[ale] bizarre ubuntu video on Dell optiplex 740 (dropbox images)

[neal at mnopltd.com]

Thanks.  Tried that.  I think there is some difference between an NVidia 
card and having an nVidia chip embedded.

......

Package 'nvidia-kernel-common-455' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-common-460' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-source-455' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-source-460' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-utils-455' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-utils-460' is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
neal at neal-OptiPlex-740-Enhanced:~$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
No drivers found for installation.

I have now turned it into a headless server, as I got nuthin'.  Only way 
in is ssh.

edited lsmod results:
Module                  Size  Used by
nouveau              1998848  4
mxm_wmi                16384  1 nouveau
wmi                    32768  2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
video                  49152  1 nouveau
snd_hda_codec_idt      61440  1
ttm                   102400  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper        217088  1 nouveau
cec                    53248  1 drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 nouveau
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
drm                   552960  7 drm_kms_helper,ttm,nouveau


On 2021-02-06 09:17, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
> On 2/6/21 10:02 AM, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
>> sudo ubuntu-drivers
> 
> 20.04 has a few notes in the Release Notes about nvidia GPUs.
> Be certain to read it.
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes
> 
> $ sudo apt purge nvidia-*
> $ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
> 
> are the commands you want. Since 18.04, AMD and Nvidia GPU drivers
> have been available for still supported GPUs.
> 
> The ubuntuforums.org have lots of people who struggle with dual-GPU
> systems, especially when those systems have both nvidia and Intel
> iGPUs. Anyways, check there for more help.
> 
> I don't have a system like that and my only 20.04 system runs
> inside a VM.  Last month, I moved from 16.04 to 18.04 on most of my
> systems. ;) I don't really "do" GUI stuff - still rocking fvwm here. ;)
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