How to install nvidia driver on ubuntu

How to install the nvidia driver on ubuntu: 1. Download the appropriate driver from the nvidia official website; 2. Block the nouveau driver; 3. Close the graphical interface; 4. Modify the file permissions; 5. Execute the installation command to install it. .

The operating environment of this article: ubuntu 16.04 system, nvidia GTX 1050, thinkpad t480 computer.

1. Preparation:

Ubuntu16.04 dual system, graphics card model: Nvidia GTX1050.

(1) First go to Nvidia official website to download the driver:

Find your own graphics card, select the Linux version to download, and download the .run file. Note: It is best to download to the English path. For example /home/xxx/Nvidia.

(2) At this point, it is best to upgrade the kernel version of Ubuntu, otherwise the kernel version and driver may not correspond to each other during subsequent installations (my personal experience and attached pictures)

2. Install Nvidia driver:

(1) Shield nouveau driver

The integrated graphics driver of Ubuntu system is nouveau, which It is an open source driver developed by a third party for NVIDIA. We need to block it first before installing the official NVIDIA driver. So we need to add the driver to the blacklist blacklist.conf first. We need to modify the properties of the file before we can edit it

①Modify the properties

$sudo chmod 666 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

②Open it with gedit

$sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

③Add the following lines to the last line, save and exit

blacklist vga16fb
blacklist nouveau
blacklist rivafb
blacklist rivatv
blacklist nvidiafb

④Update file

sudo update-initramfs -u

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(2) Install the driver

First press Ctrl Alt F1 to close the graphical interface (an asterisk appears during the process to prove that you need to enter a password)

$sudo service lightdm stop

Then enter the .run file directory, During the installation of the driver

$cd /home/xxx/Nvidia //进入下载的.run文件目录中
$sudo chmod a+x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-xxx.run　//修改权限
$sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-xxx.run -no-x-check -no-nouveau-check -no-opengl-files   //执行安装

, follow the prompts and select Accept, etc.

(3) Complete the installation

$sudo service lightdm start    //启动图形界面

Then press Ctrl Alt F7 to return to the graphical interface.

3. Verify the installation.

$ nvidia-smi

The display of graphics card information proves that the installation is successful.

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