Ubuntu 14.04 & Nvidia GTX 960

[jempa333]

I have Ubuntu 14.04 64bit and NVIDIA Geforce GTX 960 that caused me a lot of problems to install. Hopefully this can help somebody:


in terminal write
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get install build-essential && sudo apt-get install linux-source && sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub #change line "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT..."-line to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nouveau.blacklist=1 quiet splash nomodeset" #(forces low-level graphics to ensure putty does not give black screen)
sudo update-grub2
sudo apt-get remove nvidia* && sudo apt-get autoremove #ensures no former installation clashes with new install
sudo reboot

After reboot get correct nvidia-driver (chose graphic-card and OS) at “http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us" (or search webb with “nvidia download”). Right-click on downloaded file and change if to executable.
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf #add these lines at the end:
blacklist vga16fb
blacklist nouveau
blacklist rivafb
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist rivatv
blacklist lbm-nouveua
options nouveau modeset=0
alias nouveau off
alias lbm-nouveau off

Open a putty-terminal with Ctrl + Alt + F1
sudo service lightdm stop #stops graphic session to enable nvidiainstallation
cd Downloads #(or wherever you downloaded your nvidia-file)
sudo ./{the downloadedfilename.run} #follow installation-instructions (normally yes to all)sudo nvidia-xconfig #(if you did not chose “yes” to this in the installation”
sudo nano /etc/default/grub # change the "GRUB_CMBLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT..."-line to below:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset”
sudo update-grub2 #update grub!
sudo reboot


hopefully it works for you now as it did for me...

[Bradley_Pirtle]

Ago
Jempa333, I just finished installing drivers for my Geforce GTX 970. Thanks for the helpful post!

-Brad

[jempa333]

Glad to help!

[Ignacio_Tiraboschi]

I F****** LOVE YOU!
This is just great! Works perfectly, had a black screen rigth after grub, now it works perfectly
Thanks a lot!

[m.xander]

Thanks Jempa333 for this extremely useful post. Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 WindForce OC 4GB successfully set up with multiple monitors on Ubuntu Studio 14.04.

[dat789]

I will try this out soon as I am facing the same problem after a recently purchas of the GTX 960 graphics card.
Symptom currently facing -- black screen after grub.

[o-phil]

Hi. After completing the last step, and rebooting I'm stuck with 800 x 600. Any ideas? Thanks.

[olp1]

Hi folks,
just registered to say "Thanks sooo much" to jempa! Great job! This helped a lot!

But I think in the end you forgot ro mention, to update Grub again.

This might fix:

Hi. After completing the last step, and rebooting I'm stuck with 800 x 600. Any ideas? Thanks.

So the last steps are:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset” #change grub settings
sudo update-grub2 #update grub!
sudo reboot #restart

I hope that help's

[jempa333]

olp1
Thanks, I edited the post.
jempa333

[CliveMcCarthy]

Thank you so much for this post. Getting the 960 to work was getting tough, especially when Ctrl-Alt-F1 was lost.

I'm running a 4k display on Mint17 with the gtx960.