choosing replacement video card

[Richard Barmann]

On 08/17/2015 01:21 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
> Richard Barmann composed on 2015-08-16 21:38 (UTC-0400):
>
>> When I boot up the first item is labled unbuntu and at Login I can
>> choose Xfce, or Plasma  which will not load, or Gnome, Ubuntu, and
>> Failsafe. I also have windows98 and then the bad Kubuntu.
>> The others will only load Kubuntu with parts missing and what you see on
>> the screen is out of proportion and not able to read.
> So the only current problem with 15.04 now is screen display is bad, but it
> does boot, right? If that is true, then it should be repairable, not in need
> of reinstallation. Even if you reinstall 15.04, odds are that the nouveau
> driver isn't working for your 6200 and you need the proprietary driver to
> solve the display problem.
>
> Repairs regarding NVidia drivers should be made from a virtual console
> (Ctrl-Alt-Fn), not from KDE or XFCE. The GUI display manager should be shut
> down before installing or removing the 304.125 or any other NVidia driver, as
> stated in instructions for installing it.
>
> Part of getting the NVidia driver properly installed is to adjust your Grub
> configuration so that nomodeset is included on the cmdline. Another part is
> installing the kernel source for the installed kernel, which also can be done
> from a virtual terminal using aptitude or apt-get.
>
> A read of
> https://elementaryforums.com/index.php?threads/howto-install-latest-nvidia-driver-on-linux-without-getting-black-screen.7/
> might enable you to get the proprietary driver installed without help. If
> not, maybe you could find a local Linux guru or user group to help you by
> placing a Craigslist ad. Maybe there is a local seniors or church group that
> could help.
>
> At this point, if 15.04 boots and only its video is corrupt, altering your
> partitioning is probably not warranted, a waste of time, and maybe
> detrimental to progress.
>
> You should upload /var/log/Xorg.0.log from each of your good and your bad
> Kubuntus to pastebin so that we can compare them and know better how to
> suggest you proceed. http://paste.ubuntu.com/
    Would that be  the log and the log.old.
     Open it in Kate and past in above?
Dick