Nvidia Drivers, How to Install it in Ubuntu

 

 

Is that from Ubuntu Mate? Or elsewhere?

Close, Linux Mint MATE.

I may create a new Topic about this soon (or bump my existing to find it easier later), am about to make some changes in my PC, removing the two small SSD's & replacing it with the one that arrived Tuesday. Normally I'd have dived into it that day, or the next at the most. But with 8 SSD's in use already, it's kind of hard to be excited about another, though this is the biggest I've purchased in the 512GiB Samsung 850 Pro. 

Actually have been having other issues going on & working on deciding what to do. Yet the final outcome will be a clean install of Linux Mint MATE 17.2 x64, just not on the new one. 

I'll want to perform a total clean install of the root partition to flush the remnants of the old nVidia drivers. 

Cat

 

The official Graphics Drivers Team PPA–that’s short for personal package archive–is designed to solve this issue in the long term. It’ll provide updated graphics drivers. Gamers will be able to enable this optional repository and get an updated graphics stack without hunting it down, and normal Ubuntu users will be able to ignore it and continue using the stable version included with the current version of Ubuntu.

It’s also possible to download and install graphics drivers directly from NVIDIA using NVIDIA’s own installer. This tool is designed to be distribution-agnostic, compiling and installing the latest drivers on any Linux distribution. There’s a README for each graphics driver version that provides installation instructions and much more information.

However, it’s best to stick with packages built specifically for your Linux distribution, if possible. We recommend the PPA unless that doesn’t work for you for some reason.

How to Get the Latest NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel Graphics Drivers on Ubuntu

 

How to Install Nvidia 367.35 in Ubuntu:

Graphics Driver Team has made the new driver release into PPA, available for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04, and the next Ubuntu 16.10.

Follow the steps below to add PPA and install the driver:

1. Add Graphics Drive PPA, by opening terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and running the command:

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2016/07/nvidia-367-35-how-to-install/

Just in time for the GeForce 1080/1070 releases!

No new build should be w/out one or the other, even the 'budget' 1070 smacks most all other cards on the market around. Plus if one is serious about a 4K monitor when these becomes more affordable (or currently has a 4K UHD TV w/HDMI 2.0 ports), these are the cards to have. The GTX 970 downwards won't cut it. I expect that model to be nVidia's next 'low mid tier' card somewhere around (or below) $200, pricing already has fallen be $100, the GTX 980, even steeper price cuts, mid $400 to low $500 range as of this day. For some, nearly a 50% drop, though don't bite, the bottom has yet to fall on these power hogs. 

Anyone who purchased a GTX 980, 980 Ti or Titan in the last year for a grand, eat your heart out, that purchase will be a thorn in the side for years, and the electric bill every month will be a reminder.

Or cut your losses & move on, glad that I went with a GTX 960 upgrade, this can be placed in a 'less important' PC. There will also be a 5GB GDDR5 GeForce 1060 for the budget minded that'll still smack the 970 around, using half the power in doing so.

Thanks to Nick for keeping this important Topic alive!

Cat

 

Install Nvidia 378.13 Graphics Driver On Ubuntu

By Sourabh / 

February 16, 2017Category: How To, Ubuntu

Terminal commands to install Nvidia Graphics Driver on Linux Ubuntu Systems. Install Nvidia 378.13 Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver on Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04 and other Ubuntu Systems.

 

Nvidia 378.13 – Features & Fixes

• Added support for the following GPU(s):
  • • Quadro P3000
  • • Quadro GP100
  • • Quadro P4000
  • • Quadro P2000
  • • Quadro P1000
  • • Quadro P600
  • • Quadro P400
  • • Quadro M1200
  • Quadro M2200
• Disabled OpenGL threaded optimizations by default under Xinerama.
• Added support for the ARB_parallel_shader_compile extension to allow multi-threaded compilation of GLSL shaders.
• Updated the X driver to ignore any Virtual Reality Head Mounted Displays (HMDs).  See the “AllowHMD” X configuration option in the README for details.
• The driver will now advertise GLX FBConfigs with no depth bits on depth 30 X screens.
• Added support in nvidia-settings to view configured PRIME displays. To enable PRIME displays, see “Offloading Graphics Display with RandR 1.4” in the README.
• Added infrastructure which enables the NVIDIA EGL driver to load EGL external platform libraries that add client-side support for new window systems, beyond the existing libnvidia-egl-wayland.so.1. For more details, see:

http://sourcedigit.com/21956-install-nvidia-378-13-graphics-driver-on-ubuntu/

Al, that was the very first place I looked, normally will check the Driver Manager while the Updates are being compiled.

