How to install proprietary nvidia driver during boot cd installation
I am installing Mint 17.2 on a Dell XPS laptop. It has an nVidia GeForce 8700 GMT chip. I booted with the DVD and had to select 'compatibility' mode to get to the desktop. Then I went to Driver Manager and selected the recommended driver - #340.96 and hit apply.
It seems to have installed it. Then I installed Linux but at reboot the screen simply scrolls through several colors and never displays properly. This is what made me select 'compatibility' with the disc. Did I miss a step to save the driver, or did I select the wrong one? |
You may have Optimus graphics.
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Thank you Emerson
Thanks for your reply. The service tag is:9FGW9F1 - just in case you wish to check it at support.dell.com.
The specs page says it is: NVIDIA SLI Dual GeForce 8700MGT with 512 GDDR3 Memory It is a Windows XP generation laptop and I'm pretty sure it is not Optimus graphics. I've tried rebooting from the install DVD, and in Driver Manager selected 390-updates driver but no improvement. Thanks again for you help! |
You can't really install drivers using "Driver Manager" during the installation.
That step is done after the install and after first boot. |
I guess it is not Optimus then, but easiest to check it is looking at lspci output, if Intel and nVidia both are listed you have Optimus.
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Problem solved. I found this advice to edit the grub as follows:
Go to the line starting with the word linux and ending with the words: quiet splash Add one of the following '????.modeset=0' parameter at the end of the long grub command line as is (type 1 space before). Use the parameter related to the brand or chipset of your video card . pe.: use nouveau or nvidia for nvidia based cards (proprietary driver, just nv in some linux distributions, nouveau driver is the default in Mint) ), use radeon for amd/ati cards, i915 for intel based motherboards, ,,, These are the most common examples. nvidia.modeset=0 nouveau.modeset=0 radeon.modeset=0 i915.modeset=0 r128.modeset=0 (for very old ati rage 128 cards...) If you don't know the brand you may use just one word: nomodeset I selected nouveau.modeset=0 and rebooted. Got into the desktop and then used Driver manager to install the recommended nvidia driver. TA-DA! Thank you Emerson and Habitual for you assistance! |
Glad it worked out and Good Job and Well Done!
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