EVGA RMA/Drivers problem.

[ixt]

Let's see an updated inxi -Fxxxrz after your adventures with re-installing the broken packages.

I do not know what packages are and not sure how to reinstall them.
I got the third monitor up and running! not sure how I did.

So now I can launch driver manager. But almost scared to try the recommended 470. What are your thoughts?

I still have not reinstalled "the broken packages".
but this is what inxi -Fxxxrz output is now.

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System:
  Host:timst-tikasl Kernel: 5.4.0-91-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 7.5.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 wm: muffin 4.4.4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: MAXIMUS VIII HERO v: Rev 1.xx 
  serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3802 date: 03/15/2018 
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 
  model: Logitech Marathon Mouse/Performance Plus M705 serial: <filter> 
  charge: 10% rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech K350 serial: <filter> 
  charge: 70% rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-7600K bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake rev: 9 L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 30399 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
  3: 800 4: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5912 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: eVga.com. 
  driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c03 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: modesetting,nouveau 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.0 256 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.8 
  compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio 
  vendor: ASUSTeK Sunrise Point-H driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a170 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com. 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f1 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-91-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
  port: f040 bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:15b8 
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.30 TiB used: 205.26 GiB (15.4%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 960 EVO 250GB 
  size: 232.89 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 2B7QCXE7 
  scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EALS-00Z8A0 
  size: 931.51 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 1D05 scheme: MBR 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Mushkin model: MKNSSDEC120GB size: 111.79 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: BBF0 scheme: MBR 
  ID-4: /dev/sdc vendor: OCZ model: SOLID3 size: 55.90 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: 2.25 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 227.74 GiB used: 205.25 GiB (90.1%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 53 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 0 
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/ bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics-drivers-ppa-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ppa-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris-team-lutris-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lutris-team/lutris/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list 
  1: deb https://repo.nordvpn.com//deb/nordvpn/debian stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openshot_developers-ppa-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pinta-maintainers-pinta-daily-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pinta-maintainers/pinta-daily/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/slack.list 
  1: deb https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian/ jessie main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64,i386] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
  2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-mozilla-security-ppa-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntuhandbook1-audacity-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/audacity/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main
Info:
  Processes: 263 Uptime: 53m Memory: 15.49 GiB used: 2.74 GiB (17.7%) 
  Init: systemd v: 237 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 alt: 7 Shell: bash 
  v: 4.4.20 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.32 

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I do not know what packages are and not sure how to reinstall them.

You followed the steps completely in the other procedure which should have fixed all the issues and installed what was having problems.

II got the third monitor up and running! not sure how I did.

Let's see the output of the X Server log again. The inxi data is again showing software rendering (llvmpipe) which usually does not permit multiple monitors to work. However, all the rest of the drivers are showing as installed properly.

Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5912
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: eVga.com.
driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c03
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: modesetting,nouveau
unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.0 256 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.8
compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes

Please use this command in a terminal to upload the X Server log file to termbin:
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | nc termbin.com 9999
It will return with a url address that you can post in your next reply.

So now I can launch driver manager. But almost scared to try the recommended 470. What are your thoughts?

Let's wait. We would want to determine why the software rendering is showing before making changes.

This is still quite high and might be why there are problems doing updates.
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 227.74 GiB used: 205.25 GiB (90.1%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2

Go into Update Manager to see how many kernels you have installed. You really only need one "Active" working kernel and one older working kernel. The rest can be removed.

• Open Update Manager.
• Select View > Linux Kernels and click Continue.
• Select a kernel version on the left panel and then check to see how many of the ones listed on the right panel have the word "Installed" in the middle column.

