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I'm reviving an old desktop that was strugling with win7 (Dell PW360, pentium 4 @ 3.20 GHz, 1.5 GB RAM, nvidia quadro FX 600).

The USB install using default settings failed, but after some research I suspected that nomodeset should be activated, and the install worked just fine. However, after booting the system is unusable, with several symptoms mentioned here: Graphics issues after/while installing Ubuntu 16.04/16.10 with NVIDIA graphics

I have a blank (white) screen, that flickers, with items displayed incorrectly.

The problem is I can't get to a working TTY. CTRL-ALT-F1 seems to work, but all I get is a white screen with nonsense characters. I managed to enter user/pass, but can't proceed entering commands "in the dark".

The sugested workaround (nouveau.modeset=0) didn't work for me, I always get a white flickering screen with nonsense characters.

Can you help me ? All I have now is a bricked desktop...

[edit: link corrected]

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After reading an old post about problems related with DVI vs VGA output it hit me: 10 years ago I connected the monitor with a DVI cable (and totaly forgot about it).

I changed the monitor connection to good old VGA et voila, now it works.

Thanks for the tips guys, I hope this info helps someone.

RuiM
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