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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 do I update mesa 11.2.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 desktop version? E: Unable to locate package mesa

I'm trying to play Day of the Tentacle, and I need to update my Mesa driver. I have a GTX 550 Ti graphics card. I typed in terminal: glxinfo | grep "version" The output was: server glx version ...
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Bad performance with HD7870. What can I do to improve?

I'm actually using Ubuntu 16.04 and I having bad performance with my ATI Radeon HD7870. This is a discrete Videocard but I can't even run without stuttering 3d-rendered page. I'm actually using the ...
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Graphical Issue

Alright so I looked through my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it but it does not seem to completely fix my issue. Here are specs of my computer that might matter and ...
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Stop Ubuntu from hanging when video is run

I'm running ubuntu 16.04, and I have a RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650] graphics card. It's fine, except that when I play video it usually locks up Ubuntu. I can SSH in at this point and and kill the ...
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Screen was frozen after coming back from fullscreen [duplicate]

When I watched a Youtube video in fullscreen it worked fine, but when I turned back from fullscreen to normal, the screen was frozen and I was unable to type anything from my keyboard. I restarted my ...
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Ubuntu and AMD's GCN 1.0 GPUs with AMDGPU-PRO 16.50 drivers

I am on a debian based distribution with catalyst drivers.They work nicely but drivers crash sometimes. Also they have old software in repository. That's why I wanted to come back to Ubuntu. I left ...
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Is there a simple way for a script to detect what nvidia drivers a user needs?

I am trying to make a script for my friends to install a bunch of programs, the same way you would with the terminal. However, they all have different types of nVidia graphics cards, a few of them ...
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R9 270x with AMDGPU driver under Ubuntu 16.04 with new 4.9 kernel

I heard that the newest mainline kernel should be capable of using the AMD-GPU driver for my AMD R9 270x graphics card. However, I could not find any information on how to set it up under Ubuntu 16.04 ...
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Unity Desktop not Clickable

Hi I have some Problems with my Unity Desktop, I can't click on any window. I have to go to tty0 ctrl + alt + F1 and back to my XSession with ctrl + alt + F7 then it works fine. Why is this happen? ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 graphics failure: (EE) error, (NI) not implemented; (EE) VESA(0): V_BIOS address 0x0 out of range

Both normal and failsafeX modes not starting in Ubuntu 16.04. Here is my log file: [ 34.184] X.Org X Server 1.18.3 Release Date: 2016-04-04 [ 34.187] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [ 34....
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Mangled and flickering graphics on Yoga 910 with 1920x1080 resolution

I've just installed Ubuntu 16.10 on a Lenovo Yoga 910 and have found that when I set the resolution to its native 1920x1080, the display immediately starts flickering and becoming mangled/visually ...
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16.04 will not use my 940M

I have an Asus UX303U that will not use my gpu. I have updated and tried the drivers in additional hardware. Nvidia X server still has no prime tab and nvidia-prime gives me command not found even ...
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NVIDIA driver randomly not found -- fails "Building kernel modules" upon reinstalling [duplicate]

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 with a GTX 1070. I use this machine for Tensorflow, with GPU support enabled. I rebooted my system randomly the other day, and now I can't login. I can get to the login screen,...
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Can't install Ubuntu, mother board problem i think

I have a little big problem. 4-5 months ago, I changed my video card from R7 240 to gtx 970, ok fine, but now i have some problems. My pc: FX 6300 motherboard: AsRock 980DE3/U3S3 Some of problems: ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Flickering problem with the external monitor using original tested Nvidia drivers

Recently I got a monitor to use it as an external for my laptop. My bought my laptop about 4 years ago. Its specification are Intel i5 3210m 2,5Ghz with integrated gpu, 12gb ram and Nvidia 610m for ...
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Kdenlive and Blender both can't use GPU hardware acceleration

I'm currently under Ubuntu 16.04 and have installed the newest versions of Blender and Kdenlive from the official repositories. Unfortunately, Blender won't let me select my GPU for rendering (Device ...
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Unsolvable NVIDIA & Ubuntu 16.x compatibility

I probably tried every possible fixes and solutions given on the web for almost a year, trying all the possible differents configurations, OS versions, drivers versions etc.. No need to precise that I ...
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Need help with Oibaf video drivers

My machine is using the Nouveau driver for an Nvidia GT218. I've already had problems using a proprietary driver under 16.04 LTS. I've read the Oibaf PPA offers an improved open source driver. Even ...
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Way to get graphics tablet TRUST TB-6300 working in Ubuntu 14.04

I was hoping last updates will bring this (quite old) tablet back to use but so far they aren't. When tablet is plugged into USB it just blinks green led and nothing happens. If there is a way to make ...
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How to enable Intel Display Controller instead of NVIDIA?

