no graphics on cold boot after upgrade to 2204LTS

lspci reports my video card as an NVIDIA GForce 8400 GS

Was it an upgrade from a new install to the latest packages in 22.04 or did you upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04 ?

It was 20.04 (which was up to date) to 22.04 online.

See the base question for my progress / lack thereof so far... For graphics I only have recovery mode. A regular boot gives me indication that it is starting Gnome Display Manager, but I only have a blank screen with a flashing cursor in the upper-left corner...

I suspect that it is worth mentioning that when I am in recovery mode (the only way I can get a GUI) when I go to display settings the settings dialog box says "Unknown Display" and when I run ubuntu-drivers devices I get no results - it seems like 22.04 is not detecting my GPU - is there some package or setting that can correct this? I have both xserver-xorg-video-nouveau and the nvidia-340 drivers installed...

Thoughts?

Tom

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/linux-display-ia32-1001409/
https://askubuntu.com/questions/739577/how-to-enable-use-nvidia-geforce-8400-gs

How relevant are these articles given that everything worked in 20.04 but failed after the upgrade to 22.04?

Did the Nvidia video card driver work?

The nvidia driver (340.something) has been installed - this is what I get for the lspci -v:
tadiv@tadiv-desktop:~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Desktop Board DP35DP
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
 I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff [size=4K]
 Memory behind bridge: e2000000-e30fffff [size=17M]
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000e1ffffff [size=288M]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express MEI Controller (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Desktop Board DP35DP
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
 Memory at e3326100 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: mei_me
 Kernel modules: mei_me

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 24
 Memory at e3300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
 Memory at e3324000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 I/O ports at 4400 [size=32]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: e1000e
 Kernel modules: e1000e

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Desktop Board DP35DP
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
 I/O ports at 40e0 [size=32]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Desktop Board DP35DP
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
 I/O ports at 40c0 [size=32]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Desktop Board DP35DP
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
 I/O ports at 40a0 [size=32]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Desktop Board DP35DP
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
 Memory at e3325c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
 Memory at e3320000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
 Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 17
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
 I/O behind bridge: 00005000-00005fff [size=4K]
 Memory behind bridge: e3400000-e35fffff [size=2M]
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e3600000-00000000e37fffff [size=2M]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
 I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff [size=4K]
 Memory behind bridge: e3200000-e32fffff [size=1M]
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e3800000-00000000e39fffff [size=2M]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 18
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
 I/O behind bridge: 00006000-00006fff [size=4K]
 Memory behind bridge: e3a00000-e3bfffff [size=2M]
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e3c00000-00000000e3dfffff [size=2M]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 19
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
 I/O behind bridge: 00007000-00007fff [size=4K]
 Memory behind bridge: e3e00000-e3ffffff [size=2M]
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e4000000-00000000e41fffff [size=2M]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 17
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
 I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff [size=4K]
 Memory behind bridge: e4200000-e43fffff [size=2M]
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e4400000-00000000e45fffff [size=2M]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Desktop Board DP35DP
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
 I/O ports at 4080 [size=32]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Desktop Board DP35DP
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
 I/O ports at 4060 [size=32]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Desktop Board DP35DP
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
 I/O ports at 4040 [size=32]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Desktop Board DP35DP
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
 Memory at e3325800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=32
 I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff [size=4K]
 Memory behind bridge: e3100000-e31fffff [size=1M]
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled]
 Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IH (ICH9DH) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82801IH (ICH9DH) LPC Interface Controller
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
 Kernel modules: lpc_ich

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Desktop Board DP35DP
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
 I/O ports at 4428 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 4434 [size=4]
 I/O ports at 4420 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 4430 [size=4]
 I/O ports at 4020 [size=32]
 Memory at e3325000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: ahci
 Kernel modules: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Desktop Board DP35DP
 Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
 Memory at e3326000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 I/O ports at 4000 [size=32]
 Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
 Kernel modules: i2c_i801

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
 Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3]
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
 Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
 Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
 Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
 I/O ports at 3000 [size=128]
 Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau

01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
 Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. High Definition Audio Controller
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
 Memory at e3000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
 Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

03:00.0 IDE interface: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6101/6102 single-port PATA133 interface (rev b2) (prog-if 8f [PCI native mode controller, supports both channels switched to ISA compatibility mode, supports bus mastering])
 Subsystem: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6101/6102 single-port PATA133 interface
 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
 I/O ports at 2018 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 2024 [size=4]
 I/O ports at 2010 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 2020 [size=4]
 I/O ports at 2000 [size=16]
 Memory at e3200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: pata_marvell
 Kernel modules: pata_marvell, pata_acpi

07:01.0 Mass storage controller: Silicon Image, Inc. PCI0680 Ultra ATA-133 Host Controller (rev 02)
 Subsystem: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 0680 ATA/133 Controller
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 22
 I/O ports at 1018 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 1024 [size=4]
 I/O ports at 1010 [size=8]
 I/O ports at 1020 [size=4]
 I/O ports at 1000 [size=16]
 Memory at e3104800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 Expansion ROM at e3180000 [disabled] [size=512K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: pata_sil680
 Kernel modules: pata_sil680

07:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [iOHCI-Lynx] (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: Intel Corporation Desktop Board DP35DP
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
 Memory at e3104000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
 Memory at e3100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
 Capabilities: <access denied>
 Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
 Kernel modules: firewire_ohci

tadiv@tadiv-desktop:~$

Here is what I get when doing the install:
tadiv@tadiv-desktop:~$ sudo apt install nvidia-340
[sudo] password for tadiv:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
nvidia-340 is already the newest version (340.108-0ubuntu8).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
tadiv@tadiv-desktop:~$

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

The results were:

tadiv@tadiv-desktop:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for tadiv:
Hit:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://mirror.metrocast.net/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:3 http://mirror.metrocast.net/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Get:4 http://mirror.metrocast.net/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB]
Hit:5 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:6 http://mirror.metrocast.net/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [91.5 kB]
Get:7 http://mirror.metrocast.net/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [145 kB]
Get:8 http://mirror.metrocast.net/ubuntu jammy-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [940 B]
Get:9 http://mirror.metrocast.net/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [11.4 kB]
Get:10 http://mirror.metrocast.net/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [10.1 kB]
Fetched 484 kB in 4s (135 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.

tadiv@tadiv-desktop:~$ sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
tadiv@tadiv-desktop:~$

Solved in problem https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/702865

Thank you so much Manfred Hampl (m-hampl)