Questions tagged [graphics]
Questions related to graphics, in particular getting graphics cards to work. Please tag your exact graphics card version as well if you know what it is.
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How to get the GPU info?
I'm looking for a command that would give me the same info as:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
Except for the GPU (type of the chip and memory, frequency).
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How do I find out the model of my graphics card?
I would like to know the model of my graphics card. I think it may be an ATI, but I want to be sure!
I have Ubuntu 11.10 (32 bit) and an Asus A6 VA laptop.
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How can I find what video driver is in use on my system?
I would like to try a different video display driver, but I'm not sure which one I'm currently using.
What's the simple way to see what driver my system is using currently?
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Graphics issues after/while installing Ubuntu 16.04/16.10 with NVIDIA graphics
I installed or upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04, but I'm having some problems with my graphics card.
The display is blank
The display flickers
Items on the screen do not display correctly
Certain programs ...
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How to install NVIDIA.run?
I have a Nvidia Ge force Ge6150 SE graphics card. I am running ubuntu 12.04. When I try to install the .run file it fails. It shows the message like this:
I tried to install it after uninstalling ...
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Is a NVIDIA GeForce with Optimus Technology supported by Ubuntu?
I am considering buying a Dell XPS 15 laptop. The laptop has a Nvidia 420m card which should work with Linux but I keep reading that the Nvidia Optimus technology isn't supported on Linux. I am not ...
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What is the correct way to install proprietary ATI Catalyst Video Drivers (fglrx) directly from AMD?
I am planning on doing a fresh install of Ubuntu and want to know what is the correct way to install ATI Catalyst Video Driver?
There are multiple valid answers for this question spanning over ...
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How do I set 'nomodeset' after I've already installed Ubuntu?
I know that editing the boot options line and adding 'nomodeset' solves the problem of my laptop during LiveCD mode, what I don't know is how to set it at boot up through Grub2 after I've installed ...
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Strange artifacts along window borders after waking computer from sleep mode
NB: Nvidia has released an official fix; please see ByteCommander's answer, my own answer and/or Kaz Wolfe's answer.
Upon waking up Ubuntu 16.04 from Suspend, the following graphical glitches appear ...
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How can I get my graphics card to be recognized in System Info?
I am new to Linux/Ubuntu. I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Lenovo IdeaPad y510.
System info says
Graphics: unknown.
Driver: unknown,
Experience: Standard.
What should I do to use all my laptop ...
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How do I install the Intel Graphics driver in my system?
Can someone help me out and explain or point me in the right direction on how to check video drivers and see if my video card running okay?
I had 10.04 installed on my Thinkpad r61 with Compiz ...
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What does the kernel boot parameter "set acpi_osi=Linux" do?
I am facing an issue with brightness control in my laptop which has Intel HD graphics and Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit. So when I searched for a fix I found that a common suggestion is to edit the GRUB file ...
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How to add display resolution for an LCD in Ubuntu 12.04? xrandr problem
I am new to Ubuntu. I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 and am stuck trying to set up the correct resolution for my LCD display.
The native resolution for the LCD is 1920x1080
here is the output from ...
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How to find out what Graphics Card is present in your system?
Is it possible to find the exact configuration and model of your systems graphics card in Ubuntu 10.10?
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How NVIDIA On-Demand option works in NVIDIA X Server Settings?
I have installed Nvidia proprietary driver on Ubuntu 19.10.
In the Prime Profiles section, there are three options:
* NVIDIA (Performance Mode)
* NVIDIA On-Demand
* Intel (Power Saving Mode)
First ...
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Install Nvidia driver instead of nouveau
I've installed Ubuntu 14.04 and I'm experiencing a fuzzy/blurry screen and bad support for multiple screens.
I realized that Ubuntu installs nouveau as default, but I need to install nvidia drivers, ...
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How to fix missing characters from font after awakening from suspend?
I find that often after awakening from suspend on Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 with GNOME 3.20 (I have only found this issue on the latest version, though I have not tried with GNOME 3.18 on 16.04) that I get ...
