boot problem since last upfrade 20.04.3

[Grizzly]

18 September 2021  at 18:12, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
Re: boot problem since last upfrade (at least in part)

>On Sat, 18 Sep 2021 13:59:43 +0100, Grizzly via ubuntu-users wrote:
>>I did have a similar problem testing 21.04

>JFTR 21.04 does not provide the proprietary nvidia driver anymore.

>The https://packages.ubuntu.com/hirsute/nvidia-340 package for 21.04 is
>a transitional package not providing the proprietary nvidia driver, it
>provides the xorg nouveau driver instead.

can't speak for 21.04 as I could not get it to work (all sorts of gliches and 
quirks) but when I used the xorg nouveau driver on 20.04 the only res offered 
was 640x480 (not great on a 1920x1200 screen, not to mention that "if" I tried 
to size a window (either by hotkey or dragging) the whole system locked up

>Debian claims that the nvida driver supports "GeForce 8300 [C77],
>GeForce 8300 GS [G84], GeForce 8300 GS [G86], GeForce 8300 GS [G98]"
>- https://packages.debian.org/de/sid/nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver

>Freedesktop.org claims that the nouveau driver supports "NV86 (G86)
>GeForce 8300 GS" and "NVAA (MCP77/MCP78) GeForce 8300 mGPU"
>- https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/CodeNames.html#NV50

All was well "before" I upgraded for kernel 5.8.0-59, after that both 5.11.0-27 
& 5.11.0-34 wont boot to a desktop (or so it has been stated) I have trie dto 
get a terminal (which I thought was not working at all) but even with a short 
user name (only four chars) the terminal login prompt only disapears beforeI 
can enter them, and if by somne fluck i manage it goes before I can cnt the 
second char of my password (I touch type 60 words a minute on a good day)

I was going to just go back to 5.8.0-59 but it seems something I did to repair 
the upgrades has frigged that one also