Questions related to the Nvidia graphics and motherboard chipsets and the related drivers.
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Flash video appears blue
The Problem
After updating to Ubuntu 12.04 from Ubuntu 11.10, all video is still blue, whether playing in a browser or a player. Same problem occurs in 11.10 as well.
I have tried to uninstall all ...
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10answers
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Desktop does not show when I installed nvidia drivers!
The desktop does not show after I installed nvidia experimental drivers. I tried nvidia simple proprietary drivers, and they did not work either.
Here is how it looks. This is not cropped or any ...
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What's the difference between the nvidia-current, and nvidia-current-updates packages?
What's the difference between the nvidia-current, and nvidia-current-updates packages?
The former has a higher version number, and the description of the packages are the same.
Which do I use?
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How can I find what video driver is in use on my system?
I know that sometimes I have the option to change my video display driver, and I can access this functionality by using System->Administration->Additional Drivers. But what's the simple way to see ...
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Enabling Nvidia driver messes up splash screen
When you boot from live CD, or doing the first boot after installing Ubuntu, splash screen looks awesome. But as soon as you enable nvidia-current driver, installed with apt-get, splash screen goes ...
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Nvidia driver doesn't work in 12.10
I have GeForce GTX 560 Ti. I's worked fine in 12.04 with nvidia drivers. Unfortunately, after todays 12.10 update, something broke down.
I've tried nvidia-current, nvidia-current-updates and ...
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NVIDIA drivers not working after upgrade. Why can I only see terminal?
Tonight I upgraded to 11.04. Problems. Once I had finished the upgrade, I restarted my computer as it told me too. When I got past the ubuntu 11.04 (purple background orange dots), it simply went to ...
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Does Unity require proprietary graphics card drivers?
I understood that the Unity desktop in Natty uses Compiz and therefore requires a graphics card driver that support composition effects. Does this mean if I have an ATI or NVIDIA card I'm forced to ...
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Nvidia driver activated but currently not in use
I have just finished an install of ubuntu 11.04 beta 2. At the end of the installation I got a message informing that I do not have the required hardware for unity, and that I should choose "ubuntu ...
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2answers
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What is the correct way to install Nvidia Video Drivers
I just ordered the Nvidia GTX 560 card, which should arrive tomorrow. I have a dilemma, though. Should I keep using the driver which is available in "additional drivers" in Ubuntu (10.10), or should I ...
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5answers
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How do we get NVidia to make nvidia-settings a less terrible piece of software?
Ever since I've been asking this question, the predominant answer has been something to the effect of "well one day we'll have free drivers so we can just ignore the problem"
But, in the meantime, ...
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3answers
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Geforce Go 7300/7400 blacklisted, can I still run Unity?
Unity won't run on my new Ubuntu 11.04 install (with a Nvidia GeForce GO 7400). Ubuntu classic desktop works though, I tried all different drivers provided in the repositories. Doing ...
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13answers
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How do I stop video tearing? (Nvidia prop driver, non-compositing window manager)
I have that problem which seemingly afflicts many using the proprietary Nvidia driver:
Video tearing: fine horizontal lines (usually near the top of my display) when there is a lot of panning or ...
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6answers
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Is there a way to autodetect when a display is disconnected?
I am running 10.10 on a Dell Latitude with the latest Nvidia drivers. Basically what I want is when I disconnect my external display that everything goes back to the main one without having to change ...
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14answers
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Blank screen after installing nvidia restricted driver
I've installed the current nvidia restricted driver and rebooted my machine and now I get a black or blank screen.
How can I fix this?
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How do I get three monitors working?
My workstation has two Geforce 7300GTs and three monitors, and I'd like to put them to good use. Dual monitors works out of the box, but triple doesn't. How can I get the third monitor up and going ...
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3answers
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How good are the open-source Nvidia drivers (Nouveau)?
I learned that Ubuntu 11.10 would come with Open-source Nvidia drivers by default. I have an Nvidia 9600M GT graphics card and have always had to install the proprietary Nvidia drivers after ...
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3answers
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Getting flash 10.2 GPU acceleration working
I'm using 32 bit ubuntu 10.10 and the latest version of the NVidia drivers for an ION GPU and have downloaded the new 10.2 flash beta.
I can confirm that in firefox I am using the beta of flash but ...
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Nvidia API mismatch
I had planned a day of relaxing with Portal 2 but on starting Steam (for the first time in a couple of weeks) I was greeted with the following message in the terminal:
Error: API mismatch: the NVIDIA ...
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2answers
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How can I reconfigure the nvidia proprietary drivers from the command line (ssh)?
I have a linux HTPC (running XBMC) in my living room.
This morning I ssh'ed into the machine and did upgrade it to 10.10. When it finaly resarted it says something about running in low quality ...
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Switch between nvidia-current and nouveau without a reboot?
Is it possible to switch between Nvidia's BLOB and Nouveau video drivers on-the-fly?
I think I need to be able to:
[✓] Unload nvidia
[✓] Unload nouveau
[✕] Restore the console ...
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6answers
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How do I get my blacked out ttys back? [closed]
Original Question:
After I replaced my Ubuntu 10.10 with 11.04 all I get when I Ctrl+Alt+F1–F6 into a tty is a black screen. Also when I boot there's a while of black screen after grub2 menu is ...
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Ubuntu keeps randomly freezing [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
My Ubuntu 11.04 installation keeps randomly freezing. I can't really find a pattern in when it happens.
First the cursor starts ...
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2answers
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How to run Humble Bundle V games on a system with Nvidia Twinview?
When I run Amnesia: Dark Descent or Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery, the games are stretched across both my monitors, like this:
Limbo crashes on start-up:
How can I solve these problems?
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Good NVidia drivers for a GeForce GT 330M on a VAIO laptop?
With the latest 3 distribution versions of Ubuntu I've always had problems with NVidia GPUs. Even when I installed the official commercial drivers (which are not in the repositories and are shown as ...
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5answers
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Why doesn't Adobe Flash Player 11.x have hardware acceleration?
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 with a Nvidia Geforce 8600M GT and a Nvidia Geforce 525M GT (drivers; nvidia-current-updates via Ubuntu).
While Adobes Flash Player 11.x was working with full Hardware ...
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3answers
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Nvidia dual monitor configuration gets lost every time I reboot
I've recently updated (well, borked then completely reinstalled) to 12.04.
I'm running a dual monitor setup, with a Dell U2410 / Dell 2007WFP combination on an HP Elite Book 8560W. The graphics card ...
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1answer
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Unity 3d no longer works after installing 12.04
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 by cd. Unity 3D will not work now only 2D It worked fine in 11.10 and also when I upgraded to the beta of 12.04 through update manager. I tried both Nvidia Proprietary ...
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6answers
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Unity doesn't appear after installing Nvidia drivers
I've just installed 12.10 from scratch. Unity also started okay, but in a poor resolution. I found a setting (I think it was in "software sources") to change the display driver to Nvidia, and then I ...
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6answers
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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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4answers
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Remove nVidia driver and go back to Nouveau
I've installed nVidia driver successfully but I want to go back to Nouveau driver and eliminate any xorg.conf file created by nVidia config tools.
What is the proper way to do it? (not ending up with ...
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Send or Move a window from one monitor to another with a shortcut key under Ubuntu 12.04 and nvidia 8600 GT without proprietary nvidia drivers
I would like to know how to send or move a window from one monitor to another with a shortcut key under Ubuntu 12.04 and nvidia 8600 GT without proprietary nvidia drivers.
Now, I know I can configure ...
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3answers
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How can I see which video card on my Optimus-enabled machine is being used?
I'm Using Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS on my Optimus-enabled Asus K55v notebook. This means it features two video cards; an integrated Intel one (1GB shared memory), and a discrete Nvidia Geforce 610M. ...
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How do I perform easy switching to external monitor
I am currently changing between my laptop and my external monitor with the NVidia X Server Settings program and I'm sure I'm doing it in a really dumb way:
I currently select the external monitor, ...
