Ubuntu driver installation------official guide version
foreword
After reading a lot of tutorials, but without success, I finally refer to the official tutorial and get it right in one step. The original tutorial is in English , and three methods are proposed. I use the first method, which is the simplest and most recommended. The third method is the most complicated. Many Chinese tutorials use some of the third method. Steps and methods one or two sutures. The following is a simple translation of the original English content for your convenience
method one
Step 1: Use the following commands to determine the graphics card model and recommended driver version
$ ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001180sv00001458sd0000353Cbc03sc00i00
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
model : GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
driver : nvidia-304 - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-340 - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-390 - distro non-free recommended
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
== cpu-microcode.py ==
driver : intel-microcode - distro free
From the output above, we can see that the current graphics card model is GTX 1060, and the recommended driver version is 390
Step 2: Automatically install the recommended version of the driver:
$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
Or install the specified version of the driver
$ sudo apt install nvidia-340
Step 3: Wait for the installation to end, then restart the system, and use nvidia-smi to confirm whether the installation is successful
Method Two
Step 1: Add the PPA library
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
$ sudo apt update
Step 2: Determine the graphics card model and recommended driver version
$ ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001C03sv00001043sd000085ABbc03sc00i00
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
model : GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
driver : nvidia-driver-390 - third-party free
driver : nvidia-driver-410 - third-party free recommended
driver : nvidia-driver-396 - third-party free
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
The third and fourth steps: the same as the second and third steps of method 1
method three
Installing by downloading the driver file locally is too complicated and will not be described in detail. For those who are interested, please refer to the reference materials for details. In method three, the operation of disabling the default nouveau driver appeared , method one and method two do not need