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display does not show photos properly - Kong77 - 04-16-2017 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. Re: display does not show photos properly - bitsnpcs - 04-16-2017 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. Re: display does not show photos properly - Kong77 - 05-29-2017 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. Re: display does not show photos properly - bitsnpcs - 05-29-2017 If you do Menu>All>install drivers  which are shown ? Which graphics and driver are you using ? - https://askubuntu.com/questions/23238/how-can-i-find-what-video-driver-is-in-use-on-my-system Re: display does not show photos properly - Valtam - 05-30-2017 Please attach a system report to your next post - https://www.freecinema2022.gq/manual/hardware.html#sysreport Re: display does not show photos properly - Kong77 - 07-16-2017 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) ------------------------------------ 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? Re: display does not show photos properly - Kong77 - 07-16-2017 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. Re: display does not show photos properly - Valtam - 07-16-2017 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. Re: display does not show photos properly - Kong77 - 07-21-2017 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://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/installing-linux-lite/question-about-upgrading-to-newer-version/msg29527/#msg29527 Re: display does not show photos properly - Valtam - 07-21-2017 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.