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 do I install AMD drivers?
I installed a fresh copy of elementary os 5.1.2 Hera and my gpu fan is cranked up to about 50% all the time it sounds like. I have a feeling it has to do with it missing a driver. So how can I install ...
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5.0 Juno - There is no display on videos
I just start using elementary os 5.0 juno today and after installiation, system showed update notifications. After 13 programs updated, i opened a video and there is no display but video continued and ...
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Unknown Display after installing nvidia driver
Asus gaming laptop with 1920x1080p 120hz screen and Nvidia 1070.
Comes up unknown display and locks it at 800x600
if uninstall the driver the screen works fine at the full-res and 120hz
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How to roll back a video driver from the command line?
I decided to try to install the proprietary nVidia drivers. It should have been the '390 drivers but I installed '340 instead (forgot which graphics card I had). Now, when I reboot, the login screen ...
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Strange occlusions + cropping in Firefox
I am on elementaryOS Hera and have an interesting phenomenon where some blackish bar occludes part of Firefox's viewport:
Also you can see that the viewport is cropped somehow (see the beige help box ...
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Elementary os in ryzen 4500u graphics issues Renoir
I got a new laptop . ThinkPad e14 gen 2 with AMD Ryzen 4500u.
I installed elementary os from latest iso 5.x available in the website.it updated the system and it got kernel update till 5.4 with hwe. ...
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Shutdown Problem on elementary OS Hera
I have an intel pentium g4400 cpu with a Nvidia GTX 1060 Grapchic Card. I've installed elemetary OS Hera on it and after installing the graphic card driver I can't shutdown. The PC freezes at ...
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Nvidia drivers boot to black screen, purging doesn't help
Absolutely no idea what I'm doing wrong. This is a fresh install of Elementary OS.
I installed the OS
Made sure to install drivers during the OS installation
Once the os was loaded I checked out the "...
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Second monitor shows black screen or poor quality image
When I try to connect a monitor to the laptop it either shows a black screen or a poor quality image. By poor quality I mean discoloration and some static at the outer left and right sides. The black ...
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I can't switch hdmi-stereo to analog-stereo
I can't find the option to change audio device.
Only see
my goal is to use the audio jack on my motherboard
I run
pacmd list-cards
result:
1 card(s) available.
index: 0
name: <...
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black screen on startup
I am using an AMD rx570. I was using Ellesmere driver, but I tried updating it. Now when I reboot my computer all I see is a black screen (don't even see elementary startup logo).
I am able to access ...
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Updating to Latest Intel Graphics Drivers ElementaryOS 5.1.3
I am running eOS 5.1.3 Hera and have an Intel UHD Graphics 620 (rev 07) card in my machine.
I am looking to make sure that I am updated to the latest drivers before messing with any Wine applications. ...
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how to make AMD switchable graphics work in linux?
I do have AMD redeon 530 graphics card in my laptop. Is there a way i can make PC to use it.MY steam doesnt detect my AMD redeon 530 graphics.
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Trouble with Nvidia driver under Loki
I installed the Nvidia driver using Ubuntu method (Addition drivers tab under software & updates). It works great so far, but every time Elementary updates kernel system would not boot up. The ...
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Elementary OS Driver Issue
Hey guys having a problem getting a second screen working on Elementary. I’ve searched high and low, tried every sudo update drivers help that can be found but nothing works.
I’m using a Dell Inspiron ...
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Black flickering login screen after update
After updating nVidia:
Instead of graphic splash screen with elementary logo, system boots in a verbose text mood
At the end, when XWindows starts, the screen just flickers
I cannot even open a non ...
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How do I install Intel HD graphics Skylake driver?
I just bought a laptop with I7 6500u and integrated GPU. It won't run 3D game at all. I tried the Intel graphics installer for linux but it said I don't use i915 chipset.
How do I update the driver ...
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No sound on PC, Hardware or Elementary?
Let's make it quick. I have bought myself an old Dell Optiplex 780 with the following specs:
-Core 2 duo E7300
-4Gb Ram ddr2
To make it slightly "spicier"(playing on the league we're playing), I ...
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DA100 - XPS 9350 support - Loki
All, I have a Dell XPS 13 series 9350, with eOS Loki ...
I bought the Dell DA-100 adapter with the sole purpose to extend my screen to a projector/TV via HDMI. The NIC card on the DA-100 is detected,...
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Nvidia drivers for Loki on an optimus system do not seem to work
I followed the instructions here How to install nvidia graphics driver for nvidia 820m on loki? however if I run
sudo prime-select nvidia
glxgears
I get
X Error of failed request: BadValue (...
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How can i enable Canonical Partner in elementary Juno or Is there an application of a similar sort ?
I needed to update driver. "I was looking for a GUI based alternative"
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Headset microphone and laptop inbuilt microphone input is not recognized and wierd noise with video recording in native camera app
1 am using Acer Swift 3 - SF314-55G. It has
Intel i5 8th Gen
2GB of NVIDIA Geforce MX250 dedicated graphics.
8 Gb RAM
512 GB SSD
These are the problems I am facing with the fresh installation.
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Heavy graphics artifacts on elementary Videos, and Youtube on Epiphany browser
I am getting some extravagant 'infrared-camera-looking' artifacts both on a Youtube livestream and also when I try to play an H.264 coded video in elementary Videos. I tried installing many codec ...
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having a myriad of driver-related issues (graphics, internet, etc.)
i'm fairly new to Linux, so if there's any information i'm missing then please be patient with me!
for reference, here are my hardware specifications:
https://pastebin.com/RTV0WRVg
a fresh install of ...
