Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
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Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
Hi all,
I recently plugged in my qhd monitor to a desktop with geforce 570 gtx and couldn't set the resolution to qhd (which as I later found out is just not possible on this graphics card by a simple hdmi). I have Linux Mint 64-bit Cinnamon.
To fix that I tried changing drivers from nvidia to nouveau and after rebooting the screen was black with a lighter horizontal strip on the bottom. When I blindly type my password and hit enter it goes black completely, but the system logs in as I can hear the sound.
I tried fixing that in recovery mode in root. I tried uninstalling the nouveau drivers (I don't remember what command I used) and installing the nvidia from a driver.run file on a usb drive. Still nothing, the screen is still black, the system works underneath, but I can't do anything, because I can't see it
Does anyone have an idea what I could do to fix this?
I recently plugged in my qhd monitor to a desktop with geforce 570 gtx and couldn't set the resolution to qhd (which as I later found out is just not possible on this graphics card by a simple hdmi). I have Linux Mint 64-bit Cinnamon.
To fix that I tried changing drivers from nvidia to nouveau and after rebooting the screen was black with a lighter horizontal strip on the bottom. When I blindly type my password and hit enter it goes black completely, but the system logs in as I can hear the sound.
I tried fixing that in recovery mode in root. I tried uninstalling the nouveau drivers (I don't remember what command I used) and installing the nvidia from a driver.run file on a usb drive. Still nothing, the screen is still black, the system works underneath, but I can't do anything, because I can't see it
Does anyone have an idea what I could do to fix this?
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Re: Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
Hello LucasK12,
Welcome to Linux Mint forums.
If you reverted to the nouveau driver you would need to place the nomodeset parameter in the grub boot line
See here https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_ulyssa_cinnamon.php Scroll down to the section on Solving freezes during the boot sequence and follow the instructions there.
good luck.
Welcome to Linux Mint forums.
If you reverted to the nouveau driver you would need to place the nomodeset parameter in the grub boot line
See here https://www.linuxmint.com/rel_ulyssa_cinnamon.php Scroll down to the section on Solving freezes during the boot sequence and follow the instructions there.
good luck.
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Re: Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
Thanks so much, I can see the screen again, but when I enter the Driver Manager I no longer have the options to choose the driver. It says "Your computer does not need any additional drivers.
When I type inxi -G I get:
Should I install nvidia drivers from a file and then change the nomodeset to quiet splash again?
Or can I just stay on the nomodeset?
When I type inxi -G I get:
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Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GF110 [GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2] driver: nvidia v: 390.143
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: nvidia
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 570/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.143
Or can I just stay on the nomodeset?
Re: Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
according to your inxi readout you are already running the correct nvidia driver for your card. driver: nvidia v: 390.143
enjoy!
enjoy!
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Re: Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
But when I reboot the computer and it automatically changes to "quiet splash" it still doesn't work.
From what I understand the "nomodeset" makes it so the drivers are not loaded?
Should I change it to nomodeset in the grub file?
From what I understand the "nomodeset" makes it so the drivers are not loaded?
Should I change it to nomodeset in the grub file?
Re: Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
if it is booting using nomodeset I would leave it there.
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Re: Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
Correct. You do not want to be booting with
nomodeset
. The inxi -Gx info you posted earlier in the thread indicates the Nvidia-390 driver is installed and appears to be installed correctly. What exactly does this mean? Please give more of a description of what is happening.
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Re: Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
Ok, so after I write "nomodeset" manually as in the instructions mentioned earlier and boot the computer everything works.
Then I reboot the computer and if I press "e" when in grub menu I can see that it is "quiet splash" again and if I boot with this "quiet splash" I have black screen again. Even though I even reinstalled nvidia drivers again just to be sure. Everything "behind" the blackness works, I can type in the password, press enter and then I hear the turning on sound, but I can't see anything.
Then I reboot the computer and if I press "e" when in grub menu I can see that it is "quiet splash" again and if I boot with this "quiet splash" I have black screen again. Even though I even reinstalled nvidia drivers again just to be sure. Everything "behind" the blackness works, I can type in the password, press enter and then I hear the turning on sound, but I can't see anything.
Re: Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
You mean you get a graphical display? That may or may not mean "everything works". What is the inxi -Gx output when that happens?
We do not normally recommend to mix methods of installing Nvidia drivers. We recommend using Driver Manager. There are slight differences between the files installed when you install using Driver Manager versus using drivers from the Nvidia website.
If I understand the situation correctly, you originally had the Nvidia drivers installed and they were working? You then switched to a different resolution on the monitor and had problems so that is when you started making changes and the problems started.
Did you take a Timeshift snapshot of the system when it was working?
If the system was never really working, does it work properly if you boot to a live session of Mint?
