Screen Resolution Settings not Working after NVIDIA Driver Update












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driver update nvidia



I've installed the nvidia-driver-415 through Software & Updates for my Dual GTX 970s. After restarting, my screen resolution is now stuck at 1024x 768 pixels. I've got two monitors, and now only one is working.



display settings



I also notice that my PC makes a lot more noise now. There are also some weird glitches with overlapping windows.



Here are my system specs:



system



I would really appreciate your help! I am tired of reinstalling Ubuntu just to fix this silly issue.



By the way: The issue persists even when setting the driver back to X.org S server - Nouveau display driver from xserver-xorg-vidoe-nouveau (open source).



pc                          
description: Desktop Computer
product: All Series (All)
vendor: ASUS
version: System Version
serial: System Serial Number
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.8 dmi-2.8 smp vsyscall32
configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=desktop family=ASUS MB frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled sku=All uuid=E0793C6E-DAD7-DD11-9494-2C56DC3B29F0
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: Z97-PRO GAMER
vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
physical id: 0
version: Rev X.0x
serial: 151158190004513
slot: To be filled by O.E.M.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 2202
date: 12/08/2015
size: 64KiB
capacity: 8128KiB
capabilities: pci apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 45
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 16GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
product: 99U5471-054.A00LF
vendor: Kingston
physical id: 0
serial: 982F213E
slot: DIMM_A1
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM [empty]
product: [Empty]
vendor: [Empty]
physical id: 1
serial: [Empty]
slot: DIMM_A2
*-bank:2
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
product: 99U5471-054.A00LF
vendor: Kingston
physical id: 2
serial: 9B340498
slot: DIMM_B1
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM [empty]
product: [Empty]
vendor: [Empty]
physical id: 3
serial: [Empty]
slot: DIMM_B2
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 52
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
slot: SOCKET 1150
size: 4256MHz
capacity: 4400MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts flush_l1d cpufreq
configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=8
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 53
slot: CPU Internal L1
size: 256KiB
capacity: 256KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 54
slot: CPU Internal L2
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-cache:2
description: L3 cache
physical id: 55
slot: CPU Internal L3
size: 8MiB
capacity: 8MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=3
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=hsw_uncore
resources: irq:0
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:f6000000-f70fffff ioport:e0000000(size=301989888)
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: GM204 High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:f7080000-f7083fff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x8 Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:f4000000-f50fffff ioport:c0000000(size=301989888)
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f4000000-f4ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:d000(size=128) memory:f5000000-f507ffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: GM204 High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f5080000-f5083fff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:24 memory:f5120000-f512ffff
*-communication
description: Communication controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family ME Interface #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
resources: irq:27 memory:f513a000-f513a00f
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eno1
version: 00
serial: 2c:56:dc:3b:29:f0
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k duplex=full firmware=0.1-4 ip=192.168.2.109 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:26 memory:f5100000-f511ffff memory:f5138000-f5138fff ioport:f040(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:f5137000-f51373ff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 9 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:28 memory:f5130000-f5133fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 9 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: d0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
version: d0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-pci
description: PCI bridge
product: ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge
vendor: ASMedia Technology Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
version: 04
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: iomemory:202001f10-202001f0f
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:f5136000-f51363ff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: Z97 Chipset LPC Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family SATA Controller [AHCI Mode]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:25 ioport:f090(size=8) ioport:f080(size=4) ioport:f070(size=8) ioport:f060(size=4) ioport:f020(size=32) memory:f5135000-f51357ff
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: 9 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f5134000-f51340ff ioport:f000(size=32)
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: KINGSTON SV300S3
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: BBF0
serial: 50026B775300005A
size: 223GiB (240GB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=d0fcebee-9248-48d6-bf8b-f8ef76ce1137 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-volume:0 UNCLAIMED
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: mkfs.fat
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
version: FAT32
serial: 63bd-1303
size: 510MiB
capacity: 511MiB
capabilities: boot fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat name=EFI System Partition
*-volume:1
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: ad8896de-347c-461a-b945-fbb2904acffc
size: 223GiB
capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2018-12-29 14:27:23 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2019-01-04 20:28:11 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro mounted=2019-01-04 20:28:11 state=mounted
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD10EZEX-00B
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 1A01
serial: WD-WCC3F7YE265Y
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096 signature=3d384c52
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
version: 3.1
serial: 44ef7831-2b6b-104e-b5c0-e97a229b6fd0
size: 931GiB
capacity: 931GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2017-06-26 19:31:07 filesystem=ntfs label=HDD modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
*-scsi:2
physical id: 3
logical name: scsi5
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVDRAM GH24NSC0
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: LK00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-scsi:3
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@4:5
logical name: scsi6
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: My Passport 0830
vendor: WD
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 1065
serial: WX51A940N3YX
size: 1862GiB (2TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=6 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=7461523b
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdc1
logical name: /media/flo/NAME
version: 3.1
serial: 1451a945-afbe-b94a-a19c-dee4fdfc8cc8
size: 1862GiB
capacity: 1862GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2011-09-03 03:27:47 filesystem=ntfs label=NAME mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
*-enclosure UNCLAIMED
description: SCSI Enclosure
product: SES Device
vendor: WD
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.1
version: 1065
serial: WX51A940N3YX
configuration: ansiversion=6
*-scsi:4
physical id: 5
bus info: usb@3:6
logical name: scsi7
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk:0
description: SCSI Disk
product: SD/MMC
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdd
version: 1.00
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdd
*-disk:1
description: SCSI Disk
product: Compact Flash
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.1
logical name: /dev/sde
version: 1.01
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sde
*-disk:2
description: SCSI Disk
product: SM/xD-Picture
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.2
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.2
logical name: /dev/sdf
version: 1.02
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdf
*-disk:3
description: SCSI Disk
product: MS/MS-Pro
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.3
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.3
logical name: /dev/sdg
version: 1.03
serial: 3
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdg
*-power UNCLAIMED
description: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
product: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
physical id: 1
version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
capacity: 32768mWh