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Installing optimus for intel iGPU and Nvidia GPU on old Macbook Pro
In my MacbookPro 10,1 with Elementary OS 6.1 Jólnir:
How do I get Nvidia Optimus in order to use my GK107M Nvidia GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition and my Intel iGPU (3rd Gen Core processor Graphics ...
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Multiple technical difficulties with multiple devices!
I'm using a elementary OS as a portable OS so it's on my external HDD. I'm using it on my main PC and my laptop. I have several technical difficulties. I'm new to Linux and eOS and due to my ...
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Blinking cursor on internal laptop screen, external screen works normal on eOS6
Yesterday I installed the nvidia-driver-525 for my laptop with a GTX 1660ti and an AMD CPU with integrated graphics.
Everything worked fine (meaning I could see output on both screens), until I booted ...
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Failed update-what to do about it?
I have tried to update latest update today (9.11.2011 or 11.9.2011 if you are American...)
and got the error message shown above.
What should I do to solve this issue, please?
using EOS 6 Odin
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Is installing Nvidia proprietary drivers necessary?
I wonder if installing Nvidia proprietary drivers is a necessary step after installing Elementary OS 6.
I've been using Nvidia drivers for quite a long time but always had trouble upgrading them, ...
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AMDGPU-Pro on Juno to improve performance and compability
Is there a way to install the amdgpu-pro drivers for elementary juno to improve gaming performance? I'm new to linux and I'm trying to get a picture here: On how to improve the gaming performance and ...
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Is elementary OS 5.1.7 “Hera” supported on Intel 11th Gen Mobile Processors?
I have a Huawei Matebook D15 laptop. Precise model is BOD-WWX9-PCB. It has latest 11th gen Intel Core i5-1135G7 CPU which comes with Intel Iris Xe graphics.
Main problem is - when I tried live-usb to ...
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Hera 5.1 Stable installer boots to corrupted graphics on AMD 550RX 4GB
While attempting to boot the elementaryos-5.1-stable.20200814.iso installer with an AMD Radeon 550RX with 4GB RAM I'm seeing corrupted graphics and not sure how to proceed:
For what it's worth, I ran ...
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Wrong driver for Radeon 2600 HD
I have an 24' iMac 2007 that I successfully installed the latest version of Elementary OS (Hera 5.1).
Everything works out of the box fine except for the videocard driver which the system identified ...
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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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Black screen after switching from NVIDIA to AMD videocard
I recently switched to a new videocard, but now I'm getting a black screen whenever I boot to elementary OS. I do see a splash screen before it goes black.
How can this be resolved?
Any help with ...
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NVidia Drivers problems
Hello I just installed Elementary OS 5.0 Juno. After the installation, from the app center I installed NVidia 3.40 and then clicked to install NVidia 390. Later I realized I can only used either 3.40 ...
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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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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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Elementary won't boot with a QHD monitor
i have installed Elementary on my NUC-8-i7 about 6 months ago. Everything was working perfectly for me and i had no issues. Recently I upgraded my monitor to a QHD monitor and suddenly it won't boot......
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Difference between Nvidia normal drivers and server drivers?
What is the difference between server and non-server?
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Suspend/Resume Issue
I have a mid 2010 Macbook with the Nvidia GeForce 320m. Getting elementary to boot, and subsequently work well with this graphics card has required several adjustments, but I've gotten to a pretty ...
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Unkown display causing elongated screenshot
I'm facing some problems with the display. I had this previously but I cannot exactly remember how I solved it then... Okay here is the thing:
What have I tired, didn't work this time:
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Problemas con mis Graficos nvidia
De antemano Saludos a quien pueda leer esto.
Estoy presentando un problema grave con mi elementary,
mi laptop es una toshiba satellite p-50-a-12z i7-4700 con una grafica nvidia GK107m Geforce GT 745M....
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Software not using/finding OpenGL 3.3 drivers
ANY software I install on the system cannot access my OpenGL drivers for whatever reason. Most software uses OpenGL 3.3 and I have exactly that -- OpenGL 3.3, and I checked too! Running glxinfo | grep ...
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Laptop Screen Blinks
My laptop's screen blinks and can't enter the login screen, this happens when the laptop is suspended or locked, I think this is because I use the nvidia driver. is it here that can help me?
dell ...
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AMD Radeon RX 5700 driver problems
I am new linux user using desktop pc with AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor and AMD Radeon RX 5700, OS 5.1 Hera, Linux 5.0.0-37-generic, GTK 3.22.30.
The issue is that I cannot update my system with ...
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Dual screen resolution - Startup problem
Very new linux user here (3 days experience).
I have 2 screens, that i have setup properly, not without having to fiddle with the little visual tool provided by default with elementary OS (screen ...
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Random screen corruption after changing graphics card
I've been using elementaryOS on both my desktop and laptop computers for a few years now, and have never experienced any problems.
Recently I upgraded my desktop's graphics card from an old Radeon ...
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Problem with the screen in elementary OS Juno
I just install elementary OS Juno on my Hp 14 laptop. It generally works, but from time to time I get a white or green line at the top of the screen, I think that the problem is the graphic card, it ...
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Screen Flickering Elementary OS 5.0 Juno
I installed Elementary OS 5.0 Juno a month ago and everything worked smoothly and fine. About a week ago, the screen kept flickering (brightness goes up and down and the screen get distorted every now ...
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