[ubuntu-studio-users] Problem with Asus FX505 Tuf Gaming laptop after installing 20.04

[David King]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll download Kubuntu and try that.

David


On 21/10/2020 06:59, Dave in Dalek Zone wrote:
> I also have an Asus gaming laptop with an Nvidia Geforce graphic card, 
> and use Kubuntu without problem, with either the proprietary Nvidia 
> driver or the Xorg driver.
> 
> Maybe you could try installing Kubuntu and then installing the Ubuntu 
> Studio Desktop?
> 
> That works fine for me. HTH.
> 
> ---
> With all best wishes,
> Dave
> 
> On 2020-10-20 23:19, David King wrote:
>> It was originally using the Xorg nouveau driver but as it had problems
>> I switched to the Nvidia, and I have the same problems.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>> On 20/10/2020 15:33, Mike Squires wrote:
>>> A data point:  I'm using an HP Envy 17 laptop, older Intel i7 
>>> processor, and according to the "Software & Updates" panel I'm using 
>>> the X.Org X server with the Noveau display driver.
>>>
>>> Nvidia hardware is "GeForce 940M".
>>>
>>> No problems.
>>>
>>> I'm not doing anything really complex, the usual home stuff but no 
>>> gaming (D&D using VTT and discord, but nothing very taxing to the 
>>> system).
>>>
>>> Installation was from the DVD, nothing other than the usual items 
>>> asked for during the installation.
>>>
>>> Mike Squires
>>>
>>> On 10/19/20 4:19 PM, David King wrote:
>>>> I bought an Asus FX505 Tuf Gaming laptop, with Intel Core i5 CPU and 
>>>> Nvidia GPU.
>>>>
>>>> It came with Windows 10. I booted from USB to live Ubuntu Studio 
>>>> 20.04 and installed it after repartitioning.
>>>>
>>>> I can boot into Ubuntu Studio, but after a few minutes, everything 
>>>> except the mouse freezes. I can move the mouse around, but not click 
>>>> on anything, not drag anything. Key presses do nothing. I could 
>>>> press CTRL ALT F1 for a terminal and do things there, but since I 
>>>> updated the kernel to 5.8.0-23-lowlatency, even that no longer works 
>>>> after booting.
>>>>
>>>> I would really like to get Ubuntu Studio working on this laptop, as 
>>>> Windows 10 sucks. I can revert it all back to just Windows 10 if 
>>>> necessary, but would rather use Linux.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas on what is wrong?
>>>>
>>>> Some websites suggest the graphics driver. I have the Nvidia 
>>>> proprietary driver installed and selected, originally the 
>>>> Xorg-nouveau driver was in use, but I removed this as some say it is 
>>>> buggy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>>
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