 

There was none. Just a blank page.

 

If I were to perform an install, there likely would be one, however I'd still want the latest, as there's improvements & fixes over the ones released in January.

 

Cat

I always give the installed open-source-driver a chance and see how well it works for what I'm needing.

If I'm having problems using the open-source-driver then and only then will I install a needed proprietary driver.

The latest or newest driver isn't always the best as it may not have all of the bugs worked out of it.

Seasoned drivers tend to always for the most of the time be free from problems and work in my experience.

I have always found all available graphics drivers in "Additional Drivers" or through "Synaptic Package Manager".

Edited by The-Toolman, 09 May 2017 - 07:02 AM.

I always give the installed open-source-driver a chance and see how well it works for what I'm needing.

 

 

If I'm having problems using the open-source-driver then and only then will I install a needed proprietary driver.

 

The latest or newest driver isn't always the best as it may not have all of the bugs worked out of it.

 

Seasoned drivers tend to always for the most of the time be free from problems and work in my experience.

 

I have always found all available graphics drivers in "Additional Drivers" or through "Synaptic Package Manager".

 

The-Toolman, that's fine & dandy when one has some type of graphics showing, last time I tried to install Linux Mint 18 on my main rig, the top in my sig below, all is fine when the GTX 1070 is removed & installing the Intel drivers, of which there's an official download page for these also. However, this Topic isn't about Intel graphics, so end of that. 

Once I reinstalled the GTX 1070, for the 3rd & last time, all I got was 'Out of Range', going from one corner to the next of the monitor, and tried two, all of mine works. The GPU is obviously looking for a 2K (1440p) or 4K (2160p) monitor, which will be my next upgrade, yet will be a few months away due to cost. 4K monitors for NVIDIA GSync costs 2x more than low end models with AMD FreeSync, although there's hope of the horizon, 8K has entered the market, which will force 4K pricing downwards as more are released, as well as 8K ones themselves.

The 'Out of Range' error is showing that the computer is sending a picture that is of higher resolution than the monitor can display.

Unfortunately, after trying the 'videoinfo' (or whatever command) at boot, there were only three to choose from, all with the same result. No way on this earth will I be pulling out a $429 GPU & view through Intel HD 4400 graphics, have too many other Linux Mint installs to keep fiddling with the issue. Once I get a 4K monitor, the issue should solve itself, that is, should I decide to reinstall Linux Mint once again on it, am preparing what will become my main PC for the distro at the current time, just need to get the other two OS's right first, create a full disk image & then go for the Mint install. Should run fine on a brand new EVGA GTX 1060 SSC (6GB GDDR5), which while still more powerful than most 9 series NVIDIA cards, not as much so as the 1070 & above. 

It's all in the Discussion Topic, Article About The Problems With Linux as to the the imperfections, the OP provided an informative link.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/645707/discussion-thread-article-about-the-problems-with-linux/

We can further discuss this over there, so as not to distract from this Topic, which has assisted myself & others with NVIDIA graphics on Linux.

BTW, this PC is running decently with the NVIDIA 381.09 driver, from the same source Nick provided.

Cat

Edited by cat1092, 10 May 2017 - 05:08 AM.

 No way on this earth will I be pulling out a $429 GPU & view through Intel HD 4400 graphics,

 

Cat

 

Must be nice to have graphics cards as the ones you have.

Here's what I still use in both of my outdated Flight Simulator X computers.

Both computers are old and outdated but still work excellent for Flight Simulator X.

My two graphics cards.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130325

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102723

The-Toolman, I once had that very same GPU on a XP Media Center PC years back, found the entire unit by the curbside just prior to the release of Windows 7.

Nice one also, custom built, and even the reinstall CD set was included along with another with MB drivers, secured inside the door with duct tape in plastic cases. I presume that the former owner didn't keep the media stored this way, or wouldn't had been so well preserved. However the PC itself was very clean, was among the first of the best Core 2 Duo CPU's inside (E8400, great for it's time) & newer than the rest of the components. Ran the PC for quite some time, then as my collection began to grow, since the media was Full Retail, formatted the drive after grabbing my data & installed on my notebook. Activated w/out the need to call Microsoft. 

