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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Ubuntu 20.04 : NVIDIA drivers update issue after unloading nvidia-drm and nvidia-modeset
As the title states, I have encountered issues when updating my GPU drivers, and my screen stays black when using Ubuntu in graphical mode. Here's how it went :
I could not update my GPU's drivers ...
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GPU performance is very low on Ubuntu installed on a laptop
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I'm having trouble with the GPU speed on Linux installed on xps17.
I have two SSDs set up on my XPS, with SSD1 has still Windows and Linux installed on SSD2.
The GPU is performing well on ...
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WxWidget based programs fail to refresh drawings
I am trying to pinpoint a problem where WxWidget based programs (so far Audacity and the Gnuplot wxt terminal) fail to show and refresh content in their "plotting" part of the window. Main ...
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Second display detected but only black screen visible - Ryzen 5 4600H + GTX 1650
I'm using a laptop with AMD integrated graphics (Ryzen 5 4600H) and GTX 1650
Linux 5.7.12
Nvidia driver version 450.57 (installed via the graphics-drivers ppa)
Secure Boot off
My external display is ...
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WebGL not working on chromium or firefox
Im using Xubuntu 20.04 and I've been having trouble with firefox and chromium to use WebGL. In chromium it only works if I activate hardware acceleration but it works slow because of my integrated ...
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NVIDIA X Server Settings - Advanced options not showing on Ubuntu 18.04
I have a Nvidia together with Intel graphics and I switch between them with prime-select. Currently I am on Nvidia:
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3rd Monitor Not Visible, showing 'X' cursor - Dual GeForce GT 1030 and Triple Benq Monitors Nvidia
So i bought 2 GeForce GT 1030 cards and want to run 3 monitors on them simultaneously. 2 are connected via HDMI and DVI respectively on the first graphics card. These are the only two that show up in ...
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Nvidia drivers with Ubuntu 19.04
I'm facing a strange problem I can't seem to work around.
My computer is set up with Ubuntu 19.04, with the 5.0.0-23 Linux headers and I seem to have problems installing the correct drivers for my ...
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underclock an old GPU with amdgpu driver
I have an old graphics card (saphire r9 270x pitcairn architecture) that keeps crashing when under maximum load. the preset stock clock is 1070mhz and it runs fine when underclocked to 1000mhz. I've ...
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Fractional scaling has a negative impact on refresh rate
I recently installed Ubuntu 19.04 on my computer. I'm new to Ubuntu.
I have a 4K monitor so I followed this tutorial to allow fractional scaling (100% is too small and 200% too big)
When I'm at 125% ...
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How to switch between graphics cards on Wayland (18.10)?
It's obviously possible to switch between Intel and Nvidia cards on Xorg, using the 'Nvidia X Server Settings' utility, but I haven't found a way to do it in a Wayland session. Any Ideas?
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Ubuntu 18.04.1 really slow on very good laptop
I just installed Ubuntu 18.04.1 in my new laptop, alongside Windows 10, and is extremely slow. My specs as reported by Ubuntu:
What I've done so far:
Used sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
Set ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 can't start nvidia-settings
After upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04 I can't find a way to use the nvidia-settings either via command line or GUI.
When I run sudo nvidia-settings I got the following message :
No protocol specified
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Browser tearing when scrolling
Hi I recently installed Xubuntu 16.04 and am having problems getting browsers to work. I tried using firefox but there was flickering/tearing in horizontal bands across the screen and none of the ...
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How to set Option "DRI" "?" in Intel integrated graphics chipsets driver Ubuntu 16.04?
I want to set options in the 20-intel.conf file found in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/, specifically for the "DRI" option.
Looking to the man page, the "DRI" option is "boolean", which to my mind means ...
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Why does Ubuntu list my Intel Graphics drivers as Unknown:Unknown (not recommended)?
I've a laptop with Intel Graphics 520 (Skylake 6500U) and Nvidia 940MX.
I've installed the proprietary Nvidia driver (375.66) and it works fine. Also, I can switch between Intel and Nvidia graphics ...
