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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and elitebook 8440P hangs roughly within minute of login.

I have old elitebook 8440P(8gb memory and 120gb ssd). After installing any of the 22.04 LTS flavors (Ubuntu, MATE, Kubuntu) install goes ok. But after reboot and login its hangs within minute or two within login.

I've already run a memtest and full PC-check 8 test suite on computer and everything is OK. Also older versions of Ubuntu(or mint) work fine (I've been using 21.10 until recently).

Also how should I start figuring out whats going on, becaus it a total hang only way is powerbutton.

any good ideas and workarounds are welcome.

--MP

Mika Peltola
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I got it running!

source: nvidia-340 driver on Ubuntu 20.04

Try:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelebek333/nvidia-legacy
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install nvidia-340
sudo apt install xorg-modulepath-fix

it worked with my HP 8510w and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

andrew.46
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Mark Merian
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I like to share my experience with upgrade on HP 8510W from LTS22.04 to LTS24.04 and again the NVIDIA driver hick up needed to be solved but this time previous solution did not work but following instruction did:

Install and use the Nouveau driver on Ubuntu 24.04

you need to ensure that the driver is installed (it usually is by default) and disable any proprietary NVIDIA drivers if they are active. Here's a step-by-step guide:

preperation: boot in recovery mode and select "Root" then use "root" shell terminal to:

  1. Uninstall the proprietary NVIDIA driver If the proprietary NVIDIA driver is installed, you should remove it first.

Run the following command to remove the NVIDIA driver: sudo apt remove --purge nvidia-340 (modify driver

  1. Ensure the Nouveau driver is installed Ubuntu typically includes the Nouveau driver by default. However, if it has been removed, you can reinstall it with this command: sudo apt install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

  2. Check for the kernel module Ensure that the Nouveau kernel module is loaded. You can check this with the following command: lsmod | grep nouveau

If the kernel module is not loaded, you can load it manually: sudo modprobe nouveau

good luck

Mark Merian
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