Installed the latest Ubuntu at the time & carried to the charity where I assisted, another helper there swapped the card & carried that one home, if I had the forethought at the time, would had done the same before donating. At the time, while I liked the GPU, wasn't knowledgeable enough to appreciate it like today. By chance, that was the first 'true' (by my definition) of GPU's that I owned. While I did have several Radeons, a few close to, although not as powerful as yours, none came close to the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 series of GPU's. 

Here's the one that I last purchased, that's not shown in my Speccy specs in my sig, will be tri-booting Linux Mint 18.1 MATE, W7 & 10, just added a 2TiB WD Gold, my comment under Q&A's is the one dated 04/28/17 (a datacenter HDD with a massive 128MB cache, one out of two purchased together) & EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC with ACX 3.0 to my XPS 8700 just put back in service last week & also upgraded the PSU to a EVGA 550W G3, Gold rated, latest version. Most of the G3 versions works in PC's with smaller cases, and are newer than the 650W G2's in my best PC's.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=1Z4-0002-002V0

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487275

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438095

Speccy spec to show both are there, will add to my sig when complete.

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/zB2eWVtdPhg3LvWk0oGq4zF

I simply want to ensure that all is stable before installing Linux Mint 18.1, and BTW, even with W7, is running in UEFI/GPT mode. Many says it can't be done, yet I pulled it off w/out any troubles. This XPS 8700 can act funky at times, hopefully my upgrades has fixed this. BTW, when swapping the PSU, I noticed that Dell didn't seat the main 24 pin MB connection properly, one side was tilted upwards, which could had been the reason for the prior random freezing, this occurred on all installed OS's, to include Linux Mint 17.3, the last version installed before reboxing & storing. 

As to my older PC, yes still have some around, just last month purchased an upgraded AM2 CPU, the best 95W 3.0Ghz available for less the $25. Have been working on it now & than, also a dual booter, unfortunately has no AHCI for SSD support, so had to make a decision to use the only x16 slot for a low profile GPU of SATA card for SSD, the decision was obvious, dropped in a Dell OEM Radeon HD 7570 (1GB GDDR5), which is powered by the MB & about the physical size of many of the ATI 3xxx series cards, a couple which I have on hand around here.One has twin DP connections, via a DMS-59 connector, although I swapped for twin VGA ones, not having enough monitors for DP. 

I'll hold onto these older computers for as long as these will run the latest Linux Mint, then give away. Believe it or not, the Dell Optiplex 740 that I installed that AM2 CPU in, at 11 years old, runs the W10 Creator's Update decently, as well as the latest Linux Mint 18.1 MATE, both 64 bit. Will likely install that 1TiB WD RE4 that was giving mysterious RAID errors in one of my self built PC's, still to this day have no idea why the error, will install an identical HDD that's on hand & see what happens.

IMO, as well as many others, NVIDIA is the King of GPU's! Every time AMD gets close, NVIDIA pulls yet another cat out of the bag, as they did with the latest revision of the GTX 1080 Ti (11GB 352 bit GDDR5X), I'll be purchasing yet another EVGA when the GTX 1060 equivalent becomes released & has stable pricing (or current 1070 if pricing is right), the AMD build is in bad need of an upgrade from the 2GB GDDR5 GTX 960, although will install the newer 1060 (or 1070) in my 2nd best PC & place in one in there in the AMD. When released, the upgraded 1060 will feature 8GB GDDR5 at most likely 192 bit, like rest of the 1060 series. That is, unless NVIDIA decides to make it a 256 bit card, am not looking for that to happen, although would be sweet to hold the mid range title for 2-3 years.

Cat

Unlike some users who have to have the newest and the greatest hardware etc my old graphic cards are probably the only two Gaming graphics cards I'll ever buy.

I'm perfectly happy with motherboard integrated graphics / AMD APU / Intel HD graphics integrated in the processor.

I'm not a Gamer and I don't need a Super Duper HTPC as I refuse to get caught in the RIPOFF cable trap and there just ain't nothing worth watching on TV anymore.

I'm also OLD and CHEAP and like the fact that I can always have a Super Duper Linux desktop at ZERO COST in Dollars.

Unlike some users who have to have the newest and the greatest hardware etc my old graphic cards are probably the only two Gaming graphics cards I'll ever buy.

