Latest NVidia driver f-d up my video

[Bret Busby]

On 18/8/24 04:04, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 7:00 AM Little Girl <littlergirl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey there,
>>
> :
>>
>> We also have yet to find out how MR ZenWiz manages his driver since
>> that's probably important for figuring out how to fix what went
>> wrong. For instance, when I did the recent update botch, I was afraid
>> to try some of the suggestions I found online because they were
>> manual fixes and I wasn't sure if the changes they made would
>> interfere with Ubuntu's and NVIDIA's automatic intervention on my
>> behalf the next time there's an update. The same sort of concern may
>> apply to MR ZenWiz's circumstances.
>>
> I have no special process for updating. I usually just use the
> Software Updater when it tells me there's an update available.
> 
> That's what I did this time, and blam - it failed. I have since run a
> number of updates (none of which include the kernel or nvidia driver),
> and those have worked just fine on my 6.5.0.45 kernel revision.
> 
> Occasionally I'll use a shell function I wrote:
> 
> update ()
> {
>      typeset SX=false;
>      [[ "$1" == "-x" ]] && SX=true && shift && set -x;
>      [[ "$1" =~ -[hH?] || "$1" == "--help" ]] && echo "update
> [-hH?][-p]" && return 0;
>      sudo /usr/bin/apt update;
>      sudo /usr/bin/apt-file update;
>      sudo /usr/bin/apt -y full-upgrade;
>      [[ "$1" == "-p" ]] && read -p "Clean up (Y/n) ? " ln;
>      [[ $ln =~ nN ]] && return 0;
>      sudo /usr/bin/apt -y clean;
>      sudo /usr/bin/apt -y autoremove;
>      sudo /usr/bin/apt -y autoclean;
>      [[ -f $HOME/var/mlocate.db ]] || return 0;
>      [[ -x /usr/bin/updatedb ]] && echo "Running updatedb..." &&
> /usr/bin/updatedb -l 0 -o $HOME/var/mlocate.db -U $HOME;
>      $SX && set +x
> }
> 
> I do not know for sure that the nvidia driver was involved at all, but
> I also have not disabled it entirely - I don't want to f-up a good
> working version on my main desktop computer. I should also note that
> my laptop is running merrily away on the 6.8.0.40 kernel, but it has a
> whole different hardware configuration - i7-1065G7 CPU, Intel video
> integrated on the M/B - it's an LG-17Z90N.
> 
> HTH. TIA.
> 
> Mark
> 
I am wondering whether, with all that has gone into this problem, so 
far, it would be more worthwhile to start again, with a new system 
installation, and, I am wondering, as this seems related to the 
particular kernel, unless that is the standard kernel for Ubuntu 24.04, 
whether it would not be advisable to, in performing a clean system 
installation, revert to using the standard kernel for the Ubuntu version.

As the 6.x kernel seems to be involved in the problem, this is 
appearing, to me, to look increasingly like a Ubuntu implementation of 
Debian Sid, or Debian Experimental.

But, then, my level of knowledge at that level, is not overly high.

With my nVidia drivers (different ones on different computers), I 
install the drivers upgrades, before I install the kernel upgrades - I 
install most packages upgrades, using the Software Updater, until I need 
to do a system reboot, involving shutting everything down, first, then, 
after I have shut everything down, I run the commands
sudo -i
apt update
apt full-upgrade
apt autoremove -y
apt autoclean
shutdown -r now

to deal with kernel updates, and, it seems to work for me, for dealing 
with kernel updates and other packages updates.

..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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