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  • We're going to need more details of your hardware configuration, so run sudo lshw and paste the details at the bottom of your post (by editing it) in a code block. Also, please, don't just post screenshots of your config (or at all, unnecessarily), it slows down parsing your question, and means that others with a similar issue won't get a text match when doing a google search. I get that it is faster for you but it reduces the efficacy of your question for you, too.

    – Benjamin R
    Jan 4 at 20:02






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    Okay I dit it. And you're totally right, sorry.

    – Florian
    Jan 4 at 20:06











  • No apology necessary. The short-term quick-fix reality will likely be to reinstall Ubuntu and live with the generic driver, I'm afraid.

    – Benjamin R
    Jan 4 at 21:29











  • Isn't there at least a way to revert the changes?

    – Florian
    Jan 5 at 6:16
















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driver update nvidia



I've installed the nvidia-driver-415 through Software & Updates for my Dual GTX 970s. After restarting, my screen resolution is now stuck at 1024x 768 pixels. I've got two monitors, and now only one is working.



display settings



I also notice that my PC makes a lot more noise now. There are also some weird glitches with overlapping windows.



Here are my system specs:



system



I would really appreciate your help! I am tired of reinstalling Ubuntu just to fix this silly issue.



By the way: The issue persists even when setting the driver back to X.org S server - Nouveau display driver from xserver-xorg-vidoe-nouveau (open source).



