Nvidia whiteout /blackout problem fix & driver install guide

Hi all,

you should read the whole thread if you want to install Nvidia drivers!.

Problem:

The screen goes white or black (Zorin 6 & 8) when more than one window is open, this is something to do with Compiz, the windows turn white /black when more than one window is open and you try to switch between them.

Fix:

Open CompizConfig Settings Manager > Effects > Animations > Focus Animation > Highlight where it says "Focus Effect" - "Dodge" > Edit > Focus Effect > Select "None" > Close


Thanks to "gregeubarr" over on the Ultimate Edition forum:

http://forumubuntusoftware.info/viewtop ... 287#p72287


Multi-monitor support:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaMultiMonitors


Important 1:

Before commencing with the Nvidia driver installation, please check that you are installing the correct drivers for your type of Nvidia graphics card, some older Nvidia cards may require "Legacy Support" (driver version 173 for example) and are possibly not supported by any of the 304/319/331 drivers listed below!:

Important 2:

Even though your drivers may show in the lists, this is not to say that you won't have problems so make a note of the driver package name you are installing and the corresponding removal command listed below!. Follow the instructions for removal in "Recovery Mode" which are also listed below!.

http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html

To find out what Nvidia card you have, open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + t) and paste the following command:

Code:

lspci

This will give you a readout like the pic below and it is in the "VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 430] (rev a1)" part we are interested in:



Please copy and paste the following commands according to the driver you wish to install in a terminal, (Ctrl + Alt + t) press enter after the command and put in your password which WILL NOT SHOW while you type!. And see the list of supported cards at the bottom of this post which are listed by version number in numerical order!. Your graphics card may show up in more than one list!.

For the recommended version (nvidia-current):

Code:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

For version 173 (older cards)

Code:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-173

For version 304.

Code:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-304

For the version 319.

Code:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-319

For version 331.

Code:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-331

(The above commands will auto-install any necessary dependencies!)

Then restart your PC!.

It is important to restart your PC in "Recovery Mode" and select "Network" (Cable Only!!) and then run "DPKG" in case there are any updates and after you have done the updates (Mesa, Xorg etc!), restart your PC with Ctrl + Alt + Del, don't click on "Resume" !!.

If the above doesn't work for whatever reason, as soon as you reboot your PC, start Synaptic > Reload > Mark All Upgrades > Apply and then restart your PC again!. (Yes! I know!!)

If your menu is also going blank when it shouldn't, right click the Zorin menu button > Edit > System Tools > Administration > and take out the tick next to "Nvidia X Server Settings.


Removing Drivers:

To remove the Nvidia drivers, open a terminal and paste this command and then restart and update your system afterwards:

Code:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-current nvidia-settings

Or depending on what drivers you have installed, lets use version 304 as our example:

Code:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-304 nvidia-settings-304

Ideally the above command should be done at root level in the recovery menu, start your PC in "Recovery Mode" and activate "Network" (a network cable is required!) then click on "root" and enter the command, restart your PC with Ctrl + Alt + Del, don't click on "Resume"!.

It is important to restart your PC again in "Recovery Mode" and select "Network" (Cable Only!!) and then run "DPKG" as there will be updates and after you have done the updates (Mesa, Xorg and possibly the "nouveau-firmware" for GeForce6 and above etc!), restart your PC with Ctrl + Alt + Del, don't click on "Resume" !!.

If the above doesn't work for whatever reason, as soon as you reboot your PC, start Synaptic > Reload > Mark All Upgrades > Apply and then restart your PC again!. (Yes! I know!!)


Alternative removal options:

Another way to remove the drivers you don't want is to boot into an older kernel and still use a normal graphical interface to do so as the drivers you last installed will only affect the main last kernel you updated. Do the following:

Boot your PC and at the Grub menu, select "Advanced Options" (2nd in the list):


Then select "Previous Linux Versions" and select an older kernel and you should be able to boot normally into that:


Once your PC has started, you use the terminal or Synaptic package manager to remove and install a different driver and don't forget to restart and update again once restarted!.


