Questions tagged [proprietary-drivers]
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Nvidia card is not recognized by xorg
I have laptop with both discrete (GTX 1050) and integrated graphic cards. lspci gives this:
▶ lspci | grep -E "VGA|3D"
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Mobile)
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How to automatically force full composition pipeline for Nvidia GPU driver?
I've installed Manjaro Linux. My graphics card is an Nvidia GTX 1050Ti.
When I boot my computer and try to watch videos, I notice harsh screen tearing. This problem is resolved when I go to the ...
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NVIDIA Drivers: Unable To Load Info
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The NVIDIA drivers on my laptop no longer seem to be working properly. This comes as a result of my laptop recently shutting down for a lack of battery. The power cord was not ...
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Intel HD Graphics is not working with Debian Stretch [duplicate]
Here is my system specifications
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700 Processor
GPU: Intel® UHD Graphics 630
OS: Debian 9.6 (Stretch)
Monitor resolution: 1920 x 1084
Even though I have a full HD monitor, I ...
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When trying to install catalyst hook, I get an error about my linux version being too high
I try to install catalyst-hook on my Arch Linux system like this:
pacman -Syu catalyst-hook
The libraries catalyst-stable and xorg117 are correctly used in my pacman.conf.
However, I cant' install ...
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Diagnosing very frequent crashes with new OS installation // Old OS very stable GPU compatibility issue [closed]
I have an i7 laptop built in 2010/2011 with 8GB RAM.
I moved its original HD & OS, Ubuntu 10.04, to an external USB enclosure - booting from this provides me with an outdated but stable system.
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Proprietary drivers in debian
Why do I need to install network card driver (Intel wireless adapters, iwlwifi-8265 is shown as missing firmware by debian-installer) during Debian installation while in case of Ubuntu everything ...
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Neon installation - Secure Boot vs third party drivers
I try to install KDE Neon 18.04 on my Dell Laptop (from USB drive).
The installer asks me if I want to use third party software/drivers. Yes, I want to use them (when available).
Directly below that ...
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Matebook X PRO and Nvidia drivers with Mint 19
Once installing nvidia-390 drivers (or other versions) in my MBXP, I experienced a black screen after the boot.
I managed to resolve the problem going in tty and purging all the Nvidia drivers and ...
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Prevent Linux kernel from setting USB device configuration
I'm trying to write a Linux driver for an existing USB device, based on captured USB communication.
The device has multiple configurations. Unfortunately, it seems like the device doesn't follow the ...
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Finding drivers for a new scanner [closed]
I'm shopping for a document scanner. Some options are advertised as having drivers Windows and Mac. How can I know if it will run under Debian? I don't mind to install proprietary drivers, if I have ...
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nVidia drivers causing freezing
If I install nVidia drivers on my custom built desktop, Debian 9 freezes within 20 minutes of booting. When I boot with nouveau, I see an unknown chipset error at boot. I'm booting from UEFI and ...
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How to solve “Stopping User Manager for UID 121” error after installing Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu?
I'm on ubuntu 17.10. Got uid 121 after installing nvidia tested proprietary drivers. After purging nvidia-* finally solve uid 121. Later install not tested driver from same file, there's no uid 121, ...
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Linux Mint Cinnamon runs in Fallback Mode
My Linux Mint version is (cat /etc/linuxmint/info)
RELEASE=18.3
CODENAME=sylvia
EDITION="Cinnamon 64-bit"
DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia"
DESKTOP=Gnome
TOOLKIT=GTK
GRUB_TITLE=Linux Mint 18.3 ...
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Installing NVIDIA driver 375.26 fails after kernel upgrade to 4.9.0-5-amd64 [closed]
Setup is a XPS 15 9560 with Nvidia gtx 1050 mobile gpu. I know it's an optimus system but I do not want to install bumblebee for various reasons. Anyways, I had successfully installed the driver with ...
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Missing a driver for a SMB-accessed Brother printer
I use Lubuntu 17.10. I'm not quite sure which spooling mechanism my own system uses (I think it's CUPS). Now, I want to connect to a printer attached to another machine on a LAN; it's a Windows ...