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Video Tearing on Ubuntu 16.04 with AMD R5
I'm a new user on linux, former windows user. I've been using Ubuntu for the last two months and fell completely in love with the OS.
But lately i've found what appears to be a video tearing issue ...
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Nvidia drivers: Second screen not working
I have a very annoying problem with my Asus laptop. I have a Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M graphics card with an HDMI port and I want to connect a second monitor to it. If I use the Intel graphics card, ...
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multiple NVIDIA graphics card and GPU problem
I am assisting someone with a problem they are having with the video card and GPUs on their machine.
03:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK110BGL [Tesla K40c] (rev a1)
04:00.0 3D controller: ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 and AMDGPU-PRO Driver
I'm getting the following output from glxinfo:
$ glxinfo | grep OpenGL
Xlib: extension "AMDGPU" missing on display ":0".
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ...
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3rd monitor showing "X" cursor
I have 2 GPUs and 3 monitors. The NVIDIA settings shows all 3 monitors but the Displays panel only shows 2 and xrandr only shows 2 connected. See below:
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3840 x 1080, ...
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Black Screen after upgrade to Ubuntu 16.10
What i have done:
Downloaded Ubuntu GNOME 16.10
Installed it as dualboot
Became black screen
Added "no splash" to start commands
Installed newest nvidia drivers
Reinstalled xorg-server & ubuntu-...
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Optimus laptop - Chopping and stuttering videos with Intel onboard graphics and screen tearing with Nvidia graphics
I have a Clevo P640RF laptop with an Intel 6700HQ processor and an Nvidia 965M with optimus switching. After about a week's worth of arm wrestling with the laptop, I have finally managed to stabilize ...
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Dell M4800 Ubuntu 16.04 freeze graphics
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I have installed a fresh copy of ubuntu 16.04 I am now using the nouveau display driver. So far things have been stable but things only seem to crash when my computer is plugged into my dock ...
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15.10 Problems :VLC strange screen blinking when going in fullscreen
Yesterday I moved from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to 15.10. And now I have problems in VLC. With Nouveau drivers I have image tearing and with Nvidia drivers I have green screen blinking when going in ...
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Dell XPS 13 2015 QHD black screen with linux
On my XPS 13 QHD the laptop screen goes black after a couple of seconds (but this may vary) at the linux login window (The OS still works, only no screen), same thing happens with a linux live USB.
I ...
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High CPU with web streaming videos
Every time I start watching some video within a browser (both Firefox 40.0 and Chrome 44.0.2403.157 64-bit with no extensions) the CPU usage gets 100% (according to htop and system monitor) freezing ...
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What does "!!! Unknown header type 7f" error means?
I bought a new laptop, and I can't enable discrete graphic card.
The output of lspci -k | grep -EA2 'VGA|Display' terminal command:
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [...
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How to speed up rendering kdenlive Ubuntu 14.04?
I am using kdenlive on my Ubuntu1 14.04. When i render videos, it is very slow. Takes as much time as the length of video.
I have Dell XPS L502X with Nvidia GeForce 540M. Is there anyway i can use my ...
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Switching on and off integrated GPU
I have a elitebook 8570w and use it to for both graphically heavy applications as well as normal stuff.
I would like to be able to switch between the dedicated and the intergrated GPU.
I know about ...
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Could not open X display, XDG_Runtime_DIR Error:
Output from terminal from where i tried to run nautilus and read an external drive.
Also, i got a terminal window before logging in that system is running under log graphics mode, i will have to login ...
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monitor hdmi not working
I can not use the external monitor hdmi.
I just installed ubuntu 12.04 and my configuration is as follows:
$> lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core ...
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Haswell Integrated/NVIDIA Graphics Issue
I recently purchased a Lenovo Y510p laptop. The laptop has an NVIDIA GeForce GT750M graphics card. Supposedly the laptop doesn't have integrated graphics but after installing Ubuntu 13.04 and ...
