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Not really much to contribute to the forum I'm afraid. Just word of warning.
I'm in Japan and customer service here (despite what people may believe) is terrible (in general, technically in this case they're just being normal if perhaps a little fastidious).
So many people in the west report having free replacement motors sent out even a few months after warranty expires.
Here, I got bumped around between a few parties until I was told that even though it's only a few days out of warranty, they don't deal with spares or repairs in Japan so I have to buy a new machine.

I think not.

I hope and assume there are some home-espresso enthusiasts in this group too.
Obviously espresso-at-home is not a big thing here, hence the aparent lack of machines and grinders, but to those who are, has anyone come across anywhere that can service and repair a Gaggia classic?
It's the older model, and 100V. The (possibly aftermarket) pressure gauge started leaking oil so I bound the problem area tightly. But since then the pressure seems to be a little inconsistent, though I can't tell, as the gauge is broken.
I know the machine is as DIYable as it gets, but a full service is way beyond me.
If someone can point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful.

Cheers!

I don't know exactly when it was removed again, but 90 degree rotate options are no longer available (on Android). This was the case a few years ago. Then one day it appeared. Now it's gone again. This is NOT available in "ratio" or "edit">"adjust" despite what some posts say. Why is something so simple or essential removed at random like this?

Would be great to borrow or take and then pass on if someone does :)

Arigatougozaimasu!

Keywords: Ubuntu, Debian, Nvidia, driver, iGPU, dGPU, BIOS, UEFI

Last thing first: Changing a single GPU related setting in BIOS/UEFI rectified an otherwise catastrophic failure even between full re-installs.

The long version: 13.7 billion years ago it all began probably, then there was a bunch of nonsense. And suddenly here we are wasting time trying to fix problems in Linux because we fail to understand the Dunning Kruger effect.

I have an MSI laptop with an Nvidia 5080. It came with Windows 11 and it was the first time I'd used that, given I was happy with 10 on my previous laptop. Goes without saying 11 is pure garbage and with all the co-pilot and other rubbish with it, I decided I was going to give Linux another shot (I tend to every 10 years).

So I installed Catchy OS on the second SSD (it's a fancy laptop) and loved it....until a random update nuked it. I don't know what I'm doing. Undeterred, I settled on good old Ubuntu 24LTS, and that was great, the Nvidia driver installed without issue! It was stable, stuff worked, I could even game!

BUT

The honeymoon was short lived. At home I essentially use my laptop as a desktop, with my TV as the only screen. No issues. At work however, I have a screen and stand for the laptop, with the intention of the internal display being the second screen. And when I first Uboontued up at work (see what I did there - hire me and I'll write jokes for you), the external display did not play ball. It was fine with Windows, but not Ubuntu.

I poked around a little without doing anything drastic, even trying a previous Nvidia driver, nothing. Then I decided to venture into BIOS (I'm old, let me call is BIOS, I'll accept it's UEFI when the US accepts the metric system!). There was nothing that would obviously help, but I found how to display the advanced settings and was suddenly overwhelmed.

This is where the Dunning Kruger effect kicked in. I know how to computer. I've been computering longer than the median human being has even been alive! Now, I know this laptop has an Nvidia dGPU, but as a laptop, of course it has an iGPU too! Maybe they're fighting over control or something, I dunno. Hey, there's a setting to toggle between GPU settings. iGPU, Hybrid, or auto - it was on auto, and I figured hybrid is surely the same, so I chose iGPU and reboot. And it worked! Dual screen Ubuntu, stable Nvidia drivers, work, games, browsing, other computering. Ubuntastic!

BUT THEN

Nvidia dropped driver 595 on us. (I was on 590 until then). Now I may be a fool but I'm no fool. One does not simply update Nvidia drivers on Linux withou...hey WTF it installed as part of a routine package manager update, shouldn't it maybe ASK first? Oh well what harm can it do?

Computer: " ... "
Me: "I said, what harm can it possible do?"
Computer: " ... "
Me: "I said, wh.... oh... crap."

Ubuntu 24LTS froze at login, it even froze in recovery mode, it even froze in previous-kernel mode. I couldn't even get into terminal! I tried various things, stopping short of hammering it to pieces in a fit of frothing rage. And decided to boot from a USB, back up my home folder, and reinstall. (Side note: Time shift and Snapper proved useless!). 24LTS reinstalled fine, and even booted, but froze after log in, or at the recovery option screen in recovery mode. I could get into terminal in regular mode, but it froze too quickly for me to enter anything.

I tried POP OS as that's supposed to like Nvidia. Same deal. I tried Ubuntu 26. Ditto. Along the way I tried odd combinations of things, install WITH nvidia updates, WITHOUT nvidia drivers etc... But as soon as any nvidia driver went near it. Instadeath.

Then it hit me <insert Police Squad-esque physical gag here>. Given this issue kicks in so quickly, maybe it's something more fundamental than a setting I could change within the OS, something basic one might say, related to inputs and outputs, in a system. That's right, UEFI!

Spoiler: It was. It was the GPU selector setting. I put it back to auto and Kubuntu 26 installed with Nvidia driver 595 no problem. And incredibly it even works with my second screen at work now too. I can only assume that Windows has some kind of workaround for some bios settings like this. But Linux systems take the GPU selector to heart and really obey it? I don't know. All I can tell you is, it works. If you have a similar issue give it a go before you go reinstalling anything!

Don't be a fool like me!