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195 questions linked to/from How do I set 'nomodeset' after I've already installed Ubuntu?
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My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?
I am trying to boot Ubuntu on my computer. When I boot Ubuntu, it boots to a black screen. How can I fix this?
Table of Contents:
If you are trying to install Ubuntu
If you have a dual boot system
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Latest NVIDIA driver on Ubuntu 16.04
I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 and I notice that in the "Additional Drivers" tab of "Software & Updates", the latest versions of NVIDIA drivers I can install are
version 367.57 from nvidia-367 (proprietary)
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15.04 and Nvidia: login loop
Upgraded 14.10 to 15.04, desktop fails to load past login screen. I type in my password, hear a failure sound byte, back to login screen. Also can't boot off a 15.04 thumb drive created with another ...
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What is safe graphics mode?
On Ubuntu 19.04 and all its official flavors I observed that if I boot the LiveUSB in UEFI mode, there are options for live session and installation with safe graphics written beside them. However ...
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How to install AMD graphic drivers on Ubuntu 18.04
I had always been a Windows user, But yesterday I downloaded and install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS from this page, But I can't find a way to install AMD graphic drivers,
Right now Linux only works in recovery ...
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Battery life decreased after upgrade to 11.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does my computer get less battery life with Ubuntu compared to Windows?
After upgrading from Ubuntu 10.10, my battery life has decreased dramatically.
There was a bug in ...
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After Upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04 login screen runs in a loop while console login works
I am on a DELL Precision 5510 Ubuntu Edition with Ubuntu 14.04 as default installation. Today I upgraded from 14.04. to 16.04 as shown here
The upgrade went without any error messages. However, after ...
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Very slow boot due to mounting filesytem
I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 over an older version of Ubuntu, and am dual-booting with Windows 7. Most things seem to be working well (i.e. wifi, sound, etc.) but boot time is problematically long. ...
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Ubuntu will not boot normally after nvidia driver install
I was trying to install the new NVIDIA drivers and now this is what I see.
Sometimes I can get to the default login screen but when I log as my user I get back to this screen.
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Error "fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed"
I am trying to install Ubuntu for the first time.
Version = 11.04 Hardware = Acer Travelmate 4050
I can boot from USB or CD and it loads fine.
I have installed and reinstalled several times from ...
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How do I get the grub menu to show on a MacBook?
I've installed Ubuntu 19.10 on my MacBook (Mid-2010 a.k.a. Macbook7,1) as the only OS. Right now my system is working but it has a few issues. One of those issues is that I can't seem to get GRUB to ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Installer crashes on Dell XPS 15 9560
I have a problem with installing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my DELL XPS 15 9560 (though I haven't tried installing it on different hardware and thus am not sure if the bug is hardware or version specific).
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Can't get Intel HD Graphics 530 (Skylake i7 6700) to work
I've updated the kernel to 4.3.0, but the driver still seems to be off. What else can I try?
starfall@nx ~ $ IBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo
name of display: :0
i965_dri.so does not support the 0x1912 PCI ...
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Trying to install Ubuntu on Dell XPS 15 (9570)
I have been trying to install Ubuntu on my new laptop:
Dell XPS 15 (9570)
Windows 10 Home 64bit English
8th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.1 GHz, 6 cores)
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Ubuntu stuck on boot, won't get past fsck!
This is the second time this has happened. I have disabled mouse acceleration on Ubuntu by following these instructions.
Immediately after that I tried to log out but the system got hung at the fsck ...
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