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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Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 3:15 PM Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com
> <mailto:confabulate@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

:-) :-) 

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