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Ubuntu 16 Stuck in Login Loop after Installing Nvidia 364 Drivers
This didn't start out as a problem with the login loop. I was attempting a clean install of Ubuntu 16 and using the new feature that allows it to detect proprietary drivers for me.
I started off ...
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How to change proprietary video driver using the command line?
My laptop computer has a Nvidia video card and runs Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit. During an upgrade yesterday it seemed as a new Nvidia driver version 304 (if I remember correct) was installed. After ...
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How do I adjust the screen contrast?
I am using an Acer Aspire 3680 with Intel GMA 950 video running Ubuntu 16 and I cannot find the command to adjust the screen contrast setting. Too many colors and grays are washed out on the current ...
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How do I rotate my display when not using an X Server?
I have a widescreen monitor that rotates. I'm trying to use it in 'landscape' mode (vertical). This is easy in the GUI.
How do I rotate my display when I am not running an X Server or when I am ...
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Chrome causing weird flickering since upgrade to 85.0.4183.83
Since updating to Google Chrome 85.0.4183.83 (Official build) on my Ubuntu 20.04.1 machine, Chrome is exhibiting some weird flickering. Especially in the top left corner, chunks of pixels are showing ...
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Latest NVIDIA driver on Ubuntu 16.04
I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 and I notice that in the "Additional Drivers" tab of "Software & Updates", the latest versions of NVIDIA drivers I can install are
version 367.57 from nvidia-367 (proprietary)
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Fractional Scaling does not work properly ubuntu 20.04
Just updated to 20.04 and tried the fractional scaling on my laptop. That does not work at all. Whatever scaling I use it just sets 200%. I googled it and it seems works with wayland server only. I ...
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Can't switch anymore from Intel to NVIDIA GPU
[Ubuntu 14.04 64bit]
After switching between Intel / NVIDIA graphics and the different NVIDIA drivers I am now suddenly stuck with the Intel GPU. It used to be no problem at all switching between the ...
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Fuzzy graphics after upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04
I have recently upgraded Ubuntu 19.10 to latest LTS Ubuntu 20.04. After updating, I get serious artifacts on my screen. Every time I reboot (or log-in), my screen is fuzzy or scrambled (picture ...
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Failed to get size of gamma for output default when trying to add new screen resolution
I'm trying to adjust resolution on my new MSI GT70 2OC. In settings, only one resolution is available: 1920x1080. This is fine, except that I need to decrease the resolution and make it more ...
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ubuntu 16.04 gives "X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)" when running OpenGL programs
I have two two graphic card on board, one is the integrating in Intel cpu, one is the nvidia card.
I want use the integrating one to render desktop, the NV card to calculate with cuda. I switch to ...
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Can't get nVidia drivers working with 16.04, logs out right after login
I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 beta 2 on Monday, Apr 18th. When I try to install nvidia-current, nvidia-361 or the version that jockey installs, either lightdm fails to start entirely or I can't get ...
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How can I tell, how well my graphics card performs on Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I have a pretty beefy graphics card with 4GB of memory etc. But I can see the YouTube videos stutter sometimes and have a poor framerate (although none get dropped).
I feel like with a decent ...
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nvidia-smi command not found Ubuntu 16.04
I am trying to install nvidia drivers on my ubuntu 16.04 (I have a GeForce GTX 960M). I tried a lot of methods explained on internet but none seems to work. (I saw How to install nvidia-smi?, nvidia-...
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Black Screen during Screen Share in Ubuntu 18.04
I don't know where to ask, so I am asking here. While having an online meeting, whenever I share my screen it always shows as a black screen with my cursor to other people in the meeting. It doesn't ...
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What is safe graphics mode?
On Ubuntu 19.04 and all its official flavors I observed that if I boot the LiveUSB in UEFI mode, there are options for live session and installation with safe graphics written beside them. However ...
