Latest NVidia driver f-d up my video

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 8:46 PM MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> [...]
> Latest update:
>
> Still no GUI.
>
> I stripped out most of the nvidia drivers, leaving this:
>
> $ dpkg --get-selections | grep nvidia
> linux-modules-nvidia-470-6.5.0-45-generic install
> linux-modules-nvidia-470-6.8.0-40-generic install
> linux-modules-nvidia-470-generic-hwe-22.04 install
> linux-objects-nvidia-470-6.5.0-45-generic install
> linux-objects-nvidia-470-6.8.0-40-generic install
> linux-signatures-nvidia-6.5.0-45-generic install
> linux-signatures-nvidia-6.8.0-40-generic install
> nvidia-kernel-common-470 install
>
> I also added nouveau to /etc/modules. I even ran update-initramfs -u
> from the root recovery command line.
>
> No luck. It still halts with an error on ata7.0 - which is my /dev/sr1
> (I think that's my Blue-Ray writer drive).
>
> I can't disconnect the optical drives easily - they're in the case,
> but I contend I shouldn't have to just to get a system to boot.

My guess is, the optical drive is Ok. It is what comes after that is
causing the problem.

> A photo of the screen where it hangs is here: https://bit.ly/BootHang

This opens my Google drive, but does not show a picture. But I don't
use Google drive. I don't know how to find your picture.

Jeff