Install nvidia graphics driver under Ubuntu (simple installation method)

Install the nvidia graphics card driver under Ubuntu. I have installed GTX1050 using the same method and it was installed successfully. No looping login

The first step is to get the graphics card model

Find a way to get the model of your NVIDIA graphics card (usually there will be a graphics card model when you buy a computer, my graphics card model is on a sticker on the computer). My graphics card is GTX970M.

Step 2 Check the GTX970M graphics card driver

Go to NVDIA driver search page to view the latest version number of the driver that supports GTX970M graphics card

After a successful search take a note of the resulting driver version number:

The third step is to query other driver versions of the graphics card driver that supports the GTX970M graphics card

Got the latest installed version 390 from above, but in case the new version is unstable. We can query all driver versions that support 970M graphics cards from geforce drivers, as shown below

The query results are as follows

There are versions 390, 384, 375, etc. in the picture

Step 4: Installation

Next, we use the ppa method sudo apt-get install nvidia-384 384

If the above command reports an error, then execute the following command, otherwise do not execute

To update the source, run

sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get update

To query the available versions of nvidia drivers, run sudo apt-cache search nvidia-* the version drivers supported by ppa installation. If 384 is available,

sudo apt-get install nvidia-384

Step 5: Test whether the nvidia driver is installed successfully

First you need to restart the operating system, and then test whether the nvidia driver is installed successfully by the following method:

Under Ubuntu, seach invidia and open it. If the result is as follows, it means the installation is successful.

Or execute nvidia-smi in the terminal

environment

• Ubuntu 16.04
• Ubuntu 17.10
• Graphics card model GTX970M

References

How to install the latest Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu 16.04

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