Click the "Close" button.Ĭlick the power gear icon in the upper right corner of the screen and select "System Settings." Click "Additional Drivers."Ĭlick the proprietary driver labeled with your manufacturer's brand and click the "Enable" button. Enter "Ubuntu Software Center" in the search bar and click the Ubuntu Software Center app.Ĭlick the "Edit" menu in the upper left corner of the screen, then click "Software Sources." In the Software Sources window, put a check in the box labeled "Proprietary drivers for devices." Enter your administrative password in that field and click the "Authenticate" button.
It also may be a video card integrated into your motherboard, or one made by another manufacturer.Ĭlick the Dash in your dock on the left side of your desktop. The two most common are Nvidia and Radeon, both of which provide proprietary drivers for Linux. Read the output to see what manufacturer made your video card. Sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-$(uname –r)Ī system reboot is required to complete the installation.Enter "lspci -nn | grep VGA" into the terminal window. Then in your already opened terminal window, type the following six commands: In the gedit window, scroll to the section labeled Extensions and change the Option “Composite” line from “Enabled” to “Disabled”. Open a terminal and type sudo gedit /etc/X11/nf. To install ATI drivers you’ll need to disable the Composite option in your nf. Then open a new terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and run this command: sudo nvidia-xconfig –add-argb-glx-visuals follow the prompts and reboot. Click Apply to download and install the app.
Right-click the selection and select “Mark for installation.” You’ll be prompted with a list of dependencies, which you’ll need to approve for the application to work. Go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager and look for the nvidia-glx package. If you have an Nvidia graphics card, you may want to install the Nvidia drivers for it. New users, however tend to prefer immediate functionality. Ubuntu doesn't include Nvidia drivers by default because Ubuntu's philosophical approach is to think free without cost.
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