
Improved the robustness of the NVIDIA X driver in scenarios where GPU-accessible memory for allocating pixmaps was exhausted. Updated the behavior of the nvidia-settings PowerMizer Preferred Mode drop-down menu, to make the setting apply consistently across all GPUs in an SLI group.
Updated nvidia-installer to make the –multiple-kernel-modules option imply the –no-unified-memory option: Unified memory is incompatible with multiple kernel modules. Fixed a bug that caused the X server to crash if video memory is exhausted and the GPU does not support rendering to system memory. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and Linux Mint.īefore getting started, let’s take a look at what’s new in Nvidia 331.38: Reference: 2 Ways to Install Nvidia Drivers on Ubuntu 18.Nvidia Driver for Linux 331.38 has been released on January 13 with OpenGL promotion, bug fixes and other improvements. That's how to install the NVIDIA GPU driver on Ubuntu 18.04. (XNUMX) Install with the following command $ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall I think that distro non-free is not "not free" but "not free", that is, it is a driver of nvidia's unpublished code, so linux developers can not freely tamper with it. Modalias: pci: v000010DEd00001B80sv00003842sd00006288bc03sc00i00ĭriver: nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free recommendedĭriver: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
(XNUMX) Check your GPU and driver $ ubuntu-drivers devices How to install from the command line of the terminal You can check whether it was installed normally from →. The recommended Nvidia driver for the user's GPU is automatically selected, so Simply select "Use NVIDIA driver meta package from nividia-driver-xxx" and apply your changes to complete the setupis.After the installation is complete, it will restart without permission. īy default, the default installed xserver-xorg-video-nouveau – is used as an alternative driver. How to insert Nvidia driver by GUI operation