No drivers in Addition Drivers

Question

I just installed Ubuntu 12.04, and the installation went good, all seemed fine, did my updates. After that I decided to install the proprietary drivers for my Graphics card.

Before I did my updates I checked and all was good, I just needed to install them, but now I get this:

Is there any way to fix this? Is my driver already installed, or do I need to reinstall Ubuntu again?

Just for the record if it helps my graphics card is NVidia Geforce 740m

Either you need to update the system or it is this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/36930/is-a-nvidia-geforce-with-optimus-technology-supported-by-ubuntu — Rinzwind, Oct 19 '15 at 13:58
Should i just "sudo apt-get install nvidia-current", wont that install the propriatery drivers? — Nikola Atanasov, Oct 19 '15 at 14:02

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 19 '15 at 14:47

As you haven't installed the drivers yet, let's try that.

If you want the latest drivers add the repository to software sources:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-cache search nvidia | grep -oE "nvidia-[0-9]{1,3}"

I have a list like this:

nvidia-340
nvidia-346
nvidia-346
nvidia-346
nvidia-346
nvidia-346
nvidia-346
nvidia-346
nvidia-346
nvidia-352
nvidia-352
nvidia-355
nvidia-355

^{View full output here.}

Then you need to install one of them. I currently have nvidia-355 (the latest at time of writing) active, but I have also got 352, 346 and 340 as well.

I'd suggest installing the latest non-dev version, which you can find by searching the nVidia site. This is 355 at the moment, so run this command:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-355

Then restart the computer when this completes. When it boots up, check everything is okay and login and then check the Additional Drivers window.

If anything looks buggy, use Ctrl + Alt + F2 to enter tty and login. Then you can install an earlier version, with one of the following commands:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-331
sudo apt-get install nvidia-340
sudo apt-get install nvidia-346
sudo apt-get install nvidia-352
sudo apt-get install nvidia-355

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 19 '15 at 14:34

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Remove nvidia drivers:

sudo apt-get purge '^nvidia.*'
sudo reboot

Install the latest drivers:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

You need to find the latest driver:

sudo apt-cache search nvidia | grep -oE "nvidia-[0-9]{1,3}"

And you will see a list of drivers. At the time of writing, 355 is the latest, but 358 will be released soon, so make sure you run the command and look at the last, newest version, and install that with:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-355 
sudo reboot

If you have a laptop with hybrid graphics:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-prime

To switch between intel and nvidia graphics open NVIDIA X Server Settings -> Prime Profiles

edited Oct 19 '15 at 14:34

Tim

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answered Oct 19 '15 at 14:04

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Do you mean a laptop with 2 graphics cards? Like Intel and Nvidia? – Nikola Atanasov Oct 19 '15 at 14:06
@NikolaAtanasov yes - if you have an intel CPU, that will be the case – TellMeWhy Oct 19 '15 at 14:06
So let me just be sure, in both cases first remove right? – Nikola Atanasov Oct 19 '15 at 14:07
@NikolaAtanasov yes – TellMeWhy Oct 19 '15 at 14:08
Ok instalation went fine, how do i check if it is the right one? – Nikola Atanasov Oct 19 '15 at 14:13
@NikolaAtanasov there is no "right one" - if you get no problems with this driver, then that's fine – TellMeWhy Oct 19 '15 at 14:15
And now i can choose from the Addition Drivers tab. Should i? – Nikola Atanasov Oct 19 '15 at 14:17
@NikolaAtanasov if you can, you could... but don't nessesarily need to – TellMeWhy Oct 19 '15 at 14:17
355 is latest not 352. – Tim Oct 19 '15 at 14:26

No drivers in Addition Drivers

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If you have a laptop with hybrid graphics:

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