Linux Nvidia driver issue...

Aditya K · August 12, 2021

I switched to Ubuntu 20.04 recently as i had problems on win8.

By default ubuntu uses Xorg Nouveau drivers, but i wanted to overclock so i installed green with envy, which said i needed proprietary drivers to overclock.

So i tried installing Nvidia from additional drivers panel.

But it threw up many errors.

Also, I did it again after purging existing Nvidia drivers

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Specs:

i3-3220

4GB DDR3 memory

1TB Seagate HDD

Geforce 210 gpu

kernel 5.11.0-25-generic

ubuntu 20.04 x64

Pls help by:-

Resolving the issue
suggesting any other software for overclocking
or overclocking with the same Xorg drivers if possible.

The error file is attached

nvidia-340.0.txt

OhioYJ · August 12, 2021

I'll start by saying use Mint... Its been a very long time since I've used Ubuntu. I've always used the drivers direct from Nvidia. Going from memory:

Download the driver, I usually leave it on my desktop.
Ctrl + Alt + F2 should drop you out of a GUI to a terminal.
Login, as you, not root.
sudo init 2
At this point navigate to the driver location ( cd Desktop )
sudo sh NVIDIA_driver.run

At this point it should be pretty straightforward. It will warn you that your distro likely has one you can install. With your first time through you will also likely find things you are missing (dependencies). I usually take pictures of these, then go back and install them. You can install them from terminal, or reboot and do it through the package manager if you want. Whatever is easiest. sudo shutdown -r now to restart.

You might look up the driver on Nvidias website just to double check as I've seen that driver manager try and install the wrong driver before. When that happens, just select the right driver and you may have better luck. Again speaking from my experience with Mint / PCLinux primarily.