How to Fix Linux Problems. Linux problems Ive got answers. Ive been answering Linux related questions for years. During my time offering others assistance, Ive found one thing to be a constant roadblock most newbies dont really ask for help effectively. This isnt a negative comment about newbies, as Ive seen this same issue on other platforms and their related support channels. The goal of this article is simple Im going to give you a walk through explaining how to troubleshoot, fix or otherwise effectively seek help for common Linux problems. Welcome to The CHIP Operating System. We made a computer. A 9 computer. And every computer needs an operating system. Ours is The CHIP Operating System. Ham Radio Software on Centos Linux Configuring multitudes of Amateur HAM Radio software for Centos6 Centos5 Linux. Dont like Windows 8s new interface Sick of Ubuntu Unity and the new ads that come along with it Maybe its time to create your own, ideal operating system. Activate-Xtreme-Audio-Card-Under-Ubuntu-Step-3.jpg/aid1902321-v4-728px-Activate-Xtreme-Audio-Card-Under-Ubuntu-Step-3.jpg' alt='How To Install Alsamixer Ubuntu Forums' title='How To Install Alsamixer Ubuntu Forums' />Fixing Linux Problems Video. Lets face it, if you cant get to a desktop environment, your Linux application usage is going to be pretty limited. This usually comes down to two specific issues the display server is not playing nicely or perhaps the video driver isnt doing its job for some reason. One of the most commonly experienced issues is seeing the splash of a logo then a black screen. Its understandable how frustrating this can be. Most of the time, this happens when youre first installing the distro or perhaps it takes place from a Live USB boot. In either case, there are some work a rounds that will allow you to get past this. Understand however, the first step is to get to the desktop, from there you can explore a better way to make your desktop look right. Note Windows users reading this, dont think this is a Linux only issue. If I had a dollar for every instance where Windows resolution blew out or a video driver update went south, I could buy serious stock in Google. Just want to clear the air on that. Point being, bugs affect all operating systems. Moving onRather than duplicating other video work around guides, Im going to link to this guide for fixing the Black Screen issue found with some graphic cards. I would also point out that this is less of an issue than it used to be. Unlike other operating systems where your options are to use an older version of said driver or video settings, Linux affords us solid work around solutions that have stood the test of time. As Wayland becomes the new display server in the future, itll be interesting to see how things progress from there. But for now, the above link will solve 9. To be clear, most people only need to set a boot parameter to get into a graphical interface. From there, the next step below will usually resolve your problems. Intel With the exception of dual graphic environments, Ive never had a black screen or resolution issue with Intel graphics. If you do, its worth trying a system update from the command line or GUI if you can get to it. If its still not working, try doing a Live USB test with a slightly older version of the distro in question for fixed release distros. NVIDIA Once youre able to get past the black screen issue mentioned above, check and the resolution options under your monitor settings. If youre experiencing an odd issue with only seeing low resolutions 8. Removing bad configuration rm. Reboot and see if your resolution is looking better. If its not, then youre going to need to see what resolutions are available with the existing drivers installed. Help And Manual 4 Keygen Software. Lets run xrandr from the command line and see what resolutions are available. And on my monitor, this confirms the resolutions available found in my display settings as Screen 0 minimum 8 x 8, current 2. DVI I 0 disconnected normal left inverted right x axis y axis. DVI I 1 disconnected normal left inverted right x axis y axis. DP 0 disconnected normal left inverted right x axis y axis. HDMI 0 connected primary 2. The number x number represents my available resolutions. And the represents the current resolution being used right now. If youre stuck at a poor resolution and see greater or ideal resolutions available in the xrandr list, you can try changing it with the following. In my example, Ill be changing to 1. HDMI 0 mode 1. Note, the dashes need to be right next to each other without a space, but I had to space them for formatting reasonsOnce I hit enter, the screen will flash and it should change the resolution to my new selection. Using xrandr is a fantastic alternative for those instances where using the GUI tools arent cooperating due to some odd resolution issues or other monitor out of range headaches. Truth be told, if the resolution appears in your xrandr output, odds are good that your monitor GUI settings will show the same. But this is a good fall back just in case. So what should you try if both xrandr and your GUI monitor settings show only limited resolutions I recommend trying to install the NVIDIA proprietary driver. If youre running any sort of decent newbie friendly distro, it will come with an installer tool for this. Ubuntu and Mint for example offer this in the Updates tool. Install the recommended proprietary video driver and reboot. Then recheck your available resolutions and odds are the problem will be resolved. Note For those of you with hybrid graphic setups running Intel and NVIDIA, youre going to want to install the proprietary NVIDIA driver. It will install a package called nvidia prime. This allows you to effectively choose which video card you wish to use at any given moment. For example, run this in the command line after the proprietary NVIDIA driver are installed sudo prime select query. This will likely output something like nvidia. This means at that moment, this is the video card your hybrid laptop is using. To switch it over to Intel, do the following sudo prime select intel. This will switch you back over to your Intel graphics card. You can verify it by using the above verify command. If you prefer to use something automatic instead, you can explore your options with the Bumblebee project. You should be aware its degree of success will vary greatly and may not work as smoothly as prime select. AMDATI Despite statements claiming AMD video card support has improved over the years for Linux users, Im still of the mind to just avoid using these cards altogether. That said, if you choose to, follow the same guide as NVIDIA. Ubuntu LTS 1. 6. 0. Other distros and future releases may differ here, but I think they have the right idea as AMD drivers are historically, pretty bad. This means you can still use xrandr or your monitor settings to change resolutions. However if youre looking to game with an AMD video card, I recommend checking out this guide on getting proprietary AMD video drivers working on Ubuntu. There you will find options such as Optimized Open Graphics Drivers and AMDGPU PRO based solutions. Personally, I recommend either running Ubuntu 1. NVIDIA graphics card. Fixing Linux Problems Sound. Most Linux based audio issues come from the widespread adoption of the Pulse. Audio server. At one time, the sound server caused a lot of bugs ranging from crashing to audio just sounding completely wrong at some level. In 2. 01. 7 however, most issues simply come down to not effectively controlling multiple sound cards. Now some of you might be thinking that you dont have more than one sound card. Im here to tell you that you most likely do. Do you have a video card that supports HDMI Perhaps a USB headset or a USB audio mixer If you have any of these along with any modern computer motherboard with onboard audio, you have more than one sound card. The core issue here is that your audio is most likely working just fine. Whats actually happening is that you may be seeing audio routed to the wrong device.