Hi everyone/anyone. I decided to install Ubuntu on my pc after windows 7 sundown. I've used Ubuntu before, but I'm having trouble with system stability and it seems to be due to a compatibility issue with the graphics hardware.
Graphics card: (output from Lspci | grep VGA) in terminal), 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] (rev a2)
I've installed Ubuntu on my "e-Machines" desktop computer, which ran 64 bit windows 7 previously and remains on a partition created when I first installed Ubuntu. I initially tried Ubuntu 18.04 after having graphics trouble when running 20.04 from a USB stick, but had similar problems with 18.04, so after installing it to run along side windows, I decided to try upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04.
I've been struggling to try and get a "compatible" graphics driver to work - with both 18.04 and 20.04 versions. I'm using a Samsung flatscreen monitor ("SyncMaster S19B420") - graphics are garbled and open windows continually becoming distorted to the point of unusable.
Can someone please tell me if there is a way to correct this? I've read conflicting suggestions on internet searches - some suggest using generic drivers others suggest using propietary drivers. When I had 18.04 installed I tried installing the driver I downloaded off Nvidia website and the screen wouldn't even appear.
Thanks for any help offered.
Some system details:
Code:Processor Type: $ uname -p x86_64 System Info: description: Desktop Computer product: EL1352 (To Be Filled By O.E.M.) vendor: eMachines serial: PTNBT020060161515F2700 width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6 smp vsyscall32 configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=desktop family=eMachines Desktop frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled sku=To Be Filled By O.E.M. uuid=00262D2E-25FD-2010-0423-063349000000 *-core description: Motherboard product: EL1350 vendor: eMachines physical id: 0 *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: American Megatrends, Inc. physical id: 0 version: P01-A1 date: 01/28/2010 size: 64KiB capacity: 1MiB capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification *-cpu description: CPU product: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 215 Processor vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] physical id: 3 bus info: cpu@0 version: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 215 Processor serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M. slot: CPU 1 size: 2100MHz capacity: 2700MHz width: 64 bits clock: 200MHz capabilities: lm fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt hw_pstate vmmcall npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save cpufreq configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=2 *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 5 slot: L1-Cache size: 256KiB capacity: 256KiB capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies configuration: level=1 *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 6 slot: L2-Cache size: 1MiB capacity: 1MiB capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies configuration: level=2 *-memory:0 description: System Memory physical id: 10 slot: System board or motherboard size: 4GiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.9 ns) product: ACR256X64D3U1333C9 vendor: Kingston physical id: 0 serial: C72D0651 slot: DIMM0 size: 2GiB width: 64 bits clock: 1066MHz (0.9ns) *-bank:1 description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.9 ns) product: ACR256X64D3U1333C9 vendor: Kingston physical id: 1 serial: C7160651 slot: DIMM1 size: 2GiB width: 64 bits clock: 1066MHz (0.9ns) *-memory:1 UNCLAIMED description: RAM memory product: MCP61 Memory Controller vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 4 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: a1 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz (15.2ns) capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-isa description: ISA bridge product: MCP61 LPC Bridge vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: latency=0 resources: ioport:4f00(size=256) *-serial description: SMBus product: MCP61 SMBus vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 1.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm cap_list configuration: driver=nForce2_smbus latency=0 resources: irq:11 ioport:4900(size=64) ioport:4d00(size=64) ioport:4e00(size=64) *-memory:2 UNCLAIMED description: RAM memory product: MCP61 Memory Controller vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 1.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:01.2 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz (15.2ns) configuration: latency=0 *-usb:0 description: USB controller product: MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: a3 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 resources: irq:23 memory:febff000-febfffff *-usbhost product: OHCI PCI host controller vendor: Linux 5.4.0-52-generic ohci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@2 logical name: usb2 version: 5.04 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=10 speed=12Mbit/s *-usb:1 description: USB controller product: MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 2.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1 version: a3 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 resources: irq:22 memory:febfec00-febfecff *-usbhost product: EHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 5.4.0-52-generic ehci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@1 logical name: usb1 version: 5.04 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=hub slots=10 speed=480Mbit/s *-usb:0 description: Mass storage device product: Mass Storage Device vendor: Generic physical id: 5 bus info: usb@1:5 logical name: scsi6 version: 1.00 serial: 058F63616476 capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi emulated scsi-host configuration: driver=usb-storage maxpower=250mA speed=480Mbit/s *-disk:0 description: SCSI Disk product: Compact Flash vendor: Generic- physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sdb version: 1.01 capabilities: removable configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 *-medium physical id: 0 logical name: /dev/sdb *-disk:1 description: SCSI Disk product: Flash Reader vendor: Multiple physical id: 0.0.1 bus info: scsi@6:0.0.1 logical name: /dev/sdc version: 1.05 capabilities: removable configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 *-medium physical id: 0 logical name: /dev/sdc *-usb:1 description: Generic USB device product: ASUS EZ N Network Adapter vendor: Manufacturer Realtek physical id: 8 bus info: usb@1:8 version: 2.00 serial: 00e04c000001 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=r8712u maxpower=500mA speed=480Mbit/s *-usb:2 description: USB hub product: USB2.0 Hub vendor: Genesys Logic, Inc. physical id: a bus info: usb@1:a version: 32.98 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=hub maxpower=100mA slots=4 speed=480Mbit/s *-usb description: Keyboard product: USB Receiver vendor: Logitech physical id: 4 bus info: usb@1:a.4 version: 7.03 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=98mA speed=12Mbit/s *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: MCP61 PCI bridge vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0 