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16.04 - How To Purge Intel Default Drivers & Reinstall Intel Graphic Drivers
I posted this question as I am encountering display problems after upgrading Ubuntu 15.10 to 16.04. I went into 'additional drivers' & noticed this:
I was wondering whether purging the current ...
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What is this orange thing taking up half of my screen?
This transparent orange stuff keeps coming up and blocking half my screen. How do I disable it? I'm guessing it's a window snapping/workspace thing? It's popped up 3 times in the last hour without any ...
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Trying to install nvidia driver for ubuntu Desktop 18.04 LTS
Trying to install nvidia driver for ubuntu Desktop 18.04 LTS
following this link.
Followed all the tips from the above link.
But some what confused in terms of:
Whether I am using nvidia driver or ...
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ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded
(I'm aware there are several questions with a similar title but they either don't have answers, are very old or don't apply to my situation.)
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.2, my GPU is a GeForce 840M ...
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Screen turns yellow even using the live option Ubuntu 22.04
I've already performed the tests and changed the cable. I've come to the conclusion that it's not a problem with the cables or the monitors because I tested it with other distros even in Windows and ...
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What is the difference between optirun and primusrun?
Fairly self-explanatory question. What is the difference between optirun and primusrun? I stumbled across primusrun today - usually I just use optirun.
Note: This may be useful: https://applicative-...
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How can I overclock a graphics card from within Ubuntu?
I would like to boost the Core frequency, shader clock, and memory clock on an eVGA GTX 480 I have in my development box running 10.04. Is it possible to overclock a recent graphics card from within ...
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What *exactly* does "Launch using dedicated graphics card" do?
There are a number of questions regarding the "Launch using dedicated graphics card" option in Ubuntu: this one, this one, or this one, for example. But none of them are asking the question ...
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No 3d support is available from the host, on all VMware guests
So I'm running VMware Workstation 12 Player on 16.04 host. And every guest i run complains that "No 3d support is available from the host" and "Hardware graphics acceleration is not available" "...
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Screen tearing when using i3, none when using unity
I was attempting to use i3 on my ubuntu installation the other day. I noticed however that when I would logout and switch to using i3 I would start to see tearing when watching videos or scrolling ...
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How do I know which NVIDIA driver I need?
I need to use NVIDIA drivers, and I used the nvidia-smi command to check which NVIDIA I have, but this was the output:
Command 'nvidia-smi' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install ...
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Which graphics cards are supported by the new AMDGPU driver in Ubuntu 16.04?
The new open source AMDGPU driver pre-installed in Ubuntu 16.04 should support all the "Volcanic Islands" cards out-of-the-box. This means that AMD Radeon R9 285, R9 380/380X and R9 Fury/FuryX ...
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Broken desktop background on Ubuntu 18.04 under gnome after waking up from suspend on nvidia-390
I have the Nvidia 1080ti graphics card, which is just a few days old. Furthermore, I have a clean installation of Ubuntu 18.04 and the latest nvidia-390 drivers installed, using apt:
~$ sudo dpkg -l ...
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How can I switch back to Nvidia card from Intel with Nvidia-prime
So I updated to Ubuntu 14.04 and found that the primusrun command no longer works, so ditched bumblebee in favour of nvidia-prime. This lets you switch video card from nvidia-settings rather than ...
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How to install AMD graphic drivers on Ubuntu 18.04
I had always been a Windows user, But yesterday I downloaded and install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS from this page, But I can't find a way to install AMD graphic drivers,
Right now Linux only works in recovery ...
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How to get OpenCL to work on an AMD GPU with Ubuntu 16.04?
I have a PC with a:
VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Venus XT [Radeon HD 8870M / R9 M270X/M370X] [1002:6821] (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
How can I get OpenCL to ...
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What is the difference between Gnome Compiz Flashback and Gnome Metacity Flashback?
I upgrade ubuntu 13.10 from the development branch (alpha version or beta version) and after that at login user only two options are available. here I am attaching an image of gnome metacity
Gnome ...
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