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How to Install Nvidia Driver 331.67 in Ubuntu 14.04/12.04

Last updated: April 13, 2014

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Nvidia driver 331.67 for Linux has been released which brings new GPUs support and a few bug fixes. This tutorial will show you how to install this proprietary driver in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty and Ubuntu 12.04 Precise.

Nvidia 331.67 release highlights:

  • Added support for the following GPUs:
    • GeForce GT 705
    • GeForce GT 720
    • GeForce GTX 860M
    • GeForce GTX 870M
    • GeForce GTX 880M
    • GeForce GTX TITAN Black
  • Fixed a bug that could lead to crashes when running Left 4 Dead 2 with threaded optimizations enabled.
  • Updated the makefile for the NVIDIA kernel module to work around a bug in older versions of GNU Make that prevented the NVIDIA kernel module from building correctly. This bug was fixed in version 3.81 of GNU Make.
  • Fixed a bug that causes some X clients to be disconnected from the X server when the screen is resized while RandR 1.4 display offloading is in use.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause display corruption when resuming from suspend on systems using RandR 1.4 display offloading with recent Linux kernels.
  • Added support for Tridelity SL stereo mode.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause nvidia-settings to crash or display incorrect information after switching virtual terminals while a color correction confirmation countdown was active.

Install Nvidia 331.67:

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to remove the previous driver:

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*; sudo apt-get install nvidia-331-updates-dev

2. Restart your computer. Go to Software & Updates -> Additional drivers and switch to recommended open-source driver.

3. Download Nvidia 331.67 for:

32 bit Linux

64 bit Linux

32 bit ARM

4. Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 (or F2 ~ F6) key combination on your keyboard to switch to command console and login. Stop the graphic session by running the appropriate command below:

sudo service lightdm stop ## For the default LightDM

sudo service gdm stop ## For the Gnome GDM

sudo service mdm stop ## For the Linux Mint default MDM

5. Now give executable permission and start the installer, and finally follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.

chmod +x ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.67.run && sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.67.run

Tips: You may keep the installer file so that you can remove this driver via below command if for some reason this driver does not work properly:

sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.67.run --uninstall

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Install Nvidia Driver 334.21 in Ubuntu linux

Last updated: March 5, 2014

Nvidia has just announced the short lived branch driver 334.21 for Linux. This driver added support for the new GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 745, and GeForce GTX TITAN Black.

Besides that, Nvidia 334.21 brings quite a few bug fixes, the first in the list is for a regression in the NVIDIA kernel module which caused it to improperly dereference a userspace pointer. This potential security issue was initially reported on the grsecurity forums. Check out the changelog for a complete list of fixes and improvements.

Install Nvidia 334.21:

1. To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to remove the previous driver:

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*; sudo apt-get install nvidia-319-updates-dev

2. You may switch to the recommended open-source driver in “Software & Updates -> Additional drivers” utility after restarted your computer.

3. Download the driver from the official links below:

Nvidia 334.21 for 32 bit Linux

Nvidia 334.21 for 64 bit Linux

Nvidia 334.21 for 32 bit ARM Linux

4. Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 key combination on your keyboard to switch to command console and login.

5. Stop the graphic session with the appropriate command below:

sudo service lightdm stop     ## For the default LightDM

sudo service gdm stop     ## For the Gnome GDM

sudo service mdm stop     ## For the Linux Mint default MDM

6. Now give executable permission and start the installer, and finally follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.

chmod +x ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-334.21.run && sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-334.21.run

Tips: You may keep the installer file so that you can remove this driver via below command if for some reason this driver does not work properly:

sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-334.21.run --uninstall

That’s it. Enjoy!

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How to Install Nvidia Driver 331.49 in Ubuntu 14.04/13.10/12.04

Last updated: February 20, 2014

The latest Nvidia Driver for Linux 331.49 has been released on February 18. This tutorial will show you how to install the new driver in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10 and Ubuntu 12.04.

