Sound
Cmds:
[geshifilter-]aplay -l (This lists card HDA Intel PCH)
lspci -nnk | grep -A2 Audio[/geshifilter-]
https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/06/fix-no-sound-dummy-output-issue-i…
Fixed by removing timidity
Failed attempts:
How To Fix No Sound in Ubuntu And Linux Mint - It's FOSS
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Following:
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-the-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu-20-…
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robert@catness:~$ ubuntu-drivers devices
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== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
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modalias : pci:v000010DEd0000139Bsv00001028sd000006E4bc03sc02i00
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vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
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model : GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] (XPS 15 9550)
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driver : nvidia-driver-450-server - distro non-free
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driver : nvidia-driver-418-server - distro non-free
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driver : nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free
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driver : nvidia-driver-450 - distro non-free
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driver : nvidia-driver-440-server - distro non-free
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driver : nvidia-driver-455 - distro non-free recommended
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driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
sudo lshw -class video
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robert@catness:/etc/modprobe.d$ sudo lshw -class video
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*-display
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description: 3D controller
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product: GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M]
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vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
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physical id: 0
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bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
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version: a2
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width: 64 bits
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clock: 33MHz
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capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom
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configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
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resources: irq:132 memory:dc000000-dcffffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff memory:c0000000-c1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:dd000000-dd07ffff
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*-display
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description: VGA compatible controller
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product: HD Graphics 530
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vendor: Intel Corporation
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physical id: 2
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bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
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version: 06
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width: 64 bits
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clock: 33MHz
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capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
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configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
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resources: irq:133 memory:db000000-dbffffff memory:70000000-7fffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
lsmod output
ps -aux | grep XXX
dmesg output HERE
With nvidia driver loaded and I type startX I get: this log.
Install process
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sudo ubuntu-drivers devices
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sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
Recover from root prompt
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sudo apt-get remove --purge '^nvidia-.*'
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sudo apt-get autoremove
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