version: a1 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pci ht subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list *-multimedia description: Audio device product: MCP61 High Definition Audio vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 5 bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2 resources: irq:21 memory:febf8000-febfbfff *-ide:0 description: IDE interface product: MCP61 IDE vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 6 bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ide pm isa_compat_mode pci_native_mode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pata_amd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:ffa0(size=16) *-bridge description: Ethernet interface product: MCP61 Ethernet vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 7 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0 logical name: enp0s7 version: a2 serial: 00:26:2d:2e:25:fd capacity: 1000000000 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: bridge pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 latency=0 link=no maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII resources: irq:27 memory:febfd000-febfdfff ioport:e480(size=8) *-ide:1 description: IDE interface product: MCP61 SATA Controller vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 8 bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0 logical name: scsi1 logical name: scsi2 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ide pm msi ht pci_native_mode bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=sata_nv latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 resources: irq:21 ioport:e400(size=8) ioport:e080(size=4) ioport:e000(size=8) ioport:dc00(size=4) ioport:d880(size=16) memory:febfc000-febfcfff *-disk description: ATA Disk product: ST3500418AS physical id: 0 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: CC44 serial: 6VMD2K71 size: 465GiB (500GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=88f05a58 *-volume:0 description: Windows NTFS volume physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 version: 3.1 serial: fa24-b036 size: 17GiB capacity: 18GiB capabilities: primary ntfs initialized configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2010-10-08 16:26:51 filesystem=ntfs label=PQSERVICE state=clean *-volume:1 description: Windows NTFS volume physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 version: 3.1 serial: be27-4136 size: 98MiB capacity: 100MiB capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2010-10-08 16:26:56 filesystem=ntfs label=SYSTEM RESERVED state=clean *-volume:2 description: Windows NTFS volume physical id: 3 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,3 logical name: /dev/sda3 version: 3.1 serial: 5caa7e2a-6c42-4848-993b-bcbd4b48f7b2 size: 233GiB capacity: 233GiB capabilities: primary ntfs initialized configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2020-10-25 19:18:40 filesystem=ntfs label=eMachines state=clean *-volume:3 description: Extended partition physical id: 4 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,4 logical name: /dev/sda4 size: 213GiB capacity: 213GiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended *-logicalvolume description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 5 logical name: /dev/sda5 logical name: / version: 1.0 serial: 4589861b-b403-4322-84e8-382b1210173d size: 213GiB capacity: 213GiB capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2020-10-25 22:09:03 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2020-10-27 19:14:26 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro mounted=2020-10-27 19:14:31 state=mounted *-cdrom description: DVD-RAM writer product: DVD A DH16AASH vendor: ATAPI physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/cdrw logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/dvdrw logical name: /dev/sr0 version: SA15 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc *-ide:2 description: IDE interface product: MCP61 SATA Controller vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 8.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:08.1 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: ide pm msi ht pci_native_mode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=sata_nv latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 resources: irq:23 ioport:d800(size=8) ioport:d480(size=4) ioport:d400(size=8) ioport:d080(size=4) ioport:d000(size=16) memory:febf3000-febf3fff *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: MCP61 PCI Express bridge vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 9 bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:24 *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: MCP61 PCI Express bridge vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: b bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:25 *-pci:3 description: PCI bridge product: MCP61 PCI Express bridge vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: c bus info: pci@0000:00:0c.0 version: a2 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:26 *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: d bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0 version: a2 width: 64 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0 resources: irq:22 memory:fb000000-fbffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:fa000000-faffffff memory:c0000-dffff *-pci:4 description: Host bridge product: Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: 101 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:5 description: Host bridge product: Family 10h Processor Address Map vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: 102 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:6 description: Host bridge product: Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: 103 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pci:7 description: Host bridge product: Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: 104 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=k10temp resources: irq:0 *-pci:8 description: Host bridge product: Family 10h Processor Link Control vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] physical id: 105 bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-pnp00:00 product: PnP device PNP0b00 physical id: a capabilities: pnp configuration: driver=rtc_cmos *-pnp00:01 product: PnP device PNP0c02 physical id: e capabilities: pnp configuration: driver=system *-pnp00:02 product: PnP device PNP0c02 physical id: f capabilities: pnp configuration: driver=system *-pnp00:03 product: PnP device PNP0f03 physical id: 11 capabilities: pnp configuration: driver=i8042 aux *-pnp00:04 product: PnP device PNP0c02 physical id: 12 capabilities: pnp configuration: driver=system *-pnp00:05 product: PnP device PNP0c02 physical id: 13 capabilities: pnp configuration: driver=system *-pnp00:06 product: PnP device PNP0c01 physical id: 14 capabilities: pnp configuration: driver=system *-network description: Wireless interface physical id: 1 bus info: usb@1:8 logical name: wlx5404a6e02941 serial: 54:04:a6:e0:29:41 capabilities: ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=r8712u ip=192.168.1.141 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
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