I got a Dell Precision 3660 with upgraded options, it came with windows and I installed Kubuntu 22.04 (LTS).
Things went smoothly with installation (switched off the disabled secure-boot, fast boot, RAID--> ACPI etc) apart from two things:
1. The nouveau driver was causing a hangup in restart or power-off (either from KDE menu or from commands), this was fixed once we disabled it.
2. Nvidia drivers
In the process to install the NVIDIA drivers something happened and everything became black screen. No Dell logo, no BIOS screen, nothing other than a black screen. And yes I tried every video port.
I know that the drivers are installed because I can ssh the machine and see within, i.e.,
:
Please advise on how to resolve this.
From a web search it appears that I might need to open the desktop and remove the battery to reset the BIOS. Any other suggestions? Is there a way to fix this from OS level before physical intervention?
Things went smoothly with installation (switched off the disabled secure-boot, fast boot, RAID--> ACPI etc) apart from two things:
1. The nouveau driver was causing a hangup in restart or power-off (either from KDE menu or from commands), this was fixed once we disabled it.
2. Nvidia drivers
In the process to install the NVIDIA drivers something happened and everything became black screen. No Dell logo, no BIOS screen, nothing other than a black screen. And yes I tried every video port.
I know that the drivers are installed because I can ssh the machine and see within, i.e.,
Code:
lsmod | grep nvidia
Code:
nvidia_uvm 1761280 0 nvidia_drm 90112 3 nvidia_modeset 1314816 6 nvidia_drm nvidia 56668160 306 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset drm_kms_helper 249856 3 drm_display_helper,nvidia_drm,i915 drm 696320 12 drm_kms_helper,drm_display_helper,nvidia,drm_buddy ,nvidia_drm,i915,ttm video 73728 3 dell_wmi,i915,nvidia_modeset
From a web search it appears that I might need to open the desktop and remove the battery to reset the BIOS. Any other suggestions? Is there a way to fix this from OS level before physical intervention?
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