Re: Stuck at "checking battery state..." in ubuntu 12.04. Please help.
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Originally Posted by
NikTh
Hi,
nouveau (open source driver for nvidia) is pre-installed. Have you tried it ?
You can execute the commands below to make sure that no nvidia-proprietary driver left in your system and nouveau will be used.
Code:
sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf # if the file does not exist , then is OK
sudo apt-get install nvidia-common ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
and at the end , give this command to reboot your pc
If everything work ok , then is not needed to install additional-proprietary nvidia driver.
Thanks
I tried this and I was finally able to login from the GUI.
But there is a small problem with this procedure.
Whenever I reboot or start my computer, after the purple screen with red dots I see "a purple screen with a dark patch" for about 10-15 seconds followed by a white screen for some 5 seconds and then I see the login window.
Can someone please tell me what could be wrong?
Re: Stuck at "checking battery state..." in ubuntu 12.04. Please help.
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Originally Posted by
dannyboy79
i get that same checking battery state message on my headless server. it's because I uninstalled a desktop manager. I am guessing lightdm was uninstalled when you uninstalled that gnome thingy. try to reinstall lightdm.
also, what happens if at the checking battery state screen, you hit ctrl-alt-f1, login textually. then at the prompt enter this
sudo service start lightdm
Now that I can finally login, I can see that I have lightdm installed on my computer.
Do I need to run the following command from the terminal?
Quote:
sudo service start lightdm
Re: Stuck at "checking battery state..." in ubuntu 12.04. Please help.
Hi ,
lightdm is already started . You don't need to start something manually. The problem probably is with graphics driver , Nvidia additional drivers.
Now that you have purged completely nvidia , you can try to install another version if you want.
You have 2 options.
One is nvidia-experimental-304 and the other is nvidia-experimental-310
First try
Code:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-experimental-304 nvidia-settings-experimental-304
sudo nvidia-xconfig
Reboot to see if you can login without problems.
The other "problem" with plymouth(during OS start, that with the dots ...etc) , I cannot handle it . Sometimes work good , sometimes not.
If the experimental-304 not working for you , try the 310, but first remove manually the 304.
Code:
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-experimental-*
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
and then try 310
Code:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-experimental-310 nvidia-settings-experimental-310
sudo nvidia-xconfig
and reboot again.
Thanks (hope you solve it soon)
Re: Stuck at "checking battery state..." in ubuntu 12.04. Please help.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
NikTh
Hi ,
First try
Code:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-experimental-304 nvidia-settings-experimental-304
sudo nvidia-xconfig
Reboot to see if you can login without problems.
Thanks a lot. Now I don’t see that ugly screen at login however now I see an NVIDIA splash screen at startup for a couple of seconds and I can still see that bright white screen I talked about in my earlier post.
Should I try nvidia-experimental-310? Will it fix my problem? Or is there any other way?
Re: Stuck at "checking battery state..." in ubuntu 12.04. Please help.
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Originally Posted by
agentfortyseven
now I see an NVIDIA splash screen at startup for a couple of seconds and I can still see that bright white screen I talked about in my earlier post.
Yes ? is it beautiful ? never saw it :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by
agentfortyseven
Should I try nvidia-experimental-310? Will it fix my problem? Or is there any other way?
Well, nobody can tell you if will work better or worst. Experimental is experimental.
If you want to give it a shot.. you know how to remove if not work.
Thanks
Re: Stuck at "checking battery state..." in ubuntu 12.04. Please help.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
NikTh
First try
Code:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-experimental-304 nvidia-settings-experimental-304
sudo nvidia-xconfig
I actually forgot to run the second command and restarted. Now when I ran the second command I don’t see the white screen anymore but I do see the nvidia splash screen. And the boot time has increased compared to what it used to be. I'm gonna mark this thread as solved anyway.
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Originally Posted by
NikTh
Yes ? is it beautiful ? never saw it
Nah its not beautiful at all but I can deal with it. I would however be glad if you or someone else could help me stop it from appearing at login.
And thanks a lot for your help NikTh and others too.
Re: Stuck at "checking battery state..." in ubuntu 12.04. Please help.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
agentfortyseven
Nah its not beautiful at all but I can deal with it. I would however be glad if you or someone else could help me stop it from appearing at login.
The only thing I can suggest is this command
Code:
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
and if the results are more than one , choose the Ubuntu's plymouth screen.
Then run
Code:
sudo update-initramfs -u -k all
Thanks
Re: Stuck at "checking battery state..." in ubuntu 12.04. Please help.
you can add
Code:
Option "NoLogo" "True"
to your xorg.conf file I am just not exactly sure which section it suppose to be put in.
Re: Stuck at "checking battery state..." in ubuntu 12.04. Please help.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
NikTh
The only thing I can suggest is this command
Code:
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
When i ran the above command I got the following message:
There is only one alternative in link group default.plymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
Nothing to configure.
Its alright I'm happy with my computer right now.
I do however have one final question:
Is nvidia experimental 304 driver more stable or experimental 310? Because I have experimental 304 driver and sometimes my computer freezes.
Re: Stuck at "checking battery state..." in ubuntu 12.04. Please help.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
dannyboy79
you can add
Code:
Option "NoLogo" "True"
to your xorg.conf file I am just not exactly sure which section it suppose to be put in.
I don't have any xorg.conf file on my computer my friend. But thanks a lot for your help.