Hey everyone! I recently made the jump from Windows to Linux and everything was going smoothly until today. After turning my PC off for about an hour and then back on, my monitor wasn't detected. I tried switching from DisplayPort to HDMI, which worked for a short while, but now even the HDMI connection isn't working anymore. I've attempted some driver changes and power cycling my devices, but I can't seem to get any display output, and being a Linux newbie, I'm really stuck. Could someone please help me out? My setup includes an AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and a GeForce RTX 3060.
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What distro are you using? If it's Debian-based like Ubuntu or Mint, try opening a terminal and running these commands:
1. sudo apt update
2. sudo apt upgrade
3. sudo reboot
You'll need to enter your password, and this should refresh your system and help detect your hardware. Also, make sure to reboot after that!
I’m on Mint too, but my issue is that I can't access the terminal since it won't detect the display!
If you can't see anything on the screen, try hitting Ctrl + Alt + F3 to switch to a TTY terminal. Log in with your username and password there, then run the commands mentioned above. After that, type 'sudo reboot' and hopefully, you'll get back to the login screen!