Questions tagged [nvidia]
Questions related to the NVIDIA graphics and motherboard chipsets and the related drivers.
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Flash video appears blue
The Problem
After updating to Ubuntu 12.04 from Ubuntu 11.10, all video is still blue, whether playing in a browser or a player. Same problem occurs in 11.10 as well.
I have tried to uninstall all ...
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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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How do I install the Nvidia drivers?
I just ordered the Nvidia GTX card. I have a dilemma, though. Should I keep using the driver which is available in "additional drivers" in Ubuntu, or should I install the driver from the Nvidia site?
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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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How can I uninstall a nvidia driver completely ?
As expected, Nvidia drivers have reduced my customizations. I can't login to Unity 3D session. I can't find any content to help me to uninstall the driver and I don't know what to do as I have never ...
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How do I check if Ubuntu is using my NVIDIA graphics card?
The reason I'm asking is that none of the games I've installed through software center that require 3D accelartion like TORCS for instance will run. When I try to run then, nothing happens. I have a ...
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Problems with Chrome browser after suspending the computer on Ubuntu 20.04
Kubuntu 20.04, 64 bit
GPU: Geforce GT610
nvidia-driver-390
Chrome Version 85.0.4183.83
Intel i5-4430, core 4, 4 thread , 3GHz
RAM: 16GB
Each time I go into suspend mode and then resume, Chrome ...
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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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External monitor not detected on Ubuntu 18.04
After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04, my laptop has been unable to detect/use an external monitor attached via HDMI. Even when plugged in, the "detect displays" button within the default settings app doesn'...
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How can I install CuDNN on Ubuntu 16.04?
For TensorFlow I would like to install cuda and CuDNN. How do I do that on Ubuntu 16.04?
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Blank screen after installing nvidia restricted driver
I've installed the current nvidia restricted driver and rebooted my machine and now I get a black or blank screen.
How can I fix this?
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What is the NVIDIA Server Driver?
In the Software & Updates app in Ubuntu 20.04, in the Additional Drivers tab, there is an NVIDIA Server Driver option that I don't remember seeing in previous Ubuntu releases. The package name is ...
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dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
On Ubuntu 18.04 I am getting this when I want to install the recommended Nvidia driver.
sudo apt install nvidia-340
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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How to disable Nouveau kernel driver
When installing CUDA in Ubuntu 16.04 by executing cuda_8.0.44_linux.run,
I got the following error message in /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
Then I checked /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-...
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How do I Install CUDA on Ubuntu 18.04?
Is there any tutorial to install CUDA on Ubuntu 18.04?
The instructions on the Nvidia website for 17.04 and 16.04 do not work for 18.04.
I get a message telling me to reboot then re-run the ...
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NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running
I just installed CUDA in a notebook like this:
sudo apt-get install cuda
Like said here.
The compilation works just fine but when I try to run I got the followin problem:
CUDA error at file.cu:128 ...
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Steam: libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
If I click the desktop app of "Steam", nothing happens.
Running steam in terminal produces the following:
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)...
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How to start Ubuntu in Console mode
I want to know if there is a way to switch to console mode from the boot menu. I have an NVIDIA 1070 and every time there is an update, the GUI stops working. All I need to do is re-install the ...
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How do I install the Nvidia driver for a GeForce GT 630 [duplicate]
I recently installed 14.04.
But now I need a new driver for my nVidia GeForce GT 630. The former driver was rejected as not compatible with the 64-bit. I found that other driver and when I wanted to ...
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Desktop does not show when I installed nvidia drivers!
The desktop does not show after I installed nvidia experimental drivers. I tried nvidia simple proprietary drivers, and they did not work either.
Here is how it looks. This is not cropped or any ...
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How do I install NVIDIA and CUDA drivers into Ubuntu?
I have a system with a NVIDIA card that has a compute support of 3.5+ compared on https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus. How do I install CUDA and the NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu without downloading ...
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Removing Nvidia CUDA Toolkit and installing new one
I installed the CUDA 5.5 package on Ubuntu 14.04 (which is not supported for this version of Ubuntu version) , and I didn't do it well.
I want to remove what I've installed earlier and install a new ...
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Not able to change the Nvidia driver in ubuntu 20.04
In Additional Drivers under Software & Updates, the NVIDIA driver is stuck on Continue using a manually installed driver, and all other options are greyed out.