 

I'm perfectly happy with motherboard integrated graphics / AMD APU / Intel HD graphics integrated in the processor.

 

I'm not a Gamer and I don't need a Super Duper HTPC as I refuse to get caught in the RIPOFF cable trap and there just ain't nothing worth watching on TV anymore.

 

I'm also OLD and CHEAP and like the fact that I can always have a Super Duper Linux desktop at ZERO COST in Dollars.

While I agree with what you're saying, and it's true, no one is required to upgrade to the latest to get decent graphics on Linux or any other OS, furthermore the cards you have (as well as I) are long ago paid for, by chance when looking for an accessory, found the Radeon card that's almost as close to yours, that's the one with the DMS-59 connector, with two DVI (D or I) ports out, amazing how these could push two monitors. Mine is the 512MB version, ran it for a year in an older PC I no longer own.

However, if you have one of the newer (even just one series back with NVIDIA) models, you'll find that the colors are washed out & lifeless looking compared to cards just 2-5 years old. Think what that would be compared to a decade old model, I'm not going to bother with testing. Even the Intel onboard graphics are better than some of the not so old cards. 

Last time I installed Linux Mint on my MSI FX603 notebook for my wife, didn't have to add a PPA for the NVIDIA drivers for GeForce GT425M, 1GB DDR3 (Fermi series), these were already there, just not enabled. Chose the recommended driver, along with the Intel microcode firmware, installed, rebooted & all was perfect!

Should a friend or anyone gift you one of the NVIDIA Fermi cards (2010 era), you'll never want to see those posted again, the difference is like day & night, and continues with each generation released for the most part. I simply cannot believe how stunning that GTX 960 now washed out looked when first installed, and was a true pain in the rear to install on Linux (the drivers), it's been sometime back, created a Topic on how to install on Linux Mint 17 or 17.1 in early 2015. 

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/573401/nvidia-graphics-issue-new-gpu-install/

Note that I didn't need to create one for the 1060 series am now running on all except one, it'll have to do until a NVIDIA GTX 1060 Ti is released (the 1080 Ti already has been, 11GB GDDR5X RAM & 384 bit card). No need for me to upgrade until the 1060 is upgraded, gives me time to save cash until availability & pricing has stabilized. It'll be on par with today's 1070 when released, other than no SLI (disabled from that version) or whatever twin cards are termed. It's time for me to upgrade to another 8GB GDDR5 card anyway, the more memory, the better, whatever one can afford (or desire).

I have a couple of friends who has the NVIDIA 8800 series GPU's & neither will consider an upgrade, these were powerful cards for their day, and while won't meet the needs for 4K, will still work perfectly fine with 1080p monitors, which both has, no need to upgrade to watch YouTube videos.

Getting closer to reinstalling Linux Mint on the XPS 8700, with a EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SSC (6GB GDDR5) in place, should run fairly well & be a performer at the same time. The PC on the interior no longer resembles the XPS 8700 purchased for $699.99 at Costco in late 2013, other than the MB & drive cage. As shown above, the /home partition is still in place, on a much faster HDD with 2x the cache (128MB).

Cat

This isnt a discussion thread, or it wasnt meant to be when I started it.

Discussion is how a solution is reached with everything else in between.

This isnt a discussion thread, or it wasnt meant to be when I started it.

Nick, you're right, will carry my NVIDIA talk elsewhere, although the driver acts as a medium to make the card run on the computer. 

I'm done here, will follow for new content posted by you.

My only hope is that your next post (& included link(s), if any) will have 'up to date' content than the last, which were multiple driver versions back & posted here 8 days ago.  

The spoiler posted above was the proof of this, we've been off of the 378 driver for months, will post again to prove my point, and for those that missed it. 378.xx is not the latest version, 381.09 is & another is soon coming, if haven't already.

Cat

 

NVIDIA driver 418.43 is the first stable release in the 418 series, and it features:

• New GPUs support:
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
  • GeForce RTX 2070 with Max-Q Design
  • GeForce RTX 2080 with Max-Q Design
• Initial support for G-SYNC Compatible monitors.
• Support for stereo presentation in Vulkan.
• NVIDIA optical flow support.
• NVIDIA Video Codec SDK 9.0 support
• Various Vulkan and OpenGL fixes
• See the release note for more details.