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UBUNTU CHANGE GRAPHICS DRIVER FROM TERMINAL HOW TO
UBUNTU CHANGE GRAPHICS DRIVER FROM TERMINAL INSTALL

I just wanted to chime in here because I just had the exact same problem (running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS). Then I rebooted and confirmed using the desktop appliaction Additional Drivers that I was indeed using the driver I had chosen. Modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000391sv00001462sd00000630bc03sc00i00ĭriver : nvidia-304 - distro non-free recommendedĭriver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtinĭriver : nvidia-304-updates - distro non-free To get a list of your devices and identify the one you want. Here's how I did it:Īt the login screen, instead of logging in I went to a terminal using CRL + ALT + F2 I have just recovered from an issue where the Noveau driver caused my computer to lockup completely after logging in and I needed to go back to the nvidia driver. Anyone have any ideas? Are there any system logs I can give you guys to help find the problem?įor 14.04 and upwards, jockey-text isn't installed or available in the repository. I'm guessing that for whatever reason the open source driver has not been automatically enabled. Update: Thanks to gertvdijk I have managed to disable the propietary driver, but Ubuntu still will not beat up. After some basic troubleshooting, I come here.

I reboot my system, and then it won't work.

From there I selected the flgrx-updates one and hit ok.

I go into the Software and Updates program, and navigate to the drivers tab.

A friend recommends I switch to the propietary one as it is faster (I believe it was something along the lines of flgrx-updates).

I go and check and it is using the open source driver (I checked by going into the Software and Updates program and going to the driver tab).

Boot up, everything is working fine automatically.

UBUNTU CHANGE GRAPHICS DRIVER FROM TERMINAL HOW TO

So can anyone tell me how to switch back to the open source driver?Įdit: And I'll add, when I boot Ubuntu off of a USB, everything works fine.Įdit: Ok here my process is for the driver. I think the blackscreen is caused by it reaching the login screen, as it is also at that point that I can SSH into it. Now whenever I boot up it shows me GRUB, I select Ubuntu, and then it boots up for a second or two and then blackscreens.

UBUNTU CHANGE GRAPHICS DRIVER FROM TERMINAL INSTALL

I recently tried changing the driver for my Asus Radeon HD 7870 to the proprietary one (a friend told me it was much faster), however that seems to have killed my install of Ubuntu.