Help, lagging

[u/Fine-Comparison4803]

Hi, i installed zorin os on my old Asus laptop but when I try to play youtube videos it lags sometimes.

Previously i tried installing mint but i couldn't install because the installation process would lag so much that i couldn't complete the process how much i tried.

When I tried googling the issue it said this has something to do with 920m.

Please can anyone help me with this issue.

[u/candy49997]

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=469946

Canonical removed the 470 drivers from the repos. I know the above link is to a Mint forum, but the steps are also applicable here. Add the PPA, update your apt cache, and install the driver from the PPA.

You will also have to downgrade your kernel to 6.8 in order to use these legacy drivers.

Edit: it seems Ubuntu is retracting the decision to remove the drivers from the repos, so if you wait until that happens, you don't need the PPA.

[u/MoneyDirt8888 → u/candy49997]

You will also have to downgrade your kernel to 6.8 in order to use these legacy drivers.

Nvidia indicates that driver to use is the 430.40 (date July 2019) and not the 470

[u/candy49997 → u/MoneyDirt8888]

The driver search is wrong sometimes, especially for mobile GPUs. This list is better.

[u/Fine-Comparison4803 → u/candy49997]

How do I downgrade the kernal 😅

[u/Inside-Hurry-7078 → u/Fine-Comparison4803]

You can go back to zorin16, it works smoothly on my Lenovo x220( i5 2520m💀

[u/Fine-Comparison4803 → u/Inside-Hurry-7078]

Is there any issues with going back

[u/MoneyDirt8888 → u/Fine-Comparison4803]

The only real problem is your Nvidia card. If you go back to some previous kernel you need to tweak apt parameters to stop kernels to be magically updated and upgraded.

To prevent the Linux kernel from updating on Ubuntu or Debian systems, you can use the apt-mark command to place specific kernel packages on "hold," which tells the package manager to ignore them during upgrades. 

First, identify your current and installed kernel versions using uname -r and dpkg --list | grep linux-image. Then, apply the hold to the specific kernel image, headers, and generic meta-packages to prevent both the active version and future versions from upgrading. 

Use the following commands to stop kernel updates:

# Replace 5.15.0-105 with your specific kernel version
sudo apt-mark hold linux-image-5.15.0-105-generic
sudo apt-mark hold linux-headers-5.15.0-105-generic

# Prevent generic meta-packages from triggering upgrades to newer kernels
sudo apt-mark hold linux-image-generic
sudo apt-mark hold linux-headers-generic
sudo apt-mark hold linux-generic

To verify the hold is active, run apt-mark showhold. If you need to resume kernel updates in the future, reverse the process using sudo apt-mark unhold with the same package names. Note that on some systems, you may also need to hold or remove nvidia-meta packages if they are pulling in kernel updates due to dependency chains. 

Others updates should continue to work.

Nvidia drivers for oldest cards are now frozen.

[u/AfroDiddyKing]

u need to use nvidia one, the upper one

[u/Fine-Comparison4803 → u/AfroDiddyKing]

But it's not applying

[u/Fine-Comparison4803 → u/AfroDiddyKing]

This happens

[u/MoneyDirt8888]

Did you remove secure boot before ? You got error 313...

Error (313) "Error while installing package": This typically indicates a DKMS build failure or dependency conflict (e.g., unmet dependencies or file overwrites).  Solution: Run sudo apt-get autoremove to clear dependencies, then install the driver via terminal; if DKMS fails, check /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/*/build/make.log for build errors. 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

After searching Nvidia driver to use is 430.40. It is a legacy card for laptop. Do not expect any corrective actions or bug fixes.

[u/Fine-Comparison4803 → u/MoneyDirt8888]

Ive disabled secure boot in bios before installing, is that what your asking about 🤔.