Now restart your computer and nouveau drivers will be used again. It should take a while for the changes to take effect. Select “Using X.Org X server - Nouveau display driver…” If you want to switch to open source nouveau drivers, open “Software & Updates” like before. So Nvidia Graphics driver installation was successful. Once your computer boots, click on “Show Applications” and search for ‘nvidia’Ĭlick on “Nvidia Settings” and you should see the following window: Once the installation is complete, you should see a green mark right beside Nvidia Corporation and also notice the “1 proprietary driver in use” in the bottom of the window. It should take a while to install Nvidia drivers. To install Nvidia drivers, check the “Using Nvidia binary driver” and click on “Apply Changes”
Here you can see that currently I am using open source nouveau drivers. Note: Make sure all of these checkboxes are marked. Then click on “Software & Updates” icon to open “Software & Updates” Let’s get started.įirst click on “Show Applications” icon in the bottom left corner of the panel and search for “software” So if you have one of these devices, this article is for you. Most of the Nvidia graphics card used on laptops/notebooks or any other mobile devices these days support Nvidia Optimus technology. The high performance graphics card is only used when you run softwares that needs the GPU, like Blender. The programs that don’t need much GPU processing can use the less powerful graphics card, like Intel HD Graphics. The benefit is that, it saves energy and increases battery life. One of the graphics card is not as powerful as the other. Nvidia Optimus is a technology that enables a device to use 2 graphics card at once.
#INTALLING GPU DRIVERS FOR UBUNTU HOW TO#
In this article, I will show you how to install Nvidia Optimus drivers on Ubuntu 17.10.
Install Nvidia Optimus Graphics Drivers on Ubuntu 17.10
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