display does not show photos properly

[Kong77]

Recently my computer does not seem to load everything properly on start up. when I view photos it seems to only display 256 colors.  It used to happen only occasionally,, and would go away if I reboot the computer, but lately it seems to do this every time.

[bitsnpcs]

Hello Kong77,

do you have another computer to test the monitor, cable and graphics card with ?
Or do you have a spare cable (or from a friend) to try ?
Also to try other monitor to confirm it is not faulty.

[Kong77]

I am sure this is a software problem like a driver not loading, because if I boot from a linux livecd all images display properly.

[bitsnpcs]

If you do Menu>All>install drivers  which are shown ?

Which graphics and driver are you using ? -
https://askubuntu.com/questions/23238/ho...-my-system

[valtam]

Please attach a system report to your next post - https://dfgkh547-jsdfv8.iyhkj.tk/manual/hardw...#sysreport

[Kong77]

display             
      description: VGA compatible controller
      product: NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420]
      vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
      physical id: 0
      bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
      version: a3
      width: 32 bits
      clock: 66MHz
      capabilities: pm agp agp-2.0 vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
      configuration: driver=nouveau latency=64 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5
      resources: irq:16 memory:fc000000-fcffffff memory:f4000000-f7ffffff memory:f3f80000-f3ffffff memory:f0000000-f001ffff




modinfo nouveau


filename:      /lib/modules/3.8.0-34-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko
license:        GPL and additional rights
description:    nVidia Riva/TNT/GeForce/Quadro/Tesla
author:        Nouveau Project
srcversion:    09AE99E48994405A2A47ABA
alias:          pci:v000012D2d*sv*sd*bc03sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc*i*
depends:        drm,drm_kms_helper,ttm,mxm-wmi,wmi,video,i2c-algo-bit
intree:        Y
vermagic:      3.8.0-34-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 686
parm:          perflvlerformance level (default: boot) (charp)
parm:          perflvl_wr:Allow perflvl changes (warning: dangerous!) (int)
parm:          tv_normefault TV norm.
Supported: PAL, PAL-M, PAL-N, PAL-Nc, NTSC-M, NTSC-J,
hd480i, hd480p, hd576i, hd576p, hd720p, hd1080i.
Default: PAL
*NOTE* Ignored for cards with external TV encoders. (charp)
parm:          tv_disableisable TV-out detection (int)
parm:          ignorelid:Ignore ACPI lid status (int)
parm:          duallink:Allow dual-link TMDS (default: enabled) (int)
parm:          nofbaccelisable fbcon acceleration (int)
parm:          agpmode:AGP mode (0 to disable AGP) (int)
parm:          vram_pushbuf:Create DMA push buffers in VRAM (int)
parm:          config:option string to pass to driver core (charp)
parm:          debug:debug string to pass to driver core (charp)
parm:          noaccel:disable kernel/abi16 acceleration (int)
parm:          modeset:enable driver (default: auto, 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled, 2 = headless) (int)


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I did a search for drivers, the results were 2 drivers found,


Broadcom STA wireless driver
NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver


below both of them it says "this driver is not activated" and has option to activate the driver.


Seems like I should activate the NVIDIA driver, right?

[Kong77]

The odd thing is that I have a vague recollection of installing the NVIDIA driver a long time ago, my conclusion is that is somehow got corrupted.


Anyway this time it said Sorry this installation has failed.  See log file for details.


I have attached the log file.


I have not clicked Activate Broadcom STA driver, that would be my next thing to try.

[valtam]

Broadcom STA driver is for networking, no need to do that.

The sensible thing to do here is to install Linux Lite 3.4. Series 1.x is no longer supported.

[Kong77]

Absolutely, that would be the best optioin, I know I can restore the data backed up to my Home folder, the only fear I have is losing all the modifications and programs I installed.  Not all of them were installed through the software center.    I asked the question about upgrading in a past thread but got no answers:

https://dfgkh547-jsdfv8.iyhkj.tk/forums/insta.../#msg29527

[valtam]

Question answered in your other thread. You should definitely look at a fresh install with fresh settings keeping in mind what you set up, is good for 5 years. That's pretty good.