Links below will only be good for the 295.59 driver version.
- These instructions come from the Nvidia website found in the "README" file
- Check if your hardware is supported
- http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-295.59-driver.html
- open tab "Supported Products" to find your Graphics Card
- Check if your software meets the minimum requirements
- Direct link to Software Requirements
- Download driver
- Version 295.59 direct link
- General link for selecting your operating system
- Disable nouveau open source driver
- open a terminal and paste in the following commands
- Create a file to disable nouveau open source driver
- sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf
- Add the following lines to the file
- # "#" lines are not read and are for your information
- # Last updated by Chad Chenault on 2012-0725
- # file created to install propriety nvidia video driver for geforce 8200 on zotac motherboard
- # This file prevents the opensource nouveau driver from loading at startup
- #
- blacklist nouveau
- options nouveau modeset=0
- #
- press "ctrl + o" to save the file
- press "ctrl + x" to exit nano
- Create help text file
- Open your favorite text editor (nano or gedit for me)
- copy and paste text from this blog post other sources into the file
- save file to your home folder as nvidia.help.txt
- full path of file is "/home/[your user name here]/nvidia.help.txt"
- login to 2 console windows
- open help text file in one window with nano
- ctrl + Alt + F2
- open help file in text editor
- nano ~/nvidia.help.txt
- Open window to execute commands
- ctrl + Alt + F1
- I did not complete the instructions but I am posting any way so that I will be able to find the installation instructions if I need to reinstall the driver.
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