New Update = Super Lag

General Help
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Hoping to get this resolved, as these little games are one of the few things helping me to keep my sanity at the moment. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, but please note that I am not a programmer, and I will need specific instructions on things. I know how to find the terminal, but that's about it.

This last update is making me wish I hadn't installed Zorin at all...... My whole system feels a bit laggy now and I am unable to play any of my steam games for various reasons (I only have 3 and they aren't huge games) - 1 will launch but not load; 1 will launch and load but won't open most save files and the ones that do open run stupidly slow; and the last one won't load in the graphics, like it's just "hit boxes" where the images should be (audio loads tho).

Only thing I've noticed so far.

Edit:

This is the laptop I'm using:

and this is what I got back from the terminal:
-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz

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Please post output of;
inxi -Ga

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Also, in your BIOS Settings, is Secure Boot enabled?

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Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Lenovo
driver: N/A alternate: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
non-free: 550.xx+ status: current (as of 2024-04; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f99 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Syntek Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 174f:244c
class-ID: 0e02 serial: 0001
Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 23.2.6 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
compositor: gnome-shell v: 46.0 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa dri: swrast gpu: N/A
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 mapped: None-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96
size: 508x285mm (20x11.22") modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast
wayland: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast inactive: gbm
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.2 256 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 6.96 GiB unified: yes

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According to settings, Secure Boot is Active

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I think Secure Boot blocked the update to Kernel or to Nvidia Driver.
You are showing as using the fallback minimal llvmpipe driver:

Are you Dual Booting with Windows OS?
If not, you can disable Secure Boot from your BIOS settings - This is reached by booting the machine, then tapping that manufacturers F key for it... F8 or F2 or F10...
Under the Security tab, you should find the Secure Boot setting.

Once done, boot into Zorin OS, then open a terminal and run:

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

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Okay so when I try to get to a boot menu, I get this...

17483
174831920×1080 64.8 KB

Edit: hang on, lemme try one more thing....

But also, no, there are no partitions, that was a whole thing when I was trying to install Zorin in the first place. Got them all deleted.

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I swear, the older I get the dumber I get.... Anyway, got to the boot menu, did as you instructed.

Edit: IT WORKED!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

But also... Should I be turning secure boot back on?

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Only if you want Microsoft to block Linux things, again...

EDIT: I was too brief and unclear.

Secure Boot acts like a bouncer at an exclusive nightclub.
It has a list. If you are on the list, you are allowed into the club (Can boot). If not on the list, you are not allowed into the club (cannot boot.)

This signatory is vetted by Microsoft.
Secure boot does not act like intelligent malware sniffing. It is a list - nothing more.

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Okay, that's basically what I figured... thank you for explaining tho :slightly_smiling_face: