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Intel-Only GPU Setting Grayed Out in NVIDIA Settings
Disclaimer: This only works on Ubuntu and Ubuntu flavors
Intel-only mode can be manually enabled via sudo prime-select intel and then performing a system reboot. Intel-only mode remains grayed out but ...
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Why does the VLC player has lag after pause?
Go to Tools -> Preferences -> in the bottom left corner below "Show settings" choose "All" -> Input/Codecs -> in the Advanced section the first setting is "File ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS, RTX 3060Ti, Failed to allocate NvKmsKapiDevice
Try rolling back your driver. I had the same error message with RTX2070 on driver version 515 and 520.
I installed driver 510, which works fine for me.
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Cinnamon is currently running without video hardware acceleration
Your nvidia driver ist not working:
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X:
loaded: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: nvidia`. Try to switch
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installing nvidia-cuda-toolkit removes nvidia-smi
The problem is that the latest version of the nvidia-cuda-toolkit does not match the latest driver version. In the example you gave, nvidia-cuda-toolkit wants libnvidia-compute-495, but the latest ...
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NVIDIA RTX 3060 owners, do some of the colors flicker in your Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?
Finally found the solution.
So if you experience any color band flickering on Nvidia, just disable the dithering. This option is somewhat hidden under the GPU 0 settings / Controls. Set to Disabled ...
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How to see what process is using GPU?
The nvidia-smi tool can access the GPU and query information. For example:
nvidia-smi --query-compute-apps=pid --format=csv,noheader
This returns the pid of apps currently running. It kind of works, ...
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what happened to my installed driver?
Check UEFI settings.
You should have one that specifies which graphic chip to use. It may allow auto switching.
Desktop systems, have two different sets of video ports, one on motherboard and other on ...
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Ubuntu 22.10 and nvidia drivers not working
I tried the solution in https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/cannot-get-nvidia-driver-520-515-515-open-or-510-working-in-ubuntu-22-10/231860
Unfortunately I get another error. It seems that the ...
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recent update broke video driver
This is most likely a known bug, see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1996740,
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1990920
I have the same problem. I have worked ...
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Nvidia doesn't recognize external monitor in On-Demand profile
I ran into the same issue with my RTX 2060. I had already installed the latest Nvidia driver (nvidi-520), but it looks like the latest version of Nvidia drivers are causing several issues. I could ...
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The installation of the NVIDIA display driver 340 fails in Kubuntu 20.10
Update August 2022
The Ubuntu kernel 5.15.0-58 works great with the custom nvidia-340 driver package developed by kelebek333. So in order to get the old drivers running, the following worked for me. ...
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Black screen when opening Anki
If you are using Anki (2.1.54 in my case) with Qt6, try enabling software rendering:
echo software > ~/.local/share/Anki2/gldriver6
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Purple Screen of Death after changing Nvidia X Server prime profile to Performance mode
Remove all NVIDIA packages.
Remove all the nvidia packages.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*
sudo apt-get remove --purge "nvidia*"
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Unable to set refresh rate above 60Hz on a 144Hz display on Ubuntu 22.04
Finally solved it!
The problem was related to the FreeSync technology. After reading the manual, I realized that depending if you have FreeSync enabled or not, the color profile and refresh rate are ...
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Am I using my graphics card?
If this is a desktop computer with a discreet GPU, you have to plug the monitor into the GPU to use the GPU.
If the display is plugged into the motherboard then you're not using the discrete GPU.
It's ...
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installing nvidia-cuda-toolkit removes nvidia-smi
I ran into exactly the same problem and if I interpret your comments correctly you also need it for Tensorflow. In order to get Tensorflow running on GPU you only need the driver, CUDA and cuDNN.
So ...
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AMD Radeon HD 8790M driver issue with Ubuntu 20.04
Remove radeon.modeset=0 from /etc/default/grub and run
sudo update-grub
That will fix the issue.
But you'll need to use DRI_PRIME=1 to use the AMD GPU.
You can check if the AMD GPU is working by ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 graphics problem
I had the same problem.
The origin of the problem I think was a dependency error that caused me to end up using the xorg drivers
this is the summary of commands that I executed
sudo apt-get autoremove
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Kernel update won't allow Nvidia 1660 drivers on Ubuntu 22.04 - how do I fix?
I have faced the exact same probelm after updating my ubuntu kernel.
My system details:
Linux ubuntu-linux 5.15.0-52-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
The key here is to just ...
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Nvidia drivers for GeForce 9600 GT don't work
You are out luck: NVIDIA no longer provides driver updates for that HW since 2019 (last version appears to be 340.108) and will very likely NOT work with the latest version of Ubuntu 22.04.
You can ...
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Unknown Display after kernel update with (old) graphics card NVIDIA Corporation GM206 [GeForce GTX 950]
The issue appeared to be related to dkms.
I was using nvidia-515 proprietary which I believe is what was installed with sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall a while ago.
After switching to the proprietary ...
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How to enable 7680 x 4320 resolution with my GTX 1080?
The GTX 1080 only supports 8k output on it's DisplayPort port, not HDMI. There are no DisplayPort inputs on the QN850A, so even though the TV may support 8k input via HDMI, the GTX 1080 would not be ...
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How do I switch Ubuntu 22.10 to Wayland and use the NVIDIA PRIME RENDER OFFLOAD with Xwayland?
With the latest Ubuntu 22.04, and the Nvidia drivers 520+
(Earlier versions hadn't been made to work)
The Wayland choice is made at login: when the password field is present for login, click on the ...
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ubuntu nvidia driver installation fails
I tried the following and it worked for me:
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-* -y
sudo apt autoremove
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
sudo reboot
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Only 2 cpu out of 16 in i7 are being used for heavy task in ubuntu
To check your cpus install stress:
sudo apt install stress
Then issue the command:
stress -c 16
assuming you have 8 cpus with 16 threads. Check your monitors now - all cpus should be on 100%
End the ...
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Can't install nvidia drivers on ubuntu 22.04
You can try to remove completely the existing Nvidia Drivers and reinstall a proper version
first purge the Nvidia drivers
sudo apt-get purge '^nvidia.*'
sudo rm -rf /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo rm -rf /...
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ubuntu 22.04 dual boot, failed installing .deb and .run Cuda 12.1
Note: There are comments related to my original question but I thought
I would add how I got it installed because it's not exactly how other
answers show how to do it on my Lenovo Gaming Laptop with ...
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Black screen AFTER login on Ubuntu 23.04 with Nvidia graphics and command characters dropping from command when entered
It sounds like you might be experiencing a graphics driver issue on your Ubuntu 23.04 system with Nvidia graphics. Here are some steps you can take to troubleshoot the problem:
Boot into recovery mode:...
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Intel Iris Xe video drivers in Ubuntu 23.04
On all Ubuntu systems and flavors, Intel drivers are installed automatically during the operating system installation. My system is also equipped with an Intel Iris XE Graphics adapter and typing ...
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