The nouveau project aims to build high-quality, free/libre software drivers for nVidia cards. “Nouveau” [nuvo] is the French word for “new”.
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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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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 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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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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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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Monitor resolution problem (nouveau-driver, 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04.1)
All of a sudden the system changed the screen resolution to 1240x768. I have an AOC 931 Swl with optimal resolution: 1366x768 (60 Hz).
outputs:
xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x ...
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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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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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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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Hibernation error message
During Ubuntu hibernation the following messages appear on the screen and they are accumulated until the system is completely restarted. They also can be found in dmesg output.
[50357.815787] [drm] ...
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how to setup nouveau driver at boot time in ubuntu 12.04?
I would like add nouveau driver during boot time but I don't know where is the place in ubuntu 12.04 to add modprobe nouveau.
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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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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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Bluetooth Can't Be Found
The Bluetooth in my computer(Latitude E6500) worked completely fine under Windows 7, but Ubuntu will not recognize Bluetooth. Right now I am running 13.04 daily build, but this problem was also the ...
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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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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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Lubuntu 12.04 PPC slow startup and shutdown
I've installed Lubuntu 12.04 on a Powerbook G4 (PowerPC 1GHz, 1 gb ram, Geforce MX 440). Everything works perfectly except the startup and shutdown. To startup my system I have to wait about 3 minutes ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.04 installation stops at time zone
I've been trying to install Ubuntu on my Alienware M17xR4 from a 12.04 liveUSB. Everytime I go through the install process, the wizard stops after the time zone selection. After I hit "Forward", the ...
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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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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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Ubuntu 12.04 - Poor performance of Nvidia Riva TNT2 (NV05) with nouveau driver
While using Ubuntu 12.04 I have poor performance in video playback on a Nvidia Riva TNT2 (NV05) videocard with 32MB on board.
When using Ubuntu 11.04 and activating throug Jockey the ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 installation problems due to nouveau
Ubuntu installation failed due to power off and now getting the following error when trying to start installation again: nouveau failed to idle channel 1 and nouveau failed to idle channel 2. What is ...
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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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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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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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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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Swapped graphics card, ended with dead system
Where to start.... My OS is Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 AMD64 (no specific reason to get server other than avoiding any preset desktop environment right out of the box).
I was having the fun of my lifetime ...
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display reduction after installing 12.04.2
I have beeing using ubuntu 12.04.1 with nouveau G73 and works fine until I installed 12.04.2 after which i get a resolution of 1028x800 now instead of 1280x800. my graphic card is nvidia geforce go ...
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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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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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Graphics jerking in Firefox with nouveau driver
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu Gnome Remix 12.10. Video and graphics work fine except in web browsers like firefox and epiphany for instance.
The graphics is slow and jerking when scrolling ...
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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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Update Manager won't install a Nouveau Display Driver
My Update Manager has had an update in it for weeks now, under Other Updates (LP-PPA-glasen-intel-driver). It is an X.Org Xserver Nouveau Display Driver. When I check the description, it says that ...
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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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Enable Vsync on Ubuntu 12.04 with Nouveau
I switch back to Nouveau Driver because I had a lot of problems with the proprietary driver.
The Nouveau is working more faster than the Nvidia driver, but I have screen tearing all the time.
How ...
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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 ...
