Install Nvidia drivers
Installing Nvidia drivers, like always, can be a little bit tricky. I installed the ones from the default repository, but they did not work and the system went into a blank screen.
1. Check and find out your graphics card model
The first thing to do is find out your gpu chipset, so that the correct driver can be selected. Run the lspci command as shown below and you would see some output.
lspci -vnn | grep VGA -A 12
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller : NVIDIA Corporation GT218 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 )
Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. GT218
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
I/O ports at 2000
Expansion ROM at 000c0000
Capabilities: <access denied>...
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How to install Nvidia drivers on Kubuntu 16.10
Installing Nvidia drivers, like always, can be a little bit tricky. I installed the ones from the default repository, but they did not work and the system went into a blank screen.
1. Check and find out your graphics card model
The first thing to do is find out your gpu chipset, so that the correct driver can be selected. Run the lspci command as shown below and you would see some output.
lspci -vnn | grep VGA -A 12
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller : NVIDIA Corporation GT218 (rev a2) (prog-if 00 )
Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. GT218
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
Memory at e2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable)
I/O ports at 2000
Expansion ROM at 000c0000
Capabilities: <access denied>...
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How to install Nvidia drivers on Kubuntu 16.10