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manic oxide May 25, 2026, 1:37 PM

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So i just updated my Nvidia driver card its a 4050 on laptop after that i shutdown my laptop but it didnt really shutdown and it says something about AHCI

keen finch May 25, 2026, 1:50 PM

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manic oxide So i just updated my Nvidia driver card its a 4050 on laptop after that i shutdo...

The screen still black forever or only for a period ? Do you have multiple screen plugged, on that laptop ? Do you see the laptop manufacturer logo ? Do you see the LM loading logo ?

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 1:56 PM

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keen finch The screen still black forever or only for a period ? Do you have multiple scree...

its forever till i had to force shutdown my laptop via the power button

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And then when i boot up all of it works

keen finch May 25, 2026, 1:56 PM

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I don't understand, you mean you had black screen only once ?

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 1:57 PM

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No like all the time when i shutdown using the mint button

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like super key and then i click the power button and shutdown

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this type

keen finch May 25, 2026, 1:58 PM

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ok, so, when exactlu your screen still back, and when it is back ?

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because what you explain don't make sens to me currently

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 1:58 PM

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Like when i shutdown my laptop

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its not fully off only the screen is turned off my keyboard is still on i also saw alot of typings saying like AHCI something like that

keen finch May 25, 2026, 1:59 PM

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OKAY !

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you mean your computer does not really shutdown when it should

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:00 PM

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yeah

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:00 PM

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you should rephrase your introduction post, because this was not clear at all

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:00 PM

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okay

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:02 PM

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Are you dual-booting with Windows ?

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:02 PM

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No

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:03 PM

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show result of inxi -MGxx

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:12 PM

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ah okay

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keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:19 PM

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driver not properly loaded

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what mokutil --sb say ?

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:23 PM

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Secureboot disabled platform is in setup mode

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:26 PM

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show result of dmesg | grep nvidia

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:29 PM

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it just shows a blank line?

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:30 PM

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ah...

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:30 PM

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?

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:30 PM

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what do you have in Drivers Manager ?

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:31 PM

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manic oxide this type

this one

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:31 PM

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!

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:31 PM

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I did change it to nvidia-driver-595 then change it back to the open source one

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:31 PM

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select the recommended one

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:31 PM

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After that?

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:32 PM

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manic oxide I did change it to nvidia-driver-595 then change it back to the open source one

you should keep the 595

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:32 PM

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Alr ill update you

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Do i restart after downloading that?

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:32 PM

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yes, it will ask you

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The "nouveau" driver is the non-official driver developed by Linux community, it is not optimized and don't properly handle graphic acceleration. You should always prefer "recommended" official Nvidia drivers.

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:38 PM

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Hey

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Does the reboot always take this long

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Its been a minutr

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But there is the mint logo

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:38 PM

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press Esc key

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do you see something else ?

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:39 PM

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No

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:39 PM

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Ctrl+Alt+Del

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:40 PM

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No?

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:40 PM

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you are stuck shutting down or starting ?

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:41 PM

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Hold up

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I see something now like text

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:41 PM

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ok, take a photo

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:41 PM

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It dissapeared?

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:41 PM

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ok

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so what now ?

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:42 PM

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My screen is blank

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:42 PM

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Press Ctrl+Atl+F4

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:43 PM

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Its like these now

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keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:43 PM

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Ctrl+Atl+F4

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:43 PM

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Still nothing

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:43 PM

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ok

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hold power button until it shutdown

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:44 PM

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Force shutdown?

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:44 PM

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as i said, you hold power button until shutdown

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:44 PM

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Ok now am on linux mint

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:44 PM

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...

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what ? after you pressed shutdown ?

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:45 PM

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But thats what i do when it was like that too

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:45 PM

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keen finch what ? after you pressed shutdown ?

I knew how to force shutdowm

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I did it too

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:45 PM

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Ok, but now I want to understand, when do linux mint showed ?

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once you pressed power ?

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:46 PM

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Once i turn it back on with power button

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Ok now my driver is on 595

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Is it all fine now?

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:47 PM

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So, when i asked for, you forced shutdown, then you pressed power again, and linux mint desktop appeared ?

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:47 PM

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Yes

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:47 PM

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the mint desktop appear, like, immediately ?

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:47 PM

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the logo

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and then boot into the desktop

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:48 PM

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ok, so you saw a loading logo

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:48 PM

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Yes

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:48 PM

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if you do things you don't tell me about, it's hard for me to understand what happen and to juge if things are normal or not

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so please, before doing such thing, tell me

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or wait

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so i can understsand what happen

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so, is your "shutdown problem" still here ?

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 2:50 PM

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No

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Thanks

keen finch May 25, 2026, 2:50 PM

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ok, cool

manic oxide May 25, 2026, 3:20 PM

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Bruh i know this is not related but

#Nvidia driver update