how to install nvidia graphic driver?

KamenkoTV · 2019-11-28 19:50:54

Hello i have been tried to install nvidia graphic driver but it failed i was unable to boot i had some error like "failed to start display lightdm" if i remember right, so i fixed it by doing Ctrl+f1 and logging in in to root, then i had to unistall nvidia graphic driver and remove

"xorg.conf.nvidia-xconfig-original"

and

"xorg.conf"

from "/etc/X11".

when i do

"sudo lshw -c display"

command output is like this:

  *-display                 
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Intel Corporation
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 0b
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
       resources: irq:374 memory:a4000000-a4ffffff memory:80000000-8fffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
  *-display
       description: 3D controller
       product: GK107M [GeForce 810M]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: irq:22 memory:a2000000-a2ffffff memory:90000000-9fffffff memory:a0000000-a1ffffff ioport:c000(size=128) memory:a3000000-a307ffff

But my qusetion is, is there any way to install nvidia graphic driver and make games such as minecraft and xonotic to use nvidia graphic driver, current performance is slow.
i will be very thankful if someone slove my problem.

Last edited by KamenkoTV (2019-11-28 19:54:06)

damo · 2019-11-28 22:30:15

Have a look at the links in this post: https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 393#p78393

My experience, and those of others as well, is DO NOT MESS WITH XORG.CONF!

Installing and running nvidia-detect will tell you the driver you need. Remember to do any driver installation AFTER shutting down your lightdm session.

sudo systemctl stop lightdm.service

But my qusetion is, is there any way to install nvidia graphic driver and make games such as minecraft and xonotic to use nvidia graphic driver, current performance is slow.

If you have a hybrid graphics laptop, then you also need to configure bumblebee

Debian links here: https://wiki.debian.org/GraphicsCard#nVidia_and_nouveau

KamenkoTV · 2019-11-28 23:02:03

i had a windows 10 pro before and you know how windows automatically detect and install graphic drivers it did installed Nvidia and intel driver so i think i have two graphic cards in my laptop and i dont want to mess up my new os installation so i dont know what to do do i just install nvidia driver or i have to configure bumblbee my laptop model are (asus vivobook bax x541nc)
but the problem is that on website where i did bought my laptop it says that graphic card is not integrated it says nothing about optimus tehnology or two graphic cards.

Thank you.!

Last edited by KamenkoTV (2019-11-28 23:05:39)

ohnonot · 2019-11-29 08:09:34

KamenkoTV wrote:

i think i have two graphic cards in my laptop
...
the problem is that on website where i did bought my laptop it says that graphic card is not integrated it says nothing about optimus tehnology or two graphic cards.

I cannot answer that for you, but the first search result for "debian intel and nvidia graphics" was this:
https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers/Optimus

KamenkoTV · 2019-11-29 12:03:31

my "lspci | grep 3D" is:

03:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce 810M] (rev a1)

so my gpu is Nvidia GeForce 810M.
i did checked on this website: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/optimus/supported-gpus
And my graphics card is not listed there so that means it does not support Optimus??
but when I had windows 10 pro installation I had Intel HD and Nvidia driver installed. and when is battery low it auto switches to intel power saving mode?

I need my pc for video editing and sometimes I want to play games I am school student and i switched to Linux because my bios UEFI/GPT does not support older Windows versions than Windows 8 and 10 so I had choice to stay on bloatware windows with non-free apps or switch to Linux which is lightweight and runs better on my laptop, and I really have no problems using Linux only problem I encountered is graphic card driver.

on seller website, I can not find any info about my gpu.
Specifications:

15.6-inch IPS (1920 x 1080 pixels), 7th gen Intel Core i3, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, full size keyboard, dual speakers, USB Type-C port, USB 3.0, USB 2.0, VGA, HDMI, Ethernet, card reader, webcam

Last edited by KamenkoTV (2019-11-29 12:08:29)

ohnonot · 2019-11-29 17:57:06

KamenkoTV wrote:

asus vivobook bax x541nc

I cannot find this device anywhere.
I'm just going to guess that it's way too new for debian oldstable.
Have you tried a few different distros?

You really need to turn away from manufacturer pages and start searching linux-specific stuff about your hardware/drivers.

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