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How to install drivers for switchable graphics for HP dv6 7040tx
I have a laptop with dual graphics cards:
1.Intel graphics 4000
2.Nvidia geforce 630m
I wanted to completely switch over from windows to UBUNTU 13.04 :) But, i am very new to this environment.. In ...
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Laptop Nvidia Bumblebee clarification
So this is partly clarification (to help future users) and partly questions to make sure I understand what's going on.
Recently attempted to make the switch from MacOSX to Ubuntu as I can't afford ...
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Is SLI in Nouveau and Nvidia drivers going somewhere? [closed]
It seems that SLI is not working properly under Linux at the moment, at all!
I haven't tested, but in recent forum posts, people deem it unusable and suggest instead single GPUs for the time being. ...
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Help with installation version 12.10 desktop
I downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 a while back ant tried to install it. I created a USB drive and booted up from the drive. It started installing, showed a long list of code and then just showed a strange ...
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Installing NVIDIA driver causes black screen (750M)
I have a dual boot set up on a Lenovo Ideapad Y500 with NVIDIA 750M and I am having problems installing the graphics cards. I have made sure to install both linux-headers-generic and linux-source, and ...
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Integrated Video Card and NVIDIA PCIe on Ubuntu 13.04?
I would like to use both integrated and PCIe NVIDIA video card on my ubuntu box.
The idea is to use the integrated video card to support two displays and the NVIDIA GTX650 for CUDA computing. ...
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Backlight Fix in Ubuntu with MacBook 6,1?
I recently installed Ubuntu to dual boot on my MacBook. However, the brightness feature does not work! It only happened after I changed the display driver. I am using Ubuntu 13.04
lspci:
00:00.0 ...
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nvidia-frickle with hybrid chipset is now over finally? [closed]
no question - linux-headers have to be installed first suiting to your installed kernel.
in case of hybrid-chipsets like CUDA with Optimus this package does NOT work:
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-310.51.run
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X server fails with KDE apps in Ubuntu 13.04 after last update
I've used the latest proprietary nVidia drivers (313) when an update came and broke my desktop - initially it switched to some other drivers than proprietary (my second monitor wasn't used with it), ...
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NVidia (GTX 680) Drivers Ubuntu 13.04 Black Screen
I've been trying for two days now to get my computer running the NVidia drivers. I'm running a GTX 680 and 64 bit architecture.
I've tried multiple things, here's a few:
Additional drivers for my ...
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Screen backlight is Disabled After Installing Nvidia GeForce 9600m GT Drivers
since several weeks ago, I am in the quest for try to fix the back-light control on my Sony VGN-AW220j With Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT, but until date no luck after try so many recipes and fixes from ...
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Xlib error when running graphical applications on VNC
I have a server with a Nvidia card (gtx 680) to which I access remotely through VNC (vnc4server). For some graphical applications, I get the following error:
Xlib: extension "NV-GLX" missing on ...
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Problem loading Nvidia driver
I have a hybrid laptop Lenovo T420. I have disabled Optimus in BIOS and I'm only using descrete graphic (Nvidia) now. My Nvidia GFX worked before i upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04, but now the driver wont ...
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Laptop heating, can't switch on Wi-Fi, can't to connect l2tp internet
Hello everyone I am Windows 8 user, sorry if my speech are poor or understandable, I'm from Russia.
So..Yesterday I install my first Ubuntu 13.04 for a chance and I get 3 problem at once!
First: my ...
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How to decide on the right Nvidia driver based on the Linux Kernel version?
After trying to install the Nvidia drivers and got them working and then got them broken, I would like to check one important thing:
One of the main problems I run into was "Kernel version and Nvidia ...
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Able to adjust screen brightness on Live CD, broken after install
I am trying to use Xubuntu 13.04 on a Macbook Pro 6-2 (mid 2010). That's a Nvidia GeForce GT 300m.
