Questions tagged [graphic-drivers]
Questions about the graphics driver — system software that controls a computer's video adapter (aka graphics card) or GPU.
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How to install driver for graphic adapter
I have fresh install of 32-bit ElemetaryOS Freya on iMac 5.1 late 2006 with ati radeon mobility x1600 graphic adapter inside.
Can anyone, please, tell how to install driver for this graphic adapter?
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How to uninstall amd graphics driver?
I installed the AMD graphics driver and it made some problems on my computer.
How can I uninstall the AMD graphics driver by terminal?
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Installing NVIDIA 361.45.11?
I have two monitor one of them is few older and needed the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 graphics card driver.
Here is their latest driver software
But when i try to install i get this error messages:
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Is it possible to install AMD GPU-PRO on Freya?
I'm quite happy with my elementary installation, it even provides for some casual gaming fun. I just noticed that the next big driver thing on AMD's side is AMDGPU PRO
In theory this enables the GPU ...
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High Screen Resolution [4:3]
High Screen Resolution [1280x1024][4:3]
i search google and tried to use the screen resolution. above but i failed
i am newbie to this operating system , usually on windows when update my Graphic ...
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AMD A8 HP laptop loud fan
I installed elementary OS on my HP notebook with an AMD A8. My notebook is heating up and the cooler is fired all the time. What can I do to improve it?
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Critical System Issue
Since attempting to install Steam and receiving the error message that there are apparently "held packages" on my system, I attempted to start my computer today and it repeatedly fails to load the OS. ...
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Elementary OS Black screen after driver update?
I installed a graphics driver update using NeteXt'73 and now my screen goes permanently black soon after the pulsating elementary logo boot animation. How can I fix this? I cannot login nor access the ...
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Elementary Freya on Skylake CPU + Nvidia card > kernel and graphic drivers question
Hello and thank you very much for the great work you are doing with Elementary ! :)
I have an old laptop running Freya and want to change it to a new i7-6700HQ + Nvidia GTX 950m, and as far as I've ...
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Problem after suspend / black screen (Intel Skylake)
I have a brand new Dell Inspiron 15 (5559) laptop with an Intel Skylake i7-6500U CPU and an AMD Radeon R5 M335 graphics card.
Installation of freya 0.3.2 seems to have worked quickly and without ...
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AMD Radeon R5 M335 GPU not detected correctly?
I have a brand new Dell Inspiron 15 (5559) laptop with an Intel Skylake i7-6500U CPU and an AMD Radeon R5 M335 graphics card.
I'm not sure though if freya has correctly detected the AMD Radeon card. ...
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Application Windows are flickering when moving , closing and opening
When moving , closing and opening a window it flickers with black lines.The computer is a SONY VAIO VGN-NR120E and has no problems in Windows 10 and has been like this from day one though it does not ...
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Occasional Black Screen on Boot [closed]
An annoying problem to say the least. I have a laptop (Dell Precision M4500) and roughly 50% of the time, I boot to a black screen. Otherwise, I boot to a normal login just fine. Running Freya 0.3....
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Elementary OS is unstable when using with a 6th Gen CPU
I just got a new 6th Gen machine and installed Elementary OS in it. Things are a lot unstable. VLC crash, my editor Brackets crash, system hangs. Might be related to graphics? Im not using an external ...
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Intel GMA X3100 Driver
Anyone tell if there's driver for Intel GMA X3100?
I installed Elementary OS on an old Mac but it uses an alternative driver and works badly.
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How to reinstall the default graphics driver after failed fglrx install?
I tried to install the proprietary fglrx AMD graphics driver on my computer which is running Freya, however it didn't work. Seems my graphics card is just too old and is no longer supported. (That's ...
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Graphic card driver not available / supported (matrox)
I installed Freya (64bit) on a PC I got for free, it's a Dell Optiplex 980 with an i7 @ 2.9Ghz, 4Gb RAM and 320Gb hdd and "sadly" a PCIe Matrox m91xx graphic card (specifically m9120 LP Plus). For a "...
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32 bit AMD driver on 64 bit Freya
I'm using the 64 bit ver. of Freya and I have an AMD HD5770. I installed the latest driver provided at AMD website. Now this driver is 64 bit only and 32 bit games don't run.
I need to know if I can ...
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Dell Inspiron 15 5559 Problem at shutdown and logout (Intel Skylake)
I have a brand new Dell Inspiron 15 (5559) laptop with an Intel Skylake i7-6500U CPU and an AMD Radeon R5 M335 graphics card.
Installation of freya 0.3.2 seems to have worked quickly and without ...
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How do I install the drivers for my Nvidia GTX 970?
I have recently installed a Nvidia GTX 970, and from there on I could only select a tiny resolution under elementary.
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Black screen, when installing NVIDIA drivers (GTX970)
I tried to switch from Windows to Linux (elementary OS) but everytime I ended in a black screen.
The following steps i tried:
Set "Nomodeset" before the installation starts (+ replaced "quiet spash" ...
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Is elementary freya 0.3.2 (resp. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS) compatible with the AMD Radeon R5 M335 graphics card?
I plan on buying a new laptop and found a nice one that has the mentioned graphics card included.
Does the current kernel used by Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / elementary 0.3.2 support that card?
If not, will ...
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Anyway to fix the Graphics shattering problem?
I'm having issues with the graphics not a big problem though but it needs to be fixed youtu.be/fMPKw5EkOew this video is posted on youtube by another user but this is what I got and it didn't happen ...
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System is unusably sluggish, help me find out why [closed]
I just installed Freya on an old Pavillion Slimline with a Pentium E2140 Dual Core 1,6 Ghz, 2GB of RAM and a Radeon HD2350.
I know it's not the ultimate state of art PC, but I thought it was enough ...