pc                          
description: Desktop Computer
product: All Series (All)
vendor: ASUS
version: System Version
serial: System Serial Number
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.8 dmi-2.8 smp vsyscall32
configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=desktop family=ASUS MB frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled sku=All uuid=E0793C6E-DAD7-DD11-9494-2C56DC3B29F0
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: Z97-PRO GAMER
vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
physical id: 0
version: Rev X.0x
serial: 151158190004513
slot: To be filled by O.E.M.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 2202
date: 12/08/2015
size: 64KiB
capacity: 8128KiB
capabilities: pci apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 45
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 16GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
product: 99U5471-054.A00LF
vendor: Kingston
physical id: 0
serial: 982F213E
slot: DIMM_A1
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM [empty]
product: [Empty]
vendor: [Empty]
physical id: 1
serial: [Empty]
slot: DIMM_A2
*-bank:2
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
product: 99U5471-054.A00LF
vendor: Kingston
physical id: 2
serial: 9B340498
slot: DIMM_B1
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM [empty]
product: [Empty]
vendor: [Empty]
physical id: 3
serial: [Empty]
slot: DIMM_B2
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 52
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
slot: SOCKET 1150
size: 4256MHz
capacity: 4400MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts flush_l1d cpufreq
configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=8
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 53
slot: CPU Internal L1
size: 256KiB
capacity: 256KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 54
slot: CPU Internal L2
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-cache:2
description: L3 cache
physical id: 55
slot: CPU Internal L3
size: 8MiB
capacity: 8MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=3
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=hsw_uncore
resources: irq:0
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:f6000000-f70fffff ioport:e0000000(size=301989888)
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: GM204 High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:f7080000-f7083fff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x8 Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:f4000000-f50fffff ioport:c0000000(size=301989888)
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f4000000-f4ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:d000(size=128) memory:f5000000-f507ffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: GM204 High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f5080000-f5083fff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:24 memory:f5120000-f512ffff
*-communication
description: Communication controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family ME Interface #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
resources: irq:27 memory:f513a000-f513a00f
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eno1
version: 00
serial: 2c:56:dc:3b:29:f0
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k duplex=full firmware=0.1-4 ip=192.168.2.109 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:26 memory:f5100000-f511ffff memory:f5138000-f5138fff ioport:f040(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:f5137000-f51373ff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 9 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:28 memory:f5130000-f5133fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 9 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: d0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
version: d0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-pci
description: PCI bridge
product: ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge
vendor: ASMedia Technology Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
version: 04
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: iomemory:202001f10-202001f0f
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:f5136000-f51363ff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: Z97 Chipset LPC Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family SATA Controller [AHCI Mode]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:25 ioport:f090(size=8) ioport:f080(size=4) ioport:f070(size=8) ioport:f060(size=4) ioport:f020(size=32) memory:f5135000-f51357ff
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: 9 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f5134000-f51340ff ioport:f000(size=32)
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: KINGSTON SV300S3
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: BBF0
serial: 50026B775300005A
size: 223GiB (240GB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=d0fcebee-9248-48d6-bf8b-f8ef76ce1137 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-volume:0 UNCLAIMED
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: mkfs.fat
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
version: FAT32
serial: 63bd-1303
size: 510MiB
capacity: 511MiB
capabilities: boot fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat name=EFI System Partition
*-volume:1
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: ad8896de-347c-461a-b945-fbb2904acffc
size: 223GiB
capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2018-12-29 14:27:23 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2019-01-04 20:28:11 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro mounted=2019-01-04 20:28:11 state=mounted
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD10EZEX-00B
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 1A01
serial: WD-WCC3F7YE265Y
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096 signature=3d384c52
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
version: 3.1
serial: 44ef7831-2b6b-104e-b5c0-e97a229b6fd0
size: 931GiB
capacity: 931GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2017-06-26 19:31:07 filesystem=ntfs label=HDD modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
*-scsi:2
physical id: 3
logical name: scsi5
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVDRAM GH24NSC0
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: LK00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-scsi:3
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@4:5
logical name: scsi6
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: My Passport 0830
vendor: WD
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 1065
serial: WX51A940N3YX
size: 1862GiB (2TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=6 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=7461523b
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdc1
logical name: /media/flo/NAME
version: 3.1
serial: 1451a945-afbe-b94a-a19c-dee4fdfc8cc8
size: 1862GiB
capacity: 1862GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2011-09-03 03:27:47 filesystem=ntfs label=NAME mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
*-enclosure UNCLAIMED
description: SCSI Enclosure
product: SES Device
vendor: WD
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.1
version: 1065
serial: WX51A940N3YX
configuration: ansiversion=6
*-scsi:4
physical id: 5
bus info: usb@3:6
logical name: scsi7
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk:0
description: SCSI Disk
product: SD/MMC
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdd
version: 1.00
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdd
*-disk:1
description: SCSI Disk
product: Compact Flash
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.1
logical name: /dev/sde
version: 1.01
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sde
*-disk:2
description: SCSI Disk
product: SM/xD-Picture
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.2
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.2
logical name: /dev/sdf
version: 1.02
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdf
*-disk:3
description: SCSI Disk
product: MS/MS-Pro
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.3
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.3
logical name: /dev/sdg
version: 1.03
serial: 3
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdg
*-power UNCLAIMED
description: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
product: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
physical id: 1
version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
capacity: 32768mWh









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  • We're going to need more details of your hardware configuration, so run sudo lshw and paste the details at the bottom of your post (by editing it) in a code block. Also, please, don't just post screenshots of your config (or at all, unnecessarily), it slows down parsing your question, and means that others with a similar issue won't get a text match when doing a google search. I get that it is faster for you but it reduces the efficacy of your question for you, too.