I'm positive this is a video drive issue. So what I've done so far:
Tried installing the latest ...
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Video glitch NVIDIA (card: unknown)
I have an ASUS desktop PC which is giving me an annoying video glitch
If I check card model with lspci I get:
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0de5 (rev a1)
Apparently my ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Unity launcher and status bar dissappeared after installing additional drivers [duplicate]
I have tried to use additional graphics drivers on Lenovo T530 ubuntu 12.10 laptop. Actually those drivers have not installed correctly. After restarting my machine, ubuntu launcher and status bar has ...
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can't get the resolution right even after installing the nvidia driver
I'm sure my problem might seem simple to many of ya'all but for some reasons I'm stuck with getting the right resolution for my newly installed ubuntu 10.04-64bit and I need some help.
First of all, I ...
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Mouse trails on monitor connected to nVidia videocard in multi monitor setup on Ubuntu 13.04
I have a problem on my PC w/ Ubuntu 13.04 (fresh virgin installation as of yesterday)
My Hardware spesifications:
Asus P8Z77-M Pro mainboard
Asus GeForce GT210 PCIe videocard
2x Philips 24" ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Monitor & Resolution Issues on Older Nvidia Card
When I do a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04 on a computer with an older Nvidia Quadro FX 500 128mb agp card, I cannot get the display to work.
There are a number of things that happen:
On some fresh ...
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How can i install nvidia driver? please help me [duplicate]
i need help with graphics driver on linux. Im new at linux i tried to install nvidia driver but after installing my grahics is still unknown at details, i have installed Zorin OS and without drivers i ...
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Underclock Nvidia Multiple Monitor
I have a laptop with Nvidia Geforce Go and nvidia drivers. My laptop screen is broken so I connect to an external monitor and disable the first. The nvidia gpu is constantly at highest and heats up ...
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What is the most sensible graphics driver to install for Nvidia GTX 670MX and Kubuntu 13.04? [duplicate]
Just (re)installed Kubuntu 13.04. I broke my last installation after trying to install Nvidia's graphics driver.
I would like to know whether I should install the Nvidia driver, the bumblebee thing ...
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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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where does nvidia-installer locate the driver in ubuntu?
I need to set some things up related to the nvidia driver installed with nvidia-installer not package manager. Is there any one knows the path of installation?
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Ubuntu 13.04 Nvidia driver problem. Black screen desktop,
I recently upgraded my zotac Atom Ion Nvidia computer from Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04
After Nvidia drivers updated I can't see my desktop. After boot, the
screen goes black and all I can see is the ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 with Nvidia Geforce FX 5200
I installed pure Ubuntu 13.04 and tried to install the restricted driver,but it became yellow-screen after reboot.
I found this question:
Help! 13.04 installation nvidia driver
I do in this way:
sudo ...
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Choppy Video Playback in 13.04
I've had a tremendous amount of trouble with my Nvidia drivers and have finally settled on a version that seems to be working acceptably. Kind of. When I view a video of any kind, irrelevant of ...
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Nvidia Drivers in Asus m50VC GeForce9300M Ubuntu
I've installed ubuntu 13.04 in my Asus M50VC and I have some problems with nvidia crashes and compiz errors.
It presents lots of drivers by nvidia with 313 update, 310 update and the latest update was ...
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Graphic card driver, Xorg (Open-source) version vs Proprietary (AMD and Nvidia) version, Which is the best?
i would like to ask about the graphic card driver on linux.
from on my experience here is, im having a laptop with a HD6320 from E-450 APU, which is belong to my friend and i install it an Xubuntu ...
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Interference from Graphics Card?
I have been using Ubuntu for a while now and have always had an issue with interference. It seems that the Graphics Driver I am using affects when the interference occurs and how loud it is. If I used ...
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Desktop environments not working properly after nvidia graphic driver installation
So I tried to install the graphics drivers for my nvidia geforce gt540m on ubuntu 13.04 64 bit. I tried following the instructions here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1916961
but it didn't ...
