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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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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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13.04 freezes after booting [duplicate]

so after this Ubuntu 13.04 random boot which I haven't successfully solved I only made ubuntu crash on boot less with 304 nvidia drivers... I had today 2 crashes after x server starts. The moment I ...
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Something strange is going on with the search

When I click the Search icon it creates a blue screen which covers the whole screen except for the button bar. It goes back to normal when I click the button again. What can I do to get it back?
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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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Hardware acceleration on nvidia

It's the first time I'm trying to play on my linux mint 14 installation, and even though 3D hardware acceleration is enabled, all games seem to be CPU-rendered. I have nvidia's binary drivers ...
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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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13.04; frequent freezes under gnome-shell, gnome, unity

I just upgraded 12.10-->13.04 on my Dell Precision: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [NVS 300] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) I can login via gdm -- by ...
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compiz refresh rate keeps resetting itself to 50

compiz refresh rate keeps resetting itself to 50 every time you restart the pc this only happens with nvidia with nouveau driver everything looks good but gets very hot pc reaches 80
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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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Rendering issues on Chrome Developer Console on Ubuntu 13.04 with nvidia-313-updates and nvidia-304-updates

I updated to 13.04 recently and I've been seeing rendering issues on chrome. I mainly see it in the developer console, when I try to inspect elements. It ends up looking like this: This only ...
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Network problem with RX overruns

I have a cluster of 10 machines. ifconfig on 5 of them show a very high number of RX overruns. The machines are similar, but I have noticed that the 5 that are having problems all have an "a2" ...
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How to handle windows on multiple screens?

I've multiple screens i.e. one computer monitor and one TV. It would be preferable if, when the TV is turned off, nothing is sent to the TV but as it happens, I can have the TV turned off and ...
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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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Ubuntu 13.04 crashes at boot and can't access windows 7 boot

Yesterday I installed ubuntu 13.04 on my pc. Previously there was two windows 7 installations. One on a HDD and another an SSD. I brought the pc from a friend and it came with one 2TB HDD. I removed ...
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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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Desktop PC, Two video cards, two monitors, still having problems

First of all, please keep in mind, that I'm a Linux user for a hour or two. This is my first day of migration from Windows. SO HELLO! :) So, here's my issue. I have two graphics cards on my desktop ...
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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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Is it possible to run dual screens on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with ASUS N55SL and Nvidia GeForce 635M

I have been trying for a week or so now, using various different suggestions in forums but have had no luck. Am I just doomed to have no dual screen support in Ubuntu 12.04? (I don't know if this ...
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How do I shut down X in order to install nvidia drivers/looking to install gl.h, glut.h (opengl files) [duplicate]

It's astonishingly hard to find out how to install opengl headers on ubuntu. I've seen pointers to the opengl registry: http://www.opengl.org/registry/ but the files do not appear to be there. I've ...
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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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Adapting bumblebee to updated Nvidia Driver?

I was able to update bumblebee to be compatible with the nvidia updates coming from repositories but since I am developing CUDA and the current drivers are not capable of debugging cuda code (at least ...
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asus n56vz and again when the problem started the live post-installation

Everything goes properly after installation of Ubuntu. But, when I start later, is not doing anything to the desktop after login, if you wait a bit the dialogue to send the error report comes. ...
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Installing CUDA toolkit

I am trying to set up my computer for CUDA development as per this instruction. Before installation it recommends uninstalling nvidia drivers and suggest running apt-get remove --purge "nvidia*". But ...
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Custom Keyboard Shortcuts Not Working

Hi I have created two custom keyboard short cuts as my brightness settings have disappeared since installing Nvidia Driver. These two short cuts are as follows: name: brightness_up command: ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 random boot

Hi I've installed Ubuntu 13.04 and after installing Nvidia drivers I'm having real troubles getting into Ubuntu. Randomly it crashes before booting into unity(login screen?) with random messages but ...
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Dell xps 15 l502 with Nvidia GT540M HDMI Secondary Display Mouse Trails - Ubuntu 13.04

My secondary display with HDMI was not working with Ubuntu 12.04. So when the new version came I thought I would just try it out and bam, it worked. Now the secondary display which I use as an ...
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“failed idle channel timeout” on installation probably because of Nvidia

I am not able to install ubuntu in hcl b38c2d. I have tried all the versions till now b no result. It just starts with a pink screen and then hangs. It shows "failed idle channel timeout.." 32 bit ...
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Bumblebee installation on Ubuntu 12.04

I installed Ubuntu 12.04 and bumblebee on my Lenovo w530 which comes with NVIDIA Optimus card by following this wiki: Ubuntu wiki I am trying to use the DVI ports (2 ports) on my docking station to ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 with Nvidia-173 black screen

I installed Ubuntu 13.04 and logged in,and I felt it was slow, so I ran: sudo apt-get install nvidia-current When I rebooted,I found the screen became big(sorry for my bad english,perhaps ...
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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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How do I use 2 video boards on Dell XPS 15? [duplicate]

Can I make Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04 use both NVIDIA and Intel graphics processor? And how do I do that?
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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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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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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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GPU lockup, Ch. 1 failed to idle

HP Pavilion zv5000: I am able to boot up to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit using Live CD, but I get a "GPU lockup" message when I boot from my Ubuntu 12.04 installation on my hard drive. Ubuntu installed ...
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Stuck with Unity 2d after installing 12.04LTS, no idea how to get to Unity 3d

I have freshly installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit on a dual-boot with Windows 7 64 bit, and the first thing I did was to install myunity by sudo: sudo apt-get install myunity I also ran several ...
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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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triple monitor 12.04 nvidia and displaylink, getting white screens on nvidia displays

This is running 12.04 on a Mid 2010 with Nvidia GeForce 320M and a USB to DVI displaylink adapter. I looks like it is almost working, does anyone know why it is turning grey? Here is a video of ...
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13.04 Upgrade with NVidia

Ubuntu 13.04 upgraded from 12.10 3.8.0-10-generic Nvidia GeForce 310 r a2 (GT218) Graphics Card Samsung 1920x1200 display I received the notice to update to 13.04 the other day and I accepted it - ...
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Nvidia 319.17 - 640 x 480 screen and no unity post reboot

Just asking, I am running 13.04 64bit on a Lenovo T430 with Nvidia Optimus capable card. I tried the following instructions to enable the driver sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa sudo ...
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Background image corrupted in Lubuntu 13.04

After a clean install of Lubuntu 13.04 and with the default graphics driver the background image with the Lubuntu logo is corrupted (displayed as random dots) each time the computer boots. Sometimes ...

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