[ixt]

This is still quite high and might be why there are problems doing updates.
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 227.74 GiB used: 205.25 GiB (90.1%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2

Yes I know, configuring synology NAS on linux was a pita and I that will take a long time to determine if I have them backed up appropriately. Baby fotos, etc I don't want lost/ The folder structure SUCKS!!! and is different on my NAS. So I do not know how to identify duplicate images of 40 gig fotos and what is safe to delete

Go into Update Manager to see how many kernels you have installed. You really only need one "Active" working kernel and one older working kernel. The rest can be removed.

so screen shot below.
5.4 5.4.0-90 installed. superseded. the 91 above is active supported until 4/23 the rest are all superseded.
5.3=all end of life.
5.0=all end of life except 5.0.0-32
4.18 all end of life
4.15 4.15.0-163 installed supported until 4/23, 4.15.0-54 installed but shows superseded. All the rest superseded.

No idea what kernels are. Are they Mint updates? I want to update to the most recent one but it is so technical I gave up. I would post screenshots but that would be too many screenshots.

[SMG]

so screen shot below.
5.4 5.4.0-90 installed. superseded. the 91 above is active supported until 4/23 the rest are all superseded.
5.3=all end of life.
5.0=all end of life except 5.0.0-32
4.18 all end of life
4.15 4.15.0-163 installed supported until 4/23, 4.15.0-54 installed but shows superseded. All the rest superseded.

No idea what kernels are. Are they Mint updates? I want to update to the most recent one but it is so technical I gave up. I would post screenshots but that would be too many screenshots.

The only ones which are installed are the ones that say "Installed" or "Active" in the middle column. That means you have four kernels installed. All the rest are possible options to install, but are not installed.

I will go check the Xorg log now.

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Your system is still using both the Intel graphics and the Nvidia graphics.

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[   842.100] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[   842.101] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[   842.106] (--) PCI: (0:0:2:0) 8086:5912:1043:8694 rev 4, Mem @ 0xdd000000/16777216, 0xb0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f000/64
[   842.106] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:1c03:3842:6264 rev 161, Mem @ 0xde000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072

Normally, when one only has software rendering then it is not possible to run multiple screens. You have all three running, but I think that is because at least some of them (if not all) are running from the Intel graphics. The modeset(G0) is Intel and it does appear to have acceleration.

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[   842.113] (II) modeset(G0): using drv /dev/dri/card0
[   842.113] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[   842.113] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[   842.113] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in

[   843.234] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[   843.234] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[   843.234] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[   843.236] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   843.236] 	compiled for 1.19.6, module version = 1.0.0
[   843.236] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[   843.236] (II) glamor: OpenGL accelerated X.org driver based.
[   843.243] (II) glamor: EGL version 1.4:
[   843.244] (II) modeset(G0): glamor initialized

There is an error for the acceleration from the Nvidia GPU.

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[   843.269] (EE) NOUVEAU(0): Failed to initialise context object: 2D_NVC0 (0)
[   843.269] (EE) NOUVEAU(0): Error initialising acceleration.  Falling back to NoAccel
[   843.269] (**) NOUVEAU(0): [COPY] acceleration disabled

[   843.271] (II) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI2 capable
[   843.271] (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering
[   843.301] (II) IGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
[   843.302] (II) IGLX: Loaded and initialized swrast
[   843.302] (II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0

All three screens appear to be recognized by both GPUs.

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[   843.234] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Output DVI-D-1 connected
[   843.234] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Output DP-1 disconnected
[   843.234] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Output DP-2 connected

[   843.254] (II) modeset(G0): EDID for output DP-1-3
[   843.259] (II) modeset(G0): EDID for output HDMI-1-1
[   843.264] (II) modeset(G0): EDID for output HDMI-1-2

I do not know what you have set in your motherboard to handle the priority of graphics both are enabled. I do not think we can know for sure when the Nvidia GPU is working properly until you turn off the onboard graphics, so I would not recommend installing the Nvidia driver at this time.

Here is a link to the MAXIMUS VIII HERO User Manuals. Reading through the English version, I found on page 3-28 the option for Graphics is under the Advanced tab of the BIOS and the option is Graphics Configuration.

Graphics Configuration
Allows you to select a primary display from graphical devices.
Primary Display [Auto]

• [Auto] The primary display will be set to PCI-E when a PCI-E graphic
  card is detected.
• [IGFX] Force the primary display to be from the IGFX Graphics.
• [PEG] Force the primary display to be from the PEG Graphics.
• [PCIE] Force the primary display to be from the PCI-E graphic cards.

iGPU Multi-Monitor [Disabled]
Set this to enabled to empower both integrated and discrete graphics for multi-monitor
output.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

I suggest you check in your BIOS to see what settings you are using.

