INTALLING GPU DRIVERS FOR UBUNTU INSTALL

Current official (Feb 2017) release is nvidia-370 (370.28). GeForce 8 and 9 series GPUs users need to use ‘nvidia-340’ (340.98) and GeForce 6 and 7 series GPUs users should be using ‘nvidia-304’ (304.132) in the command below.

You can check the latest PPA graphic builds here. STEP 5: Finally you need to know which nvidia drivers should you install. For this example, you can see the graphics card name is GeForce 315M.

INTALLING GPU DRIVERS FOR UBUNTU INSTALL

When we want to install Nvidia drivers for our system Ubuntu we should visit Nvidia page - click here.

This lshw the utility gives you detailed information about the hardware of your system. The following manual is dedicated to flavor with gpu only. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa First, find out your GPU unit details via terminal by running the following command. STEP 3: Let’s install video graphic sources. sudo apt install software-properties-common STEP 2: This command will enable PPA and you can use apt-get again in elementary OS. Launch ‘Terminal’ and run the following commands one at a time: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade STEP 1: Starting from Loki, elementary OS doesn’t support PPA. Ubuntu and Linux Mint users can skip STEP 1 & 2. Install nvidia drivers in elementary OS Loki Keeping all these in mind, I recommend to install nvidia drivers from PPA repository for a stable PC. Obviously, since the latest driver is not tested with Ubuntu, you will see more issues than the ones available in the Ubuntu’s tested PPA. Download drivers for NVIDIA products including GeForce graphics cards, nForce motherboards, Quadro workstations, and more. Step 1: Open Software and Updates From the App Menu Step 2: Click the Additional Drivers Tab Step 3: Choose a Driver Step 4: Restart Install Nvidia Driver via Command Line. If the driver is installed properly, you should see the details. Open the application Nvidia X Server Settings. After installation, you can reboot the system.

Having said that, the official ones comes with a bigger set of problems. Alternatively, you can install all needed drivers using one command as below. The only drawback is they are not up-to-date when compared with the official version released by nvidia.

Intalling gpu drivers for ubuntu