I want to set the driver to ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 does not recognize second monitor
I did a clean install of Ubuntu 20.04 and it is not recognizing my second monitor
I have already executed the following commands (I believe that only these worked in version 19.10):
sudo apt update &...
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Installing and testing CUDA in Ubuntu 14.04
I am uncertain about how to install CUDA in my system.
looking around there are many tutorials about cuda on 12.04 LTS and a few on 13.04 and 13.10, but they all talk about acquiring a deb package ...
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What's the difference between the nvidia-current, and nvidia-current-updates packages?
What's the difference between the nvidia-current, and nvidia-current-updates packages?
The former has a higher version number, and the description of the packages are the same.
Which do I use?
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How to uninstall manually installed Nvidia drivers?
How do I uninstall manually installed Nvidia drivers 310.14 and revert to Noveau. I have Ubuntu 12.10.
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Problems with libGl, fbConfigs, swrast through each update?
I have problems when compile SFML-project(don't see any graphic):
libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
This error can be solved by simple ...
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Enabling Nvidia driver messes up splash screen
When you boot from live CD, or doing the first boot after installing Ubuntu, splash screen looks awesome. But as soon as you enable nvidia-current driver, installed with apt-get, splash screen goes ...
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nvidia-libopencl1-331 has to be removed before installing WINE
I just installed Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit and enabled the nvidia drivers. Now I am trying to install WINE but I get the message:
nvidia-libopencl1-331 has to be removed before installing WINE (translated ...
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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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How to span single wallpaper over dual monitors?
I have dual monitor set up in Ubuntu 11.10. I want to have a single wallpaper spanned across both monitors. How do I do this?
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libEGL.so.1 is not a symbolic link
After the installation of any programs I get the following error
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu7) ...
/sbin/ldconfig.real: /usr/lib/nvidia-375/libEGL.so.1 is not a symbolic link
/...
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PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, id=00e5(Receiver ID)
I have Ubuntu 16.10 (although the same happened on 16.04) on a dual boot with Windows 10. I noticed some time ago that my kern.log file was getting pretty big (10GB or more) so I decided to check it. ...
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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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Installing nvidia drivers on 18.04
all. I'm trying to fix my system so I can install the nvidia drivers but it seems to get stuck for some reason. I have tried manually removing the downloaded files from
/var/cache/apt/archives/...
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Error loading libGL.so.1
When attempting to run various pieces of software (notably Steam and Yenka), I have come across an error similar to this: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 interface font too small after restart, even with high scaling factor
So I was configuring VS code on my Notebook when suddenly I noticed that my interface font got really small on my desktop, terminal and files.
I use Gnome Tweaks Tool to increase my scaling factor to ...
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How do I disable the "Nouveau Kernel Driver"?
I'm trying to install proprietary nvidia graphics driver I downloaded from nvidia website. It will not install because it says that the "Nouveau kernel driver" needs to be disabled first.
I opened ...
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Problems after upgrading to 14.04 (only background and pointer after login) [duplicate]
After upgrading from 12.04 to 14.04 I could log in to my X session (albeit with really low graphics). While trying to fix the graphics, I managed to break the X session.
Now, after typing my password ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 stuck in boot after starting Gnome Display Manager on Intel Graphics
I ran into a problem this week, where I couldn't find a solution to.
Everytime I start Ubuntu, it boots nominally, until it reaches "starting Gnome Display Manager" where the Konsole gets stuck and ...
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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 am I supposed to use nvidia-prime?
I have an acer laptop with these GPUs:
- GPU0: Intel HD Graphics 4000 (M) (obviously integrated)
- GPU1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
I uninstalled all nvidia-drivers because I was experiencing a lot of ...
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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 to play Diablo III on Ubuntu?
Is it possible to play Diablo 3 on Ubuntu?
What should I install to play D3 with good graphics?
How can I get an Nvidia video card to work well with Diablo III?
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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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ubuntu-drivers "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'version' referenced before assignment" when installing nvidia drivers
I am running into trouble reinstalling my nvidia drivers after the latest kernel upgrade. Normally, ubuntu-drivers handles it, but not this time.
I've done sudo apt purge -y nvidia-*, which often ...
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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 login after Nvidia driver install v 14.04
I successfully installed drivers to run the Nvidia 750 Ti graphics card in my desktop. Ubuntu ran perfectly for a short time after that. Then, the update manager prompted me to install some updates. I ...
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