Nvidia 331.49 is a small release which brings a few bug fixes and 2 GPUs support. See the changelog:

  • Added support for the following GPUs:
    • GeForce GT 710
    • GeForce 825M
  • Fixed a regression that prevented nvidia-installer from cleaning up directories created as part of the driver installation.
  • Added a new X configuration option “InbandStereoSignaling” to enable/disable DisplayPort in-band stereo signaling. See “Appendix B. X Config Options” in the README for more information.
  • Fixed a bug that caused PBO downloads of cube map faces to retrieve incorrect data.
  • Fixed a bug in nvidia-installer that resulted in spurious error messages when opting out of installing the NVIDIA kernel module or source files for the kernel module.
  • Added experimental support for ARGB GLX visuals when Xinerama and Composite are enabled at the same time on X.Org xserver 1.15.

Install Nvidia 331.49:

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, uninstall the previous driver by running the below commands:

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

sudo apt-get install nvidia-319-updates-dev

2. Restart your computer. Go to Software & Updates -> Additional drivers and switch to recommended Nouveau.

3. Download the driver from the official links below. You may check your OS type (32-bit or 64-bit) by System Settings -> Details

Nvidia 331.49 for 32 bit Linux

Nvidia 331.49 for 64 bit Linux

Nvidia 331.49 for 32 bit ARM Linux

4. Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to command console and login.

5. Stop the graphic session with the appropriate command below:

sudo service lightdm stop     ## For the default LightDM

sudo service gdm stop     ## For the Gnome GDM

sudo service mdm stop     ## For the Linux Mint default MDM

6. Now give execute permission and start the installer, and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process.

chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.49.run && sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.49.run

Tips: You may keep the installer file so that you can remove this driver via below command if for some reason this driver does not work properly:

sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.49.run --uninstall
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How to Install Nvidia Driver 331.38 in Ubuntu 14.04, 13.10, 12.04

Last updated: January 13, 2014

Nvidia Driver for Linux 331.38 has been released on January 13 with OpenGL promotion, bug fixes and other improvements. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and Linux Mint.

Before getting started, let’s take a look at what’s new in Nvidia 331.38:

  • Fixed a bug that caused the X server to crash if video memory is exhausted and the GPU does not support rendering to system memory.
  • Updated nvidia-installer to make the –multiple-kernel-modules option imply the –no-unified-memory option: Unified memory is incompatible with multiple kernel modules.
  • Updated the behavior of the nvidia-settings PowerMizer Preferred Mode drop-down menu, to make the setting apply consistently across all GPUs in an SLI group.
  • Improved the robustness of the NVIDIA X driver in scenarios where GPU-accessible memory for allocating pixmaps was exhausted.
  • Added NV-CONTROL attributes to control the brightness of the illuminated logos on certain graphics boards.For example, to turn off the illumination of the “GEFORCE GTX” lettering on the GeForce GTX 780, use
    nvidia-settings –assign GPULogoBrightness=0
  • Fixed a bug that prevented screen transformations from being applied properly when starting X.
  • GLX protocol for the following OpenGL extensions from OpenGL 2.1 and OpenGL 3.0 have been promoted from unofficial to ARB approved official status:
  • GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object
  • GL_NV_conditional_render
  • GL_ARB_map_buffer_range
  • GL_EXT_texture_integer
  • GL_ARB_vertex_array_object
  • GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object was the last piece of protocol needed to have official support for indirect rendering with all OpenGL 2.1 commands.
  • GLX Protocol for the miscellaneous OpenGL 3.0 commands not associated with specific extensions has also been promoted from unofficial to ARB approved status.
  • Deprecated display mask related configuration of display devices via NV-CONTROL and nvidia-settings.Display target specifications should be used instead – A display target is one of the display’s valid names, with an optional GPU or X screen qualifier.
  • Deprecated the following NV-CONTROL attributes:
  • NV_CTRL_CONNECTED_DISPLAYS
  • NV_CTRL_ENABLED_DISPLAYS
  • NV_CTRL_ASSOCIATED_DISPLAYS
  • NV_CTRL_NOTEBOOK_INTERNAL_LCD
  • NV_CTRL_FRAMELOCK_MASTER
  • NV_CTRL_FRAMELOCK_SLAVES
  • NV_CTRL_FRAMELOCK_MASTERABLE
  • NV_CTRL_FRAMELOCK_SLAVEABLE
  • Also, although NV_CTRL_PROBE_DISPLAYS is still operational, the return value has been deprecated and should not be used.
  • Added deprecation warning messages in nvidia-settings when deprecated attributes are used.This also includes display mask usage.

