Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 3:15 PM Michael <confabul...@kintzios.com > <mailto:confabul...@kintzios.com>> wrote: > > > > On Saturday, 29 June 2024 21:30:59 BST Dale wrote: > > > I booted the rig up and decided to try something. Once it was > booted, I > > > logged in from my main rig via ssh. I then typed in the command to > > > start DM. It started and looked OK. Then I just up arrow and changed > > > it to restart the DM. I restarted DM back to back several times, more > > > than a dozen. Sometimes it wouldn't work, sometimes it would be low > > > resolution and sometimes it would come up and look like it should, hi > > > res and all. I also tried logging in when it was working and I could > > > login. The biggest thing I noticed, it never came up fully. Most of > > > the time it came up in hi res but no plasma. A few times it was a low > > > res screen and no plasma. Looked like maybe 720P or less. > > > > > > The thing is, it didn't fully come up even once. It was always > lacking > > > plasma at least. Some of the time, it was low res. Several > times, the > > > monitor would go black and cut off completely. It would go to sleep. > > > If the new monitor works, I'm thinking Micheal is right. The monitor > > > works with slower systems and the nouveau drivers on boot media. With > > > Nvidia on the install, hit or miss, mostly miss. I think it has only > > > worked fully twice. > > > > I think after all these attempts you have proven this monitor with > this nvidia > > card just won't work on its own, unless and until you try changing the > > "Monitor" settings as I suggested in my previous message, or > extract, store > > and feed the monitor's EDID file to your card. > > > > However, you have your hands full and may want to leave this for now > and wait > > for the next larger and more modern monitor to show up. Hopefully > that will > > work better! :-) > > He certainly does have his hands full! > > I'm confused. (a standard state of being for me...) I thought Dale > reported that > he installed Kubuntu on an SSD - or did we just talk about that idea - > and he > said all the port problems were ironed out with the open source driver. > > What he didn't report was if he installed the nvidia-drivers in > Kubuntu. I > personally wouldn't write off the 'old monitor' until doing at least that. > > sudo apt update > sudo apt upgrade > > ubuntu-drivers list > (make sure the video-card is found) > > sudo apt install nvidia-drivers-550 > (assuming he has a Quadro P1000 from memory) > > reboot > > Shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes to try. No real risk as > he's going to blow away the Kubuntu install anyway. >
I do have Kubuntu installed on a 2.5" SSD. I wasn't sure how to install and switch to the Nvidia drivers. That was on my todo list as soon as I had some time. Thing is, the new monitor may get here first. I just picked a whole gallon ice cream bucket packed full of basil. It's soaking in the sink now. Dehydrator comes next. That takes at least a day to complete. On the positive side, the house smells really good for a day or so. LOL I also thought of going to boot runlevel on my main rig while in a console, unplug the monitor hooked to my main rig now and plug it into the new rig. Then boot and see what happens. It might work. It's a newer monitor and it's a Samsung instead of a LG. If it did work, I could switch and switch to new monitor when it gets here. I plan to use the old Dell rig to watch TV with while I switch. I can use the backup drives for that. Moving all these drives could take a while. O_O At least now I have the commands needed to try it tho. That helps. :-D Michael, I did try the settings you posted. I thought I tried them and posted a reply. I may have missed one tho. This is a long thread. This monitor has been a serious PITA. :-@ Back to the basil. Glad my meds are working pretty good. -_O Dale :-) :-)
