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Questions related to the NVIDIA graphics and motherboard chipsets and the related drivers.

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Would a different Ubuntu 18.10 distribution work better with NVIDIA graphics card?

I am running Ubuntu 18.10 and am having problems with NVIDIA drivers. Would something like Mate, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu ... work better or are graphics driver problems at such a low level (the ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 black screen Nvidia issue

I get a black screen after booting with Ubuntu 17.10 and Nvidia. Seems a quite common problem already mentioned in many posts. I have tried all options posted here and here , but nothing worked (each ...
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Ubuntu login loop reappears after every reboot, how to fix it?

I tried everything here but nothing helped. What I found helped is to reinstall manually the proprietary nvidia driver(NVIDIA-Linux-x86_63-390.87.run). But only until the next restart. After that I am ...
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16.04 Monitor goes to sleep after 1 minute of use, gtx 770

I'm in quiet a spot of bother; after booting on 16.04 and 30s-1min of use, my display seems to shut down on both my GPU (gtx 770) and motherboard video output. During these 30s everything works just ...
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Nvidia / Wayland / Ubuntu 18.04 : Unable to find display on any available system

System : Ubuntu 18.04, Linux 4.15.0-39-generic nvidia 390.77 driver, installed from the sources/drivers manager Gnome 3.28.2, Wayland session, gdm3 Nvidia Prime laptop, HDMI output wired on the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 stutters after switching to prime-select intel

I've read a lot problem where their system freezes on/after login after switching to prime-select intel, but in my case it doesn't freeze but it stutters. Every few seconds the system stutters and ...
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External WQHD monitor with NVIDIA NVS 4200M

I got a Lenovo T420s with a dedicated NVS 4200M Graphics Card running Ubuntu 18.04 and want to connect to an external monitor with WQHD resolution. However, when joining displays, the external monitor'...
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xrandr not showing all ports and resolutions

I recently installed a new Nvidia driver, 390.87 for my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS machine. Now, I can't connect external monitors over DP anymore - they're just not recognized and stay dark. xrandr doesn't ...
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Ubuntu 18.10: Installing nvidia drivers leads to black screen after GRUB

I upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10 without any errors. When I restarted, I got a black screen with a blinking cursor (couldn't type anything) right after GRUB. Pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2 got me to a ...
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Ubuntu black screen problem

I tried installing NVidia drivers, which went well, but after that, it started to have some horizontal rendering problems. Then, I decided to search the web. I thought I found a fix, but it broke my ...
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No CUDA-capable device is detected although requirements are installed

Problem I just installed cuda following the official installations instructions via the .deb file. When it comes to section 6.2.2.3 (running deviceQuery) I get the message that no CUDA-capable device ...
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Problems with Thinkpad w520 nvidia driver which were actually due to a broken uninstall of prime-select

I have a thinkpad W520 with a Quadro 1000M nvidia card. This card is the Fermi generation, no longer supported by nvidia from driver 390 onwards. It seems Ubuntu 18.04 will ship with 390 or 396. It'...
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Pixelated wallpaper/background

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my Lenovo IdeaPad Y510P today. Everything worked fine, but after installing my graphics card driver the background became pixelated (Nvidia GeForce GT755m). I downloaded ...
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Collateral damage after recovery (nvidia driver)

Made few attempts to install Nvidia driver. All unsuccessful, blackscreen. But that's not the matter. Collateral damage was made to Ubuntu. After recovery I couldn't use HP function buttons for screen ...
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Why does xrandr ignore other resolutions on a 4k monitor and only list 3840x2160 available?

