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bob:
I've been seeing system lockups on my test 16.04.1 system when playing video.
It turns out that noveau doesn't seem to work properly even with MC's pretty simple video playback.
So I went to try and install the nvidia driver for my video card, a GT 640 and now X is basically unusable.
If I try to load the driver to see if it's working (modprobe nvidia) I get an nvidia_370 unknown symbol or parameter.
The kernel is the stock 4.4.0-38-generic
Anyone want to help me get this going?
Awesome Donkey:
How did you try to install the Nvidia driver? Using the one from Nvidia's website?
I suggest using this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
bob:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on September 27, 2016, 02:58:30 pm ---How did you try to install the Nvidia driver? Using the one from Nvidia's website?
I suggest using this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
--- End quote ---
I tried the website, then backed that out and tried the PPA you listed above. No joy.
Edit: worked for 14.04 on the same machine. I guess I have to mess with it some more.
Awesome Donkey:
This might also help: http://askubuntu.com/questions/760997/how-to-recover-from-a-nvidia-fail-on-ubuntu-16-04
I've broken X many times in the past with both Nvidia and AMD proprietary drivers. Usually if I can't fix/reverse it, I'll just reinstall the distro I'm using. :P Ubuntu 16.10 out in two weeks!
Still, I can't wait to try out Wayland/Mir and replace X for good... if it's ever released (in Mir's case, at least). Nvidia driver support for Wayland and Mir, as far as I still know, is pretty abysmal at best.
Awesome Donkey:
Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak came out today, and boy doing a clean install was an adventure for me. I had to use nomodeset it to install and boot for the first time so I could install the Nvidia proprietary drivers for my 970 or else it'd just black screen of death on me. 16.04 works fine for me out of the box with no issues with install or first boot (or any boot, really). It's also pretty messed up in my VMware VM right now as well (had to disable 3d graphics for it to even boot).
I'd suggest avoiding this one for now and sticking with 16.04 LTS. Personally, I'm considering going back to Arch Linux.
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