Same problem with nvidia NVS 450 with 3 monitors. I got it to work intermittently with only one monitor connect with similar to comment #10 but slightly more newbie-proof:
Close any open application.
If in X, you need to kill and and switch to a text terminal with the following:
open a terminal
sudo stop gdm
Ctrl-Alt-F2
Force a boot flag:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
-> change the line to the following: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset"
sudo update-grub
You can now reboot:
sudo shutdown -r now
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In the meantime I'll put back the video card into my windows box and NX into my linux machine :(
Same problem with nvidia NVS 450 with 3 monitors. I got it to work intermittently with only one monitor connect with similar to comment #10 but slightly more newbie-proof:
Close any open application.
If in X, you need to kill and and switch to a text terminal with the following:
open a terminal
sudo stop gdm
Ctrl-Alt-F2
Cleanup to start fresh: xorg-video- nv xserver- xorg-video- nouveau d/blacklist. conf
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-* xserver-
sudo echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.
Install specific nvidia drivers: us.download. nvidia. com/XFree86/ Linux-x86_ 64/256. 53/NVIDIA- Linux-x86_ 64-256. 53.run Linux-x86- 256.53. run
curl -OL http://
sudo bash ./NVIDIA-
-> it needs to succeed.
Force a boot flag: LINUX_DEFAULT= "quiet splash nomodeset"
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
-> change the line to the following: GRUB_CMDLINE_
sudo update-grub
You can now reboot:
sudo shutdown -r now
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In the meantime I'll put back the video card into my windows box and NX into my linux machine :(