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    Download & Install Nvidia Driver 331.38

    The official installer is available for downloading at this page.

    If you’re not sure your system type, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run:

    uname -m

    You can also run below command to download the Nvidia installer:

    For 32 bit (x86):

    cd && wget us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/331.38/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-331.38.run

    For 64 bit (x86_64):

    cd && wget us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/331.38/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-331.38.run

    Now start the installer via below steps:

    0. Remove previous proprietary driver if any:

    sudo apt-get purge nvidia-current

    1. Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to command console. Login with your username and password.

    2. Stop the graphic session by:

    sudo service lightdm stop

    You may change the lightdm to gdm or mdm if you’re using Ubuntu Gnome or Linux Mint.

    3. Make the installer executable:

    chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.38.run

    4. Finally start the installer and follow the on screen prompts:

    sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.38.run

    You may keep the installer file so that you can remove this driver via below command if for some reason this driver does not work properly:

    sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.38.run --uninstall

    You may also add blacklist nouveau to a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ if you get blank screen after installed the new driver.

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    Nvidia Driver 331.20 released, Install it in Ubuntu & Linux Mint

    Last updated: November 7, 2013

    The latest Nvidia Driver for Linux 331.20 has been released today with lots of changes. Here are new features and how to install it in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and Linux Mint.

    What’s New in Nvidia Linux 331.20:

    This Long Lived Branch version 331.20 brings following changes:

  • Added support for NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture (NvFBCOpenGL). This library provides a high performance, low latency interface to capture and optionally encode the composited framebuffer of an X screen. NvFBC and NvIFR are private APIs that are only available to approved partners for use in remote graphics scenarios.  Please contact NVIDIA at GRIDteam@nvidia.com for more information.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented configuration files containing application profiles from being loaded when directories were present in the application profile configuration search path.
  • Deferred initialization of libselinux in the NVIDIA OpenGL driver, in order to avoid a problem where libselinux might not be ready when the NVIDIA libGL shared library is first loaded.
  • Fixed a bug that could lead to memory exhaustion in OpenGL applications running on 32-bit systems.
  • Added nvidia-uvm.ko, the NVIDIA Unified Memory kernel module, to the NVIDIA Linux driver package. This kernel module provides support for the new Unified Memory feature in an upcoming CUDA release.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the X server to fail to initialize when DisplayPort 1.2 monitors were assigned to separate X screens on the same GPU.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a deadlock when forking from OpenGL programs which use some malloc implementations, such as TCMalloc.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Warp & Blend settings from being retained across display configuration changes.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented some settings changes made via the nvidia-settings command line interface from being reflected in the nvidia-settings graphical user interface.
  • Changed the clipping behavior of the NVIDIA X driver on Trapezoids and Triangles for some RENDER operations to match the behavior in newer versions of Pixman:
    http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pixman/2013-April/002755.html
  • Fixed a bug in MetaMode tracking that could cause spurious error messages to be printed when attempting to add or delete Metamodes via NV-CONTROL.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the NVIDIA X driver to attempt to load the X11 “shadow” module unconditionally, even in situations where the driver had no need to use the module. This could result in the printing of spurious error messages, on X servers where the module was not present.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented display configuration changes made with xvidtune(1) from working correctly.
  • Fixed a bug that occasionally caused display corruption in GLX applications while changing the display configuration.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented glReadPixels from working correctly when reading from Pixel Buffer Objects over indirect rendering, when the image width is not a multiple of 4.
  • Added a new NV-CONTROL attribute, NV_CTRL_BACKLIGHT_BRIGHTNESS, for controlling backlight brightness.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented nvidia-settings from creating display device configuration pages for newly connected DisplayPort 1.2 Multi Stream Transport downstream devices.
  • Added GPU utilization reporting to the nvidia-settings control panel.
  • Fixed a bug in the nvidia-settings control panel that prevented users from configuring stereo, when stereo was not already configured.
  • Added support for reporting the tachometer-measured fan speed on capable graphics boards via nvidia-settings and the NV-CONTROL API. The preexisting mechanism for reporting fan speed reports the speed of the fan as programmed by the driver.
    For example, `nvidia-settings –query=[fan:0]/GPUCurrentFanSpeedRPM`.
  • Fixed a regression that caused GPUs that do not support graphics to not appear in nvidia-settings.
  • Fixed a bug that caused DisplayPort 1.2 multi-stream devices to stop working if they were unplugged and plugged back in while they were active in the current MetaMode.
  • Added support for multiple NVIDIA kernel modules. This feature allows users to assign different GPUs in the system to different NVIDIA kernel modules, potentially reducing the software overhead of coordinating access to multiple GPUs.
  • Added support for the EGL API on 32-bit platforms.  Currently, the supported client APIs are OpenGL ES 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0, and the only supported window system backend is X11.
  • Add a new option, AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration, which allows the X server to start even if no connected display devices are detected at startup.  This option can be enabled by running “sudo nvidia-xconfig –allow-empty-initial-configuration”
    This option is useful in RandR 1.4 display offload configurations where no display devices are connected to the NVIDIA GPU when the X server is started, but might be connected later.
  • Updated nvidia-installer to provide a scrollable text area for displaying messages from the /usr/lib/nvidia/alternate-install-present and /usr/lib/nvidia/alternate-install-available distro hook files. This allows for longer messages to be provided in these files.
  • Updated nvidia-installer to avoid recursing into the per-kernel “build” and “source” directories when searching for conflicting kernel modules in /lib/modules.
  • Added a system memory cache to improve the performance of certain X rendering operations that use software rendering fallbacks.  The X configuration option “SoftwareRenderCacheSize” may be used to configure the size of the cache.
  • Removed the “DynamicTwinView” X configuration option: dynamic reconfiguration of displays is always possible, and can no longer be disabled.
  • Fixed a bug that caused nvidia-settings to display incorrect information in its display configuration page when all displays on an X screen were turned off.
  • Updated nvidia-installer to only install the libraries libvdpau and libvdpau_trace if an existing installation of libvdpau is not detected on the system. This behavior can be overridden with the –install-vdpau-wrapper and –no-install-vdpau-wrapper options.
    Future NVIDIA Linux installer packages will no longer include copies of libvdpau or libvdpau_trace: VDPAU users are recommended to install these libraries via other means, e.g. from packages provided by their distributors, or by building them from the sources available at: http://people.freedesktop.org/~aplattner/vdpau/

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    Download & Install Nvidia 331.20:

    First download the drivers from the official links below:

    Nvidia 331.20 for 32 bit Linux

    Nvidia 331.20 for 64 bit Linux

    Nvidia 331.20 for 32 bit ARM Linux

    For FreeBSD, Solaris, go to Unix Drivers download page

    Once downloaded, press Ctrl+Alt+F1 on your keyboard to switch to command console and login with your username and password. Remove previous Nvidia’s proprietary drivers if any:

    sudo apt-get purge nvidia-current

    You required to run command below to stop / close graphic session before installing process:

  • For Ubuntu LightDM (default): 
    sudo service lightdm stop
  • For Gnome GDM: 
    sudo service gdm stop
  • For Linux Mint MDM: 
    sudo service mdm stop