I have just installed Ubuntu as a Dual-Boot with windows. I do a have an NVidea graphisc card and an Intel I5 processor with integrated graphics. I check which hardware, related to Video is in my ...
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Intel Skylake HD 530 Graphics and Ubuntu 16.10 - No video / HDMI Out

I have an MSI GS43VR laptop with Nvidia GTX 1060 and Intel HD 530 graphics. I am not using the Nvidia card nor do I have the proprietary Nvidia drivers installed. Whenever I install the Nvidia driver, ...
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Inkscape gives errors when I switch to WebStorm

Every time I try to switch from Inkscape to WebStorm (whether Alt+Tab or clicking from sidebar) Inkscape keeps giving these error repeatedly: Inkscape has received additional data from the script ...
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Check if intel processor supports GVT -g

I am trying to do a full graphics virtualisation. I have a intel i7 CPU 920 . In the intel spces sheet it says yes for Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x). But I am not able to confirm if the ...
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My drivers recognize my graphics card, but nvidia settings do not [closed]

I'm really sorry to be a bother with this, I'm having problems getting my graphics card to work properly on my computer. PC Info: Custom PC Build Ubuntu 16.10 Intel Skylake Processor - Asus ...
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Java Animation programs running jerky in Linux [closed]

I have written a simple Java animation program in Ubuntu 14.4.1. A ball moving inside a JPanel. But at execution, the ball moves quite jerky in the JPanel. This problem continues until I move the ...
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How do I configure multiple monitors (dual screens) in xorg without basic mosaic in ubuntu 16.04

Normally when configuring multiple monitors in Ubuntu I would configure my nvidia cards in xorg to use basic mosaic. But since upgrading my GPUs basic mosaic is no longer listed as a option in the ...
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System not running newest installed kernel [closed]

I have an ASUS with an AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor 8 gb of memory and a GTX 560 nvidia card, running ubuntu 16.10. My problem is they have updated the kernel since I installed the distro, but I ...
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Suspend fails, GPU has fallen off the bus (Nvidia)

My problem is that my laptop does not wake from suspend mode. It shows me only a black screen with one sentence [1300.001615] NVRM: Xid (PCI:0000:07:00):79, GPU has fallen off the bus. My OS is ...
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Abnormal display

I just installed Ubuntu with VM Virtual Box on Mac. After I ran Ubuntu first time, I have a disply as attached. Can you help me please?
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[[5~^ error on ubuntu 16.04 shutdown [closed]

Recently I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 on dual boot with Windows 10. I was having the flickering screen problem but I have partially solved it (sometimes it flickers) by following this previous ...
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Does Nvidia GPU work with AMD APU?

Recently, I built a cheap PC with AMD A4-6300 and so far I had lots of trouble installing the propriety driver in Ubuntu 16.04 (I know it the propriety driver supports 14.04 but I can't let go of 16....
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How to determine what is different between 2 (identical) computers?

I have 2 old Gateway NE 522 computers. One had Windows 7, the other Windows 10. I loaded Ubuntu on both using the same boot from USB stick. During set up, the former W7 machine could connect to ...
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Cannot switch from Intel to Nvidia in Ubuntu 16.04 (Nvidia Prime)

I cannot switch from my Intel GPU to my Nvidia GPU on Ubuntu 16.04. I get no error messages or other problems, it just doesn't switch. Other similar questions here have not solved my problem. Here are ...
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cuda 8.0 compatibility with nvidia-370 drivers

I have a question I didn't find a direct answer to it on the forums. I have Kubuntu 16.04.1 64 bit installed. And I have Nvidia propitiatory drivers installed (nvidia-370). I installed Cuda 8.0 deb ...
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Can't login after installing graphics driver?

