveau drivers vs using the nvidia drivers (i'm using Mint). -- Brian