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Compiz slow under proprietary nvidia driver
I am using Ubuntu 10.10 and have problem with proprietary nvidia driver for my GeForce GTS 250. I have issue with poor Compiz performance. And there is also open-source "noueau" driver.
Proprietary: ...
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How can I get nVidia CUDA or OpenCL working on a laptop with nVidia discrete card/Intel Integrated Graphics?
Background: I'm a 3D artist (as a hobby) and have recently started using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as a dual-boot with Windows 7. It's running on my a fairly new 64-bit Toshiba laptop with an nVidia GeForce GT ...
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4answers
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How to install NVIDIA.run?
I have a Nvidia Ge force Ge6150 SE graphics card. I am running ubuntu 12.04. When I try to install the .run file it fails. It shows the message like this:
I Itried to install it after ...
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How to install nvidia optimus driver on ubuntu 12.10?
I have followed http://ubuntuportal.com/2012/01/bumblebee-3-0-tumblewed-nvidia-optimus-gpu-switching-for-linux-has-been-released-how-to-install-bumblebee-3-0-on-ubuntu.html this guide to install ...
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System won't boot with nvidia driver enabled
I just tried to upgrade Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10, but without success.
I took a picture of what the screen are showing when i try to boot:
If i use recovery mode -> resume, it works.
Normal boot ...
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How do I disable intel graphics in a hybrid graphics setup?
I have a Dell Vostro 3700 version A10.
The relevant bits from lspci -v | grep VGA are:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)
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Shortcut for Resolution Change using NVIDIA
Back several ubuntu versions ago I could resize the screen using Ctrl + Alt + - (For higher resolution) OR Ctrl + Alt + + (For lower resolution).
Now they do not seem to work. How can I add them again ...
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12.04 GPU lockup
I was able to install Ubuntu 12.04 using the alternative version of the image, (64 bit) but when I start the system it tells me the GPU locked up, and instead presents a text only screen.
I ...
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3answers
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How do I enable visual effects when running Ubuntu as a Guest machine in VirtualBox?
I have Ubuntu 10.04 64bit guest with Windows 7 64-bit host. I do have 3D Acceleration enabled in Virtualbox settings.
Every time I enable visual effects in Ubuntu the Virtualbox GUI crashes. What do ...
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How to 'Expo' One Big Wall with Dual Monitors [closed]
With Dual Monitors, when I use the Expo, it clones repeating itself in each monitor. With 10.10 I solved this with the option 'One Big Wall' but this doesn't work on 11.04
I have a nvidia 560Ti with ...
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Are the newly launched NVIDIA drivers supported in Ubuntu or will they be?
NVIDIA just launched new versions of most of their GeForce drivers. I heard they give performance improvements up to twice a fast.
The NVIDIA GeForce driver website mentions that it's possible that ...
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Will plymouth allow for a nice boot experience with proprietary graphics drivers in future?
The new graphical bootloader introduced in 10.04 (plymouth) looks amazing until I enable proprietary drivers for my video card. I then get a horrible flashy monster of a boot experience, which I can ...
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How can I update my NVIDIA driver?
I recently installed the opensource game 0AD. Everything went fine, but when I run it I get the error
"You are using 260.19.* series NVIDIA drivers, which may crash the game. Please upgrade to ...
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How can I overclock a graphics card from within Ubuntu?
I would like to boost the Core frequency, shader clock, and memory clock on an eVGA GTX 480 I have in my development box running 10.04. Is it possible to overclock a recent graphics card from within ...
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“You do not appear to be using the nvidia x server”(screenshot included)
I am running ubuntu 11.04 at my asus laptop.
Laptop specs:
CPU: i5-2410M @ 2,3GHz
RAM: 4GB
GPU: nvidia gforce GT 520M / (also the cpu has a bult-in graphics processor)
I am getting this error when ...
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What kind of support will Unity provide for Nvidia cards?
Given that:
ubuntu has announced they will be moving to unity on the desktop for 11.04 which requires 3d acceleration.
there is no stable 3d acceleration available in open source graphics drivers ...
