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How to start Ubuntu in Console mode
I want to know if there is a way to switch to console mode from the boot menu. I have an NVIDIA 1070 and every time there is an update, the GUI stops working. All I need to do is re-install the ...
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Enabling Nvidia driver messes up splash screen
When you boot from live CD, or doing the first boot after installing Ubuntu, splash screen looks awesome. But as soon as you enable nvidia-current driver, installed with apt-get, splash screen goes ...
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NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 23s! [nvidia-smi:566]
I installed Xubuntu xfce 16.04, everything was fine, the boot time was about 10 sec, but I could not play games. Then I installed nvidia drivers (I have GTX950, and monitor 2560x1080), it would only ...
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18.04 on MSI GE63 - boot hangs at 'Loading initial ramdisk' without `acpi=off`
I've been trying to get Ubuntu 18.04 LTS running on my new MSI GE63 Raider. I can get into the live USB by passing acpi=off and then running the installer. After that, I install the proprietary nvidia ...
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Black screen at boot after Nvidia driver installation on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
I have recently built a new PC on which I installed Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS alongside windows (dual-boot). After trying to update the Nvidia driver using the following command:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-...
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12.04.3 can start only after I press "resume" in rescue mode (every boot) - problem with Nvidia driver
I've tried to install maybe ten Linux distros on my new PC, and every time I have problems with video drivers: black screen or visual artefacts.
I was able to install only Ubuntu 12.04.3 64-bit, but ...
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Boot screen in low graphics/text mode
My ubuntu boot screen shows up in a strange low resolution, almost text mode, instead the usual and sleek white "ubuntu" over dark background. It's not a big issue because when GDM loads everything ...
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Ubuntu 18.10: Installing nvidia drivers leads to black screen after GRUB
I upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10 without any errors. When I restarted, I got a black screen with a blinking cursor (couldn't type anything) right after GRUB. Pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2 got me to a ...
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New laptop (Skylake) cannot boot Xubuntu even with boot parameters
I recently bought a new laptop and I would love to install Xubuntu 15.10 next to the current Windows 10 installation.
The laptop I bought is a the ASUS ROG GL552VW-CN104T.
The CPU of this laptop is ...
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Black screen after GRUB selection, boot from USB live
I've got new laptop and I've been trying to install Ubuntu dualboot alongside with Windows 10.
I'm in GRUB menu after boot USB where options are:
Try Ubuntu without installing
Install Ubuntu
OEM ...
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Black screen when loading ubuntu live usb
I'm having trouble loading a live USB of Ubuntu 16.04.1 desktop.
I have an existing windows 10 install and when I run msinfo32 it reports BIOS mode as legacy.
When my bios splash screen I select ...
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NVidia driver, normal boot results in blank screen, recovery boot works fine
Ok, so, like many others I'm having a lot of trouble with NVidia drivers, in this case, the new 340.32 ones downloaded from here (http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html), but I've had these problems ...
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Black screen with nVidia drivers on ubuntu [duplicate]
I have: ASUS P4V800D-X Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.80GHz 2.5GB RAM 40GB HDD nVidia 9500GT
When I installed nVidia drivers downloaded from nvidia.com website (selected recommended drivers), I simply can't ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: Cursor blinking at boot after installing nvidia drivers
I've just installed NVIDIA proprietary drivers (nvidia-driver-460 from additional drivers). After reboot, I get a black screen with a cursor blinking. After a few seconds, I've moved to a tty using ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 boots to black screen with flashing cursor
This is a recent installation which appeared to be working just fine. While sorting out some teething troubles with ESP-IDF I got a warning about some update failure - no details - and then nothing ...
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