Black screens can be the result of hardware issues as well as driver issues. Using
nomodeset
disables all graphic drivers (ie. does not use the Nvidia hardware), but that does not always mean the driver is the problem. I've seen cases where a monitor connection was the issue causing a black screen.Edited to remove extra word.
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Re: Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
I'll try to explain everything once more maybe. Sorry if I'm still not clear.
Before I started doing anything with the drivers everything was fine and dandy.
I did not have the resolution I wanted though and thought, mistakenly, that maybe this is the drivers' fault.
So in driver manager I switched to nouveau. After a reboot the screen was black, but as I said, I could type my password, press enter and the system logged in. I even could open the terminal blindly and type in
Then using the recovery mode and root terminal i uninstalled the nouveau drivers and installed nvidia from the usb drive.
Now in
When the
This is the output of inxi -Gx
Before I started doing anything with the drivers everything was fine and dandy.
I did not have the resolution I wanted though and thought, mistakenly, that maybe this is the drivers' fault.
So in driver manager I switched to nouveau. After a reboot the screen was black, but as I said, I could type my password, press enter and the system logged in. I even could open the terminal blindly and type in
shutdown now
so that the system shut down. But I couldn't see anything.Then using the recovery mode and root terminal i uninstalled the nouveau drivers and installed nvidia from the usb drive.
Now in
nomodeset
I can see the gui, everything seems to be working correctly for me. But when I open driver manager there aren't the options which used to be there. That's also why I tried reinstalling the nvidia drivers using the file and not the gui driver manager.When the
nomodeset
changes back to quiet splash
everything is as it was earlier with the black screen.This is the output of inxi -Gx
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Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GF110 [GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: nvidia v: 390.143 bus ID: 01:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: nvidia
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 570/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.143
direct render: Yes
Re: Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
If it's working with nomodeset then you can make that permanent by editing the /etc/default/grub file.LucasK12 wrote: ⤴Thu May 06, 2021 11:47 am Ok, so after I write "nomodeset" manually as in the instructions mentioned earlier and boot the computer everything works.
Then I reboot the computer and if I press "e" when in grub menu I can see that it is "quiet splash" again and if I boot with this "quiet splash" I have black screen again. Even though I even reinstalled nvidia drivers again just to be sure. Everything "behind" the blackness works, I can type in the password, press enter and then I hear the turning on sound, but I can't see anything.
enter this in a terminal
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xed admin:///etc/default/grub
then find the line that looks like this
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GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
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[GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset"
Save the file.
then go to the terminal and update grub like this
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sudo update-grub
good luck.
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Re: Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
It is odd to have that happen with the nouveau driver. In fact, the nouveau driver installs by default with the LM20.1 ISO.LucasK12 wrote: ⤴Thu May 06, 2021 12:26 pmSo in driver manager I switched to nouveau. After a reboot the screen was black, but as I said, I could type my password, press enter and the system logged in. I even could open the terminal blindly and type inshutdown now
so that the system shut down. But I couldn't see anything.
Driver Manager can see when the driver files it uses are installed. However, you did not use the files from Driver Manager. You used the files from the Nvidia website which are not specifically designed to work with Ubuntu/Mint. They are generic for use with any Linux Distro. They can work with Ubuntu/Mint, but they do not have some specific key indicators in their files which Driver Manager looks for.LucasK12 wrote: ⤴Thu May 06, 2021 12:26 pmNow innomodeset
I can see the gui, everything seems to be working correctly for me. But when I open driver manager there aren't the options which used to be there. That's also why I tried reinstalling the nvidia drivers using the file and not the gui driver manager.
That is what you want to see when the Nvidia-390 driver is installed properly. I actually do not understand why the nvidia driver is showing as loaded (the part I marked in blue) if you usedLucasK12 wrote: ⤴Thu May 06, 2021 12:26 pmWhen thenomodeset
changes back toquiet splash
everything is as it was earlier with the black screen.
This is the output of inxi -Gx
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GF110 [GeForce GTX 570 Rev. 2] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: nvidia v: 390.143 bus ID: 01:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: nvidia
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 570/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.143
direct render: Yes
nomodeset
. I suggest you try booting to a live session of LM20.1 and see what happens.
A woman typing on a laptop with LM20.3 Cinnamon.
Re: Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
Ok. So I launched a live session and the screen has a black stripe on the bottom and above is a bit lighter and is flickering a bit. I'll attach a photo of the screen if it helps. It's very weird, I don't think it happened earlier when launching from a usb.
Re: Black screen after changing drivers from nVidia to nouveau
I suggest disconnecting both ends of the monitor cable and reconnecting and see if that makes a difference. If you have another cable, try it.
That image seems like there might be something hardware related happening.
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