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Does intel update their driver for GNU/Linux?
I saw the release date of the latest HD4600 driver which is on intel's official website is on 2013/8/29, doesn't it mean that they haven't updated it for Linux since 2013/8/29?
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Screen tearing Intel HD 5500
My laptop is thinkpad T450s and there is very bad screen tearing when I move windows around or when I watch videos. My CPU is Intel HD 5500 with integrated graphics(core i5).
I looked around but I ...
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AMD R9 200X drivers
I have attempted to install AMD drivers 2 different ways
Both options via software & updates
Each time on reboot I'm faced with the splash screen e logo hanging
Running latest freya
Hardware:
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How to reset graphic drivers from command line
I am using elementary OS Freya and tried to install some graphic drivers and update existing drivers, after the re-start I get black screen, but still I can access command line from recovery mode, how ...
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Problems using nvidia drivers/multiple monitors
I have installed elementary os from scratch. I have 4 monitors that I want to use as an extended desktop. These were not working by default so I installed an nvidia driver via "additional drivers".
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Graphics drivers not working after installing VirtualBox Guest Additions [closed]
So, I'm trying out Elementary on a virtual machine before committing to it, and I've had nothing but problems along the way.
I've installed the VB Guest Additions and I've enabled 3D acceleration, ...
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Booting to a black screen
I just installed elementary os. Works perfect. Installed some updates and programs, hit restart and every thing works.
Installed the videocard drivers (AMD hd 7850), moved all my music and photos to ...
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Screen flashes during "alpha" operations with integrated Intel 4500MHD GPU [closed]
Lenovo Thinkpad T500
Elementary OS 0.3.1 Freya
This machine has switchable graphics. When I use the "discreet" Mobility Radeon HD 3650 GPU there are no problems with the video, but when I use the "...
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Login to desktop failure
Tried to install the nVidia driver, but it always reverts to the default driver.
The way I log in to do this is to enter recovery mode and run fsck and then resume. During these steps it complains ...
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Installing Gigabyte Windforce R9 290 OC
I bought a used Gigabyte Windforce R9 290 OC graphics card off eBay recently, and was wondering whether it in fact was broken or I am doing something wrong. I am not able to seem to get it working.
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Can't resume from suspend in Nvidia GPU mode
So, the problem is that my laptop (Acer Extensa 2510G) can't resume from suspend while I'm using the NVIDIA GPU mode.
When I try to wake the system it shows me a little terminal cursor on a black ...
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Pantheon misbehaves after boot [closed]
I installed elementary Freya yesterday and I encountered a weird bug after rebooting. I'll try to explain it as best as I can.
When I log into my session, the windows do not behave properly :
I can'...
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Which NVIDIA driver am I supposed to switch to?
Am I supposed to switch to nvidia-346 or nvidia-346-updates?
The Additional Drivers application tells me that nvidia-346 has been tested, but some people tell me to use the updates one. Which one ...
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Freya crashes when gaming
Freya has it's quirks but for the most parts very pretty and works quite well. Recently however, I've decided to download some games to play on my desktop, and it has this peculiar behaviour.
For the ...
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Latest update doesn't boot on my computer
So I updated my computer last night, and restarted it and was stuck on a black screen. After waiting about 15 minutes and restarting my computer a couple of times, I finally unplugged it, hoping to ...
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Booted my elementary OS but no GUI?
I just booted my elementary OS but no gui is loaded..i got promted into a terminal login and even if i log in i still get CLI ..tried startx but i get and error about initx? (if it helps i can post a ...
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Games in steam too slow [closed]
a few months ago I installed some stuff in my elementary OS. I don't remember exactly what I did (I have tried to reverse the things), but it fumbled Steam. Now the Steam is too slow (I think that is ...
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Does Elementary OS supports 4k displays?
Just try to install OS using laptop with 4k display. It will be not possible to install the system, because installer interface gets broken.
Tested on Dell Inspiron 7548.
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turned off display on start up and no grub [closed]
I've done a clean install of Elementary Freya for the first time and picked full disk encryption. Everything seemed fine until I was required to restart the PC. There was no grub selection screen ...
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NVIDIA GPUs on elementary OS [duplicate]
I have recently installed Elementary OS FREYA, And I am facing a huge problems with installing graphics drivers for NVIDIA for my config (see below.)
I have tried to follow the information as found ...
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Turning on NVIDIA propritary driver on Macbook Pro makes it hang on reboot
I have installed Freya on a Macbook Pro from 2010. Works great, except for one odd issue: When I turn on the propritary NVIDIA driver and reboot, the system hangs when starting up the X-server. The ...
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Elementary runs smoothly from usb but lags after installation
I recently installed elementary os freya 0.3.1 . At first , when I tried it from usb , the os ran smoothly considering it wasnt a native install. However, after I installed it ,it lagged pretty bad! ...
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Graphics issues on elementary OS Freya Atom N550 (GMA3150)
I recently installed elementary OS Freya 0.3 on Dell Inspiron duo 1090 Netbook (Intel Atom n550 @1.6GHz Intel NM10 Chipset, GMA3150 Graphics) and my experience with elementary OS is semi-good, why ...
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NVIDIA graphic card driver
I am familiar with Ubuntu 14.04 and once its installation is complete I can install the NVIDIA graphic card driver from the Software & Updates. But when I installed Elementary OS Freya and then ...
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How do I install the latest Intel Linux Graphics?
I'm experiencing performance issues with my Intel graphics card like stuttering animations, artifacts, etc.
I've attempted to resolve the issue by running the Intel Graphics Installer from 01.org, ...
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Why is the window resize animation running slowly? [closed]
I'm running elementary on my desktop with Nvidia GTX460 graphic card and enough hardware power to run everything smoothly.
Therefore it is very strange that when I change the size of my window, ...
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