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Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
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Blacklisting nouveau as mentioned in nvidia'sNvidia's documentation doesn't work. We don't need to blacklist it. Just install the nvidiaNvidia drivers using apt. You just need to login to tty by pressing ctrl+alt+f1Ctrl+Alt+F1 and stop the lightdm service, and then type:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa 
sudo apt install nvidia-384 _(or whatever version compatible with your GPU)_  

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa 
sudo apt install nvidia-384  # or whatever version compatible with your GPU

thenThen restart.

Blacklisting nouveau as mentioned in nvidia's documentation doesn't work. We don't need to blacklist it. Just install the nvidia drivers using apt. You just need to login to tty by pressing ctrl+alt+f1 and stop the lightdm service and then type

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa 
sudo apt install nvidia-384 _(or whatever version compatible with your GPU)_

then restart

Blacklisting nouveau as mentioned in Nvidia's documentation doesn't work. We don't need to blacklist it. Just install the Nvidia drivers using apt. You just need to login to tty by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 and stop the lightdm service, and then type:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa 
sudo apt install nvidia-384  # or whatever version compatible with your GPU

Then restart.

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Vajira Prabuddhaka
Vajira Prabuddhaka
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Blacklisting nouveau as mentioned in nvidia's documentation doesn't work. We don't need to blacklist it. Just install the nvidia drivers using apt. You just need to login to tty by pressing ctrl+alt+f1 and stop the lightdm service and then type

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa 
sudo apt install nvidia-384 _(or whatever version compatible with your GPU)_

then restart