See... that is the kind of thing I cannot tolerate. As the end user, I Know my reasons for not upgrading a package.
What about seeint an apt mark-hold on the nvidia-driver-560?
No 555 is now a meta/transition package. Another option is to add ubuntu driver ppa.
2 Likes
Well i have to reinstall anyway, the external drive i used was for testing purpose anyway. It does not really matter, as long windows get deleted from the msi notebook.
The acer notebook i tested today with the black screens, they only appear in suspend mode. Turned it off for now, seems a bug in the driver since 555 did not had this issue.
First thing i already notice is the ■■■■■■ sound in Windows. During gaming i do notice alot of difference in sound already. How is it even possible Windows has worse sounds then linux has ?
Yeah, many has complained about it.
I have moved my Cosmic DE alpha releases to upstream releases. I'm living on the edge now 
2 Likes
So you use it as daily driver ?
Aye, though half of my games don't work due to Nvidia - but that soon will pass as I'm going to get me an AMD card next month.
Did you try downgrading to 550 ?
No I'm using 560.
So i wiped windows completely, can someone tell me how i can hold the 560 update ? can i do that using synaptic ?
This does not work so it seems
Are these available updates or already installed ones? You can check with:
apt list --upgradable | grep -i nvidia
NOTE: You do not need to use
sudowhile you are already switched to the root user account.
Try with the driver version that you currently have installed, then:
apt list --installed | grep -i nvidia
And run the apt-mark hold command on that version.
For this type of situations I think using Synaptic package manager might be better, as it's a graphical tool and is easier to see what is installed and what isn't. I think it can also be used to hold packages from updating.
1 Like
It looks like you have installed both 525 and 555 already. I'd be hesitant to remove the 555 driver as it might be in use by something else at the moment. I think I'll step back here and let someone else take over this one... Nvidia has truly outdone itself (again 
)
1 Like
Yes, you can. Synaptic can send the apt mark-hold command for you.
Select a package, then in the menubar, select Package and in the menu, check the box for lock version.
1 Like
Which version i need to lock ? The installed ones or the updates ? Do i have to select all the packages 1 by 1 ? Is there an easier way ?
This is a clean install, didnt install anything else. This is how Pop installed it