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Dell Inspiron Hybrid Graphics - getting NVIDIA card working
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sudo apt-get remove nvidia* && sudo apt-get autoremove | |
This went well, no errors. Then I added a new file, /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau.conf | |
blacklist nouveau | |
blacklist lbm-nouveau | |
options nouveau modeset=0 | |
alias nouveau off | |
alias lbm-nouveau off | |
sudo reboot | |
sudo stop lightdm | |
sudo apt-get install dkms fakeroot build-essential linux-headers-generic | |
sudo apt-get build-dep nvidia-361 | |
sudo apt-get install nvidia-361 | |
sudo reboot | |
*Also, remove nomodeset command-line call from Grub! | |
*Also, note: using 16.04, linux kernel 4. Have a feeling this helped over my previous tries with Ubuntu 14.04 | |
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