Hardware Stuck at 640x480 on Ubuntu 18.04

MaxiBash · May 7, 2019

Here I am, yet again with another PC that barely works.
I updated this PC to Ubuntu 18.04 today, and I´m stuck at this awful resolution and none of the settings would let me go any higher.
I´m connected to VGA using a Hitachi TV (which can go up to 1920x1080), and it comes up as an unregoniced monitor. Even when checking the ¨Updates¨ section, it says all the drivers are installed.

For anyone wondering, this is a nVidea GeForce 6200 TurboCache. I don´t know what command to use in terminal, since I can´t find anything online.

Once again, any help is appreciated, and this is now the 3rd time where I roll around with a driver issue. I´m sorry that I come here so often with constantly the same problem over and over again.

lucks · May 7, 2019

You should see ubuntu wiki.

Here
https://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/Hardware/Video/Nvidia/DriverNouveau

Your gpu is nv44, maybe the driver for that is not in the official ppa, so you may need to add an external ppa (you should find it there)

Disable nouveau if you plan to use the nvidia driver (i don t know if ubuntu will do it for you)

MaxiBash · May 7, 2019

I haven't even installed Nouveau yet, I don't even know how. I'm new to Ubuntu, so I don't know how to do anything.

Deleted User · May 7, 2019

actually you just need to edit this in the Options... Options -> Display
and there you should see Full HD as option

MaxiBash · May 7, 2019

Sumandora said:
actually you just need to edit this in the Options... Options -> Display
and there you should see Full HD as option

Sorry my man,

Deleted User · May 7, 2019

Trash_Bandatcoot said:
Sorry my man,
View attachment 166214

make sure that your TV is supporting it like it should... check these options

lucks · May 7, 2019

Ubuntu wiki is where you will find all the info.

Follow instructions in that page to install the correct nvidia driver.

I m using an other distro but i use ubuntu from time to time, i don t remember all the menus now but there should be an app to set and add ppas, otherwise it s easy to add them with a terminal (add-apt-repository command)

After that, try to use the ubuntu driver manager to install the driver, otherwise install it manually and follow the wiki.

MaxiBash · May 7, 2019

Sumandora said:
make sure that your TV is supporting it like it should... check these options

I'm 100% sure that my TV supports higher resoultions. During a standart setup, it would go to 1920x1080 for a brief moment, try to continue the installation, but then it ends on a black screen with no activity whatsoever.
I had to enable "nomodeset" during the setup and it worked fine after that in a 640x480 resolution, but now it's stuck on that one.

Deleted User · May 7, 2019

Trash_Bandatcoot said:
I'm 100% sure that my TV supports higher resoultions. During a standart setup, it would go to 1920x1080 for a brief moment, try to continue the installation, but then it ends on a black screen with no activity whatsoever.
I had to enable "nomodeset" during the setup and it worked fine after that in a 640x480 resolution, but now it's stuck on that one.

youre not supposed to dock your switch while the setup...

lucks · May 7, 2019

Trash_Bandatcoot said:
I'm 100% sure that my TV supports higher resoultions. During a standart setup, it would go to 1920x1080 for a brief moment, try to continue the installation, but then it ends on a black screen with no activity whatsoever.
I had to enable "nomodeset" during the setup and it worked fine after that in a 640x480 resolution, but now it's stuck on that one.

You may need to remove that when the proper driver is up and running.

It is a common issue with older cards becuase they are not supported very well today

lucks · May 7, 2019

Sumandora said:
youre not supposed to dock your switch while the setup...

Is this a switch?
I though he was speaking about a pc??

lembi2001 · May 7, 2019

Sumandora said:
youre not supposed to dock your switch while the setup...

It's not a switch, it's a PC with a Geforce 6200 as stated by OP.

MaxiBash · May 7, 2019

lucks said:
You may need to remove that when the proper driver is up and running.

It is a common issue with older cards becuase they are not supported very well today

I can disable it?
Is it still enabled now?

Deleted User · May 7, 2019

lembi2001 said:
It's not a switch, it's a PC with a Geforce 6200 as stated by OP.

oh thanks chrome that you copied this icon... from Switch Threads...

MaxiBash · May 7, 2019

lucks said:
Is this a switch?
I though he was speaking about a pc??

It's not a Switch, he probably made a jumpcut from the Switch forums to the PC forums.

lucks · May 7, 2019

Not now, install the drivers first and make sure they are set correctly

MaxiBash · May 7, 2019

lucks said:
Not now, install the drivers first and make sure they are set correctly

I'm still way too confused...
Am I suppost to download something? I checked and identified my chip, and the rest of this is all ruff-translated from Italian to English.

I'm sorry for my stupidity here, this is all very new to me...

lucks · May 7, 2019

Uh?
Wrong lang, my browser is stupid...use the english wiki of corse.

I don t know all the steps because i don t have ubuntu right know, look for the ppa that contains the drivers for card, then add the ppa and install the driver.

This is the first step, also make sure it does work on your ubuntu version, in case the driver has issues with 18.x

MaxiBash · May 7, 2019

I'm now in a dead end. There is no proper tutorial and "sudo pacman" isn't longer availible.
If someone who has Ubuntu and actually can help me, then that would be great.

mbcrazed · May 7, 2019

Trash_Bandatcoot said:
I'm now in a dead end. There is no proper tutorial and "sudo pacman" isn't longer availible.
If someone who has Ubuntu and actually can help me, then that would be great.

I'll try to help you out, friend. What I would recommend is installing the graphics drivers ppa. You could be missing the GPU's drivers.

To do this, open a terminal and enter these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

sudo apt-get update

then reboot your computer to see if there is any change. If not, let me know.

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