If you add the nomodeset parameter to the kernel, it instructs the kernel to load the video/graphics drivers after the display server is started. Among other benefits, it enables you to have a beautiful, high resolution boot splash screens. In other words, when you logged in to your system and see graphical user interface.īut lately, the video mode settings were moved to the kernel.
Normally, the video/graphics card were used after the X or any other display server was started. So, what did we just do here? What’s that nomodeset thing? Let me explain it to you briefly. Ubuntu just gets stuck at the purple screen even before reaching the login screen. The mouse won’t move, I couldn’t type anything and nothing else could be done except turning off the device by holding the power button.Īnd it was the same story at the next login try. It was showing the familiar purple screen and then I noticed that it froze there. The installation was quick, easy and painless. I dual booted Windows 10 with Ubuntu 18.04. This laptop comes with Windows 10 installed on the 120 GB SSD and 1 TB of HDD for storing data. So, when I decided to get a new dedicated device for testing Linux distributions, I opted for a laptop with NVIDIA graphics. A number of It’s FOSS readers asked for my help with their NVIDIA laptops and I could do nothing because I didn’t have a system with NVIDIA graphics card. NVIDIA is known for its poor compatibility with Linux. Acer Predator Helios 300 comes with NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050Ti.
The reason why I opted for this gaming laptop even though I don’t game on PC is NVIDIA Graphics. It’s a bulky, heavy built laptop which is in contrast to my liking of smaller, lightweight laptops like the awesome Dell XPS. The other day I bought an Acer Predator laptop ( affiliate link) to test various Linux distribution. The tutorial was performed on a newly installed Ubuntu system but it should be applicable otherwise as well.
#Install latest nvidia drivers ubuntu 18.04 how to
This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to deal with Ubuntu freezing at the boot by installing proprietary NVIDIA drivers.
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