MATE from 18.04 doesn't work (display problem)

Support & Help Requests
#1

Hi, I currently use MATE from 17.10 (MATE from 16.04 did work) on one of my old computer.
I try many time to use MATE from 18.04 in the beta iso, but every time the desktop load, I only got my mouse, the rest of the display is blurry lines (but the terminal mode works). I though it was a beta problem, but it’s on the final release too.
I install Xubuntu, no problem, add MATE-core and DE, log in the MATE desktop, same problem.
the system run on Genuine Intel CPU T2250 with a NVIDIA GeForce 6200SE TurboCache.
If you need more information, I can try to find them, thank in advance.

#2

please post the output of inxi -F

#3 
System:    Host: Lune-Bleue Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic i686 bits: 32
       Console: tty 1 Distro: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Machine:   Device: desktop System: HP-Pavilion product: RR460AA-ABF S7740 serial: N/A
       Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Calcite v: 1.xx serial: N/A
       BIOS: American Megatrends v: 5.08 date: 12/18/2006
Battery    hidpp__0: charge: N/A condition: NA/NA Wh
CPU:       Dual core Intel T2250 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
       clock speeds: max: 1729 MHz 1: 1170 MHz 2: 1064 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA NV44 [GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache]
       Display Server: X.Org 1.19.6
       drivers: nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
       tty size: 240x67 Advanced Data: N/A out of X
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Def. Audio Controller
       driver: snd_hda_intel
       Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-20-generic
Network:   Card-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family LAN Controller driver: e100
       IF: enp2s8 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
       Card-2: Gemtek WUBR-177G [Ralink RT2571W] driver: rt73usb
       IF: wlx0014a5db5bb4 state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 570.1GB (34.3% used)
       ID-1: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_SP2504C size: 250.1GB
       ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: HCC543232A7A380 size: 320.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 50G used: 4.2G (9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
       ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.50GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
       fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb1
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0C mobo: N/A
       Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 167 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 311.7/2897.9MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5
       Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.56
#4

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Here what my desktop is like, when I log in with MATE.

#5

Can you pass the nomodeset parameter in grub and try again …

Edit /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset"
sudo update-grub
reboot
#6 
System:    Host: Lune-Bleue Kernel: 4.15.0-20-generic i686 bits: 32
       Desktop: MATE 1.20.1  Distro: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Machine:   Device: desktop System: HP-Pavilion product: RR460AA-ABF S7740 serial: N/A
       Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Calcite v: 1.xx serial: N/A
       BIOS: American Megatrends v: 5.08 date: 12/18/2006
Battery    hidpp__0: charge: N/A condition: NA/NA Wh
CPU:       Dual core Intel T2250 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
       clock speeds: max: 1729 MHz 1: 1086 MHz 2: 1246 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA NV44 [GeForce 6200 SE TurboCache]
       Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
       drivers: fbdev,nouveau (unloaded: modesetting,vesa)
       Resolution: [email protected]
       OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 6.0, 128 bits)
       version: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Def. Audio Controller
       driver: snd_hda_intel
       Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-20-generic
Network:   Card-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family LAN Controller driver: e100
       IF: enp2s8 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
       Card-2: Gemtek WUBR-177G [Ralink RT2571W] driver: rt73usb
       IF: wlx0014a5db5bb4 state: N/A speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 577.9GB (37.6% used)
       ID-1: /dev/sda model: SAMSUNG_SP2504C size: 250.1GB
       ID-2: USB /dev/sdb model: HCC543232A7A380 size: 320.1GB
       ID-3: USB /dev/sdg model: Storage_Media size: 7.8GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 50G used: 4.3G (10%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
       ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.50GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
       fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb1
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0C mobo: N/A
       Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 167 Uptime: 1 min Memory: 285.0/2897.8MB
       Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.56
#7

With nomodeset I could access the desktop and MATE Tweak. I change the setting of Window manager to “Marco (No compositor)” and now I can start MATE without any display problem.

I use nomodeset to open the live-session of Ubuntu MATE 18.04 and install it. And I change the setting again and now I can use Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS normally.
Thanks