Questions related to the Nvidia graphics and motherboard chipsets and the related drivers.
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Video tearing on flash fullscreen
I had some trouble with video tearing (using Nvidia GeForce 560Ti, with 310.44 nvidia driver), but could solve it by setting refresh rate from 50 to 120 in compiz settings manager -> composite.
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Power off the monitor on install Ubuntu 13.04
When i try to install Ubuntu 13.04 , I have problem to display .
In first i see the page same as blank after about 5 sec monitor power off and get to standby mode but the dvd-rom is worked hard and ...
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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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After upgrade to 10.6.32-47 kernel, video performance degraded [closed]
I have old machine with P4 and 1G Ram. It has GeForce FX5500 nvidia graphic on AGP.
I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 on it, with XFCE.
I was happy to use it in normal way till last week, I have done ...
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Nvidia VGA Drivers or Card Issue
My computer shows windows in a somewhat tired manner :) It is a desktop with an onboard Intel card but with a discrete Nvidia card in a PCI slot. The Intel card is disabled in BIOS.
Somebody ...
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How to use integrated Intel graphics instead of Nvidia graphics on MacBook Pro?
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 64bit on MacBook Pro 15" 2010 (MacBookPro6,2) and I would like to use the integrated Intel graphics instead of the dedicated Nvidia graphics Ubuntu boots with on this ...
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Higher display resolution on Acer 5755g
I am using Acer Aspire 5755g with NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M (2gb) and Ubuntu 13.04. The resolution set by default is 1366x768 and it is the highest possible to choose. I would like to use bigger ...
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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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Brightness not working after installing NVIDIA driver
I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Mac Book Pro 7,1. I installed the NVIDIA driver (285). The brightness keys are working (F1 and F2) and I get the box showing the brightness but it does nothing. ...
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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:
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13.04 Only booting on occasion
I've been having an awful lot of trouble with Nvidia drivers recently. I've managed to get almost everything working nicely except for the fact that the system only seems to boot when it feels like ...
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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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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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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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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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What To Do w Driver Which is “Activated But Not Currently in Use”
Ubuntu 12.04, Graphics Card: GeForce-4 MX 420,
From Nvidia Website, Downloaded NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.18.pkg1.run
Moved it from Downloads Folder to "Nvidia Folder"
I searched for "Additional ...
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Ubuntu - Keyboard not working + strange screen when changing user [duplicate]
Yesterday, I installed ubuntu with wubi, and it went fine, but I decided I didnt like unity, so I uninstalled ubuntu. I tried all other ubuntu variations, none really succeeded to install :( live cd's ...
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How to fix grafic tearing on nVidia cards?
I've just installed Ubuntu GNOME 13.04 on my nvidia powered laptop and I'm experiencing some ugly grafic tearing when watching videos or scrolling pages in firefox for instance...
Vsync's activated ...
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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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Nvidia Powermizer Performance Levels
Is there anyway to configure Nvidia Powerimizer performance levels? My current setup has 3 power levels with the lowest one being 50mhz. The problem with this it that it lags compiz when it goes to ...
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How do I fix hybrid graphics on a Dell XPS L502? [duplicate]
I'm using a Dell XPSL502 15' and it's facing hybrid graphics problem. I'm really desperate, I don't know what to do - how should I fix this?
This problem has occurred before on other Linux variatns ...
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Black screen after booting for the first time (Ubuntu 12.04) [duplicate]
So I've faced this really annoying issue that I can't seem to fix. So, I recently installed a Ubuntu 12.04 and everything went smoothly as you would assume. I created 3 partitions (swap, one for home ...
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Problem video nvidia ubuntu 12.04
I just did a fresh install of ubuntu 12.04 on my PC (Dell precision 370) but the video is not working as it should.
Problems:
When I log in to unity 3D I get a transparent bar (where the firefox, ...
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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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How to install Precise Pangolin as a second OS on a PC with a RAID?
I want to install Ubuntu as a second operating system beside Windows XP SP3.
My main PC has a mainboard based on the nVidia nForce4 architecture with an onboard (mainboard) nVidia RAID controller, 4 ...
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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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Unity not loading on 13.04 with nvidia-current
The desktop environment loads (I can use ctrl+alt+T, for example) but neither the topbar nor the unity launcher appear on the desktop.
dmesg | grep NVIDIA
[ 2.592879] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX ...
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Stuck in some kind of test pattern loop after installing NVidia Drivers
I just installed the latest Ubuntu and then enabled the restricted drivers for NVIDIA
Once I rebooted, the system starts but then enters some kind of graphical test pattern loop (Blue, Black, White, ...
