I have a HP Envy 15-ae009tx laptop.
- Ubuntu 14.04 OS
- i7-5500U processor
- NVidia GeForce GTX 950M
I tried using sudo apt-get install nvidia-352 352-updates.
On reboot, the screen shows dots in the purple screen and runs into a login loop. I keep uninstalling it by using Ctrl+Alt+F1 and sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*.
Can someone tell me how to correctly install the graphics driver?
First uninstall all already installed NVIDIA drivers software ... boot the PC.
Highlight the Ubuntu entry in the GRUB boot menu and press the E key.
Add nouveau.modeset=0 to the end of the linux line - press F10 to boot.
On login screen press Ctrl+Alt+F1 - enter user name and password - execute :
sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
sudo reboot
Now reinstall the drivers 352.63 supporting NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 950M.
Highlight the Ubuntu entry in the GRUB boot menu and press the E key.
Add nouveau.modeset=0 to the end of the linux line - press F10 to boot.
On login screen press Ctrl+Alt+F1 - enter user name and password - execute :
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-352 nvidia-prime
sudo reboot
Note :
In case nouveau.modeset=0 doesn't work, set the parameter nomodeset instead.
Update addressing your response that the drivers installation failed :
Check whether there is a switch in BIOS to activate the NVIDIA adapter.
If this is the case - change the settings to use the NVIDIA graphics card.
Uninstall all NVIDIA related software ...
Highlight the Ubuntu entry in the GRUB boot menu and press the E key.
Add nouveau.modeset=0 to the end of the linux line - press F10 to boot.
On login screen press Ctrl+Alt+F1 - enter user name and password - execute :
sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
sudo reboot
Install the latest official NVIDIA drivers ...
Highlight the Ubuntu entry in the GRUB boot menu and press the E key.
Add nouveau.modeset=0 to the end of the linux line - press F10 to boot.
On login screen press Ctrl+Alt+F1 - enter user name and password - execute :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-358 nvidia-prime
sudo reboot
Note :
Generally you should use the drivers from the official Ubuntu repositories. But when you have problems with these drivers, you can install the more current drivers from the GPU Drivers PPA. This often leads to properly working graphics, especially on very new NVIDIA GEFORCE adapters.
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