Hello, I installed Fedora 29 on a Dell Precision 5530, the live system worked perfectly! But after reboot the installed system was unstable, freezes few seconds after login to the point that it was impossible to do anything. Even switching virtual console was impossible. After booting in mutli-user mode I discover that this was due to the Quadro P2000, I was able to solve the problem installing nvidia's proprietary drivers through ssh.
So my point is, is that an installer bug? I mean if the live system is stable, shouldn't the installed system work exactly the same way? If yes, then against which component should I open a bug report?
I have the feeling that installing nvidia driver in "text" mode is not possible/easy for new users while Dell Laptops are known to support Linux out of the box. This may prevent new users to install(without help) Fedora on such devices. The other sad point is that, at least for my organization, we can't buy this machine without Nv GPU...
Best regards, Alexis.
On 11/08/2018 03:30 AM, jeandet wrote:
I have the feeling that installing nvidia driver in "text" mode is not possible/easy for new users while Dell Laptops are known to support Linux out of the box.
I don't use nVidia cards right now, but if memory serves, the easiest way is to use a terminal to install the appropriate repos, then the drivers and then reboot. So no, installing the drivers from the repos in text mode isn't hard at all.
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