16.04 GT 710 Graphics card (gigabyte)-cant find driver

[psyclone]

Hi,
I've just installed a new graphics card Gigabyte GT710. I've searched the Nvidia site, and have installed (in tern) 340 & 384 Nvidia drivers. Desktop is running-but I have the lowest possible resolution without the option to select the preferred res of 1920×1080. Which Nvidia driver would better suit? Also I've have installed using the ppa repository.

Thanks,

[Bashing-om]

psyclone; Hey -

I run that same card on 16.04 ( Abit platform ) with no proprietary driver issues .
Show us what you presently have installed:

sudo find / -name "NVIDIA-Linux-*"
dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia*

see what we have to cleanup and then install the proper driver :
My use case:

sysop@x1604:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga
06:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 [GeForce GT 710B] [10de:128b] (rev a1)
Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device [3842:2712]
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_384_drm, nvidia_384

my thoughts on the matter

[psyclone]

~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia*
ii bbswitch-dkms 0.8-3ununtu1 amd64 Interface for toggling the power on NVIDIA Optimus video cards
ii libcudal-340 340.1.4-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA CUDA runtime library
ii nvidia-340 340.104-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1 NVIDIA binary driver - version 340.104
ii nvidia-opencl-icd-340 340.104-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenCL ICD
ii nvidia-prime 0.8.2 Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii nvidia-settings 387.22-0ubuntu~gpu16.04.1 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver

[oldfred]

Looks like you have both 340 & 387 installed.
You have to totally purge one install before installing another.

Updated driver search by nVidia model, do not download, just check correct driver version
http://www.geforce.com/drivers

Looks like it still uses the newest or 384 series.
Did you get 387 from ppa?


If you have installed any version, you must purge first, old will conflict with new as new install does not overwrite old version.
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*
sudo apt-get purge nvidia* bumblebee primus bbswitch-dkms
This xorg file may not exist, so if error that would be ok
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup


sudo ubuntu-drivers devices
If you just want default version - recommended one
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
Or you can manually choose any in list.
sudo apt-get install nvidia-XXX

[psyclone]

Hi, Thanks for your post.
Yes I installed drivers using ppa. I'll try purging all nvidia drivers and let you know.

Hi,
Thanks again for your post. But I ran the following (below), but the problem still persists i.e. I can't increase the resolution. Before installing the 384 driver from ppa repository, I checked to see if all the Nvidia components were removed: and they were. So the 384 drive is only driver installed currently. I'm running dvi lead to monitor, does that matter?

sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*
sudo apt-get purge nvidia* bumblebee primus bbswitch-dkms

[Bashing-om]

psyclone; Hummm .....

show us :

dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia*
sudo lshw -C display
cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log

find that cause -

gotta be a reason

[psyclone]

~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia*
ii  bbswitch-dkms                                               0.8-3ubuntu1                                 amd64        Interface for toggling the power on NVIDIA Optimus video cardsii  libcuda1-384                                                384.98-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1                   amd64        NVIDIA CUDA runtime library
ii  nvidia-384                                                  384.98-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1                   amd64        NVIDIA binary driver - version 384.98
ii  nvidia-opencl-icd-384                                       384.98-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1                   amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL ICD
ii  nvidia-prime                                                0.8.2                                        amd64        Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii  nvidia-settings                                             387.22-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.1                   amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver

e2-desktop@e2desktop-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for e2-desktop: 
  *-display UNCLAIMED     
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: NVIDIA Corporation
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:fd000000-fdffffff memory:e8000000-efffffff memory:e6000000-e7ffffff ioport:dc00(size=128) memory:fea00000-fea7ffff

e2-desktop@e2desktop-System-Product-Name:~$ cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log
log_file: /var/log/gpu-manager.log
last_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
new_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
can't access /run/u-d-c-nvidia-was-loaded file
can't access /run/u-d-c-fglrx-was-loaded file
Looking for fglrx modules in /lib/modules/3.13.0-91-generic/updates/dkms
Looking for nvidia modules in /lib/modules/3.13.0-91-generic/updates/dkms
Is nvidia loaded? no
Was nvidia unloaded? no
Is nvidia blacklisted? no
Is fglrx loaded? no
Was fglrx unloaded? no
Is fglrx blacklisted? no
Is intel loaded? no
Is radeon loaded? no
Is radeon blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu loaded? no
Is amdgpu blacklisted? no
Is nouveau loaded? no
Is nouveau blacklisted? yes
Is fglrx kernel module available? no
Is nvidia kernel module available? no
Vendor/Device Id: 10de:128b
BusID "PCI:1@0:0:0"
Is boot vga? yes
Error: can't access /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/driver
The device is not bound to any driver. Skipping...
Error : Failed to open /dev/dri
Error : Failed to open /dev/dri
Error : Failed to open /dev/dri
Error : Failed to open /dev/dri
Does it require offloading? no
last cards number = 0
Has amd? no
Has intel? no
Has nvidia? no
How many cards? 0
Has the system changed? No
main_arch_path x86_64-linux-gnu, other_arch_path i386-linux-gnu
Current alternative: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf
Current core alternative: (null)
Current egl alternative: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa-egl/ld.so.conf
Is nvidia enabled? no
Is nvidia egl enabled? no
Is fglrx enabled? no
Is mesa enabled? yes
Is mesa egl enabled? yes
Is pxpress enabled? no
Is prime enabled? no
Is prime egl enabled? no
Is nvidia available? yes
Is nvidia egl available? no
Is fglrx available? no
Is fglrx-core available? no
Is mesa available? yes
Is mesa egl available? yes
Is pxpress available? no
Is prime available? yes
Is prime egl available? no

[Bashing-om]

psyclonel Well ! Not -

That do tell the tale that the nvidia graphic's module (driver) is not loaded .
The question now is why not ?

OK, is this a EFI system ? and if so we will require that 'secure boot ' be disabled in the bios ( firmware ) settings. Confirm the state of ' secure boot ' and we continue to troubleshoot .


Confirm at this time also that the system sees the hardware and it is identified:
Post back the outputs -Between Code Tags - of
code tag tutorial:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...8#post12776168

 lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga

gotta be a reason

[psyclone]

Thanks for your patience. The 'boot security settings' only has the option(s) to set two type of passwords, none of which are currently set. I'm not sure if that answers your question about the 'efi system' though.

e2-desktop@e2desktop-System-Product-Name:~$ sudo lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga
[sudo] password for e2-desktop: 
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:128b] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:36fa]
    Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller [10de:0e0f] (rev a1)

[Bashing-om]

psyclone; Hummm ...

Really strange that the module for nvidia is not available .
Show me :

cat /etc/fstab
[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo UEFI || echo BIOS
sudo find / -name "NVIDIA-Linux-*"

Let's see if EFI is a factor and if OEM plays a part .

With this knowledge, we see where we go to next .

all in the pprocess