I'm new to linux, and I decided to go with zorin after doing some research.
While installing, I would get a black screen when trying the first option, so I tried the second option (safe graphics) and it worked.
I used the "try" option and the system was working perfectly fine for me so I installed it. I don't know if this is relevant, but I'm dual-booting windows 10 and zorin. Anyway, the installation was successful, I removed the USB and rebooted. But when I choose zorin on the grub menu, I get a black screen, and after waiting a few minutes, random pixels on the screen turn to random colors, and I can't access the terminal (the only way to get out of this is plugging off the pc cable)
(I don't have pictures, but its very close to this post: https://forum.zorin.com/t/solved-black-screen-after-install/532)
I tried multiple solutions but none of them worked for me, the only workaround was pressing e on the grub menu and replacing "ro" to "nomodeset", by doing that zorin boots normally, and I see the zorin logo
but after that (when I'm supposed to see the login screen) its just a black screen with a blinking underscore, but I can access tty2-7
My GPU is nvidia quadro 600
Sorry if this issue was fixed in another posts, but I searched for almost 2 hours and couldn't find a solution that worked for me, not even a temporary one. Any help would be much appreciated.
This definitely sounds like a Nvidia Graphics driver issue.
To the best of my knowledge, the last Nvidia supplied driver that actually worked on the Quadro 600 was the 470 driver.
Using the TTY, or using the Advanced Options for Zorin > Zorin on -kernel version- (Recovery) > Enable Networking in recovery menu > Drop to Root Prompt:
I checked online, and seems like the latest driver for quadro 600 (an ancient gpu) is 390
so I did the same steps, but installed nvidia-driver-390 instead of 470
(I also noticed that when I installed zorin, it installed the 390 driver, so I'm pretty sure that's the last driver that works for my gpu)
However, when installing nvidia-driver-390 I get errors like this (going off memory here since I'm not sure how to export the logs unfortunately):
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-driver-390
nvidia-driver-390 depends on nvidia-dkms-390 (<= 390.157-1); However package nvidia-dkms-390 is not configured yet.
nvidia-driver-390 depends on nvidia-dkms-390 (<= 390.157); However package nvidia-dkms-390 is not configured yet.
Errors where encountered while processing:
nvidia-dkms-390
nvidia-driver-390
I did some research, and it seems that the 390 driver is incompatible with the kernel
I'm gonna try again with the 470 driver and post an update later today
But for now, is there a way for me to downgrade to a kernel version that is compatible with the 390 driver?
Are you on Zorin OS 17 or 16?
You can use apt search linux-headers in terminal to check the earliest kernel available.
It will produce a long list - scrolling skills are required.
If it is an older machine, really I would think the 5.8 kernel would work perfectly fine. But you may go a bit higher like 5.11 or 5.13
I have Zorin OS 17.1 Core, I downloaded the latest ISO yesterday
Running 'apt search linux-headers' on tty shows a long list as you mentioned, though I'm not sure how to scroll up
Here's a picture, don't mind the white line, its from the lcd itself
I tried and they didn't work, not sure why.
I'll try to figure it out, but what should I look for? The smallest number in general? Or the green text should be something specific? Like linux-kernel-5.x.x or similar?
Sorry I'm completely new to linux as I've been using windows for over a decade now, so this is all new to me...
Okay this is weird... I installed the 5.15.0-100 kernel and I tried to install nvidia-driver-390 from there, and I kept getting the same errors
But somehow after rebooting it worked...
I'm very confused, but it works, so I'm not complaining
So can I make the 5.15.0-100 kernel the default one, or do I have to keep selecting it in grub menu every time I boot up?
Also my screen resolution is 1440x900, but the closest thing I found to it in the settings was 1400x900
Is there any way to change it to 1440x900 or do I have to work with it like this?
Alright thank you so much, but I have 1 more question
So apparently I'm getting these errors because it tries to compile nvidia-dkms-390 for both the current kernel I'm using (5.15.0-100) which compiles successfully, and the default one (6.5.0-25) which fails, even though I'm not booting on that kernel so I'm not sure why its still trying to compile on it
This is causing many errors whenever I try to use the apt command to install or uninstall something, because it keeps detecting the failed compilation and tries to compile or something like that (not really sure what's happening, but I'm sure deleting the 6.5.0-25 will solve it)
So basically... how can I remove that 6.5.0-25 kernel?
I tried to remove it from the terminal, and also in synaptic package manager, but every time it says that its gonna download the 6.5.0-26 kernel so I'm not sure what to do
(trying to mark for complete removal in synaptic, the same thing happens if I try to remove it manually in the terminal)
I don't get that dialog if I try to remove any other kernel (for example the 5.15.0-100 that I'm currently using)
Am I supposed to just confirm it and install the 6.5.0-26? Or what exactly do I have to do?
And does the kernel update automatically? If so, how to disable those updates?
If I try to remove any other kernel I don't get that dialog, maybe because this is the main kernel that zorin boots into by default (unless I specificly choose the 5.15 kernel in advanced menu)
Okay, I removed both the -25 and -26 kernels, and everything seems to be working and no issues with the 390 drivers so far, so I think my issue is solved.