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nvidia-smi has failed because it couldn't communicate
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on my System76 machine with a GeForce GTX 750 Ti. I was trying to install CUDA when I realized the driver wasn't properly installed.
I've tried multiple approaches to ...
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Debian upgrades with proprietary Nvidia drivers
I installed and run proprietary Nvidia drivers 375 on Debian GNU/Linux 9.2 (stretch). I installed drivers as described on Debians page. Everything works. But I am afraid of updates and upgrades. (...
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Broadcom BCM4360 and Kali Linux [duplicate]
I can't get my WiFi to work on Kali Linux (Rolling 2017.2).
I recall that my wifi was working on earlier versions of Kali (and most of the guides I tried focused on those earlier versions) and I don'...
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I installed Mint 18 on my HP NV79 laptop, I can't use the mousepad
I can't use the mouse pad, and I am sure, there are other things I just haven't gotten to them yet. I have an HP NV79 laptop that I installed Linux Mint 18 Sarah on.
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tegra-K1 deviceQuery fails: CUDA driver version is insufficient
I run a Debian Jessie on a Tegra-K1 board (Toradex Apalis-TK1), installed the CUDA toolkit 7.0 and the nvidia_drivers.tbz2 from the Jetson TK1 21.5 package.
Now I get
$ nvcc -V
nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda ...
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How to properly install USB display driver for Fresco Logic FL2000DX on Ubuntu?
I need to connect additional monitors on my computer and I get Fresco Logic FL2000DX USB display adapters. This adapters works perfect on Windows but I need to use on my development machine based on ...
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How can I determine which driver to re-install on my Nvidia Jetson TK1?
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I would like to re-install the nvidia driver on a 32 bit ARM computer running Linux for Tegra (L4T), however I don't know what the correct version of this driver is, where to get it, or how ...
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NVIDIA drivers in Fedora 25
I have an ASUS K501LB
specs
I am running Fedora 25 with GNOME on Wayland. (right? That's the default now I think). Installed 1 week ago.
Following the instructions here RPMFusion/HOWTO/NVIDIA
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How adequate does the nvidia driver version number has to be? [duplicate]
proprietary nvidia package installation on ubuntu:
I think I found a corresponding version number on Nvidias web-page for my gtx1050ti GPU.
The display driver on this page for manual installation is ...
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Which nvidia driver deb-package should I install for gtx1050ti?
I already installed the Nvidia drivers for gtx1050ti once manually, but it made some problems occassionaly, like suddenly the driver being erased out of thin air.
So, I would like to install it this ...
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Linux Bluetooth driver for Lenovo ThinkPad T470s
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on Lenovo ThinkPad T470s and quite simply, bluetooth appears to not exist, even though it is clearly in the computer according to all specifications available.
It appears ...
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How to switch nvidia driver from “nouveau” to nvidia proprietary
i'm using Linux Mint.
I recently updated my workstation, and from this moment, my drivers went nuts. I was working fine before, with the nvidia-361 drivers, and, when i finished my updates, and after ...
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How to restart a failed amdgpu kernel module
My video card crashes from time to time. It's quite annoying but I live with it -- usually I just restart the graphics with sudo systemctl restart lightdm.service, or if needed reboot the whole system....
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Unknown Display // Drivers issue
My computer configuration is:
Operating System: Dual Boot Windows 10 and Debian 8 Jessie (64 bit)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO Gaming
Graphic card: Nvidia GTX 1080 (Reference/Founder Edition)
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Cinnamon crashes and then I can't increase the maximum resolution
I'm installing a new system - new hardware, old OS (well, not old; it's Linux Mint 18). My system has on-board Intel graphics (previously it was a Z77 board, now it's Z170), and a discrete GPU - that ...
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AMDGPU-PRO Driver Installation Failure Centos 7.3
Installation fails with 404 Errors downloading required files. I've seen the same problem addressed with older versions of it. It's possible that I am doing something wrong. Sequence of events goes
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How do you install Intel proprietary drivers on Mint?
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I have Linux Mint 18.1 running on an HP laptop.
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display...
I can install the drivers from ...
