How to Install NVidia Drivers

[Robert R]

Hi everyone,
i just installed ubuntu on my desktop and have an asus maximus gene v board. It comes with drivers for linux but i dont know how to install them.

Can anyone have a guide or walktrough ... i also need to install drivers for my video card.. anyone please help much thanks

[QIII]

Hello!

What is the make and model of the video card?

[Robert R]

Hello!

What is the make and model of the video card?

Video card is nvidia gtx 660.

[QIII]

Rather than me trying to reinvent the wheel, you might have a look at this.

If it makes things more confusing, come on back and someone will help you sort it out.

Best wishes!

[Sef]

Moved to M&V.

[Yellow Pasque]

It's nice that Asus pays attention to Linux, but you probably don't need to install those drivers. Can you paste output of:

lspci -v

[Robert R]

It's nice that Asus pays attention to Linux, but you probably don't need to install those drivers. Can you paste output of:

lspci -v

The drivers i have are for the MB, chipset etc, i dont have drivers for the videocard im using the defualt but i can tell by the performance of the desktop
that it needs drivers because the system is a bit sluggish and its a new install. Also I have ubuntu on my laptop and it works great, because of that
im going to use it permanently on my desktop if i can overcome these hurdles because i cant afford windows software.... anyways


Here is the output of the command:

tom@Tom-Ubuntu:~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ca
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: f6000000-f70fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e8000000-00000000f1ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ca
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41
Memory at f7320000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ca
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 50
Memory at f733b000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: mei
Kernel modules: mei

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47
Memory at f7300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Memory at f7339000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at f040 [size=32]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
Kernel modules: e1000e

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ca
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at f7338000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84fd
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 51
Memory at f7330000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: e0100000-e02fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0300000-00000000e04fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: f7200000-f72fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev c4) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: f7100000-f71fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ca
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at f7337000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point LPC Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ca
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: lpc_ich

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ca
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 48
I/O ports at f090 [size=8]
I/O ports at f080 [size=4]
I/O ports at f070 [size=8]
I/O ports at f060 [size=4]
I/O ports at f020 [size=32]
Memory at f7336000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Panther Point SMBus Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84ca
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
Memory at f7335000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
I/O ports at f000 [size=32]
Kernel modules: i2c-i801

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 11c0 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8423
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at e000 [size=128]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at f7000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidia_current, nvidia_current_updates, nouveau, nvidiafb

01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0e0b (rev a1)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8423
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
Memory at f7080000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>either
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

03:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8488
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at f7200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

04:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 84b7
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 49
I/O ports at d050 [size=8]
I/O ports at d040 [size=4]
I/O ports at d030 [size=8]
I/O ports at d020 [size=4]
I/O ports at d000 [size=32]
Memory at f7100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
Kernel modules: ahci

[deadflowr]

You have video drivers already installed.
The problem is you both nvidia-current and nvidia-current-updates installed, somehow.

see if removing one helps.

[Robert R]

Rather than me trying to reinvent the wheel, you might have a look at this.

If it makes things more confusing, come on back and someone will help you sort it out.

Best wishes!

After followingt the links it does become confusing for me as i am not sure what to download, however i went to nvidias site and under this link

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-d...23-driver.html

there are linux drivers however the file is a "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.23.run" file and i have no clue what to do with it.

it just opens in gedit and looks like code ... do you know what to do with it ??? thanks

[Robert R]

You have video drivers already installed.
The problem is you both nvidia-current and nvidia-current-updates installed, somehow.

see if removing one helps.

how do i remove them please ?? also which one should i remove ?