After installing Nvidia drivers - Black Screen & Freezing
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:05 pm
Hello everybody!
Firstly I been trying to solve this problem with using other distro's such as Kubuntu, Xubuntu and now Linux Mint, it is clearly a hardware problem related to the GPU.
Setup: Two SSD:s and different operative systems, Windows 10 and Linux Mint.
Linux Mint is encrypted through dm-crypt, I did it through the installer.
Problem: After installing Nvidia drivers I am presented with a frozen screen when trying to enter the password and when trying to use nomodeset I have a black screen and cannot access CTRL+ALT+F1-F10.
If I do not install Nvidia drivers I have no problem at all and no freezes nor black screens.
I have been trying to install Nvidia proprietary drivers and following several guides without any help to solve this issue.
The 'Driver Manager' in Linux Mint recommends me to install Nvidia 361.42, which I have done and resulted in a freeze and when using nomodeset, nvidia.modeset=0, grub_gfxmode=1280x1024x24 I have a black screen and cannot get the CLI to work.
Truly I have no clue what to do and I am even wondering if Linux is for me, I been trying for hours to fix this and only getting angry with myself.
I tried all these below
https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/842
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/12
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_sarah_mate.php
Firstly I been trying to solve this problem with using other distro's such as Kubuntu, Xubuntu and now Linux Mint, it is clearly a hardware problem related to the GPU.
Setup: Two SSD:s and different operative systems, Windows 10 and Linux Mint.
Linux Mint is encrypted through dm-crypt, I did it through the installer.
Problem: After installing Nvidia drivers I am presented with a frozen screen when trying to enter the password and when trying to use nomodeset I have a black screen and cannot access CTRL+ALT+F1-F10.
If I do not install Nvidia drivers I have no problem at all and no freezes nor black screens.
I have been trying to install Nvidia proprietary drivers and following several guides without any help to solve this issue.
The 'Driver Manager' in Linux Mint recommends me to install Nvidia 361.42, which I have done and resulted in a freeze and when using nomodeset, nvidia.modeset=0, grub_gfxmode=1280x1024x24 I have a black screen and cannot get the CLI to work.
Truly I have no clue what to do and I am even wondering if Linux is for me, I been trying for hours to fix this and only getting angry with myself.
I tried all these below
https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/842
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/12
https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_sarah_mate.php