[ixt]

Ok under igpu it said auto. I moved it to disabled. Primary display says auto.
The rest to choose is igfx or peg. There is no other pcie

I will try to keep it on auto. So it chooses the graphic card somehow.

[legacypowers]

The rest to choose is igfx or peg. There is no other pcie

i think PEG means PCI Express Graphics, choosing this will make the BIOS use your nvidia gpu only

[ixt]

The rest to choose is igfx or peg. There is no other pcie

i think PEG means PCI Express Graphics, choosing this will make the BIOS use your nvidia gpu only

Ok all three monitors work now on just the GPU.
Here is the output of inxi -Fxxxrz

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$ inxi -Fxxxrz
System:
  Host:** Kernel: 5.4.0-91-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 7.5.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 wm: muffin 4.4.4 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: MAXIMUS VIII HERO v: Rev 1.xx 
  serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3802 date: 03/15/2018 
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 
  model: Logitech Marathon Mouse/Performance Plus M705 serial: <filter> 
  charge: 10% rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech K350 serial: <filter> 
  charge: 70% rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-7600K bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake rev: 9 L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 30399 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/4500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
  3: 800 4: 800 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: eVga.com. 
  driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c03 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: nouveau 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
  resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.0 256 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.8 
  compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio 
  vendor: ASUSTeK Sunrise Point-H driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a170 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com. 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f1 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-91-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
  port: f000 bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:15b8 
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.30 TiB used: 204.16 GiB (15.3%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 960 EVO 250GB 
  size: 232.89 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 2B7QCXE7 
  scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EALS-00Z8A0 
  size: 931.51 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 1D05 scheme: MBR 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Mushkin model: MKNSSDEC120GB size: 111.79 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: BBF0 scheme: MBR 
  ID-4: /dev/sdc vendor: OCZ model: SOLID3 size: 55.90 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: 2.25 scheme: MBR 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 227.74 GiB used: 204.16 GiB (89.6%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 53 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nouveau fan: 0 
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/ bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics-drivers-ppa-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/libreoffice-ppa-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris-team-lutris-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lutris-team/lutris/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list 
  1: deb https://repo.nordvpn.com//deb/nordvpn/debian stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openshot_developers-ppa-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pinta-maintainers-pinta-daily-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pinta-maintainers/pinta-daily/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/slack.list 
  1: deb https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian/ jessie main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64,i386] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
  2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-mozilla-security-ppa-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntuhandbook1-audacity-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuhandbook1/audacity/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main
Info:
  Processes: 253 Uptime: 4h 23m Memory: 15.56 GiB used: 4.17 GiB (26.8%) 
  Init: systemd v: 237 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 alt: 7 Shell: bash 
  v: 4.4.20 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.32 

By the way, you asked earlier the following.

SMG wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 12:23 pm
Do you have a Realtek wireless device? It seems the driver module for it was removed in this process for both the 4.15 and 5.4 kernels.
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dkms: removing: rtl8821ce v5.5.2_34066.20190614 (4.15.0-162-generic) (x86_64)
dkms: removing: rtl8821ce v5.5.2_34066.20190614 (5.4.0-89-generic) (x86_64)

I did have one installed but could not figure out how to get it to work. So I hard lined to the internet a while ago with an ugly blue cat 5 going across my carpet.

What should I do about those kernels?

[ixt]

I am now getting a GPU crash when I click on my nas network drive. It pops up a message about noevau so fast I can't read it then logs me out.
Driver mngr though comes showing me noevau is in use, should I try 470?

[SMG]

This is still showing software rendering although just nouveau is being used.

Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: eVga.com.
driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c03
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: nouveau
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz, 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.0 256 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.8
compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes

I would like to see the Xorg log to see what it shows with regards to rendering before trying the Nvidia driver. I think using the Nvidia driver will be okay since multiple monitors do not usually work if the computer is doing software rendering. Please use this command in a terminal to upload the X Server log file to termbin:
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | nc termbin.com 9999
It will return with a url address that you can post in your next reply.

