Reviewed Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS - Common Problems, Known Bugs, Workarounds
I just installed U/M 16.04.3 LTS for AMD64, on my eMachines T5246, AMD64 X2 with 4Gigs ram.
First reboot, black screen for 30 minutes, and nothing happens for ctrl-alt-F1 thru ctrl-alt-F8 (thus I have no consoles). Monitor is on.
Rebooted that a few times, ultimately discovered that using Grub Boot options, choose recovery mode, then simply exit recovery mode, I’ll get a working desktop but display resolution is off and the monitor information isn’t detected. At least that much works. I’m posting from that.
Possibly because I’m NOT using the on board nVidia graphics and instead I am using the add-in graphics card from ATI? Any ideas where to look?
LSHW:
puptent
description: Desktop Computer
product: MCP61SM2MA
vendor: Gateway
version: FAB1.0
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: MCP61SM2MA
vendor: Gateway
physical id: 0
version: FAB1.0
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
physical id: 0
version: 6.00 PG
date: 11/10/2007
size: 128KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 3
bus info: cpu@0
version: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
slot: Socket AM2
size: 1GHz
capacity: 3GHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 201MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch vmmcall lbrv cpufreq
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: a
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back data
configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: c
slot: External Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 6
slot: Internal Cache
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back data
configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: a
slot: External Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-memory:0
description: System Memory
physical id: 26
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR2
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 0
serial: None
slot: A0
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DDR2
product: None
vendor: None
physical id: 1
serial: None
slot: A1
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
*-memory:1 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP61 Memory Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: MCP61 LPC Bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: MCP61 SMBus
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: driver=nForce2_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:11 ioport:fc00(size=64) ioport:1c00(size=64) ioport:f400(size=64)
*-memory:2 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP61 Memory Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 1.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.2
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci-pci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:23 memory:fe02f000-fe02ffff
*-usbhost
product: OHCI PCI host controller
vendor: Linux 4.10.0-28-generic ohci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
version: 4.10
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=hub slots=8 speed=12Mbit/s
*-usb
description: Mouse
product: Trackball
vendor: Logitech
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@2:2
version: 2.20
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=2Mbit/s
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:22 memory:fe02e000-fe02e0ff
*-usbhost
product: EHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 4.10.0-28-generic ehci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
version: 4.10
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub slots=8 speed=480Mbit/s
*-usb:0
description: Mass storage device
product: USB Flash Drive
vendor: SanDisk
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@1:4
logical name: scsi5
version: 1.26
serial: 4C532000010501123321
capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage maxpower=200mA speed=480Mbit/s
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdf
size: 29GiB (32GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=67ff2a12
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdf1
logical name: /media/mmmmna/32G USB
version: 3.1
serial: 23dd-1f5e
size: 29GiB
capacity: 29GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2017-08-11 08:44:49 filesystem=ntfs label=32G USB mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
*-usb:1
description: Mass storage device
product: Mass Storage Device
vendor: Generic
physical id: 6
bus info: usb@1:6
logical name: scsi4
version: 1.00
serial: 920321111113
capabilities: usb-2.00 scsi emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage maxpower=100mA speed=480Mbit/s
*-disk:0
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-disk:1
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.1
logical name: /dev/sdc
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-disk:2
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.2
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.2
logical name: /dev/sdd
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-disk:3
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.3
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.3
logical name: /dev/sde
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP61 PCI bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci ht subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:fdf00000-fdffffff memory:fd900000-fd9fffff
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:01:07.0
version: 46
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=64 maxlatency=32
resources: irq:16 memory:fdfff000-fdfff7ff ioport:cc00(size=128)
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:01:08.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=64
resources: irq:17 memory:fdffc000-fdffdfff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: MCP61 High Definition Audio
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2
resources: irq:23 memory:fe028000-fe02bfff
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: MCP61 IDE
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: d
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pata_amd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:0 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:f000(size=16)
*-bridge
description: Ethernet interface
product: MCP61 Ethernet
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0
logical name: enp0s7
version: a2
serial: 00:1c:25:5e:cf:20
size: 100000000
capacity: 100000000
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bridge pm msi ht bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 duplex=full ip=10.0.0.227 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:28 memory:fe02d000-fe02dfff ioport:ec00(size=8)
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: MCP61 SATA Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sata_nv latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:20 ioport:9f0(size=8) ioport:bf0(size=4) ioport:970(size=8) ioport:b70(size=4) ioport:d800(size=16) memory:fe02c000-fe02cfff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP61 PCI Express bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:24 ioport:b000(size=4096) memory:fde00000-fdefffff ioport:e0000000(size=268435456)
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: RV710 [Radeon HD 4350/4550]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:fdee0000-fdeeffff ioport:bc00(size=256) memory:c0000-dffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4000 series]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.1
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:27 memory:fdefc000-fdefffff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP61 PCI Express bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:25 ioport:a000(size=4096) memory:fdd00000-fddfffff ioport:fdc00000(size=1048576)
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP61 PCI Express bridge
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: c
bus info: pci@0000:00:0c.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:26 ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:fdb00000-fdbfffff ioport:fda00000(size=1048576)
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: C61 [GeForce 6100 nForce 405]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: e
bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
version: a2
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:fb000000-fbffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:fc000000-fcffffff memory:80000000-8001ffff
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:6
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:7
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD]
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k8temp
resources: irq:0
*-scsi:0
physical id: f
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: CDDVDW TS-H652H
vendor: TSSTcorp
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: GA00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-scsi:1
physical id: 10
logical name: scsi3
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: ST500DM002-1BC14
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: JC4B
serial: Z2AEM4KJ
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=916ac4d6
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: 5c97ec47-8c24-4c28-8ef6-c4d924c19aac
size: 456GiB
capacity: 456GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2017-08-11 08:54:04 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2017-08-11 13:31:12 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2017-08-11 13:30:31 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Linux swap volume
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
version: 1
serial: d7caf392-0292-4cf5-b9e9-4553918ae721
size: 9536MiB
capacity: 9536MiB
capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized
configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096
LSPCI:
00:00.0 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: NVIDIA Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6100 nForce 405] (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 46)
01:08.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710 [Radeon HD 4350/4550]
02:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4000 series]