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    Okay I dit it. And you're totally right, sorry.

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  • No apology necessary. The short-term quick-fix reality will likely be to reinstall Ubuntu and live with the generic driver, I'm afraid.

    – Benjamin R
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  • Isn't there at least a way to revert the changes?

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driver update nvidia



I've installed the nvidia-driver-415 through Software & Updates for my Dual GTX 970s. After restarting, my screen resolution is now stuck at 1024x 768 pixels. I've got two monitors, and now only one is working.



display settings



I also notice that my PC makes a lot more noise now. There are also some weird glitches with overlapping windows.



Here are my system specs:



system



I would really appreciate your help! I am tired of reinstalling Ubuntu just to fix this silly issue.



By the way: The issue persists even when setting the driver back to X.org S server - Nouveau display driver from xserver-xorg-vidoe-nouveau (open source).



pc                          
description: Desktop Computer
product: All Series (All)
vendor: ASUS
version: System Version
serial: System Serial Number
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.8 dmi-2.8 smp vsyscall32
configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=desktop family=ASUS MB frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled sku=All uuid=E0793C6E-DAD7-DD11-9494-2C56DC3B29F0
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: Z97-PRO GAMER
vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
physical id: 0
version: Rev X.0x
serial: 151158190004513
slot: To be filled by O.E.M.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 2202
date: 12/08/2015
size: 64KiB
capacity: 8128KiB
capabilities: pci apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 45
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 16GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
product: 99U5471-054.A00LF
vendor: Kingston
physical id: 0
serial: 982F213E
slot: DIMM_A1
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM [empty]
product: [Empty]
vendor: [Empty]
physical id: 1
serial: [Empty]
slot: DIMM_A2
*-bank:2
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
product: 99U5471-054.A00LF
vendor: Kingston
physical id: 2
serial: 9B340498
slot: DIMM_B1
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM [empty]
product: [Empty]
vendor: [Empty]
physical id: 3
serial: [Empty]
slot: DIMM_B2
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 52
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
slot: SOCKET 1150
size: 4256MHz
capacity: 4400MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts flush_l1d cpufreq
configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=8
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 53
slot: CPU Internal L1
size: 256KiB
capacity: 256KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 54
slot: CPU Internal L2
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-cache:2
description: L3 cache
physical id: 55
slot: CPU Internal L3
size: 8MiB
capacity: 8MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=3
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=hsw_uncore
resources: irq:0
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:f6000000-f70fffff ioport:e0000000(size=301989888)
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: GM204 High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:f7080000-f7083fff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x8 Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:f4000000-f50fffff ioport:c0000000(size=301989888)
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f4000000-f4ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:d000(size=128) memory:f5000000-f507ffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: GM204 High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f5080000-f5083fff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:24 memory:f5120000-f512ffff
*-communication
description: Communication controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family ME Interface #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
resources: irq:27 memory:f513a000-f513a00f
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eno1
version: 00
serial: 2c:56:dc:3b:29:f0
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k duplex=full firmware=0.1-4 ip=192.168.2.109 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:26 memory:f5100000-f511ffff memory:f5138000-f5138fff ioport:f040(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:f5137000-f51373ff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 9 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:28 memory:f5130000-f5133fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 9 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: d0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
version: d0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-pci
description: PCI bridge
product: ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge
vendor: ASMedia Technology Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
version: 04
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: iomemory:202001f10-202001f0f
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:f5136000-f51363ff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: Z97 Chipset LPC Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family SATA Controller [AHCI Mode]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:25 ioport:f090(size=8) ioport:f080(size=4) ioport:f070(size=8) ioport:f060(size=4) ioport:f020(size=32) memory:f5135000-f51357ff
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: 9 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f5134000-f51340ff ioport:f000(size=32)
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: KINGSTON SV300S3
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: BBF0
serial: 50026B775300005A
size: 223GiB (240GB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=d0fcebee-9248-48d6-bf8b-f8ef76ce1137 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-volume:0 UNCLAIMED
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: mkfs.fat
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
version: FAT32
serial: 63bd-1303
size: 510MiB
capacity: 511MiB
capabilities: boot fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat name=EFI System Partition
*-volume:1
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: ad8896de-347c-461a-b945-fbb2904acffc
size: 223GiB
capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2018-12-29 14:27:23 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2019-01-04 20:28:11 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro mounted=2019-01-04 20:28:11 state=mounted
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD10EZEX-00B
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 1A01
serial: WD-WCC3F7YE265Y
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096 signature=3d384c52
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
version: 3.1
serial: 44ef7831-2b6b-104e-b5c0-e97a229b6fd0
size: 931GiB
capacity: 931GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2017-06-26 19:31:07 filesystem=ntfs label=HDD modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
*-scsi:2
physical id: 3
logical name: scsi5
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVDRAM GH24NSC0
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: LK00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-scsi:3
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@4:5
logical name: scsi6
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: My Passport 0830
vendor: WD
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 1065
serial: WX51A940N3YX
size: 1862GiB (2TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=6 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=7461523b
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdc1
logical name: /media/flo/NAME
version: 3.1
serial: 1451a945-afbe-b94a-a19c-dee4fdfc8cc8
size: 1862GiB
capacity: 1862GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2011-09-03 03:27:47 filesystem=ntfs label=NAME mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
*-enclosure UNCLAIMED
description: SCSI Enclosure
product: SES Device
vendor: WD
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.1
version: 1065
serial: WX51A940N3YX
configuration: ansiversion=6
*-scsi:4
physical id: 5
bus info: usb@3:6
logical name: scsi7
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk:0
description: SCSI Disk
product: SD/MMC
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdd
version: 1.00
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdd
*-disk:1
description: SCSI Disk
product: Compact Flash
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.1
logical name: /dev/sde
version: 1.01
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sde
*-disk:2
description: SCSI Disk
product: SM/xD-Picture
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.2
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.2
logical name: /dev/sdf
version: 1.02
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdf
*-disk:3
description: SCSI Disk
product: MS/MS-Pro
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.3
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.3
logical name: /dev/sdg
version: 1.03
serial: 3
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdg
*-power UNCLAIMED
description: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
product: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
physical id: 1
version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
capacity: 32768mWh









