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I am running ubuntu 14.04 on the Lenove W540 and I'm not sure how to properly install the graphics drivers. The laptop has the following specs:

Memory 15.3 GiB

Processor Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz × 8

Graphics Intel® Haswell Mobile

Graphics NVIDIA Quadro K1100M

OS-type 64 bit

I have tried several methods to install the drivers without any luck (I usually end up with a black screen during/after bootup). I'm guessing something is up with the xserver.

A summary of some things I've tried:

  1. System Settings > Software and Updates > Additional Drivers

    • Currently version 340.93 is selected, but ...

      • Haswell graphics seems to be enabled by default
      • Using Nvidia prime to switch always switches to the integrated graphics (even if integrated graphics is currently active).

    • Switching to other available drivers in the list results in similar behaviour (discrete graphics inactive or black screen)

      • 346.96[proprietary, tested]
      • Nouveau
      • 346.96[proprietary]
      • 340.93-updates

  2. .run file provided by Nvidia on their website

  3. This article (the command line instructions). The driver version suggested in the driver manager installer isn't available for me.

I found this question stating that the drivers can be properly installed but unfortunately I don't have enough reputation to add a comment for clarification for the answer.

Thanks for the help.

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Sean Nijjar
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Try Ubuntu 14.04.4. It ships a modern Linux kernel 4.2 that can help nvidia proprietary driver to work properly with your card.

Also please upload the probe of your computer to the Linux-Hardware.org after the 340.93 driver is installed and the system is rebooted so that we can share your system logs for developers and understand what is going wrong with your installation.

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