    • Give permission to execute the downloaded installer:

    chmod +x ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.20.run

    Finally start the installer and follow on screen prompts:

    sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.20.run

    Don’t remove the installer after installation, because if for some reason this driver does not work properly, you can remove Nvidia 331.20 via command below in TTY console:

    sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.20.run --uninstall
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    Install Nvidia 331.17 Beta Driver via PPA in Ubuntu & Linux Mint

    Last updated: October 28, 2013

    Nvidia has released the Beta driver 331.17 for Linux with bug fixes and new NVIDIA Unified Memory kernel module which provides support for the new Unified Memory feature in an upcoming CUDA release.

    What’s New in Nvidia 331.17:

    • Fixed a bug that prevented configuration files containing application profiles from being loaded when directories were present in the application profile configuration search path.
    • Deferred initialization of libselinux in the NVIDIA OpenGL driver, in order to avoid a problem where libselinux might not be ready when the NVIDIA libGL shared library is first loaded.
    • Added nvidia-uvm.ko, the NVIDIA Unified Memory kernel module, to the NVIDIA Linux driver package. This kernel module provides support for the new Unified Memory feature in an upcoming CUDA release.

    How to install Nvidia 331.17

    For Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10 and Linux Mint users, you can easily install this driver from Xorg edge PPA.

    Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nvidia-331

    For other Linux distributions, such as Fedora, OpenSUSE, etc. You can download and install it from the official installer. Here are the links from Nvidia website:

    Nvidia 331.17 For 32 bit Linux

    Nvidia 331.17 for 64 bit Linux

    For Ubuntu and its derivatives, follow the steps below to install this driver provided by Nvidia:

    1. Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to command console. Login with your username and password.

    2. Stop the graphics session in order to start the installation.

    For default Unity’s display manager:

    sudo service lightdm stop

    For Gnome:

    sudo service gdm stop

    For Linux Mint mdm:

    sudo service mdm stop

    3. Give permission to execute the downloaded installer.

    chmod +x ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.17.run

    4. Start the installer and follow on screen prompts:

    sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-331.17.run
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    Nvidia Driver 319.60 Released, Install in Ubuntu / Linux Mint

    Last updated: October 2, 2013

    The Latest Long Lived Nvidia Driver 319.60 has been released with bug fixes and GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM supported. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, and Linux Mint.

    What’s new in Nvidia 319.60:

    • Added support for the GPU GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM
    • Fixed a bug that could cause OpenGL applications to crash during the initialization of new threads.
    • Fixed a bug that caused the GPU and Memory clock frequencies for some PowerMizer performance levels on Kepler boards to be reported incorrectly in the nvidia-settings control panel.
    • Fixed a bug that caused the X server to fail to start on certain laptops when the boot display was on an external DisplayPort monitor, for example if the laptop was booted while the lid was closed.

    Download & Install Nvidia 319.60:

    NOTE: If you’ve already installed an old version of NVIDIA proprietary driver on your machine, remove it before getting started (see step 5).

    1. Download the driver:

    Nvidia driver 319.60 for Linux 32-bit

    Nvidia driver 319.60 for Linux 64-bit

    2. Once downloaded, open your file browser and navigate to the downloads page. Right-click on the package and go to its Properties window. Under Permissions tab, check the box where is says “allow executing file as program”

    3. Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to TTY1 command console. Log in with your username and password. When you’re in, you need to run command to stop the graphic session (For Linux Mint or Gnome, change lighdm to mdm or gdm):

    sudo stop lightdm

    4. Start the installer and follow the on screen prompts:

    sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-319.60.run

    When done, restart your computer by command sudo reboot.

    5. (Optional) If for some reason the new drivers do not work properly, re-do step 3. and then uninstall the driver via:

    sudo ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-319.60.run --uninstall

    Enjoy!

