<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none"></style> </head> <body dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <p>Hi All,</p> <p><br> </p> <p>This might help someone<br> </p> <p><br> </p> <p>For the Nvidia driver, are you installing the right driver for your GPU<br> <br> There are these in the repos :<br> <br> nvidia-304<br> <br> nvidia-331<br> <br> nvidia-340<br> <br> nvidia-352<br> <br> nvidia-361<br> <br> last night for my PC, <br> <br> I first installed nvidia-340, did not work, would just go back to the login screen<br> <br> I then installed nvidia-361, same problem<br> <br> Then I, installed nvidia-304, works now</p> <p><br> <br> When it did not work,<br> <br> At the login screen, pressed Ctrl + Alt + F1 for command line login, logged in with my Username and password<br> <br> At the command prompt, typed sudo -i ( for intereactive sudo use ), then enter, and the password when asked<br> <br> Typed apt-get remove nvidia-340, then enter, to remove the nvidia-340 driver<br> <br> Typed apt-get install nvidia-361, then enter, then accept with a y<br> <br> After installed, typed reboot, to reboot the PC<br> <br> When I logged in, did the same as nvidia-340<br> <br> So followed the above, to uninstall the nvidia-361 driver, and install the nvidia-304 driver, and rebooted, worked<br> <br> Hope this helps<br> <br> William<br> </p> <div style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> <hr tabindex="-1" style="display:inline-block; width:98%"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> ubuntu-za-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com <ubuntu-za-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com> on behalf of Quintin van Rooyen <quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> 25 April 2016 13:09<br> <b>To:</b> Ubuntu South African Local Community<br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [ubuntu-za] UEFI</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div dir="ltr">Just rebooted into secure mode and it boots fine. I have run into the login loop issue with Nvidia-361 drivers, so that is a separate issue to fix.<br> <br> <br> <div class="mt-signature"><font class="mt-signature-text" color="#999999">Sent with <a href="https://mailtrack.io/install?source=signature&lang=en&referral=quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com&idSignature=22" class="mt-install"> MailTrack</a></font></div> <img class="mailtrack-img" height="0" width="0" src="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/91c5233b109b286d70124da55c5ada5a34dd911a99839.png"></div> <div class="gmail_extra"><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On 25 April 2016 at 12:52, Quintin van Rooyen <span dir="ltr"> <<a href="mailto:quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com" target="_blank">quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <div dir="ltr">Yes I do, did at least when I installed 15.10 and Win10 together. <div><br> I think I did this morning when I re-installed 16.04 on a new faster drive, but I havent added the proprietary drivers on this install yet.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>When I reboot I can confirm for you.<br> <br> <div><font color="#999999">Sent with <a href="https://mailtrack.io/install?source=signature&lang=en&referral=quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com&idSignature=22" target="_blank"> MailTrack</a></font></div> </div> <img height="0" width="0" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7"></div> <div class="HOEnZb"> <div class="h5"> <div class="gmail_extra"><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On 25 April 2016 at 12:41, Mozzi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mozzi.glug@gmail.com" target="_blank">mozzi.glug@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <div dir="ltr"> <div><br> </div> Have you got secure boot enabled?<br> </div> <div> <div> <div class="gmail_extra"><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Quintin van Rooyen <span dir="ltr"> <<a href="mailto:quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com" target="_blank">quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <div dir="ltr">Are you sure this is UEFI that is causing this? <div><br> </div> <div>I UEFI boot Ubuntu ever since getting my HP Envy (dual booted in UEFI with Windows 8 and post format Windows 10.) and proprietary drivers work as advertised.<br> <br> <br> <br> <div><font color="#999999">Sent with <a href="https://mailtrack.io/install?source=signature&lang=en&referral=quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com&idSignature=22" target="_blank"> MailTrack</a></font></div> </div> <img height="0" width="0" src=""></div> <div class="gmail_extra"><br> <div class="gmail_quote"> <div> <div>On 25 April 2016 at 09:39, Mozzi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mozzi.glug@gmail.com" target="_blank">mozzi.glug@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> </div> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <div> <div> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div><br> </div> Morning all.<br> <br> </div> Okay, new laptop, Toshiba satellite.<br> </div> Now installing kubuntu is a snap, converted to GPT partitions and UEFI.<br> </div> Now my problem.....<br> <br> </div> No "proprietry" drivers will load, Virtualbox and Nvidia just refuse!!<br> </div> Can anyone help here?<span><font color="#888888"><br> <br clear="all"> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div><br> -- <br> <div>Mozzi<br> <br> No Microso$oft products were used, or employees harmed, in creating this message.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </font></span></div> <br> </div> </div> <span><font color="#888888">--<br> ubuntu-za mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a rel="noreferrer" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a><br> <br> </font></span></blockquote> </div> <span><font color="#888888"><br> <br clear="all"> <div><br> </div> -- <br> <div>Quintin van Rooyen<br> <a href="mailto:quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com" target="_blank">quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com</a><br> The New SA Geek!<br> <a href="http://g33q.co.za" target="_blank">http://g33q.co.za</a></div> </font></span></div> <br> --<br> ubuntu-za mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a rel="noreferrer" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a><br> <br> </blockquote> </div> <br> <br clear="all"> <br> -- <br> <div>Mozzi<br> <br> No Microso$oft products were used, or employees harmed, in creating this message.</div> </div> </div> </div> <br> --<br> ubuntu-za mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-za@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a rel="noreferrer" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za</a><br> <br> </blockquote> </div> <br> <br clear="all"> <div><br> </div> -- <br> <div>Quintin van Rooyen<br> <a href="mailto:quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com" target="_blank">quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com</a><br> The New SA Geek!<br> <a href="http://g33q.co.za" target="_blank">http://g33q.co.za</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> <br clear="all"> <div><br> </div> -- <br> <div class="gmail_signature">Quintin van Rooyen<br> <a href="mailto:quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com" target="_blank">quintin.vanrooyen@gmail.com</a><br> The New SA Geek!<br> <a href="http://g33q.co.za" target="_blank">http://g33q.co.za</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <br> <hr> <font face="Arial" color="Gray" size="2"><br> "This e-mail is subject to our Disclaimer, to view click http://www.dut.ac.za/disclaimer"<br> </font> <br /><br /> <p style="font-family: Verdana; font-size:10pt; color:#666666;"> <b>Disclaimer</b> </p> <p style="font-family: Verdana; font-size:8pt; color:#666666;"> The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. 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