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Nouveau driver on Ubuntu 13.04 freeze and I get nouveau dri failed to idle
Ok so I want to like Unity I really do but this is very annoying with default nouveau driver I get constant gpu lockups and I have to manually reboot. If I install nvidia drivers it doesn't freeze ...
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Can I use a different graphical driver while booting, and the proprietery NVIDIA driver once my computer has started?
I have a bit of a problem in that as I am booting my PC, the boot screen isn't exactly pretty because I am using the proprietary NVIDIA drivers.
I am wondering if there is a method to use the VESA ...
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Why is the Unity launcher pixelated after suspend on Ubuntu 13.04?
Having a lot of issues with suspend on Ubuntu 13.04.
Can't wake up after suspending when using Nouveau driver (nVidia quadro fx370).
When using every single proprietary driver on the list, the Unity ...
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How to Customize personalized ubuntu installation including nvidia drivers
I have a computer with 12 core processors, 32 GB memory and Nvidia GTX 530M graphics card.
I tried to install the gnome-desktop preceded by the server-12.10 installation. It took some attempts to ...
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No nVidia/nouveau modules loaded, but sytem working fine?
Okay, so right now, I have installed both nvidia drivers and bumblebee and am getting all the necessary functions working - battery conservation, higher fps etc....
But when I try
lsmod | grep ...
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Can't recover my desktop environment
Good evening Everyone, I am having problems recovering my desktop.
Before it came to this desktop without the taskbar at the top, and the sidebar. Also the title bar for applications are gone.
What ...
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Lubuntu upgrade to 13.04: Flash lags horribly in browsers. Is GPU acceleration off? [duplicate]
Hi I have issues with video lag in broswers(ff, chromium) in Lubuntu 13.04 after upgrading from 12.10. The CPU goes to 100% so I am wondering whether GPU acceleration is operational. CPU should be at ...
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Getting nvidia GEFORCE GT 635M to work in 13.04
I tried installing nvidia drivers in 12.10 via x-swat repository, and primus, and noveau, and a million things i found on the net and everything just broke the system, until I finally got bumblebee to ...
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open source nvidia drivers memory usage
I am basic user of computer (GIMP, Writer, Impress, Krusader) so advanced 3D features of my NVIDIA graphic card Geforce 9400 G is not needed.
Both Nouveau and Nvidia proprietary drivers are working ...
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Bumblebee Configurator GUI Set-Up
Installed Bumblebee Configuator GUI.
I choosed "Nvidia" driver and "Exit at quit" thing to test it. It saved. But how do I know its really Nvidia driver that's in use?
The other option was ...
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GeForce 8600M GT: Nouveau performance better than proprietary driver?
After installing Ubuntu 12.10 on this computer, I installed NVIDIA's proprietary driver, since I might want to play a few games. I soon started having problems with video and audio. I'd be watching a ...
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Ubuntu stops at Nouveau during boot up (live or install)
I have used Linux in the past, but am still a casual user. I recently upgraded laptops to a Dell M6600. It has a i7-3840QM at 2.8GHz and 32Gb of Ram. It has both an intel HD 4000 on board graphics ...
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Am I using the Nouveau driver or the proprietary NVIDIA driver?
For a long time, I have used the NVIDIA proprietary driver. In Additional Drivers the NVIDIA driver was activated. However, I just "Removed" that driver because I would like to use the Nouveau driver ...
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Will my Graphic card will be supportet from nouveau in the future? [closed]
I hava a nvidia Gforce GTS 250M and allways have to use the propritary drivers cause nouveau doesn't work for me. Will this adapter work in the future with nouveau ?
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How do I get nVidia drivers working on new 2012 iMac?
I can't get nVidia drivers working on my new iMac. It has the GeForce GTX 680MX card and I believe it's currently using the nouveau drivers. Whenever I install the nVidia drivers (I've tried ...
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Revert back to Nouveau drivers [duplicate]
I was trying to install the proprietary nvidia drivers for my optimus laptop. This resulted in my GUI disappearing, I can only see my desktop background (can still open terminal and right-click the ...