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I've installed the nvidia-driver-415 through Software & Updates for my Dual GTX 970s. After restarting, my screen resolution is now stuck at 1024x 768 pixels. I've got two monitors, and now only one is working.



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I also notice that my PC makes a lot more noise now. There are also some weird glitches with overlapping windows.



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I would really appreciate your help! I am tired of reinstalling Ubuntu just to fix this silly issue.



By the way: The issue persists even when setting the driver back to X.org S server - Nouveau display driver from xserver-xorg-vidoe-nouveau (open source).



pc                          
description: Desktop Computer
product: All Series (All)
vendor: ASUS
version: System Version
serial: System Serial Number
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.8 dmi-2.8 smp vsyscall32
configuration: administrator_password=disabled boot=normal chassis=desktop family=ASUS MB frontpanel_password=disabled keyboard_password=disabled power-on_password=disabled sku=All uuid=E0793C6E-DAD7-DD11-9494-2C56DC3B29F0
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: Z97-PRO GAMER
vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
physical id: 0
version: Rev X.0x
serial: 151158190004513
slot: To be filled by O.E.M.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 2202
date: 12/08/2015
size: 64KiB
capacity: 8128KiB
capabilities: pci apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification uefi
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 45
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 16GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
product: 99U5471-054.A00LF
vendor: Kingston
physical id: 0
serial: 982F213E
slot: DIMM_A1
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM [empty]
product: [Empty]
vendor: [Empty]
physical id: 1
serial: [Empty]
slot: DIMM_A2
*-bank:2
description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0,6 ns)
product: 99U5471-054.A00LF
vendor: Kingston
physical id: 2
serial: 9B340498
slot: DIMM_B1
size: 8GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM [empty]
product: [Empty]
vendor: [Empty]
physical id: 3
serial: [Empty]
slot: DIMM_B2
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 52
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
slot: SOCKET 1150
size: 4256MHz
capacity: 4400MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts flush_l1d cpufreq
configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=8
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 53
slot: CPU Internal L1
size: 256KiB
capacity: 256KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
configuration: level=1
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 54
slot: CPU Internal L2
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=2
*-cache:2
description: L3 cache
physical id: 55
slot: CPU Internal L3
size: 8MiB
capacity: 8MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
configuration: level=3
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=hsw_uncore
resources: irq:0
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:f6000000-f70fffff ioport:e0000000(size=301989888)
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: GM204 High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:17 memory:f7080000-f7083fff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x8 Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:f4000000-f50fffff ioport:c0000000(size=301989888)
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f4000000-f4ffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:d000(size=128) memory:f5000000-f507ffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: GM204 High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f5080000-f5083fff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:24 memory:f5120000-f512ffff
*-communication
description: Communication controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family ME Interface #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
resources: irq:27 memory:f513a000-f513a00f
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eno1
version: 00
serial: 2c:56:dc:3b:29:f0
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k duplex=full firmware=0.1-4 ip=192.168.2.109 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:26 memory:f5100000-f511ffff memory:f5138000-f5138fff ioport:f040(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:f5137000-f51373ff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 9 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:28 memory:f5130000-f5133fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 9 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: d0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:16
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
version: d0
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-pci
description: PCI bridge
product: ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge
