Idk if it’s just me or if it’s because my PC is ancient, but it kind of feels like pop_os is kind of shit. I’m always having some issue or complaint or another with it. My laptop runs mint and I’ve had very few issues, but with pop it feels like I’m fighting the OS every step of the way, from install to daily usage.

Idk, kind of a venting question but w/e

  • notfromhere@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Try these steps:

    $ sudo apt-get purge nvidia* # remove current installed nvidia software including drivers
    $ sudo ubuntu-drivers devices # verify it sees your graphics card
    $ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall # install drivers automatically
    $ sudo reboot
    

    This is everything I ended up doing which eventually fixed it for me:

    # Update repo
    sudo apt update
    
    # Remove amdgpu drivers
    sudo apt purge xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu
    sudo apt purge libdrm-amdgpu*
    sudo apt purge libdrm-amdgpu1
    
    # Blacklist the amdgpu driver since we are using nvidia only
    echo "blacklist amdgpu" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
    
    # Remove nvidia driver and install from system76 repo
    sudo apt purge *nvidia*
    sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:system76-dev/stable
    sudo apt install -y system76-driver-nvidia
    sudo apt upgrade -y
    sudo reboot
    
    • ComicalMayhem@lemmy.worldOP
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      22 hours ago

      neither set of instructions seem to work. at this point I’m going to open a help thread on the pop os community