Talk:NVidia Linux Compatibility
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 440
$ lspci 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 440] (rev a1) 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
$ ubuntu-drivers devices == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 == modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000DE0sv00001458sd00003518bc03sc00i00 vendor : NVIDIA Corporation model : GF108 [GeForce GT 440] driver : nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free recommended driver : nvidia-340 - distro non-free driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
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MS: install completed. Setting up libnvidia-gl-390:amd64 (390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.3) ... Setting up libnvidia-ifr1-390:amd64 (390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.3) ... Setting up nvidia-driver-390 (390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.3) ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.8) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-54-generic I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/sda2 I: (UUID=11b8bc84-6287-4df8-8cbb-70a7990f0d7a) I: Set the RESUME variable to override this. Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
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$ ubuntu-drivers list nvidia-340 nvidia-driver-390
$ dkms status nvidia, 390.116, 4.15.0-54-generic, x86_64: installed
Links
- Black screen after nvidia driver installation - https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=287624
- Problems installing Nvidia drivers - https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=304336
- Problem with Broken Graphic Driver (Nvidia) - https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=285536
- Graphic garbage after installing Nvidia driver - https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=38754
440
lshw -numeric -C display
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GF108 [GeForce GT 440] [10DE:DE0]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation [10DE]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff
ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
Use Nvidia Graphics Drivers In Ubuntu/Linux Mint For Best Performance
PPA to install latest drivers for NVIDIA graphics card
Different version of drivers available for NVIDIA cards which is managed in xorg-edgers PPA. Supported OS Ubuntu 15.04/14.10/14.04/12.04/Linux Mint 17.1/17/13/and other related Ubuntu derivatives