vendor: ASMedia Technology Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
version: 04
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: iomemory:202001f10-202001f0f
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:f5136000-f51363ff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: Z97 Chipset LPC Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: 9 Series Chipset Family SATA Controller [AHCI Mode]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:25 ioport:f090(size=8) ioport:f080(size=4) ioport:f070(size=8) ioport:f060(size=4) ioport:f020(size=32) memory:f5135000-f51357ff
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: 9 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:f5134000-f51340ff ioport:f000(size=32)
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: KINGSTON SV300S3
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: BBF0
serial: 50026B775300005A
size: 223GiB (240GB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=d0fcebee-9248-48d6-bf8b-f8ef76ce1137 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-volume:0 UNCLAIMED
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: mkfs.fat
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
version: FAT32
serial: 63bd-1303
size: 510MiB
capacity: 511MiB
capabilities: boot fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat name=EFI System Partition
*-volume:1
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: ad8896de-347c-461a-b945-fbb2904acffc
size: 223GiB
capabilities: journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover 64bit extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2018-12-29 14:27:23 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2019-01-04 20:28:11 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro mounted=2019-01-04 20:28:11 state=mounted
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD10EZEX-00B
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 1A01
serial: WD-WCC3F7YE265Y
size: 931GiB (1TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096 signature=3d384c52
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
version: 3.1
serial: 44ef7831-2b6b-104e-b5c0-e97a229b6fd0
size: 931GiB
capacity: 931GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2017-06-26 19:31:07 filesystem=ntfs label=HDD modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
*-scsi:2
physical id: 3
logical name: scsi5
capabilities: emulated
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVDRAM GH24NSC0
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: LK00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-scsi:3
physical id: 4
bus info: usb@4:5
logical name: scsi6
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: My Passport 0830
vendor: WD
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 1065
serial: WX51A940N3YX
size: 1862GiB (2TB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=6 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=7461523b
*-volume
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdc1
logical name: /media/flo/NAME
version: 3.1
serial: 1451a945-afbe-b94a-a19c-dee4fdfc8cc8
size: 1862GiB
capacity: 1862GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2011-09-03 03:27:47 filesystem=ntfs label=NAME mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
*-enclosure UNCLAIMED
description: SCSI Enclosure
product: SES Device
vendor: WD
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@6:0.0.1
version: 1065
serial: WX51A940N3YX
configuration: ansiversion=6
*-scsi:4
physical id: 5
bus info: usb@3:6
logical name: scsi7
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk:0
description: SCSI Disk
product: SD/MMC
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdd
version: 1.00
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdd
*-disk:1
description: SCSI Disk
product: Compact Flash
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.1
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.1
logical name: /dev/sde
version: 1.01
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sde
*-disk:2
description: SCSI Disk
product: SM/xD-Picture
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.2
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.2
logical name: /dev/sdf
version: 1.02
capabilities: removable
configuration: logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdf
*-disk:3
description: SCSI Disk
product: MS/MS-Pro
vendor: Generic-
physical id: 0.0.3
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.3
logical name: /dev/sdg
version: 1.03
serial: 3
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  • We're going to need more details of your hardware configuration, so run sudo lshw and paste the details at the bottom of your post (by editing it) in a code block. Also, please, don't just post screenshots of your config (or at all, unnecessarily), it slows down parsing your question, and means that others with a similar issue won't get a text match when doing a google search. I get that it is faster for you but it reduces the efficacy of your question for you, too.

