I successfully installed NordVPN and GUI, but since then, I cannot restart Zorin. The computer goes blank and freezes, with just my HP security logo showing (which is normal on booting up). I have to do a hard reset and then start the computer again, when everything opens up fine. This is a minor inconvenience and if it can't be sorted, I can live with it, but it would be nice to have the option to restart rather than having the close down and then reboot.
HP ZBook Power 16 inch G11.
Did You used the Command from the Instructions from Nord VPN?
To install NordVPN GUI on Linux, follow the steps below:
sh <(wget -qO - https://downloads.nordcdn.com/apps/linux/install.sh) -p nordvpn-gui
NordVPN install includes a Kernel Module, and this will interact with the NIC early in the boot sequence.
It also includes a lot of iptables and is invasive with the firewall settings.
You can undo the effect, but a guaranteed undo involves removing NordVPN...
It may be possible to remove the effect by disabling it from starting at boot - but you would need to manually start it once booted.
I'm sorry but I can't remember. I am in a total quandary now because everything went totally pear-shaped when I tried to install DaVinci Resolve and nothing worked any longer so I simply wiped the lot with a clean re-install from my USB drive and I'm now in the process of reinstalling everything. I got the same continuous white scrolling text when I restarted the computer after the initial install, and as before, when I did a hard reset and restarted the computer everything went through OK. I still can't restart though. Thinking back, I think I reinstalled Nord VPN from Firefox - when I installed that, it synced from my other computer and everything was fine, and I got the GUI in OK as well. This is doing my head in and I can't cope with any more terminal stuff atm!!! I am now thinking that this non-restarting problem is nothing to do with Nord VPN but I only noticed it when I tried to restart after installing Nord VPN.
This is possible. And easy enough to test by disabling NordVPN and then rebooting, leaving it disabled, then attempting a restart.
And...
DaVinci Resolve is notoriously troublesome on GnuLinux, too.
There are a large number of threads dealing with struggling with it going back for years.
Maybe uninstall Nord VPN and check if it then works.
I have decided to abandon the idea of installing DaVinci Resolve on my HP ZBook as it is far too fraught with difficulties. I understand there are good alternatives and may go for one of those. It's unfortunate because DaVinci Resolve was the reason I shelled out all that cash on an expensive laptop in the first place.
Whatever I choose to use, it is clear that I am going to need the correct Nvidia drivers. I visited their site yesterday and was presented with a huge list and none of them seemed to match my graphics card according to the info that I have gleaned from the laptop, which is as follows:
Graphics: Intel Arc Pro Graphics, Nvidia RTX 3000 Generation Laptop GPU, 8 GB Memory, Driver version 32.0.15.7371, date 21/8/25.
I would very much appreciate some advice on this, with details of the exact driver that I am going to need, once I have sorted out all the initial problems with installing Zorin on that laptop.
Ensure a clean start:
sudo apt remove --purge '^nvidia-.*' '^libnvidia-.*'
Then install:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install nvida-driver-580 nvidia-dkms-580
Thank you very much. I will do this once I get the other problems sorted out on that computer.
It's definitely nothing to do with Nord VPN because I reinstalled Zorin from scratch and didn't get as far as putting Nord on again, and I still can't restart.
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