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Can't install nvidia-experimental-310
i went using the gui at first (software sources -> additional drivers), it installed without any problem, but when restarting and running sudo lshw -C display i still get this:
*-display ...
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Proprietary videocard driver makes unity disappear
Every time I try to install a driver for my videocard, Unity crashes, and I just start up with an empty desktop. I've had this problem with both Nvidia and AMD carts. Only the Nouveau drivers + Nvidia ...
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Ubuntu sits on tty1 screen for a while before it goes to login screen with nvidia drivers but boots fine with nouveau
Nvidia drivers give much better performance for me while nouveau lags with just unity open.
I have a GTX 650 and an i3-3220 on a GA-B75M-D3P.
After about 3 minutes the GUI login screen loads and ...
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Where to report a severe bug ? - seems to toast Compaq 8510w hardware
An Ubuntu install smashed my HP Compaq 8510w built-in LCD display and presumably the firmware/BIOS.
I did an install a while ago of Lubuntu 12.10 - somewhere in the process, my laptop display started ...
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Why is Ubuntu unable to mount my hard drive when I use Nvidia Discrete graphics?
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T520 with Nvidia Optimus graphics. Optimus is designed to let you switch between discrete and integrated graphics as needed for performance and battery life.
The BIOS has ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 nomodeset fixes boot problem but causes screen resolution to get stuck
I've been searching the askubuntu forum for the past 3 days trying to figure out what's going on with my system and I have tried a lot of things but to no avail. So, I will explain my situation and ...
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Hang while booting from liveUSB due to nouveafb
While trying to boot from a GNU-Linux Mint 12 LiveUSB my computer hangs itself with the following last words:
fb: conflicting fb hw usage nouveaufb vs EFIVGA - removing generic
driver
I'm ...
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If im using nouveau there is no way to use vdpau with it?
Im using ubuntu 12.10 and im using the opensource driver which came reloaded with the distro tried to install the proper driver but I failed, so now im using the opensource driver and its okay, but ...
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Why is Firefox scrolling faster with Nouveau driver than with Nvidia driver?
I'm really astonished that using the nvidia driver results in poor speed and high cpu usage when working with Unity. I mean scrolling in Firefox consumes 100% cpu time and still isn't as fluid as it ...
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Glitchy refresh rate with 2 monitors nvidia driver 304 [closed]
I have no idea how refresh rates function and if they affect my problem but both my screens have a glitch that I can see when the image moves horizontally. Like this breath taking animation I made for ...
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Screen tearing with opened Dash - Nvidia Geforce 8400 using Nouveau driver [closed]
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal, on my dodgy Vostro 1400 with Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS.
Since installation, I switch to Nvidia driver and it works alright, but the windows performance is choppy, ...
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GeForce 670M on 12.10 - Compiz Glitching [closed]
I've just done a fresh install on a new laptop that has a 670M. Ubuntu defaults to using Nouveau however there's a fair amount of corruption on certain visual elements.
For reference, Windows 7 ...
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Remove proprietary Nvidia drivers?
I manually installed the lastest Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu 12.10 using the files directly from the Nvidia website. Long story short, they don't work, I have an extremely low resolution, and need to go ...
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How do I remove Nvidia drivers and revert to nouveau (12.04)?
I'd like to give the new nouveau drivers a try. When I try a Ubuntu live distro, they work pretty flawlessly, but I don't seem to be able to use them correctly on my installed system.
What I do is ...
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How do I get drivers working for an Nvidia GT560i on 10.04?
My beloved and hard working 10.04 LTS x86_64 workstation can no long run in anything but command-line no, xorg won't run.
When my nvidia GT260 adapter failed, I replaced with a GT560i. The ...
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How can I get a 1920x1080 resolution?
I a newbie Linux and have just installed Ubuntu in a dual boot with Windows 7. I love the interface of Ubuntu but unfortunately I can only get a 800x600 or 1024x728 resolution with black bars all ...
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How to change back to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Remove nVidia driver and go back to Nouveau
I try to install GT 630M driver--NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.51.run and nvidia-current, but they decrease the resolution.
