Internet and video not working properly in Ubuntu

[TonyFycus]

Hello,

I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. In my PC I have a GTX 1060 and on Linux boot up the animations that I would usually see for opening windows and stuff did not work anymore. In the software updates and additional drivers it said I was using the nouveau driver as usual, but it did not seem to work. Also the internet cable I have plugged in is not recognized and thus I have no internet access on linux. There does not even show that a cable is plugged in, there is nothing recognized. When I boot up Windows 10 everything works normally.

My assumption would be that the drivers did not load. Can you please help me?

[NinJake]

Would you be able to insert a live usb with ubuntu 18.04 and see if it's still having issues? If it seems fixed on the live usb, would you be able to reinstall ubuntu on your PC?

[TonyFycus]

Yeah there is no problem in reinstalling Ubuntu, I have everything backed up, but that is what I was trying to avoid. I am going to try on a live USB and maybe try to update from ISO image and see.

[Sauron]

Did you update anything recently?

[TonyFycus]

Yes I think there was a small update, like 100MB, but it was not a kernel update, so it should work. Anyway I solved it, I knew I need the PC today so I reinstalled Linux, now everything works fine with the latest updates.