That’s how you install and uninstall Nvidia drivers on Linux Mint 18.2. Now restart your computer and you’re good to go. To completely uninstall Nvidia drivers, open your terminal and run the following command: sudo apt-get autoremove nvidia-* -purge Click on it and wait till your computer restarts. Once the changes are applied, you should be able to see a “Restart” button. It should take a minute to configure everything. If you want to use the open source nouveau drivers again, just open “Driver Manager” as select nouveau from there and click on “Apply Changes”. If you select the Intel GPU if you want as well. You should see Nvidia icon.Ĭlick on the Nvidia icon from the panel, and it should open Nvidia settings. Have you noticed any difference? Take a look at the panel. Once the computer boots, you should see the following window. Once the installation is complete, just click on “Restart” to restart your computer.
It should take several minutes depending on your internet connection. To install Nvidia drivers, click on ‘nvidia-384 (recommended)’ and click on Apply changes. Linux Mint is now using the open source nouveau driver. Open “Driver Manager” and you should see a list of the proprietary hardwares you’re using.Īs you can see, I have Nvidia GeForce 940M graphics card installed on my computer. Click on Linux Mint “Menu” and search for “driver” and you should see “Driver Manager” on the list.
You can install Nvidia drivers from “Driver Manager”. It has Nvidia GeForce 940M Optimus Supported Graphics Card and Intel HD Graphics 520. I am using ASUS Zenbook UX303UB for the demonstration in this article. Otherwise, you use the Intel HD Graphics if you’re using an Intel processor. In hybrid graphics mode, you only use Nvidia high performance graphics card when you need it. The reason is that Nvidia Optimus technology lets a device run in hybrid graphics mode. Most of the new Laptops/notebooks these days have Optimus supported graphics card installed.
NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 520M DRIVER UBUNTU HOW TO
In this article, I will show you how to install Nvidia drivers on Linux Mint 18.2 with Optimus supported graphics card. Install Nvidia Optimus Drivers on Linux Mint 18.2
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