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    Okay I dit it. And you're totally right, sorry.

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  • No apology necessary. The short-term quick-fix reality will likely be to reinstall Ubuntu and live with the generic driver, I'm afraid.

    – Benjamin R
    Jan 4 at 21:29











  • Isn't there at least a way to revert the changes?

    – Florian
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  • We're going to need more details of your hardware configuration, so run sudo lshw and paste the details at the bottom of your post (by editing it) in a code block. Also, please, don't just post screenshots of your config (or at all, unnecessarily), it slows down parsing your question, and means that others with a similar issue won't get a text match when doing a google search. I get that it is faster for you but it reduces the efficacy of your question for you, too.

    – Benjamin R
    Jan 4 at 20:02






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    Okay I dit it. And you're totally right, sorry.

    – Florian
    Jan 4 at 20:06











  • No apology necessary. The short-term quick-fix reality will likely be to reinstall Ubuntu and live with the generic driver, I'm afraid.

    – Benjamin R
    Jan 4 at 21:29











  • Isn't there at least a way to revert the changes?

    – Florian
    Jan 5 at 6:16

















We're going to need more details of your hardware configuration, so run sudo lshw and paste the details at the bottom of your post (by editing it) in a code block. Also, please, don't just post screenshots of your config (or at all, unnecessarily), it slows down parsing your question, and means that others with a similar issue won't get a text match when doing a google search. I get that it is faster for you but it reduces the efficacy of your question for you, too.

– Benjamin R
Jan 4 at 20:02





We're going to need more details of your hardware configuration, so run sudo lshw and paste the details at the bottom of your post (by editing it) in a code block. Also, please, don't just post screenshots of your config (or at all, unnecessarily), it slows down parsing your question, and means that others with a similar issue won't get a text match when doing a google search. I get that it is faster for you but it reduces the efficacy of your question for you, too.

– Benjamin R
Jan 4 at 20:02




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Okay I dit it. And you're totally right, sorry.

– Florian
Jan 4 at 20:06





Okay I dit it. And you're totally right, sorry.

– Florian
Jan 4 at 20:06













No apology necessary. The short-term quick-fix reality will likely be to reinstall Ubuntu and live with the generic driver, I'm afraid.

– Benjamin R
Jan 4 at 21:29





No apology necessary. The short-term quick-fix reality will likely be to reinstall Ubuntu and live with the generic driver, I'm afraid.

– Benjamin R
Jan 4 at 21:29













Isn't there at least a way to revert the changes?

– Florian
Jan 5 at 6:16





Isn't there at least a way to revert the changes?

– Florian
Jan 5 at 6:16










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About my own experience,



I am using nvidia-driver-390 and



I don't have any resolution problem on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed Asus X550VX (GeForce GTX 950M) laptop.



You can try to downgrade to nvidia-driver-390 driver version.



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    About my own experience,



    I am using nvidia-driver-390 and



    I don't have any resolution problem on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed Asus X550VX (GeForce GTX 950M) laptop.



    You can try to downgrade to nvidia-driver-390 driver version.



    enter image description here



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      About my own experience,



      I am using nvidia-driver-390 and



      I don't have any resolution problem on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed Asus X550VX (GeForce GTX 950M) laptop.



      You can try to downgrade to nvidia-driver-390 driver version.



      enter image description here



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        About my own experience,



        I am using nvidia-driver-390 and



        I don't have any resolution problem on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed Asus X550VX (GeForce GTX 950M) laptop.



        You can try to downgrade to nvidia-driver-390 driver version.



        enter image description here



        enter image description here






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        About my own experience,



        I am using nvidia-driver-390 and



        I don't have any resolution problem on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed Asus X550VX (GeForce GTX 950M) laptop.



        You can try to downgrade to nvidia-driver-390 driver version.



        enter image description here



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