Originally posted by vinnywright View Post
Originally posted by anonprivate View Post
I have 16.04 installed on the harddrive, but it is not functional.
? what happened

Originally posted by anonprivate View Post
Regarding your comment, Is there a difference between updating and upgrading 16.04, and installing 16.04.1?
no

Originally posted by anonprivate View Post
Can you tell me how to upgrade the video drivers if I install 16.04.1?
well their are way's and their are ways ,,,,,,first try going to "system settings >Driver manager" and see if it's working again (it's been broken for a wile ,,wont display anything) if it's working just select the driver it "recommends" and install .

IF it's still not telling us anything ,,,,,,open a Konsole and run
Code:
ubuntu-drivers devices
you will get something like this

Code:
vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ ubuntu-drivers devices
== cpu-microcode.py ==
driver   : intel-microcode - distro non-free

== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
model    : GK104M [GeForce GTX 860M]
modalias : pci:v000010DEd0000119Asv00001558sd00000376bc03sc00i00
vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
driver   : nvidia-340 - third-party free
driver   : nvidia-367 - third-party free [COLOR=#ff0000]recommended[/COLOR]
driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
driver   : nvidia-358 - third-party free
driver   : nvidia-361 - third-party free
driver   : nvidia-364 - third-party free
as we see it is "recommending" nvidia-367 for me , and is in fact what is installed from the "Graphics drivers PPA"

you can then if you like what it has "recommended" for you just do
Code:
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
OR

if you know you want a diferent one ,,,,,,,,,lets say ,,,,,,,,"nvidia-340",,,,,,,,,,,,you can just do
Code:
sudo apt install nvidia-340
VINNY
Thank you for replying.

Originally posted by vinnywright View Post
? what happened


Initially, I installed 16.04 as an upgrade after I received a message through updates telling me that 16.04.1 was available.

I noticed a very long delay (5 minutes) to boot. I tried to fix the problem by deleting the dot files in my home directory in the hope that they would be reformed and eliminate the problem. After this I could not boot.

On another machine, I donloaded 16.04.1 and formed a live DVD. On running this programme, I noticed some white lines, flashing, and sometimes disconnection from the ISP. I assumed that these phenomena resulted fom the graphics card. Note, I had no such problems with 16.04. At present, I am waiting for some DVD's to arrive so that I can copy my folders in the home directory. Regarding copying, do you know how I can copy my bookmarks?

Art present, I am connecting to the internet using a live pendrive running Ububtu 12.10 (very satisfactory), but can't save anything, and all the software is dated.

'no'

Thank you



'well their are way's and their are ways ,,,,,,first try going to "system settings >Driver manager" and see if it's working again (it's been broken for a wile ,,wont display anything) if it's working just select the driver it "recommends" and install .

IF it's still not telling us anything ,,,,,,open a Konsole and run
Code:
ubuntu-drivers devices
you will get something like this

Code:
vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ ubuntu-drivers devices
== cpu-microcode.py ==
driver   : intel-microcode - distro non-free

== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
model    : GK104M [GeForce GTX 860M]
modalias : pci:v000010DEd0000119Asv00001558sd00000376bc03sc00i00
vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
driver   : nvidia-340 - third-party free
driver   : nvidia-367 - third-party free [COLOR=#ff0000]recommended[/COLOR]
driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
driver   : nvidia-358 - third-party free
driver   : nvidia-361 - third-party free
driver   : nvidia-364 - third-party free
as we see it is "recommending" nvidia-367 for me , and is in fact what is installed from the "Graphics drivers PPA"

you can then if you like what it has "recommended" for you just do
Code:
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
OR

if you know you want a diferent one ,,,,,,,,,lets say ,,,,,,,,"nvidia-340",,,,,,,,,,,,you can just do
Code:
sudo apt install  nvidia-340
VINNY
'

Out of interest, I tried the command from the live pendrive (Ubuntu 12.10).

I noticed

'ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd000001D1sv00001028sd00000405bc03sc00 i00
model : G72 [GeForce 7300 LE]
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
driver : nvidia-current - distro non-free recommended
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
driver : nvidia-current-updates - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-experimental-304 - distro non-free

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ '

driver : nvidia-current - distro non-free recommended

Does this mean that the current driver is the most suitable. I was hoping to see a free recommended driver. I would look for free alternatives.

Or, am I receiving this message because I am connecting to an old Ubuntu database, and I might get a differnet result when connecting using 16.04, or 16.04.1.

Finally, if you were in my position, would you insstall 16.04, or 16.04.1.

Best wishes.

A