By the way, you asked earlier the following.

SMG wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 12:23 pm
Do you have a Realtek wireless device? It seems the driver module for it was removed in this process for both the 4.15 and 5.4 kernels.
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dkms: removing: rtl8821ce v5.5.2_34066.20190614 (4.15.0-162-generic) (x86_64)
dkms: removing: rtl8821ce v5.5.2_34066.20190614 (5.4.0-89-generic) (x86_64)

I did have one installed but could not figure out how to get it to work. So I hard lined to the internet a while ago with an ugly blue cat 5 going across my carpet.

What should I do about those kernels?

The kernels are not a problem. That was just a message saying the wireless driver was being uninstalled. The wireless device is not even showing as an option in you inxi output. Is it part of your motherboard or is it a separate device? The reason I ask is others have run into issues with graphics when their network devices were not working properly.

I am now getting a GPU crash when I click on my nas network drive. It pops up a message about noevau so fast I can't read it then logs me out.
Driver mngr though comes showing me noevau is in use, should I try 470?

Are you clicking on the drive in File Manager or are you using some other interface to access the drive?

[legacypowers]

I am now getting a GPU crash when I click on my nas network drive. It pops up a message about noevau so fast I can't read it then logs me out.
Driver mngr though comes showing me noevau is in use, should I try 470?

nouveau on modern cards for me serve only one purpose: be replaced by the proprietary driver, sure go ahead with the proprietary driver, if you crash you fallback to the software rendering mode, you can experiment with another driver version if the 470 don't work right.

It is like Internet Explorer on Windows, it sole purpose is to download another browser.

[ixt]

Tried 470 and got an error I had back earlier in the the thread.

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pk-client-error-quark: Error while installing package: new libnvidia-gl-470 (313)

I will try another one. Tried the 390 and got this.

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pk-client-error-quark: The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libnvidia-gl-470: Depends: libnvidia-common-470 but it is not going to be installed
  libnvidia-gl-470: Depends: libnvidia-common-470
 (268)

getting all sorts of errors now.

trying 460
Same error

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pk-client-error-quark: The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libnvidia-gl-470: Depends: libnvidia-common-470 but it is not going to be installed
  libnvidia-gl-470: Depends: libnvidia-common-470
 (268)

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pk-client-error-quark: Error while installing package: new libnvidia-gl-460 (313)

Trying 495

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pk-client-error-quark: Error while installing package: new libnvidia-gl-495 (313)

Not sure what now.
HAve not booted my computer yet.

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I would like to see the Xorg log to see what it shows with regards to rendering before trying the Nvidia driver.

Did you do this somewhere and I just missed seeing it?

Someone else ran into a similar quark issue and the below helped them resolve the issue.

This should be a generic solution for users affected by this problem:

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apt install $(dpkg -l | egrep '(libc|locales|nscd).* 2.31-0ubuntu9.3 ' | cut -d' ' -f3 | paste -sd ' ' | sed -r 's/( |$)/=2.31-0ubuntu9.2 /g')

That will downgrade all libc6 and related packages installed on the system with version 2.31-0ubuntu9.3 to version 2.31-0ubuntu9.2. It should only say it will downgrade packages; it should not remove anything.

[ixt]

I would like to see the Xorg log to see what it shows with regards to rendering before trying the Nvidia driver.

Did you do this somewhere and I just missed seeing it?
I cannot remember. What was the command again?

Someone else ran into a similar quark issue and the below helped them resolve the issue.

This should be a generic solution for users affected by this problem:

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apt install $(dpkg -l | egrep '(libc|locales|nscd).* 2.31-0ubuntu9.3 ' | cut -d' ' -f3 | paste -sd ' ' | sed -r 's/( |$)/=2.31-0ubuntu9.2 /g')

That will downgrade all libc6 and related packages installed on the system with version 2.31-0ubuntu9.3 to version 2.31-0ubuntu9.2. It should only say it will downgrade packages; it should not remove anything.