After updating the bios and installing Ubuntu 16.04 I went to install the Nvidia 375 graphics driver for my Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 graphics card. Everything appeared to install correctly so I went to ...
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hybrid config Intel HD Graphics 530 + gtx 960M: can't get the proprietary drivers to work

I have a laptop with hybrid graphics, and I can't get my nvidia card to work with the proprietary drivers. nvidia drivers installed: sudo dpkg -l | grep nvidia ii nvidia-361 ...
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LUbuntu 16.04 LTS and Radeon HD6290 - Drivers needed?

I am running Lubuntu 16.04 LTS on a Compaq CQ58 laptop. This laptop has a Dual Core AMD C60 CPU @ 1 GHz and ATI Radeon HD6290 GPU. 8GB ram and an SSD complete the package. This laptop is slow and I'm ...
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Easy way to switch between Nouveau and Nvidia proprietary driver

I have a laptop with an NVidia GPU, installed along the default Intel Graphics card. Wishing to get the best performance for gaming, I switched to the proprietary NVidia drivers. However, having to ...
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Playout system for fluid Web App

For my company I'm programming the GUI for an interactive table using Web Technologies and react.js. It's for a showroom of a rather big client and it's been a bit of a hustle to convince my ...
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XFX RX 460 AMD Crimson edition driver installation help

I have XFX RX 460 which is an AMD driver, and i'm wondering on how to install a crimson edition driver. I went to AMD website, and installed it, but after the installation the crimson edition software ...
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How to install AMD Drivers for Radeon RX 460?

I am trying to install my Graphics Driver for my Radeon RX 460 and I am stuck at extracting the content of the amdgpu-pro-16.40-348864.tar.xz file. I run ​tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro_16.30.3-348864.tar.xz ...
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Why Is Ubuntu So Slow On My More Than Capable System

I have a Dell Inspiron 3135 that is custom built straight from the Dell site. The specs are: My Specs As you can see I have 8gb of ram, a very powerful processor, more than capable graphics processor....
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Unbind GPU while system is running

Is possible (any method) to switch between Graphics Cards while system is running? And than disabled card bind to KVM/QEMU? I have 2 GPUs (1x Intel HD 4600 and 1x NVIDIA GeForce 1060) I would like ...
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Screen tearing in portrait orientation only (Ubuntu 16.04, Intel HD Graphics)

OS: Ubuntu LTS 16.04 PC: FullHD monitor, Intel HD Graphics 530, no external videocard In landscape orientation all is good. In portrait orientation I have screen tearing problem, like this: https://...
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Ubuntu 16.04 not detecting second monitor connected via VGA

I recently bought an acer E 15 E5-575G-53VG laptop that has an nvidia geforce 940mx on board apart from the integrated graphics. I have two video ports, one HDMI, one VGA. I hook up one monitor with ...
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Getting nvidia Optimus to work with Ubuntu 16.04

I have recently upgraded my laptop to Ubuntu 16.04. I'm using a hp pavilion 17 laptop with a GeForce GT 740M graphics card. The Optimus technology caused all kinds of trouble on 14.04, and I never got ...
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black screen when setting 20-radeon.conf

I have a dell Inspiron 15R 5521 with radeon 8730M / intel 4000 dual gpu configuration running Ubuntu 16.04 running kernel 4.8.1.I have been facing horrible screen tearing when using my discrete GPU ...
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Blank White Terminal in Ubuntu MATE 16.04

I added and installed these two repositories: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa In a stupid attempt to update to the most recent drivers my ...
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glx not available in X.org (with mga driver)

I have Ubuntu 16.04 installed on my HP Proliant Microserver Gen8. I installed xserver-xorg-video-mga manually to get the full list of resolutions available. I cannot start Steam and the problem seems ...
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AMD Graphics card not getting used in Ubuntu 16.04 Lenovo Thinkpad E460

I am unable to use Amd graphics driver in ubuntu. When I run the command lspci -nn | grep VGA Output: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 520 [8086:1916]...
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