How to install 8800GT drivers on Ubuntu?

[stillagamer]

Hello,

I have just installed Ubuntu on an old computer. How can I install nVidia drivers for Geforce 8800GT? Everything I've found on Google has failed.

[Omega]

https://askubuntu.com/questions/47506/how-do-i-install-additional-drivers

[stillagamer]

Publicado originalmente por Omega:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/47506/how-do-i-install-additional-drivers

It doesn't help. It shows nothing under "additional drivers".

[Omega]

Publicado originalmente por stillagamer:

Publicado originalmente por Omega:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/47506/how-do-i-install-additional-drivers

It doesn't help. It shows nothing under "additional drivers".

Here then: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

It is possible that their are no drivers for that old GPU.

[stillagamer]

Publicado originalmente por Omega:

Publicado originalmente por stillagamer:

It doesn't help. It shows nothing under "additional drivers".

Here then: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

It is possible that their are no drivers for that old GPU.

They have a driver - it's 340. Sorry for being a noob, but when I download a driver from their site I get some text file, and every time I open it it gets stuck.

[Omega]

Welkom to Ubuntu
https://askubuntu.com/questions/307280/how-do-i-install-applications-in-ubuntu

You should have downloaded Mint instead.

[!xS]

Publicado originalmente por stillagamer:

Publicado originalmente por Omega:

Here then: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

It is possible that their are no drivers for that old GPU.

They have a driver - it's 340. Sorry for being a noob, but when I download a driver from their site I get some text file, and every time I open it it gets stuck.

Hi there stillagamer, Hi Ω ! ;)

LINUX DISPLAY DRIVER - X86

Version: 340.102
Release Date: 2017.2.14
Operating System: Linux 32-bit
Language: English (US)
File Size: 36.98 MB
Download: http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/340.102/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-340.102.run

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Note that many Linux distributions provide their own packages of the NVIDIA Linux Graphics Driver in the distribution's native package management format. This may interact better with the rest of your distribution's framework, and you may want to use this rather than NVIDIA's official package.

Installation instructions: Once you have downloaded the driver, change to the directory containing the driver package and install the driver by running, as root, sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-340.102.run

One of the last installation steps will offer to update your X configuration file. Either accept that offer, edit your X configuration file manually so that the NVIDIA X driver will be used, or run nvidia-xconfig

Note that the list of supported GPU products is provided to indicate which GPUs are supported by a particular driver version. Some designs incorporating supported GPUs may not be compatible with the NVIDIA Linux driver: in particular, notebook and all-in-one desktop designs with switchable (hybrid) or Optimus graphics will not work if means to disable the integrated graphics in hardware are not available. Hardware designs will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, so please consult with a system's manufacturer to determine whether that particular system is compatible.

Linux Graphics Driver README and Installation Guide

! ! ! IMPORTANT FOR YOU, YOU SHOULD READ THIS ! ! ! [us.download.nvidia.com]

Further information & forum

For further information please visit: Forums > GPU Unix Graphics > Linux[devtalk.nvidia.com]

good luck & cheers
- !xS -

[stillagamer]

Publicado originalmente por !xS:

Publicado originalmente por stillagamer:

They have a driver - it's 340. Sorry for being a noob, but when I download a driver from their site I get some text file, and every time I open it it gets stuck.

Hi there stillagamer, Hi Ω ! ;)

LINUX DISPLAY DRIVER - X86

Version: 340.102
Release Date: 2017.2.14
Operating System: Linux 32-bit
Language: English (US)
File Size: 36.98 MB
Download: http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/340.102/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-340.102.run

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Note that many Linux distributions provide their own packages of the NVIDIA Linux Graphics Driver in the distribution's native package management format. This may interact better with the rest of your distribution's framework, and you may want to use this rather than NVIDIA's official package.

Installation instructions: Once you have downloaded the driver, change to the directory containing the driver package and install the driver by running, as root, sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-340.102.run

One of the last installation steps will offer to update your X configuration file. Either accept that offer, edit your X configuration file manually so that the NVIDIA X driver will be used, or run nvidia-xconfig

Note that the list of supported GPU products is provided to indicate which GPUs are supported by a particular driver version. Some designs incorporating supported GPUs may not be compatible with the NVIDIA Linux driver: in particular, notebook and all-in-one desktop designs with switchable (hybrid) or Optimus graphics will not work if means to disable the integrated graphics in hardware are not available. Hardware designs will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer, so please consult with a system's manufacturer to determine whether that particular system is compatible.

