Griffen8280
Thu Dec 15, 2016 3:04:01 am
So after installing Zorin 12 I was having trouble booting the machine because of the Nvidia Optimus setup on my machine. This particular setup of components has made it very hard to install and use almost all of the Linux distros out there, believe me I have tried many of them. Here is how I got Zorin 12 running on my ASUS ROG STRIX laptop with i7 SandyBridge cpu and Nvidia GTX970 discrete graphics card.
In order to boot the installer I had to append
to the end of the initramfs line in the grub config by hitting e on the "Try Zorin before installing" option
Once booted, install the operating system as normal.
After it is installed I would not be able to boot into the operating system because it would continually lock up. In order to boot select the advanced options and go into recovery mode. Then just hit enter to boot normally. This boots the operating system in vesa graphics mode which basically means no hardware acceleration at all. Once in here open the driver manager and install the CPU microcode module to enable the full potential of the i7 CPU. You will need to reboot and repeat the above procedure to get the system up again. Once it is booted open a terminal window and type the following:
Hit enter when prompted to accept the signing key, then:
This will install the proprietary video drivers package that is built by Nvidia. For me I selected the 375 version driver from the driver manager and then restarted after it was installed. After that, the system booted without any issues and the Nvidia card is the default graphics display adapter. This may not save a ton of power like the originally intended optimus setup, but hey you didn't buy a gaming laptop to save power!
In order to boot the installer I had to append
- Code:
nomodeset
to the end of the initramfs line in the grub config by hitting e on the "Try Zorin before installing" option
Once booted, install the operating system as normal.
After it is installed I would not be able to boot into the operating system because it would continually lock up. In order to boot select the advanced options and go into recovery mode. Then just hit enter to boot normally. This boots the operating system in vesa graphics mode which basically means no hardware acceleration at all. Once in here open the driver manager and install the CPU microcode module to enable the full potential of the i7 CPU. You will need to reboot and repeat the above procedure to get the system up again. Once it is booted open a terminal window and type the following:
- Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
Hit enter when prompted to accept the signing key, then:
- Code:
sudo apt-get update
This will install the proprietary video drivers package that is built by Nvidia. For me I selected the 375 version driver from the driver manager and then restarted after it was installed. After that, the system booted without any issues and the Nvidia card is the default graphics display adapter. This may not save a ton of power like the originally intended optimus setup, but hey you didn't buy a gaming laptop to save power!
