Hardware Stuck at 640x480 on Ubuntu 18.04

MaxiBash · May 7, 2019

mbcrazed said:
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.

Tried that, and it said it didn't have any source software.

I even finally managed to remove the "nomodeset" command and rebooted. It shows these paterns instead with no activity after that.

Yeah, there's definetly something wrong with the currently installed drivers, and I'm slowly thinking about buying a "Ubuntu for dummies", if any of them exist.

lucks · May 7, 2019

pacman is archlinux, debian and "sons" use apt-get.

enable modeset

see here
https://askubuntu.com/questions/68906/how-can-i-get-my-geforce-6200-working-properly

it seems that the nvidia drivers are not that good for your old card, so you may want to try nouveau first.

nouveau should be already installed, if not, sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

then edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf like this

Code:

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Nvidia card"
    Driver "nouveau"
EndSection

and reboot and try with no nomodeset

Idontknowwhattoputhere · May 7, 2019

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

for fuck sake man THIS IS A PC NOT A SWITCH

mbcrazed · May 7, 2019

Trash_Bandatcoot said:
Tried that, and it said it didn't have any source software.

I even finally managed to remove the "nomodeset" command and rebooted. It shows these paterns instead with no activity after that.
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Yeah, there's definetly something wrong with the currently installed drivers, and I'm slowly thinking about buying a "Ubuntu for dummies", if any of them exist.

Alright, try what luck's said below to get it working, and if not you'll have to display the list of packages installed in safe mode and uninstall any duplicates. I would recommend trying what luck's said though.

MaxiBash · May 7, 2019

I have a busy day tomorrow, so I won't be able to try any of this out until Thursday.

Wish me good luck!

MaxiBash · May 8, 2019

The command showed this...

Oddly enough, it's trying to mount drive E: (which doesn't exis5) and then it tells me that the lockout for dpkg-frontend is not availible.
Also, I don't know how to delete drivers in safe mode, which makes this even more confusing, again.

lucks · May 9, 2019

E: is not a drive, linux does not name drives like window
It means Error

Why are u in safe mode? You said you could boot your pc.

Try this
https://askubuntu.com/questions/797609/apt-get-install-is-not-working-because-of-dpkg-how-to-solve

Anyway, maybe you should begin with a working pc and get familiar with linux first, then you can try to mess with drivers and configs.

MaxiBash · May 9, 2019

It's as if Ubuntu doesn't want me to use this OS.

This is just coming from my perspective, but how can anyone with SO MANY ISSUES, with a noob like me, use **this** as their base OS?
I'm slowly starting to scream now, any solution I try leads to an error message.

lucks · May 9, 2019

Linux supports almost every hardware but not oob, ancient things require some work, tests etc..

Ubuntu is perfect if you want to try linux but you are supposed to use supported hw if its your first time.

You may also want to try an older version of ubuntu, 10 or 11
You should be able to see additional drivers there by adding the nvidia ppa for that version.

MaxiBash · May 10, 2019

I think it's also worth mentioning now that after installing some packages in safe mode, it made a jumpcut to 1024 x 768. It still couldn't detect what the input was, but it showed it can work.

Then I restarted, and it was back at 480p.
Maybe I need to search for VGA controllers?

lucks · May 10, 2019

You need the driver
Also why safe mode? It should boot.
Try to exit safe mode and retry the commands for dpkg

Also close every app, just leave 1 terminal and type the commands

MaxiBash · May 10, 2019

lucks said:
You need the driver
Also why safe mode? It should boot.
Try to exit safe mode and retry the commands for dpkg

Also close every app, just leave 1 terminal and type the commands

Already tried that. I wasn’t even in safe mode until I went on downloading the packages in safe mode.

lucks · May 10, 2019

Same error?

https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/07/how-to-fix-could-not-get-lock.html?m=1

Try to remove the locks, first /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend (at the bottom of the page) and follow instructions

MaxiBash · May 10, 2019

lucks said:
Same error?

https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/07/how-to-fix-could-not-get-lock.html?m=1

Try to remove the locks, first /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend (at the bottom of the page) and follow instructions

Maybe you didn't get it, but I can't remove locks.
2 images above you saw it doesn't work and I end in an end-stat error.

Correction: I deleted 1 lock and I was already warned some packages could not be installed. It seems like some Nouveau packages got installed, but not enough to get around those weird paterns.
Here are the broken packages. It's only 2 of them.

lucks · May 10, 2019

Have you followed the steps there? it tells you how to fix dpkg and apt when you remove locks

Try apt-get install -f, apt-get update --fix-missing

Or uninstall the driver, make sure no other things are broken and install it again

You can also try a fresh install.

MaxiBash · May 10, 2019

lucks said:
Have you followed the steps there? it tells you how to fix dpkg and apt when you remove locks

Try apt-get install -f, apt-get update --fix-missing

Or uninstall the driver, make sure no other things are broken and install it again

You can also try a fresh install.

Uninstalling it is also just a command?
Also, I'm not going to try a fresh install all over again. If I have to do that, I'd rather just go back to Windows 7 and stay offline from time to time when it finally gets discontinued.

lucks · May 10, 2019

apt-get remove name

MaxiBash · May 11, 2019

Removed some drivers, still didn't work.
I gave up at this point, and one of my friends noted Pop!OS having much better nVidia compatibility. So I tried it, and I got a black screen midway during the setup. I tried the Intel drivers, and I got yet again those weird screens.

So, even after all the help you've given me, I just gave up and dropped back to Windows 7. It seems like any Linux distribution really hates this video card.
Again, thanks for the help.

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