Install NVIDIA Graphic Driver2020/07/27 |
If your Computer has NVIDIA Graphic cards, Install NVIDIA Graphic Driver to improve Graphics related performance.
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[1] | Disable [nouveau] driver that is loaded by default as generic graphic driver. |
root@dlp:~# lsmod | grep nouveau nouveau 1949696 0 mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau wmi 32768 2 mxm_wmi,nouveau video 49152 1 nouveau i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 nouveau ttm 106496 1 nouveau drm_kms_helper 184320 1 nouveau drm 491520 4 drm_kms_helper,ttm,nouveau
root@dlp:~#
vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf # add to the end (create new if it does not exist)
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
root@dlp:~#
root@dlp:~# update-initramfs -u
reboot
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[2] | NVIDIA Driver is provided on Ubuntu official repository. Before installing, make sure the Driver Version for your Graphic Card on NVIDIA official site below. ⇒ https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en |
# confirm the cards on your computer root@dlp:~# lspci | grep VGA 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] (rev a1) # verify installation to show Graphic cards' status root@dlp:~# nvidia-smi Fri Jul 24 19:15:19 2020 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 440.100 Driver Version: 440.100 CUDA Version: 10.2 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 GeForce GTX 1070 Off | 00000000:04:00.0 Off | N/A | | 27% 37C P0 37W / 180W | 0MiB / 8119MiB | 2% Default | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: GPU Memory | | GPU PID Type Process name Usage | |=============================================================================| | No running processes found | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |