{"id":4357,"date":"2014-12-09T12:53:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T12:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=4357"},"modified":"2014-12-09T12:53:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T12:53:39","slug":"install-nvidia-340-65-ubuntu-1504","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/12\/install-nvidia-340-65-ubuntu-1504\/","title":{"rendered":"Install\/Upgrade to NVIDIA 340.65 in Ubuntu 15.04 \/ 14.10 \/ 14.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nvidia_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nvidia_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Nvidia 340.65\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nvidia_logo.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/nvidia_logo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>NVIDIA has announced the 340.65 release of its Linux graphics driver (long lived branch version) with latest Kernel (3.18) support and various bug fixes.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the release highlight for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/Download\/driverResults.aspx\/80647\/en-us\" target=\"_blank\">NVIDIA 340.65<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Added support for X.Org xserver ABI 19 (xorg-server 1.17).<\/li>\n<li>Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a bug that prevented internal 4K panels on some laptops from being driven at a sufficient bandwidth to support their native resolutions.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a regression that prevented the NVIDIA kernel module from loading in some virtualized environments such as Amazon Web Services.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a regression that caused displays to be detected incorrectly on some notebook systems.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a bug that could cause X to freeze when using Base Mosaic.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed a regression that prevented the NVIDIA X driver from recognizing Base Mosaic layouts generated by the nvidia-settings control panel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nvidia-linux-driver.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nvidia-linux-driver.png\" alt=\"NVIDIA Linux Graphics Driver\" width=\"580\" height=\"347\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nvidia-linux-driver.png 580w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/nvidia-linux-driver-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Install \/ Upgrade NVIDIA Driver in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>If you&#8217;re running with NVIDIA&#8217;s proprietary driver in Ubuntu, you can upgrade to this driver release by following below steps:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> to open terminal. When it opens, run the command below to add the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~xorg-edgers\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" title=\"Nvidia Drivers PPA\" target=\"_blank\">xorg-edgers fresh X crack PPA<\/a> repository:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:xorg-edgers\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p>Type in your user password when it asks.<\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> After added the PPA, refresh your system cache via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Finally install the 340.65 driver:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get install nvidia-340<\/pre>\n<p>The repository also provides the NVIDIA 343 driver (short lived branch version) and NVIDIA 346 driver (still in beta). If need, you can replace <code>nvidia-340<\/code> in the previous code with <code>nvidia-343<\/code> or <code>nvidia-346<\/code> to install the driver.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NVIDIA has announced the 340.65 release of its Linux graphics driver (long lived branch version) with latest Kernel (3.18) support and various bug fixes. Here&#8217;s the release highlight for NVIDIA 340.65: Added support for X.Org xserver ABI 19 (xorg-server 1.17). Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels. Fixed a bug that prevented internal 4K panels on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[409,769],"class_list":["post-4357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-nvidia-driver","tag-nvidia-linux"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}