Intel video woes

[vinnywright]

I installed it via "software and updates".
Inxi says:
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 710] bus-ID: 01:00.0
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 ) drivers: nvidia (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa,nouveau)

As I was using the nouveau but it wasn't very good.
nvidia-smi reports: Driver Version: 390.116

Now... the card works. Using the nvidia driver got rid of the freezes.
The problem is, boot.
Should I just set it permanently to nomodeset and/or no-splash?

I'm also curious about the intel_max.cstate=1 parameter, without which it flickers horribly, as, well, it's not intel...

the cstate is a CPU power saving mode setter , your CPU is probably intel ,,,,,yes/no

nomodset will keep the driver from loading leaving you with VGA graphics

the boot prob may be something else altogether ... or not

VINNY

O and what is "software and updates"

[Don B. Cilly]

The CPU is Intel.
I've used that instruction for years as my board would randomly freeze without it... but I really thought it had to do with the graphics card.
Which is mainly why I changed the card... and the OpenGL misbehaviours, on later Plasmas.
So, changing the card (seems to have) fixed the OpenGL.

The intel parameter used to fix random freezes, now it is sorely needed or the screen will go bonkers.

The boot... it used to have boot problems like one time out of 20.
With the nvidia card it's like 16 times our of 20.
Using nomodeset seems to fix it, so I guess the graphics freeze before it loads the driver... if the boot uses any graphics.

Software and updates, it's in the repositories, easiest way I know to deal with drivers, it looks like this: