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  • It might actually be running out of memory. 16GB are used, and the other 16GB are unusable somehow. Could be a bad RAM stick or bad connection (as mentioned by others), or it could be a memory quota. Run ulimit -a to check the quota.

    However, on my second read, the symptoms do not match up with running out of memory. (can drop to the console, can move the mouse) It could be a problem with the desktop environment. Which DE do you use?








  • It might still be a driver problem, with the NVIDIA drivers in general. Try booting with software rendering only, to see if that’s the case.

    Here’s how to disable the GPU drivers:

    Remove “nomodeset” from the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX variable in /etc/default/grub

    Add “rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau modprobe.blacklist=nouveau” to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX instead

    Run sudo update-grub then reboot

    Note: This only works if you’re using the open-source drivers, known as Nouveau. If you’re using the proprietary drivers, this will not work.

    To check if you’re using Nouveau or the proprietary drivers, run lspci and check for “NVIDIA”, then run lsmod and check for Nouveau.

    Remember to change it back when you want to re-enable the NVIDIA drivers.

    (PS: I used this website as a source, their procedure is more complicated, and focused on Fedora.)