28 from nvidia-370 (open source) At latest check it was running 455 The screen goes black and then reboots without even. I can report that a new install from the iso image of I just purchased and received an Alienware 17 R4 laptop with an RTX 3080, a day ago, and the nvidia -driver-460 meta-package on Ubuntu 20.

But anyways, here’s how to get fix your laptop when Ubuntu has a black screen on login (assuming your problem is related to the Nvidia drivers).

After that I had a black screen after booting. I also encountered the black screen with my new installation, and it was a relatively easy fix. Update Ubuntu after the completion of the installation process. It would detect my gpu, but on Nvidia driver install it would make the 'disconnected device' sound and won't re-connect and the screen would be black from now on. 04 LTS, during boot the screen goes blank (turns black), all HD disk Option 1: Install the Nvidia graphics driver from the Ubuntu Repository. When I add a 3rd GPU (3080) I only get a black screen. The installation process may take a few minutes. Try again booting the USB, but interrupt the boot and try adding 'nomodeset' (without the quotes) next to 'quiet' and 'no splash' and then F10 to resume booting. The Nvidia trick is still the likely solution. Use these commands and post the output: ls /lib/modprobe. The black screen or persistent freezing usually indicates that a needed video driver is missing.However, after I installed the driver and tried to reboot it.

$ nmcli dev wifi list # list available wi-fi networks from terminal $ sudo nmcli dev wifi connect password Software & Updates -> Additional Drivers. I guess this is because the GUI display is trying to use nvidia driver on intergrated graphic card since this is an optimus laptop.

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