That ...
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what packages should I install in ubuntu 12.04 to fulfill opengl requirements for using nouveau driver?
I try to switch from nvidia to nouveau driver via script:
!/bin/bash
stop gdm
rmmod nvidia
sed -i "s/nouveau/nvidia/" /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
update-alternatives --set ...
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Can't install 12.04 from Windows - nouveau drivers makes install hang
I've been trying to install 12.04 for quite a while now and I can't get it working.
I downloaded the desktop-amd64 version of Ubuntu from the official website, used the Lili USB Creator following the ...
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nouveau driver issue when trying to boot ubuntu
i just installed ubuntu, and it says nouveau failed to idle channel 1 and 2. it also says nouveau playlist update failed. i believe this is a video card driver problem. what can i to to resolve this?
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Graphic card Radeon HD 5450 or GeForce GT 210 with open source driver and HDMI
I want to buy a new graphic card. I want to use the card with an open source driver (Radeon / Nouveau), but I need HDMI output. Which is the better choice, Radeon HD 5450 or GeForce GT 210?
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How activate NVIDIA drivers?
Yesterday I was having a few memory leaks with Compiz, I decided to put this down to the new NVIDIA drivers that I installed.
I purged everything with NVIDIA from my system and booted into Ubuntu ...
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Will removing NVIDIA and reverting to NOUVEAU resolve terminally slow operating speed?
I am an ordinary user with no development knowledge/experience
I have upgraded to 12.04 from 10.04 which I have successfully used for a few years. I did it in sequence 10.10, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 to ...
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Why do I have a black screen using Nouveau with Quadro FX 1800M?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 on a notebook HP Elibook 8540w, working with the recommended additional NVidia driver. The graphic card is a QUADRO FX 1800M. Since the NVidia driver causes several problems, I ...
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Hibernation/suspend - nvidia/nouveau - Tried everything, still not working, any idea?
Having tested all the solutions that I could find on the net, I try my luck here:
I use Precise Pangolin, version 32bit kernel with pae
Symptoms:
Suspend goes well, but on resume, my screens ...
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Low display resolution under Ubuntu 12.04
I had some problem after installing new drivers for Nvidia. After having followed the instructions answered to this question, I now only have the Nouveau open-source driver. I can have access to my ...
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Ubuntu 64-bit 12.04 installation dvd boot problem blank screen
I get blank screen when trying to install UbuntuStudio 64-bit DVD (i tried to install from DVD not USB stick). When using nosplash and no quiet i see that it hangs when it tries to load the nouveau ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 nouveau and plymouth
I've made a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04, installed all updates and removed the proprietary Nvidia driver because I prefer Nouveau. Now I don't have Plymouth but only some weird line just few seconds ...
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Why do the Nouveau drivers work better than the Nvidia ones?
I have a bit of a weirdie here.
My rig uses an Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS in a PCIE x16 slot. Up to about a year ago, no problems with the card. I then started getting random crashes. They got more ...
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12.04 install now just blank screen
I have attempted to install a new copy of 12.04 using usb stick instead of using download manager. Everything went fine while using usb stick until I restarted after installation was complete. Then, ...
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How can I tweak the saturation of my desktop with the nouveau driver?
I've been using the proprietary nvidia driver for a while and with nvidia-settings, I could tweak the saturation of my laptop screen. I recently decided to switch to nouveau because it seems to be ...
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gnome shell choppy/flicking after --replace (nvidia gfx)
after regular updates/upgrades my gnome-shell stopped working and got into fallback mode.
I have tested installing nvidia drivers (i have an nvidia gfx), removing them, blacklisting nouveau and other ...
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Geforce video card problems with Ubuntu 11.10
I'm having issues with my video card drivers: GeForce 9600 GT/PCI/SSE2
When installing Nouveau - not getting 3d support and the 2d is really buggy, fuzzy fonts and lots of other stuff. Really ugly.
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Ubuntu 12.04 and Nvidia woes
So I know this has been posted a few times, I have searched and tried options but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to install my video card drivers.
Where I stand now: Fresh install of ...
