{"id":43,"date":"2011-09-27T20:08:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T20:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.ffteixeira.net\/2011\/09\/27\/nvidia-drivers-manually-on-ubuntu-or-linux-mint\/"},"modified":"2011-09-27T20:08:14","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T20:08:14","slug":"nvidia-drivers-manually-on-ubuntu-or-linux-mint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ffteixeira.net\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"nVIDIA drivers manually on Ubuntu or Linux Mint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1) Download Newest Nvidia drivers from here<\/p>\n<p>2) Open module blacklist as admin<em><\/em><\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-family: 'Andale Mono','Lucida Console',Monaco,fixed,monospace;color: #000000;background-color: #eeeeee;font-size: 12px;overflow: auto;width: 438px;border: 1px dashed #999999\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;color: #4b6320\"><em>gksudo gedit \/etc\/modprobe.d\/blacklist.conf<\/em><\/span><\/pre>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Add these lines and save:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<!--more--><br \/>\n1) Download Newest Nvidia drivers from here<\/p>\n<p>2) Open module blacklist as admin<em><\/em><\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-family: 'Andale Mono','Lucida Console',Monaco,fixed,monospace;color: #000000;background-color: #eeeeee;font-size: 12px;overflow: auto;width: 438px;border: 1px dashed #999999\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;color: #4b6320\"><em>gksudo gedit \/etc\/modprobe.d\/blacklist.conf<\/em><\/span><\/pre>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Add these lines and save:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-family: 'Andale Mono','Lucida Console',Monaco,fixed,monospace;color: #000000;background-color: #eeeeee;font-size: 12px;overflow: auto;width: 438px;border: 1px dashed #999999\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;color: #4b6320\"><em>blacklist vga16fb<\/em><\/span>\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;color: #4b6320\"><em>blacklist nouveau<\/em><\/span>\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;color: #4b6320\"><em>blacklist rivafb<\/em><\/span>\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;color: #4b6320\"><em>blacklist nvidiafb blacklist rivatv<\/em><\/span><\/pre>\n<p>3) Create a file <strong>\/etc\/modprobe.d\/disable-nouveau.conf<\/strong> containing the following two lines:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-family: 'Andale Mono','Lucida Console',Monaco,fixed,monospace;color: #000000;background-color: #eeeeee;font-size: 12px;overflow: auto;width: 438px;border: 1px dashed #999999\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;color: #4b6320\"><em>blacklist nouveau<\/em> <em>options nouveau 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