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video/audio output via HDMI Ubuntu 12.04
I've been out of the Ubuntu loop for quite a while now and have a completely new laptop now. Just installed Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit and would like to output my video and my audio via HDMI to my ...
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NVIDIA proprietary driver logging me to console instead of GUI
Firstly i want to apologise for any mistakes, English is not my native language.
My problem is I can't get NVIDIA proprietary drivers to work. I tried to install it on Ubuntu 12.04.1 32 and 64 bits, ...
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Does Firefox support hardware acceleration on Ubuntu?
After I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (32 bits), Firefox 12 works fine but without hardware acceleration. Needless to say I have the latest nVidia's proprietary drivers installed and my Firefox ...
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desktop and untiy disappeared on 13.04 after installing nvidia tools; i installed nvidia drivers in non nvidia GPU system
i installed nvidia drivers in non nvidia GPU system to emulate CUDA programs. my big mistake. please help to get my icons unity back.thanks in advance
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NVIDIA server settings showing wrong values
I upgraded to 13.04 and I went into NVIDIA server settings and it is showing the wrong display and the wrong resolution. How do I fix this ?
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Ubuntu 13.04 upgrade : problems with NVIDIA graphic drivers
I have a made a clean upgrade from 11.04 to 13.04 in my Acer Desktop with graphic nVidia GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i/integrated/SSE2.
With 11.04 I had no problems.
Now if I use Nouveau graphic drivers ...
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Help with NVidia GeForce 9400 GT? [duplicate]
I just got my 13.04 running.
However, I run off an almost ancient graphics card, the NVidia GeForce 9400 GT, and it doesn't support the dimensions for my card, is there any drivers I could possibly ...
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Move Video Driver from Live CD to Hard Drive Installation
My 12.04 installation on an Acer E360 with Nvidia graphics works fine from the live CD but the graphics driver doesn't work when the system is installed. Is there a way to copy the driver from the ...
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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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How to manually set a special resolution?
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit for the past short time. After a screen upgrade, I can't use/set the right resolution.
My old display setting was three 17" of 1280x1024 behind a Matrox TripleHead2GO ...
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12.10 unable to install or even run from Live CD with nVidia GTX 580
I've used Ubuntu in the past (set up as web server, etc over in Iraq), so I'm not a 100% Linux Noob, however, I'm running into a brick wall here.
I've got a machine I built when I got back to the US ...
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How can I remove nvidia drivers?
Recently I installed Ubuntu 11.04 (32 bit) on my Core i5 750 with a GeForce 210 graphics card.
Unfortunately, it installs the nVidia drivers automatically, without any prompt (unlike in earlier ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 - nVidia driver problems
I recently purchased a new Dell XPS 14, I was dual booting Windows 8 with Ubuntu 12.10. Initially, I had problems with getting the NVidia drivers to work correctly. When I reboot after the driver ...
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Why can't I use my TV as a dual monitor setup?
Im new to Ubuntu, and can't get it to recognise my Sony Bravia TV as a monitor. In the Displays Settings menu, it shows my regular monitor (23" BENQ) as a Laptop which concerns me a little, not sure ...
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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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Primusrun doesn't seem to use my NVidia card
I have been installing bumblebee and primus in order to play a few game on my laptop. When I test them with respectively optirun glxspheres primusrun glxspheres, I see an adequate increase of the ...
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Xorg starts in failsafe mode when nvidia-current is active
I have nvidia-current installed (version 295.40-0ubuntu1) and nvidia-current-updates (version 295.49-0ubuntu0.1) running on Ubuntu 12.04. These are the latest version in Ubuntu proposed, but the ...
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Updated then black screen after boot [duplicate]
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 today. I updated everything (no adjustments, just what it suggested me) and every time I try to start Ubuntu (dual boot with Windows 7) it sort of crashes. I see 'Ubuntu' ...
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How do I get a higher resolution than 1280 X 800 in Ubuntu 13.04
I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 on a Dell Inspiron 1520 that has an nVidia G84M graphics card
I have followed the instructions from this link
How to install the Nvidia Drivers
and I installed the ...
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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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Ubuntu 13.04 Black Screen on Boot with gtx 660ti [duplicate]
I've been trying for two weeks to figure out what is the problem. I got PC with ASUS GTX 660 Ti running in SLI and HD 4000 integrated graphics. The problem is, whenever i want to boot on ubuntu, ...
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How can I get the Nvidia driver to drive my projector at 1280x720?
I recently purchased a BenQ W600+ projector that I'd like to use with my ThinkPad T410 with Nvidia graphics running Ubuntu 12.10. The native resolution of the projector is 1280x720 (i.e. 720p), but I ...
