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Can I run Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop on this old hardware?

The system boots OK, but selecting a menu within GNOME Files (Nautilus 46.2) produces a dropdown window which flickers then disappears completely and leaves a small illegible image beside the (absent) dropdown.

The hardware is OK with Ubuntu Desktop 22.04.

  Processor: Core-2 Quad Q8400
  RAM: 4GB
  Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
  System: Ubuntu 24.04
  Arch: x86-64
  Kernel: 68.0.38-generic
  DE: Ubuntu GNOME (Wayland) - GDM3

unreadable sub-image beside pull-down:

unreadable sub-image beside dropdown

karel
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I just reinstalled Ubuntu 24.04 and did the following actions. This fixed the bug

In a terminal run :

sudo nano /etc/environment

to edit the file, then, add :

GSK_RENDERER=gl

to the end of the file.

ctrl+x to save and confirm with Y or O.

Finally logout and reopen your session.

It seems that adding this option fixes a lot of bugs on old graphics cards

quintipio
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