[xubuntu-users] Xubuntu 20.04 Install Issue

[Alex Johns]

On 21/09/22 10:51, Dick Steffens wrote:
> On 9/20/22 15:49, Alex Johns wrote:
>> On 21/09/22 05:17, Dick Steffens wrote:
>>> I am trying to install Xubuntu 20.04 on a Lenovo Ideapad 330. The 
>>> base install worked fine. It asked me if I wanted to install 
>>> updates. I said yes. It proceeded to do that for a lot of minutes (I 
>>> was reading news on another computer, so I don't know exactly how 
>>> long). At some point the screen went blank. I waited for another 
>>> long bit of minutes and tried moving the mouse, thinking it might be 
>>> a screen saver issue, but with no results. I can see the mouse 
>>> pointer, but get no response to clicks. I powered down and back up. 
>>> The screen shows the Lenovo splash image, then the xubuntu logo with 
>>> the arc chasing around in a circle, then the list of journal 
>>> recovery stuff, then a blank screen with the clock in the upper 
>>> right hand corner, and then a blank screen with the mouse pointer.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on where to start to look to solve this one? 
>>
>> Do a complete reinstall, but turn off the screen saver before you 
>> install.
>>
>> Worked for me
>>
>
> I'll keep that in mind if I run into this again.
>
> I solved the problem by purging the nVidia driver and going with the 
> Nouveau driver.
>
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
>
your welcome
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