[PLUG] Xbuntu starts up in a low resolution mode

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Tue Jan 21 23:43:37 UTC 2020


On 1/21/20 3:36 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
> 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.

I'll try that next.

However, I also can't start VirtualBox. Some of my reading points to:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEFI/SecureBoot/DKMS

Does this make any sense? Or do I need to do for VirtualBox what you 
recommend for nVidia?

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Regards,

Dick Steffens




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