Running a Triple monitor setup, 4k on laptop left and 2 monitors on the right When using xrandr or mate monitor, it only shows that the 4k has only 1 resolution, a 3840x2160 resolution. In nvidia-...
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One Screen Multiple Monitors in XUbuntu on Single NVIDIA Card

I'd like to set up my xubuntu computer to use two or more monitors such that the monitors form a single screen. The computer in question has one NVIDIA graphics card. This would not be an extension, ...
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Update to nvidia-drivers on Ubuntu 18.04 makes my laptop display not accessible but external dispaly is working

Update to nvidia-drivers on Ubuntu 18.04 makes my laptop display not accessible but external display is working. My current display driver is nvidia-410 for GTX 1070, it's the recommended option. ...
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Can't get my Nvidia card working

I've just installed ubuntu on my laptop, and I haven't used ubuntu before hand, and as a result my knowledge is quite limited. Anyways, everything is working well except for my graphics card. On my ...
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PPA repository error 18.10

Fairly new to ubuntu and every command I run gives me this error. https://i.stack.imgur.com/932Mt.jpg
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Empty desktop after installing proprietary Nvidia drivers on 18.04

I have a new machine with an Nvidia Tesla P100 card. To install the proprietary Nvidia driver I did the following: add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa apt-get install nvidia-410 That ...
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Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS loses graphics card support?

It's been a while ago, and been dreading to experiment more. Since the kernel update from 4.4.0-128.154 to 4.4.0-130.156 it seems like Ubuntu does not recognize my graphics card. Sometimes on a ...
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Black Screen Problem - Installing 18.04 from USB

I have Windows 10 installed on my system, and need to install Ubuntu 18.04 as the second OS. (dual boot) I created a bootable usb, and trying to install Ubuntu from it. However when I select the ...
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Two GPU's Freeze Issue Nvidia/AMD

I have two GPU's installed in my system, I want to use a GT 710 for the Ubuntu host OS and an R9 390 to passthrough a Windows VM. I blacklisted the R9 390 and I have no driver installed for that card. ...
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Ubuntu nvidia card seems not as efficient as windows.Everything is lagging

$ nvidia-smi Sun Oct 21 13:39:10 2018 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 390.87 Driver Version: 390.87 ...
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config dual monitors with quite different resolution

I have two monitors at work. One is a Dell 27 inch with 4K resolution and the other one is a Dell 20 inch at 1680 x 1050. However, due to the resolution difference between these two monitors, the ...
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How to get out of log in loop after installing NVIDIA gtx 1070 driver on ubuntu 16.04, intel i7-8750h?

I am trying to run Ubuntu 16.04. No matter what I have tried, I keep getting stuck in the log in loop. Machine is Gigabyte Aero 15x v8-BK4 laptop. It has an Intel i7-8750H, and NVIDIA GTX 1070. ...
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Ubuntu 18.10 shows black screen with blinking cursor after I rebooted a Thinkpad with hybrid GPUs [duplicate]

To switch to Intel GPU from Nvidia 1050Ti, I entered "sudo prime-select intel". Something like: get Intel information showed up on the screen. I logged out and logged in. I went to About but it showed ...
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Unable to install Cuda 9.0

When trying to install cuda 9 i get the following errors. Im using Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want ...
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No GUI after Kubuntu 18.10 upgrade from 18.04 LTS

Summary I updated my (MSI GP72) laptop running Kubuntu 18.04 to 18.10, using sudo do-release-upgrade. The upgrade completed successfully and the system was restarted. Now the GUI doesn't show up. ...
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Can't get Nvidia 880M to work on my Asus G750JZ

With the new proton hype I wanted to check out Ubuntu 18.04 on my laptop. For some reason I cant get my 880M to work/active and the intel gpu does all the work. I did read multiple treads that laptops ...
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Disable dGPU COMPLETELY

I am on Kubuntu 18.04. I am manually throttling CPU at ~1.8Ghz. Undervolted -150mV CPU and cache. But for some reasons the temps just don't go down. Can it be the dGPU (1050 Ti Max Q) acting out? In ...
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Trying to install Ubuntu on Dell XPS 15 (9570)

I have been trying to install Ubuntu on my new laptop: Dell XPS 15 (9570) Windows 10 Home 64bit English 8th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H Processor (9M Cache, up to 4.1 GHz, 6 cores) ...
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Trouble installing ubuntu 18.04 in Razer Blade 14 2017 (GTX 1060)

I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04 and there are so many problems with it (suspending issue, sound issue, graphic card issue, dual monitor issue, pcie error). I resolved suspending and sound issue, but ...
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New upgraded Ubuntu 18.10 boots to blank screen (nvidia graphics card)

