I have a problem whereby when Linux Mint is meant to start-up after being suspended it shows a patterned grey/white screen (see Pic1). This forces me to restart the machine, meaning that I cannot use the suspend feature. In the past this wasn't too bad, but now that I'm starting to use the machine a lot (developing a LAMP solution to deploy to a Raspberry Pi) it's getting to be a bigger problem for me.
It seems a possible cause might be the nVidia GPU.
My machine details:
- MacBook Pro 15" Core i7 2.66 Mid-2010, Model A1286 (EMC 2353*)
- This is entirely a Linux machine now. iOS has been completely removed.
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mark@Mac-Mint:~$ inxi -Fxxxrz System: Kernel: 5.4.0-135-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 wm: muffin 5.2.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal Machine: Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookPro6,2 v: 1.0 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 v: Mac-F22586C8 serial: <filter> Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F22586C8 v: MacBookPro6,2 serial: <filter> UEFI: Apple v: MBP61.88Z.005D.B00.1804100943 date: 04/10/18 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 55.6 Wh condition: 63.5/75.2 Wh (84%) volts: 11.8/10.9 model: SMP bq20z451 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Discharging cycles: 189 CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7 M 620 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem rev: 2 L2 cache: 4096 KiB flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 21283 Speed: 1433 MHz min/max: 1197/2661 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1463 2: 1463 3: 1463 4: 1463 Graphics: Device-1: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0046 Device-2: NVIDIA GT216M [GeForce GT 330M] vendor: Apple driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0a29 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: NVA5 v: 3.3 Mesa 21.2.6 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:3b56 Device-2: NVIDIA GT216 HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0be2 Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-135-generic Network: Device-1: Broadcom and subsidiaries NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3 v: 3.137 port: 2000 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 14e4:1684 IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter> Device-2: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme driver: wl v: kernel port: 2000 bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 14e4:4353 IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> Drives: Local Storage: total: 596.17 GiB used: 185.77 GiB (31.2%) ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD6400BPVT-22HXZT3 size: 596.17 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT Partition: ID-1: / size: 437.60 GiB used: 92.88 GiB (21.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 53 C Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list 1: deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 1: deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 1: deb https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/packages.linuxmint.com/packages una main upstream import backport 2: deb http://mirror.mythic-beasts.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse 3: deb http://mirror.mythic-beasts.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse 4: deb http://mirror.mythic-beasts.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse 5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse 6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list 1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases) Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list 1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main Info: Processes: 242 Uptime: 3h 22m Memory: 7.70 GiB used: 1.84 GiB (23.8%) Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38
I have tried the following fixes recently (and had tried some others over a year ago).
Fix attempt 1
I followed these articles that edit the nvidia-sleep.sh file. I tried creating a "/usr/bin/nvidia-sleep.sh" file (as it didn't exist on my system already) and adding the text provided (with "exit 0") in order to run this test. I then saved, rebooted and retested: the problem persisted though.
Fix attempt 2
I followed this guide to install the nVidia driver, but it resulted in a black screen of death on startup after installing and restarting. The black screen of death appeared after the Mint icon is displayed and before the system logon screen. I used this command to install the driver:
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sudo apt install nvidia-340After this I rolled back with TimeShift and I would really appreciate some some help please.