If you want to install a particular driver, run the following command. This will install some 32-bit packages as indicated by the i386 suffix. To install the recommended driver, run the following command. If you read this article at a later time, you might have newer versions of Nvidia driver. sudo ubuntu-drivers devicesĪs you can see, there are 3 drivers available for my GeForce GTX 1080 Ti card. Next, run the following command to list available drivers for your Nvidia card from the default Ubuntu repository. sudo lshw -c videoīy default, the open-source nouveau driver is being used for Nvidia card. You can also use video instead of display as the class name. How to Install Nvidia Driver on Ubuntu 22.04/20.04 From the Command Lineįirst, open up a terminal window and check which driver is being used for Nvidia card with the following command. In the Thermal Settings, you can check your GPU temperature. To switch back to Nvidia card, simply select NVIDIA in PRIME Profiles. Click PRIME Profiles tab on the left pane, and then select Intel card on the right pane. If you want Ubuntu to use Intel graphics card, open Nvidia X Server Settings from the application menu. After that, go to Settings > About, you will see Ubuntu is using Nvidia graphics card. Click the Apply Changes button to install the driver.Īfter it’s installed, reboot your computer for the change to take effect. Since nvidia-driver-470 is a tested version, so I select the first option to install nvidia-driver-470. If you read this article at a later time, you might have newer version of Nvidia drivers.
You can see what driver is being used for Nvidia card (Nouveau by default) and a list of proprietary drivers.Īs you can see, the following Nvidia drivers are available for my GeForce GTX 1080 Ti card. Then open the softare & updates program from your application menu. On some computers, the integrated graphics card (Intel HD Graphics) might be used.
As you can see, my computer is using Nvidia graphics card and the Nouveau driver ( NV132). How to Install Nvidia Graphics Driver on Ubuntu 22.04/20.04 From Graphical User Interfaceįirst, go to Settings > About and check what graphics card your computer is using. This tutorial also assumes that you are running Ubuntu 22.04/20.04 with x.org display server. If secure boot is enabled, you might encounter problems after installing Nvidia driver. Note: Before installing the proprietary driver, I recommend disabling secure boot if you are using UEFI firmware.
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