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    FairyKid64
    deepin
    2022-04-21 04:21
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    Hello everyone. I have a 2009 MacBook Pro, and I'm having troubles. It was freezing with the open source graphic drivers, so I installed nvidia detect (sudo apt install nvidia-detect). After running nvidia-detect, it said I needed the Nvidia 340 graphics driver, so I installed the 340 graphics driver with sudo apt install nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver. However, now after rebooting and seeing the Deepin splash screen, the screen just turns off and black and I can't see anything to log in. What can I do to fix this? I already updated to the 5.15 kernel also. Thank you!

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    zeno
    deepin
    2022-04-21 04:34
    #1

    There are a few questions that need to be confirmed

    1. What is your graphics card model?
    2. Is your closed source driver installed correctly lshw -C video
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    FairyKid64
    deepin
    2022-04-21 07:28
    #2
    zeno：

    There are a few questions that need to be confirmed

    1. What is your graphics card model?
    2. Is your closed source driver installed correctly lshw -C video

    Thank you for the response. I can't even get to a terminal however to check the graphics card and to see if the driver was installed correctly. Right after the Deepin splash screen, the screen turns off and I can't see anything.

    Edit: I booted into a live environment with another Linux distro and I can see that my graphics card is a GeForce 9400M.

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    zeno
    deepin
    2022-04-22 01:01
    #3

    can tty be cut？ It may be that the nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver does not match the current kernel

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    FairyKid64
    deepin
    2022-04-22 16:30
    #4
    zeno：

    can tty be cut？ It may be that the nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver does not match the current kernel

    Thanks for your response. What does tty cut mean?

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    zeno
    deepin
    2022-04-22 19:36
    #5

    ctrl+alt+f2

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    FairyKid64
    deepin
    2022-04-23 03:32
    #6
    zeno：

    ctrl+alt+f2

    Okay, thanks. I've tried that, and I still can't see anything. On my 2009 MacBook Pro it's FN+CTRL+ALT+F2. Eventhough I can't see anything, I am able to log in and run the "sudo reboot" command. So, I can access the tty, I just can't see any output.

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