This might be of interest to some:

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/board/98/linux/

For those who may have a resolution problem:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... st12304338

Driver version 173 supports these older cards:

GeForce 200 series:
GTX 280, GTX 260

GeForce 9 series:
9800 GX2, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9800 GT, 9600 GT, 9600 GSO, 9500 GT

GeForce 8 series:
8800 Ultra, 8800 GTX, 8800 GTS 512, 8800 GTS, 8800 GT, 8800 GS, 8600 GTS, 8600 GT, 8600 GS, 8500 GT, 8400 SE, 8400 GS, 8400, 8300 GS, 8300, 8200 / nForce 730a, 8200, 8100 / nForce 720a

GeForce 7 series:
7950 GX2, 7950 GT, 7900 GTX, 7900 GT/GTO, 7900 GS, 7800 SLI, 7800 GTX, 7800 GS, 7650 GS, 7600 LE, 7600 GT, 7600 GS, 7550 LE, 7500 LE, 7350 LE, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7300 LE, 7300 GT, 7300 GS, 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7100 GS, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i, 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i, 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a

GeForce 6 series:
6800 XT, 6800 XE, 6800 Ultra, 6800 LE, 6800 GT, 6800 GS/XT, 6800 GS, 6800, 6700 XL, 6610 XL, 6600 VE, 6600 LE, 6600 GT, 6600, 6500, 6250, 6200 TurboCache, 6200SE TurboCache, 6200 LE, 6200 A-LE, 6200, 6150SE nForce 430, 6150LE / Quadro NVS 210S, 6150 LE, 6150, 6100 nForce 420, 6100 nForce 405, 6100 nForce 400, 6100

GeForce 5 FX series:
PCX 5900, PCX 5750, PCX 5300, FX 5950 Ultra, FX 5900ZT, FX 5900XT, FX 5900 Ultra, FX 5900, FX 5800 Ultra, FX 5800, FX 5700VE, FX 5700 Ultra, FX 5700LE, FX 5700, FX 5600XT, FX 5600 Ultra, FX 5600, FX 5500, FX 5200 Ultra, FX 5200LE, FX 5200, FX 5100

Quadro FX series:
FX 700, FX 570, FX 5600, FX 560, FX 5500, FX 550, FX 540, FX 500/FX 600, FX 4700 X2, FX 4600, FX 4500 X2, FX 4500, FX 4000, FX 3700, FX 370, FX 3500, FX 350, FX 3450, FX 3400/4400, FX 330, FX 3000, FX 2000, FX 1700, FX 1500, FX 1400, FX 1300, FX 1100, FX 1000

Quadro FX Notebook series:
FX 570M, FX 370M, FX 360M, FX 3600M, FX 2700M, FX 1700M, FX 1600M

Quadro NVS series:
NVS 440, NVS 290, NVS 285

Quadro Plex series:
Model IV, Model II

Quadro Sync series:
G-Sync II, G-Sync I

Quadro SDI series:
Quadro SDI

GPU Computing Processor series:
Tesla C870


Driver version 304 supports these cards:

GeForce 600 series:
GTX 690, GTX 680, GTX 670, GT 645, GT 640, GT 630, GT 620, GT 610, 605

GeForce 600M series:
GTX 680M, GTX 675M, GTX 670M, GTX 660M, GT 650M, GT 640M LE, GT 640M, GT 635M, GT 630M, GT 620M, G610M

GeForce 500 series:
GTX 590, GTX 580, GTX 570, GTX 560 Ti, GTX 560, GTX 550 Ti, GT 545, GT 530, GT 520, 510

GeForce 500M series:
GTX 580M, GTX 570M, GTX 560M, GT 555M, GT 550M, GT 540M, GT 525M, GT 520MX, GT 520M

GeForce 400 series:
GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 SE v2, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, 405

GeForce 400M series:
GTX 485M, GTX 480M, GTX 470M, GTX 460M, GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M, GT 415M, 410M

GeForce 300 series:
GT 340, GT 330, GT 320, 315, 310

GeForce 300M series:
GTS 360M, GTS 350M, GT 335M, GT 330M, GT 325M, GT 320M, 320M, 315M, 310M, 305M

GeForce 200 series:
GTX 295, GTX 285, GTX 280, GTX 275, GTX 260, GTS 250, GTS 240, GT 240, GT 230, GT 220, G210, 210, 205

GeForce 200M series:
GTX 285M, GTX 280M, GTX 260M, GTS 260M, GTS 250M, GT 240M, GT 230M, GT 220M, G210M

GeForce 100 series:
GT 140, GT 130, GT 120, G 100

GeForce 100M series:
GTS 160M, GTS 150M, GT 130M, GT 120M, G 110M, G 105M, G 103M, G 102M