After the upgrade, the system boots to a blank screen. Cntrl+Alt+F1/F2 doesn't do anything ... but the system is running, I can ssh to it, and ALT+PrtScr+B will trigger a reboot. Doing an SSH the ...
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Issues with Nvidia drivers on Dell Inspiron 7567

so I've been trying to make my Nvidia drivers run on my linux machine for some deep learning capabilities. Problem is that laptops and especially dell Inspirons have isssues with drivers on unix ...
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nvidia drivers problem on Kubuntu 18.04

nvidia drivers on my kubuntu 18.04 dont work. I have tried apt install nvidia-driver-396 and apt install nvidia-driver-390. nvidia x server settings is installed, but wont even open. Changing ...
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Ubuntu black screen after update drivers

sry for my english Installed Ubuntu latest version (18), the first time I installed it without connecting to the network, noticeable lag graphics shell (especially noticeable when watching video, ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 updates blocked by Nvidia 340 driver problems "trying to overwrite file which is also in package" [duplicate]

My problem is caused by a registered bug in the Nvidia 340 drivers which installs clashing libraries, that's all known but the result is as below. Sadly, the root cause is now lost in the noise as I ...
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Wayland NVidia Starting Problems

I installed the latest version of ubuntu yesterday. 18.10. Now my computer (Acer Aspire F15) won't work as before anymore. In a normal ubuntu session after entering my password i just get to the same ...
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Unable to install NVIDIA Drivers - MSI GS65, Ubuntu 16.04

Trying to install NVIDIA drivers for a native Ubuntu 16.04.5 installation on a new MSI GS65 laptop (specs: Intel 8th-gen i7-8750H, 32GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX 1070). The NVIDIA drvers do not appear to be ...
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How to Install NVIDIA Cuda without EULA/prompts?

I'm currently installing with the following commands: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` curl -O "http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/6_5/rel/installers/cuda_6.5.14_linux_64....
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How can I most easily install NVIDIA driver 384 on Ubuntu 18.04?

I have a gtx 1070 with Ubuntu 18.04 and I’d like to use tensorflow, which requires CUDA 9.0 which requires NVIDIA driver 384. I’ve had quite a bit of trouble installing drivers in the past, so I ...
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how to speed up performance in gnome-shell?

I run ubuntu with Gnome-shell as desktop and I have a laggy desktop. So I would like to make a smooth desktop like in that video. The user runs archlinux with a modded versione of mutter. In that ...
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/dev/sda1: clean, ... blocks, system is not booted properly

I know this question already duplicated. I check the below question and followed the answers. My problem is not solved. Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43142832/how-to-skip-dev-sda1-...
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Black screen when loading Ubuntu

A few days ago I posted about this problem, which not only I didn't solve, but I made things worse trying to solve it. The new problem was caused by updating the kernel, as I see that someone ...
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Firefox with nvidia-driver-396 driver has no 2D acceleration

I'm experiencing an issue with Firefox on Ubuntu 18.04 having no 2D acceleration, 3d seems to work fine, but scrolling, switching tabs, and watching YouTube and Netflix has noticeable tearing. I have ...
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Fake screen with xrandr

I am trying to get a 2+1 trihead setup with two phyically connected displays and an old mac running Debian (which could if need be become anything else) as a vnc display. I am running 18.04 and my ...
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Graphic issues - for example

Recently I've had some wierd graphics issues. The first was with Chrome, everything appeared in what I would describe as 8 bit colors. This occurred after I installed a new Nvidia graphics card and ...
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Nvidia drivers cause Ubuntu 18.04 to hang on boot

I am running Ubuntu 18.04 on a Dell Precision 5510. This has both an integrated Intel HD Graphics 530 chip and a Nvidia Quadro M1000M card. I am trying to get the better Nvidia graphics working with ...
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How can I access NVIDIA control panel

I just got Ubuntu two weeks ago. I installed the game Minecraft using Openjdk 7 runtime. It's laggy (it was on Windows too) until I did one thing. On Windows I would right click my desktop and click ...

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