Linux Graphics Driver README and Installation Guide

! ! ! IMPORTANT FOR YOU, YOU SHOULD READ THIS ! ! ! [us.download.nvidia.com]

Further information & forum

For further information please visit: Forums > GPU Unix Graphics > Linux[devtalk.nvidia.com]

good luck & cheers
- !xS - :2016gameingame:

I've tried installing the driver in a million different ways. I couldn't run the file even as a root, as when I was a root it didn't let me find any file. I tried exiting the X session, and the GUI kept coming back. None of the commands I tried worked, even with sudo. Any other idea?

[emmac]

Publicado originalmente por stillagamer:

Hello,

I have just installed Ubuntu on an old computer. How can I install nVidia drivers for Geforce 8800GT? Everything I've found on Google has failed.

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[an annoying pirate]

Odd my 9500 gt from my old build still had working driver on ubuntu under additional driver

Its the 340.xx if i remember right

[Talby]

here's my 18.04 nvidia install:

$ lspci|grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF104 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

$ dpkg -l|grep nvidia-driver
ii  nvidia-384                                 390.48-0ubuntu3                            amd64        Transitional package for nvidia-driver-390
ii  nvidia-driver-390                          390.48-0ubuntu3                            amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage

EDIT - probably best to query what you have available with "ubuntu-drivers devices" and see what it says:

$ ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000E22sv0000196Esd00000865bc03sc00i00
vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
model    : GF104 [GeForce GTX 460]
driver   : nvidia-340 - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free recommended
driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin

So in my case I just did "sudo apt -y install nvidia-340" which will install the nvidia-driver-390 package, and just reboot to have it take effect.

[Bozzy]

Go to nivida and go to downloads and serch for the gpu drivers yourself by make and model, then click on the most up to date driver, i know there is one i have a very old pc under my bed that has a gt8800 under my bed but good look dude

[emmac]

Publicado originalmente por Talby:

here's my 18.04 nvidia install:

$ lspci|grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF104 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

$ dpkg -l|grep nvidia-driver
ii  nvidia-384                                 390.48-0ubuntu3                            amd64        Transitional package for nvidia-driver-390
ii  nvidia-driver-390                          390.48-0ubuntu3                            amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage

EDIT - probably best to query what you have available with "ubuntu-drivers devices" and see what it says:

$ ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000E22sv0000196Esd00000865bc03sc00i00
vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
model    : GF104 [GeForce GTX 460]
driver   : nvidia-340 - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free recommended
driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin

So in my case I just did "sudo apt -y install nvidia-340" which will install the nvidia-driver-390 package, and just reboot to have it take effect.

He might need to purge an old driver,

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

If he purges the ppa, he will probably have to re-add it to his dependencies, since he is on Ubuntu, the graphic repository has the drivers:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers

Then of course we want to update the PPA,

sudo apt-get update
The best driver for the 8800 right now is version 340.xxx,
sudo apt-get install nvidia-340
Other versions can be installed the same way, just by replacing the numbers, for example:
sudo apt-get install nvidea-370
MAKE SURE YOU SELECT LIGHTDM AS YOUR VIDEO CONTROLLER
The graphics seem to be a little messed up with the driver on startup. (on gnome at least), but once you login, everything goes to normal, and the games run brilliantly, better than they would on Windows certainly.

[emmac]

Publicado originalmente por ♕Fritzy♕:

Go to nivida and go to downloads and serch for the gpu drivers yourself by make and model, then click on the most up to date driver, i know there is one i have a very old pc under my bed that has a gt8800 under my bed but good look dude

Do not install it from the .run files! Then you have to rerun dpkg at launch because the app will install itself under superuser, like a .deb file.

[emmac]

Publicado originalmente por Talby:

here's my 18.04 nvidia install:

$ lspci|grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF104 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

$ dpkg -l|grep nvidia-driver
ii  nvidia-384                                 390.48-0ubuntu3                            amd64        Transitional package for nvidia-driver-390
ii  nvidia-driver-390                          390.48-0ubuntu3                            amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage

EDIT - probably best to query what you have available with "ubuntu-drivers devices" and see what it says:

$ ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000E22sv0000196Esd00000865bc03sc00i00
vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
model    : GF104 [GeForce GTX 460]
driver   : nvidia-340 - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free recommended
driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin

So in my case I just did "sudo apt -y install nvidia-340" which will install the nvidia-driver-390 package, and just reboot to have it take effect.

Also we don't need a third party application to check our drivers...

Just open up terminal and type

lspci

This will check the drivers for the devices on your PCI and PCI-E slots, as well as your mainboard.
And yeah, good idea to include the output of this.

00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation H61 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] (rev a2)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)

[emmac]

Publicado originalmente por an annoying pirate:

Odd my 9500 gt from my old build still had working driver on ubuntu under additional driver

Its the 340.xx if i remember right

Really? It might have just installed Nouveau
Which works, but performance will be abysmal.