[Ubuntu 14.04] Nvidia 840M driver help

DragonHunter · 2015-03-08T17:44:05+00:00

Hey folks whats up, I am trying to install the nvidia driver for the 840M but appearently it's the most hardest thing ever (that's what she said) So far I've tried nvidia-346 (gave me a blank screen) nvidia-340 (gave me a blank screen) nvidia-331 (worked sortof but was unable to go into the nvidia settings and change it to GPU) I've simply gave these commands to install it, "sudo apt-get install nvidia-346 nvidia-settings nvidia-prime" I needed the Prime as my CPU & GPU can do graphic stuff so I could switch between them but that doesn't really work I've also tried this but then the desktop wouldn't show up anymore after login ( http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/06/nvidia-driver-337-25/ ) Model of laptop if that's any use for you, MSI GP60

Loki123
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Mar 8, 2015 06:30 PM

Well.. in case you can't find the correct one using the repos you might want to just simply install it with NVIDIA binaries.

http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/82252 -> This is the correct driver for your GPU.

Read this carefully and follow it.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaManual

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