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Driver installation NVIDIA GeForce 940-mx not possible
This is a really specific question, I have come here before because of it but now I really think I am out of options and trying to see if anyone has experience with this specific video card.
Have ...
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Linux Mint 18 + Nvidia-375: modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia_current not found in directory /lib/modules/4.4.0-21-generic
I've tried to install and configure nvidia drivers on Linux Mint 18 but still have errors.
Can anyone help me?
See some errors:
wellington@wellington-mint18 ~ $ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | egrep -i "...
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Cinnamon Mint 18.1 crashes after nvidia driver update
Woe is me, my brand new supposedly-working-out-of-the-box Linux Mint 18.1 Cinnamon 64bit is crashing. It didn't crash the first time I logged into cinnamon - only the second time, after I've done a ...
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How to find a proprietary nvidia driver and a nvidia-modprobe with the same version?
In order to enable the CUDA functionality of a GTX 1060 in Blender, I have to get 3 things in advance:
NVIDIA driver
CUDA toolkit
nvidia-modprobe
The NVIDIA driver and nvidia-modprobe need to have ...
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Intel hd graphics 4000 overheating under Debian Jessie
I have just installed Debian Jessie xfce 4.10 on a laptop with Intel hd graphics 4000 and it overheats even while watching videos, causing sudden shutdown of the system. While running Windows ...
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I've installed Mint 17.3, I need to find drivers
I've installed Mint 17.3, I need to find (AMD -DTS Sound- onboard chipset) drivers, hp laptop
Linux dave-7 3.19.0-32-generic #37~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 22 09:41:40 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 ...
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Linux Mint 18 deletes /etc/init.d/xorg.conf on every reboot and fails to start x-server
On every reboot my Linux Mint deletes /etc/init.d/xorg.conf so it doesn't boot the graphical interface, so I have to go to CTRL + ALT + F2 every time and copy a backup I have in my home directory ...
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Debian and Nvidia driver don't get along?
In a Lenovo z40-70 I've installed Debian Jessie. For customization purposes I've installed nvidia-detect through console. Then ran
nvidia-detect
and I got
No NVIDIA GPU detected.
These were my ...
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do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime is missing in linux/time.h
I'm trying to compile drivers. do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime was used in the source code and I'm made sure that the file had #include <linux/time.h>. I was getting implicit declaration when I ...
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Linux Mint with radeon.modeset=0
I've installed Linux Mint 18 on my machine, but it has a Radeon HD Graphics card, which is not supported by AMD on systems based on Ubuntu 16.04 (according to some research I did).
So, after the ...
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Installing GeForce drivers to Kali [duplicate]
I'm currently trying to install GeForce drivers for Kali Linux, but it isn't going so smooth. I have a GTX 285 and when I try the apt-get method for drivers I'm told that my card is no longer ...
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Broken Backlight Controls on Linux Mint 18 with Nvidia Proprietary Driver
I've just installed Linux Mint 18 on a clean partition on my Thinkpad T420. It uses an NVS4200M graphics chipset, which is an Optimus-based card. However, I have disabled Optimus in the BIOS, and ...
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Detection of NVIDIA GTX860M graphics card in Manjaro Linux?
When I ran device query, I got this error:
./deviceQuery Starting...
CUDA Device Query (Runtime API) version (CUDART static linking)
NVIDIA: no NVIDIA devices found
cudaGetDeviceCount returned 30
-...
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Broadcom BCM2070 Bluetooth 3.0 USB Device not working
I'm trying to get a Broadcom Bluetooth Adapter working on Ubuntu/Linux.
Google shows that problems with broadcom devices are common and the usual solution is to extract a proprietary firmware file ...
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WiFi Drivers Not Working
I just installed Linux Mint 17.3 on my mid 2012 MacBook Pro. I'm currently trying to install the necessary drivers for WiFi via Driver Manager (nvidia-331 and bcmwl-kernel-source) for my BCM4222 ...
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Where can I find Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller driver?
It seems that Mint 17.3 came out lacking the Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core Graphics Controller driver. Where can I download it in order to install it manually?
UPDATE: Why I believe that this ...
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