Can't Change To Nvidia Proprietary Driver Ubuntu 18.04
Try to remove the installed drivers by running:
sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
sudo apt remove nvidia-*
sudo apt autoremove
Check what is the recommended driver for your Nvidia card by running:
ubuntu-drivers devices
If you want to install the driver automatically, run :
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
If you want to install a specific driver, run:
sudo apt install nvidia-<driver number>
Once the installation is finished, run prime-select query
to check which graphic card is being used by your device.
If you want to change the graphic card used by your PC, run : sudo prime-select <intel/ nvidia>
; choose between Nvidia and Intel graphic cards.
After that, restart your PC to apply changes
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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anup kunte almost 2 years
I recently upgraded to 18.04 from 16.04. My machine has NVIDIA Graphics cards Quadro 410 When i tried to change graphics driver using the GUI mode under Software and updates. The default X.Org X server keeps on getting selected and I do not get any error.
I see two additional Drivers listed besides the one selected by default
nvidia-driver-390
nvidia-driver-340
- X org driver
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Admin over 5 yearsPossible duplicate of this
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Admin over 5 yearsWhat are the results of running
ubuntu-drivers devices
? iinm the results ofubuntu-drivers devices
recommend installing nvidia-driver-390 withsudo apt install nvidia-driver-390 && sudo reboot
This is basically the same as what singrium's answer says.