graphic card

[rough forge]

check in the terminal for good information on it

do inxi -Gxxx

and note if the GPU itself has a driver, and if the OpenGL part shows info related to said driver.

also note the Monitor(s) information, regarding what specific port they're on.

[teal cobalt]

it doesnt haave a driver

[rough forge]

your desktop and common apps are handled by the AMD Radeon Vega.

ensure secure boot is off (mokutil --sb for info )

then visit driver manager. and choose the 470 nvidia driver which happens to well with that older gtx gpu

[teal cobalt]

its not a problem that its older ?

[rough forge]

if 470 is there, then should be ok

[rough forge]

.

[teal cobalt]

it was

alr im changing it to 470

ehm

[rough forge]

[teal cobalt]

the secureboot was enabled I just saw it

how do I turn it off

[rough forge]

check your bios.

[teal cobalt]

what

i mean idk how

[upper charm]

why 470 instead of the newest..?

i would be suprised if this card even works with a driver this old

[teal cobalt]

if u can help me I will appreciate it

[dusk moat]

Can you photo your bios seup screen?

[teal cobalt]

i dont even know how to enter it

[dusk moat]

Delete, f2 usually. You can also try

reboot --firmware-setup

[teal cobalt]

I did

But it asks for some password that I don't have

[rough forge]

google your pc brand + BIOS key

[teal cobalt]

I didn't find any

[rough forge]

check your machine info

inxi -M

[teal cobalt]

The only thing I found is that I should send it to Acer and the unlock it for me

[rough forge]

.

[teal cobalt]

I did

[rough forge]

what's the exact brand/model?

show the result if inxi -M

never heard of that shittt

To enter the BIOS on an Acer laptop, completely shut down the laptop, then press and hold the F2 key while pressing the power button. Alternatively, you can power on the laptop and rapidly press the F2 key as the Acer logo appears. If F2 doesn't work, try the Delete key or Insert key

[teal cobalt]

but i know how to enter it

[rough forge]

then?

[teal cobalt]

theres password that I dont have

[rough forge]

do this with extreme precision: #1295763692415356968 message

set at least a 9 digit simple password

dirt-simple. 123456789

[dusk moat]

I think he's saying that there's a supervisor password set on the bios

[rough forge]

then put nvidia driver

this is diff.

[teal cobalt]

eh

so I do those 4 commands and then I should be able to just turn off the secure boot ? sorry im getting kinda lost

[rough forge]

no. then u should be able to use proprietary drivers

otherwise, just use nouveau.

or else ship it to acer n have them remove secure boot and give you FULL bios access.

[teal cobalt]

oh okay so if it works I wont need the bios password

[rough forge]

hopefully

[teal cobalt]

I did put the password

but it asks again and again

[rough forge]

did you make it long like I said?

[rough forge]

.

[teal cobalt]

yep

[teal cobalt]

this one exactly

[rough forge]

maybe it has you do it twice to confirm accuracy

[teal cobalt]

oh it worked now

the numlock was turned off but it doesnt show what im typing in the terminal so i didnt know

[teal cobalt]

I did all the commands what now ?

[rough forge]

reboot i guess he said that

[teal cobalt]

he said to enable the secure boot

but we talked about this its already enabled

[rough forge]

sudo reboot command immediately.

[teal cobalt]

What ?

I did

[rough forge]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-star-wars-emperor-palpatine-palpatine-gif-7523581979863470761

[teal cobalt]

Before there was some window for little while

But I wasn't looking and it switched back

[rough forge]

yeah you're supposed to register the key /password. duh

[teal cobalt]

So I have to do it again ?

[rough forge]

yes

[teal cobalt]

Yeah but why he was talking about enabling the secure boot

I had it enabled before

[rough forge]

just nvm. that chat was under the assumption someone has it off

[dusk moat]

just restart again and enroll the key in the blue window

[teal cobalt]

Oh

I do it tomorrow guys I turned off my laptop already

[rough forge]

https://tenor.com/view/stressed-stressed-out-im-stressed-gif-6289320449545116130

[teal cobalt]

I clicked on enroll MOL

Put there the password and then reboot it

Now the graphics should be working ?

[rough forge]

test it

boot in, then check inxi -G

if it's still on nouveau, then use the manager to change to nvidia one. whatever works : 470, 535, etc

[teal cobalt]

I changed it to 580

[rough forge]

welp . live with that a while

if it's shitty, try downgrading the nvidia driver.

you can use the nvidia control center applet to switch the thing into FULL TIME nvidia usage

[teal cobalt]

its not working ?

[rough forge]

and use the "Resources" flatpak to monitor all things related to the GPU. use online web 3D aquarium to run the gpu hard

[teal cobalt]

I mean before the driver was N/A now theres at least Nvidia

[rough forge]

i just said, IF IT'S SHITTY

[teal cobalt]

sorry

[rough forge]

ok gl. bye now

[teal cobalt]

I tried war thunder and finally it shows the recommend graphics it's supposed to show

Thanks a lot guys

[dusk moat]

You should probably switch it to performance mode in nvidia settings - prime profiles

[teal cobalt]

is it better ?

[dusk moat]

yes

[teal cobalt]

It didn't work properly

I was seeing like a small graphic bug on my wallpaper since I switched it

IG I keep on demand

[dusk moat]

can you show

inxi -Gxxx

again please?

[teal cobalt]

I'm gonna sleep now it's late but tomorrow I'm gonna do it

[dusk moat]

ok

[teal cobalt]

But thanks a lot for help