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What's the difference between the NVIDIA v304.xx and the v173.xx driver branches?
I know the question has nothing to do with Ubuntu directly, but I'm trying to decide what driver to use. I can't seem to google my way to victory today and I figured this community would be the next ...
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Steam has a problem with my Nvidia diver
I'm having some difficulty with Steam. I installed the proprietary driver using Additional Drivers, and up until now, thought it had installed correctly. All my desktop effects worked flawlessly.
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Install nvidia 319.17 driver
Ok i have ubuntu 13.04 i have kernel 3.9 and randr and xorg verrsion need to install new driver.
I install new driver from
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-319.17-driver.html
it no ...
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Help! 13.04 installation nvidia driver
I've installed ubuntu 13.04 on my laptop hp 6720s with video card Intel 965 chpset Intel gma x3100.
After the boot the classic purple screen appear and before the login page the screen become black ...
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Change Drivers 13.04 [duplicate]
I have just upgraded to 13.04, and i'm noticing that the graphics aren't as smooth as they were in 12.04, and there is no driver option in the settings menu. Is there a way to change the driver? I ...
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How can i fix my video driver?
I'm a noob to Linux software and I started getting annoyed with the fact that I couldn't suspend my system without it blacking out on me when I woke it back up.
In an effort to solve the problem, I ...
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Does Ubuntu have any system file that emulates Windows vga.sys?
My HP Pavilion zv5410us will boot from a Unbuntu 12.04 LTS Live CD, but it will not boot from my hard drive installation of the same system. It installed easily and is trying to use the nouveau ...
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NO SOUND! Resolution incorrect!
I upgraded to Ubuntu 13.04 and I can't get my sound to work or my resolution up to 1920x1080p. I am using the HDMI output.
The Nvidia X server driver isn't working and wont install.
System: Zotac ...
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How can I properly install the latest NVIDIA GeForce drivers on 13.04? (x64)
I'd like to install the latest and greatest straight from NVIDIA, but I get an error message saying I need to log out of an X environment or something. Obviously using the default drivers doesn't ...
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Unity won't run after update to 13.04
First of all, I'm pretty new in Ubuntu so I don't know everything.. But I'm willing to learn!
Today I updated my ubuntu to 13.04. Everything seemed fine. I used my pc for an hour and shut it down. ...
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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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Slow and freezy 13.04 system under Nvidia graphic
I have the same problem under 13.04, I have Nvidia C73 (GeForce7100/nForce 630i) and it freezes randomly when I use Unity icons, the system is pretty slow anyway. I tried the opensource x-org driver, ...
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Display and Audio problem after update from 12.10 to 13.04
I was previously running Ubuntu Studio 12.10. When I first installed 12.10 I had no sound or playback. I fixed that problem by installing the GNOME alsa mixer.
I just finished upgrading to 13.04. Now ...
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Nvidia Geforce GT630 resolution problem
I installed the drivers but the maximum resolution I can get is 1360x768. Can I get to 1920x1080? On Windows it worked fine.
Edit: I have Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
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Can't use Ubuntu after NVIDIA driver installation [duplicate]
I've downloaded the NVIDIA 319.17 .run driver on www.nvidia.com and i tried to install it in Ubuntu 12.04. So I logged out, I pressed CTRL+ALT+F2 and I wrote the following commands:
sudo service ...
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How would I get GT750M drive for Ubuntu 12.04
My graphic card is GT750m. It's unknown in ubuntu 12.04.
In additional drivers, no proprietary driver is found.
Then I tried to install nvidia-current, but it doesn't work, even I can't log in ...
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Using Nvidia 319.12 with bumblebee
I have Optimus laptop running Raring and now I'm using nvidia 304 drivers, which have bad performance and some games are not working properly (e.g. Oil Rush is working properly only with 319, with ...