I tried above and got..

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ixl:~$ apt install $(dpkg -l | egrep '(libc|locales|nscd).* 2.31-0ubuntu9.3 ' | cut -d' ' -f3 | paste -sd ' ' | sed -r 's/( |$)/=2.31-0ubuntu9.2 /g')
[sudo] password for ix:             
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package 
ixt@ixt-sucursal:~$ 

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I cannot remember. What was the command again?

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | nc termbin.com 9999
It will return with a url address that you can post in your next reply.

I'm looking to see if I can find more info about the error you saw when trying to install the Nvidia drivers.

[ixt]

https://termbin.com/5t21

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I'm looking to see if I can find more info about the error you saw when trying to install the Nvidia drivers.

I found someone with the same issue earlier this year [Solved?] Nvidia drivers won't install after kernel update, was working before no issues which took a lot of trial and error and repeated installs to get things working.

Someone posted at the end the issue found on an Nvidia forum was a different compiler version was used for some of the packages. The person made a suggestion, but at this point I'm not sure if it would work for you and I'm not sure whether that solution might cause other issues.

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There is only one GPU showing now.

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[ 20264.462] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 20264.463] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:1c03:3842:6264 rev 161, Mem @ 0xde000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072

But it is still failing hardware acceleration. I found an old bug report with the below messages, but the nouveau version you are using is slightly newer. I also thought there was an even newer version available, but maybe that is only for LM20 (ie. a newer Xorg version).

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[ 20265.586] (EE) NOUVEAU(0): Failed to initialise context object: 2D_NVC0 (0)
[ 20265.586] (EE) NOUVEAU(0): Error initialising acceleration.  Falling back to NoAccel
[ 20265.586] (**) NOUVEAU(0): [COPY] acceleration disabled
...
[ 20265.588] (EE) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering

One item I noticed in each of these Xorg logs is the first two autoconfigured drivers are the same. That happened even when Intel was enabled. I've not seen that before.

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[ 20264.464] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 20264.464] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1

I went back to the gpu-manager.log you posted and it indicated the nouveau driver was black-listed. That may be why there are issues, however I'm not sure why it is blacklisted (unless maybe there might be nvidia files installed causing issues).

Please let us know the output of ls /etc/modprobe.d. Please also make sure you are still running the nouveau driver and then remove all nvidia driver files from your LM19.3 install by running apt purge nvidia*. Do not try installing any Nvidia drivers at this time.

[ixt]

Please let us know the output of ls /etc/modprobe.d.

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ls /etc/modprobe.d
alsa-base.conf                  blacklist-modem.conf
amd64-microcode-blacklist.conf  blacklist-oss.conf
blacklist-ath_pci.conf          blacklist-rare-network.conf
blacklist.conf                  dkms.conf
blacklist-firewire.conf         intel-microcode-blacklist.conf
blacklist-framebuffer.conf      iwlwifi.conf

Just tried to update zoom and said system broken dependencies. To fix, run pkexe synaptic or sudo apt install -f

Please also make sure you are still running the nouveau..

I do not know how to check this.

.. driver and then remove all nvidia driver files from your LM19.3 install by running apt purge nvidia*. Do not try installing any Nvidia drivers at this time.

I will wait to run apt purge nvidia* until you tell me how to see if currently running nouv.

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Just tried to update zoom and said system broken dependencies. To fix, run pkexe synaptic or sudo apt install -f

I am not familiar with the Zoom app to know specifics on it, but you have two choices listed there to fix it.
Open a terminal and run one of the below options:

• pkexe synaptic
• sudo apt install -f

Your drive really needs cleaned. That might be part of the reason you keep getting broken dependency issues. Packages may not have enough room to install properly. Might be time to start reviewing baby photos and get your backups organized.

Please also make sure you are still running the nouveau..

I do not know how to check this.

When you run inxi -Gx, the output indicates which driver is installed for your Nvidia GPU. If you were not able to successfully change to Nvidia then I would expect you are still running the nouveau driver.

I did not see anything unusual in the modprobe directory.