LVH20 wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:01 pm what does it mean that no persistent journal was found?
It means the journal was not running. That may have been normal for LM18.1. I do not recall what changes were made at what point in the releases. That's one of the difficulties when troubleshooting older software installs.
We normally recommend making Timeshift snapshots so one can roll back to a prior state if there are issues. Timeshift didn't become available until LM18.3.
LVH20 wrote: ⤴Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:01 pmIf the BIOS upgrade doesn't help
I am hoping the BIOS update will address the issue of both GPUs being seen instead of just one. That may make it possible to get the system to work in the current LM18.1.
If it does not, then the kernel may be the issue because the GTX 1650 didn't exist when the kernel was released. I am not sure what is currently available to be able to upgrade your system to the 4.15 kernel (which is the LTS kernel for LM19). Some repos must still be available because your system updated packages, but I have no idea if all that is needed might be available.
At a minimum, LM19 uses a newer kernel (4.15 rather than 4.4, and 4.15 can be upgraded to 5.4) so if the older kernel is the issue then that issue can be addressed. Plus a I think a fresh install with the Nvidia GPU in place might also be helpful.