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    How to Install / Upgrade Nvidia 319.49 in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.04, 12.10

    Last updated: August 26, 2013

    The latest Long Lived Nvidia driver has reached 319.49, which added support for new GPUs and fix a few bugs. Here’s how to install or upgrade it in Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04.

    What’s new in Nvidia 319.49:

  • Added support for the following GPUs: GeForce GT 740A, GeForce GT 745A, GeForce GT 755M, GeForce GT 625, GeForce GTX 645, GRID K340, GRID K350, NVS 315, Quadro K500M
  • Fixed a bug that caused DisplayPort monitors connected to Quadro FX 3800, 4800, or 5800 to remain off after DPMS.
  • Added the NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback (NvIFROpenGL) library to the Linux driver package. This library provides a high performance, low latency interface to capture and optionally encode an individual OpenGL framebuffer. NvIFROpenGL captures pixels rendered by OpenGL only and is ideally suited to application capture and remoting.
  • Fixed a bug that caused applications using CUDA-GL interop to crash when run on X servers with Xinerama enabled.
  • Fixed a bug that could prevent some double-bit ECC errors from being properly reported.
  • Fixed a bug which could cause a blank screen when changing house sync settings on Quadro Kepler GPUs with Quadro Sync boards.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented nested loops with identical loop conditions in GLSL shaders from terminating correctly. This could cause hangs in applications such as Exa PowerVIZ.
  • Fixed a bug that resulted in corrupt texels when a previously empty texture image was specified with glXBindTexImageEXT. In GNOME 3, this caused gnome-screenshot to produce garbled window screenshots.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the X server to crash when querying the current mode of disabled displays.

    • Download & Install Nvidia Driver:

    NOTE 1: At the moment when you’re reading this tutorial, you may check out the latest version of Nvidia driver for Linux at this page.

    NOTE 2: Below installation guide works for all Nvidia Linux Drivers (.run file) downloaded from the Official Website.

    1.) Download the driver:

    Download Nvidia 319.49 for Linux 32-bit

    Download Nvidia 319.49 for Linux 64-bit

    2.) Open file browser and navigate to the downloaded package. Right-click on it and go to its Properties window. In Permissions tab, check the box where is says “allow executing file as program”

    3.) Now, you need to switch to command console by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1. Log in with your username and password. When login, stop the graphic session by running below command.

    sudo stop lightdm

    4.) Finally, start the installer and follow the on screen prompts. Change the filename to yours if you’re going to install another version.

    sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-319.49.run

    When done, restart your computer by sudo reboot command.

    If for some reason the new drivers do not work properly, re-do step 3.) and followed by below command to unintall the Nvidia Driver:

    sudo ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-319.49.run --uninstall

    Enjoy!

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    How to Install Nvidia legacy driver 304.108 in Ubuntu, Linux Mint

    Last updated: August 20, 2013

    Have an old graphics card that is no longer supported in the regular NVIDIA Unified Graphics Driver? Well, here’s how to install the Legacy Driver which supports the old Nvidia GPUs.

    The Nvidia Legacy Drives support the old GPUs that are no longer supported in the regular NVIDIA Unified UNIX Graphics Driver. It will be updated periodically to add support for new versions of Linux system components (e.g., new Linux kernels, new versions of the X server, etc).

    The Linux 304.* legacy driver series is the last to support the NV4x and G7x GPUs and motherboard chipsets based on them. Support for new Linux kernels and X servers, as well as fixes for critical bugs, will be included in 304.* legacy releases through the end of 2017. See the full list of supported GPUs.

    Install / Upgrade NVIDIA 304.108

    So far, the latest is 304.108 and it’s available for downloading at the official links below:

    NVIDIA Legacy Driver 304.108 for 32-bit Linux

    NVIDIA Legacy Driver 304.108 for 64-bit Linux

    You may check you system type (32-bit or 64-bit) by System Settings -> Details.

