26th February 2017, 8:41
(25th February 2017, 21:11)rocky7x Wrote: Hi AJSly,
Thanks for confirming my assumption. I think kdemeoz has 2 options now that all is investigated:
1. stay with Nvidia card a switch to Nouveau driver, since the experience is better with it according to kdemeoz
2. or remove the Nvidia card physically from the tower and use the Intel GPU
From the perspective of crashes, I think the only option is #2, though the hwe kernel may prove me wrong...
Hi & thanks Rocky
I sense "we're"/i'm now rapidly approaching the end of the road wrt solution-options. It would be nice if this coincided with an actual lasting solution...
This morn was the 2nd Resume after the night's Suspend status, since the 24Feb "xserver-xorg-hwe-16.04" upgrade. Again Tower awoke correctly, no freeze at login screen, no freeze during the subsequent hours of operation to now [but yes an unsurprising repeat of the Nvidia driver pixelation faults [Cairo-Dock, desktop icons] & KWin "graphics reset occurred" warning messages during various standard KWin Desktop Effects].
Based on this thread's history, & the latest corro, here's my latest plan, in this sequence:
1. Retain Nvidia GPU & driver, until earliest of (a) next freeze, (b) i can no longer stand the daily pixelations & KWin errors, [c) two weeks elapses.
2. Retain Nvidia GPU but change to Nouveau driver, until earliest of (a) next freeze, (b) one month elapses & i'm satisfied with both system reliability & graphics performance [in which case this becomes my "permanent" arrangement, & empirical proof that the solution was the HWE upgrade].
<<only if more freezes occurred with #1 & #2, OR, if i come to feel dissatisfied with the graphics performance of my "weak" Nvidia GPU:>>
3. Remove the Nvidia GPU physically from the tower and use the integrated Intel GPU [but in this scenario, what driver should i select in Maui's Settings - Driver Manager? (or maybe then it might not even offer any choice?)].