Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get the GUI to stay up for more than a minute or so before crashing

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

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Dale wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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
>
> :-) :-) 


Here's a little update.  First, Kubuntu wiped my Gentoo install from
being able to boot it.  I had to boot the Gentoo USB image, mount
everything and reinstall grub/EFI stuff.  I got it back and now I can
boot either one by selecting it in the BIOS. 

Second.  I decided to annoy the heck out of that thing.  I logged in
over ssh and I kept restarting DM.  Took me several dozen tries but
eventually I got KDE to come up, plasma and all.  I opened the Nvidia
GUI and got it to save the xorg.conf file.  It's different but it has a
lot of info now.  Thing is, when I logged out and back in, same thing as
before.  Sometimes it doesn't work at all, sometimes it is the wrong
resolution or plasma doesn't start up or some other problem.  Since
email wraps things, I'm attaching the xorg.conf file it generated. 
Kinda nifty.  Some are like the info Micheal posted. 

I think at this point, I'm cutting the thing off until the new monitor
comes in.  I'm dreaming of hammers, shooting it and other things that
ain't good.  :/ 

Monitor is already about 100 miles from me at a FedEx hub.  I won't be
surprised if it comes in Monday.  It could be Tuesday tho.  They could
know it will take longer for some reason or other.  It's getting close
tho.  Yes, it is 4:30AM here.  Not a good night, yet.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

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root@Gentoo-1 ~ # cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 550.90.07

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 550.90.07

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from data in "/etc/conf.d/gpm"
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "LG Electronics W2253"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 61.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "Quadro P1000"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Stereo" "0"
    Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DP-3"
    Option         "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    Option         "SLI" "Off"
    Option         "MultiGPU" "Off"
    Option         "BaseMosaic" "off"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

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