Geforce GT710 NVIDIA driver search

Hi all - Newbie looking for help installing latest driver for GEFORCE GT 710 video card. I was hoping to find a section on here dealing with drivers but alas, no luck. I have a .run file of the driver but am having little luck getting it installed. I will provide what details I can if someone is willing to work with me and ask what info they need. Thanks for any help.

What version of Zorin are you running?

Sorry. I guess that would be the first piece of info needed. I'm running Zorin 9.

Hi, See if this guide helps:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Binar ... wto/Nvidia

Normally when I'm installing the nvidia drivers, I follow a few steps that seem to work every time.

BUT, I must say, it can cause issues later down the road (when the kernal updates) and the drivers will then need to be reinstalled,. and sometimes it can be a pain to do that.

First I switch to a tty

Code:

ctrl + atl + F2

then I login with my username and password and switch to where I downloaded the files to

Code:

cd $HOME/Downloads

After this I change to the root user

Code:

sudo su

It should ask for your password, it WILL NOT display anything when your typing fyour password, that is normal.
Next, I stop the display manager (lightdm for Z9 Core)

Code:

service lightdm stop

or

Code:

systemctl stop lightdm

Now to make sure we can run the NVIDIA driver installer

Code:

chmod 777 filename.run

Now to run the installer

Code:

filename.run

Follow the on screen prompt untill the install is complete! Then restart the display manager

Code:

service lightdm start

or

Code:

systemctl start lightdm

Normally I think it will switch from your tty to the newly started display manager if not try using one of the following.

Code:

ctrl + alt + F7

or

Code:

ctrl + alt + F1