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Compiz high CPU
I recently installed Ubuntu 13.04 (my first Linux) alongside Windows 7. When I booted for the first time and ever since Compiz is eating up my CPU. When idle and doing nothing window management ...
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low graphics mode error only during shutdown
I'm getting the message: "The system is running in low graphics mode. Your screen, graphics card and input device settings could not be detected correctly. You will need to configure these yourself." ...
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distorted display while and after installing ubuntu 20.04
I have installed Ubuntu 20.04. I am getting distorted display, while installing Ubuntu as well as after installation. The file check before installation had no error. So, I proceeded with installation ...
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Switch graphics AMD integrated to AMD dedicated
I am new on Linux and I tell you that I have a laptop model ASUS TUF FX505DY-BQ024T that has a hybrid graphics, an integrated graphics AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 and a dedicated graphics AMD Radeon RX 560X. ...
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How do I run flatpak apps on discrete GPU by default?
I want some flatpak apps to run on my discrete Nvidia GPU by default. I can always right-click on the app and launch via discrete graphics but that's tedious.
I followed these steps but it did not ...
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2010 iMac running Ubuntu 22.04.1 but unable to get graphics card Radeon HD 4670 to work
So as the title says i've got an old 2010 iMac Intel i3 with a Radeon HD 4670. Originally had the issue where i couldnt get the screen to show and used nomodeset and radeon.modeset=0 in the grub to ...
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Nvidia RTX 3060 in Ubuntu 22.04 - Flickering/Brightness controls not working
I have a Dell G15 with a Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile graphic card. Just installed ubuntu 22.04 alongside with Windows, but I have two main problems:
Screen flickers randomly.
Brightness controls ...
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No ums support in radeon module 2015 MacBook Pro upgrade from 21.10 -> 22.04
I recently tried updating my MacBook to 22.04 and after the install when I booted back into Ubuntu I saw that I had a problem with the graphics driver. I can log in but about 3/4 of the screen's ...
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Cannot login after installing Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu
I'm having a hard time getting Nvidia proprietary drivers to work in ubuntu. After enabling the Nvidia driver, I cannot login, I'll get a black screen and the system reboots after a few seconds.
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External monitor doesn't work (no signal) on Ubuntu 21.10 - Intel Iris Xe graphics
I have an issue with my external monitor which doesn't work on Ubuntu 21.10 with 5.17.2 kernel on it.
It seems to be detected in "Displays" section in settings, but when I try to use enable ...
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Can't switch GPU to Intel in PRIME Profiles
Intel (Power Saving Mode) button is not clickable in NVIDIA X Server Setting in PRIME Profiles. I can switch profile from command prompt following the command sudo prime-select intel, but can't do ...
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How to disable graphics hardware accelerations in 20.04?
For troubleshooting purposes, how do I completely disable graphics hardware accelerations in Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)?
The related Graphics settings don't seem to be available in the Settings app ...
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"Topaz is not supported in kfd" after upgrade to 21.04
After upgrading to 21.04 my notebook freezes in login screen. If I start without gdm, the message I see in console is "Topaz is not supported in kfd"
It works fine with 'nomodeset' in grub.
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Bad aliasing for red
I am using Ubuntu 18.4, XFCE, and a new monitor.
While the monitor seems to work fine in windows, and in Linux for most purposes, it does something that I do not understand with the anti-aliasing for ...
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20.04 graphical glitch--top few rows of pixels "overflow" to bottom of screen
I have an odd glitch on my Ubuntu installation and can't seem to find any solutions online. Doesn't help that it's quite tricky to put into words.
The top row of pixels on my screen seem to be "...
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Displaylink ryzen 7 pro 5850U Ubuntu 21.04 very slow?
I tried installing Ubuntu 20.04 but after the install the computer always got stuck on the Lenovo boot screen (probably something with the relatively new cpu I guess?)
After that I tried installing ...
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Laptop screen flickering
I'm having problems with my laptop screen glitching on Ubuntu 20.04. I had this issue while back, reinstalling graphics card drivers didn't help and I ended up reinstalling the whole system. ...