    To install it in Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and Linux Mint, you have to press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to command console. Login with your username and password. When you’re in, follow below steps:

    1.) Stop graphical session. For the default Unity Desktop, run below command to stop it.

    sudo stop lightdm

    2.) Give executable permission for your downloaded package.

    chmod a+x ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-304.108.run

    3.) Run the installer and follow the on screen prompts to start installing Nvidia Driver:

    sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-304.108.run

    4.) Restart your computer via below command:

    sudo reboot

    If for some reason the new drivers do not work properly, run below commands in Ctrl+Alt+F1 command console to remove Nvidia Driver:

    sudo stop lightdm

sudo ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-304.108.run --uninstall

sudo restart
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    Install / Upgrade Nvidia Driver 325.15 in Ubuntu and Linux Mint

    Last updated: August 9, 2013

    Nvidia has released the new display driver 325.15 (certified) for Linux. It’s easy to install or upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal and Linux Mint.

    Nvidia driver 325.15 supports new GPUs: GRID K340, GRID K350, NVS 315, Quadro K500M (full list of supported GPUs). It brings a lots of bug fixes and some improvements.

  • Changed the default PCIe interrupt delivery method from virtual-wire to MSI. Note that if the NVIDIA Linux driver fails to initialize with an error indicating that it is not receiving interrupts, MSI can be disabled by setting the module parameter “NVreg_EnableMSI=0” when loading the NVIDIA kernel module.
  • Removed support for Linux 2.4 kernels. The NVIDIA Linux driver now requires Linux 2.6.9 or later.
  • Improved the rendering performance of complex gradients.
  • Added support for configuring SLI Mosaic and Base Mosaic in the “X Server Display Configuration” page of nvidia-settings.
  • Updated nvidia-installer to look for the following files:
    /usr/lib/nvidia/alternate-install-available
    /usr/lib/nvidia/alternate-install-present
    These files may be provided by NVIDIA driver installers other than the official .run package maintained by NVIDIA, to alert nvidia-installer to the presence or availability of an alternative installation method. See the nvidia-installer(1) manual page for more information.
  • Generate a BadMatch error when applications attempt to create GLX pixmaps using glXCreatePixmap() or glXCreateGLXPixmapWithConfigSGIX() and the pixmap’s depth doesn’t match that of the specified GLXFBConfig.
  • Updated nvidia-settings to explicitly specify the direction of rotation for configuring per-display rotation configuration
  • Honor a GPU UUID as the GPU qualifier for X configuration options that allow GPU qualifiers (e.g. “MetaModes”).
  • Report GPU UUIDs in the X log when verbose logging is enabled in the X server.
  • Enabled conformant glBlitFrameBuffer() scissor test behavior by default. A driver-provided application profile enables the previous non-conformant behavior for applications that load libcogl, to work around a bug in older versions of libcogl.

    • Install Nvidia Driver 325.15:

    NOTE: Ubuntu by default uses the open source video driver Nouveau for your NVIDIA graphics card, you can enable it from Software & Updates -> Additional Drivers. This may interact better, and you may want to use this rather than NVIDIA’s official package.

    To get started, first download the driver from the Nvidia website. Here’s the link:

    Download Nvidia 325.15 for 32-bit Linux

    Download Nvidia 325.15 for 64-bit Linux

    You may check you system type (32-bit or 64-bit) by System Settings -> Details.

    To install it, you have to press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to command console. Login with your username and password. When you’re in, follow below steps:

    1.) Stop graphical session:

    sudo stop lightdm

    2.) Give executable permission for your downloaded package:

    chmod a+x ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-325.15.run

    3.) Run the installer and follow the on screen prompts to start installing Nvidia Driver:

    sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-325.15.run

    4.) Restart your computer via below command:

    sudo restart

    If for some reason the new drivers do not work properly, run below commands in Ctrl+Alt+F1 command console to remove Nvidia Driver:

    sudo stop lightdm

sudo ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-325.15.run --uninstall

sudo restart

    Enjoy!

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