GeForce 9 series:
9800 GX2, 9800 GTX+, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9800 GT, 9650 S, 9600 GT, 9600 GSO 512, 9600 GSO, 9600 GS, 9500 GT, 9500 GS, 9400 GT, 9400, 9300 SE, 9300 GS, 9300 GE, 9300 / nForce 730i, 9300, 9200, 9100

GeForce 9M series:
9800M GTX, 9800M GTS, 9800M GT, 9800M GS, 9700M GTS, 9700M GT, 9650M GT, 9650M GS, 9600M GT, 9600M GS, 9500M GS, 9500M G, 9400M G, 9400M, 9300M GS, 9300M G, 9200M GS, 9100M G

GeForce 8 series:
8800 Ultra, 8800 GTX, 8800 GTS 512, 8800 GTS, 8800 GT, 8800 GS, 8600 GTS, 8600 GS, 8500 GT, 8400 SE, 8400 GS, 8400, 8300 GS, 8300, 8200, 8100 / nForce 720a

GeForce 8M series:
8800M GTX, 8800M GTS, 8700M GT, 8600M GT, 8600M GS, 8400M GT, 8400M GS, 8400M G, 8200M G

GeForce 7 series:
7950 GX2, 7950 GT, 7900 GTX, 7900 GT/GTO, 7900 GS, 7800 SLI, 7800 GTX, 7800 GT, 7800 GS, 7650 GS, 7600 LE, 7600 GT, 7600 GS, 7500 LE, 7350 LE, 7300 SE / 7200 GS, 7300 LE, 7300 GT, 7300 GS, 7150M /NVIDIA nForce 630M, 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7100 GS, 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i, 7050 / nForce 620i, 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a, 7000M /NVIDIA nForce 610M

GeForce Go 7 series:
Go 7950 GTX, Go 7900 GS, Go 7800 GTX, Go 7800, Go 7700, Go 7600 GT, Go 7600, Go 7400, Go 7300, Go 7200

GeForce 6 series:
6800 XT, 6800 XE, 6800 Ultra, 6800 LE, 6800 GT, 6800 GS, 6800, 6700 XL, 6610 XL, 6600 VE, 6600 LE, 6600 GT, 6600, 6500, 6250, 6200 TurboCache, 6200SE TurboCache, 6200 LE, 6200 A-LE, 6200, 6150SE nForce 430, 6150 LE, 6150, 6100 nForce 420, 6100 nForce 405, 6100 nForce 400, 6100

NVS Series:
NVS 310, NVS 300

Quadro series:
7000, 6000, 600, 5000, 410, 4000, 400, 2000D, 2000

Quadro FX series:
FX Go1400, FX 5800, FX 580, FX 570, FX 5600, FX 560, FX 5500, FX 550, FX 540, FX 4800, FX 4700 X2, FX 4600, FX 4500 X2, FX 4500, FX 4000, FX 380 LP, FX 3800, FX 380, FX 370 Low Profile, FX 3700, FX 370, FX 3500, FX 350, FX 3450/4000 SDI, FX 3400/4400, FX 1800, FX 1700, FX 1500, FX 1400, CX

Quadro Notebook series:
K2000M, K1000M, 5010M, 5000M, 4000M, 3000M, 2000M, 1000M

Quadro FX Notebook series:
FX 880M, FX 770M, FX 570M, FX 560M, FX 540M, FX 380M, FX 3800M, FX 370M, FX 3700M, FX 360M, FX 3600M, FX 350M, FX 2800M, FX 2700M, FX 2500M, FX 1800M, FX 1700M, FX 1600M, FX 1500M

Quadro NVS series:
NVS 450, NVS 440, NVS 420, NVS 295, NVS 290, NVS 285, NVS 210S / 6150LE

Quadro NVS Notebook series:
NVS 5400M, NVS 5200M, NVS 510M, NVS 4200M, NVS 320M, NVS 160M, NVS 150M, NVS 140M, NVS 135M, NVS 130M, NVS 120M, NVS 110M

Quadro Plex series:
Model IV, Model II, D Series, 7000

Quadro Sync series:
G-Sync II

Quadro SDI series:
Quadro SDI

ION series:
ION LE, ION

C-Class Processors:
Tesla C870, Tesla C2075, Tesla C2070, Tesla C2050, Tesla C1060, T10 Processor

M-Class Processors:
Tesla M2090, Tesla M2075, Tesla M2070-Q, Tesla M2070, Tesla M2050, Tesla M1060

X-Class Processors:
Tesla X2090

K-Series Processors:
Tesla K10


Driver version 319 supports these cards:

GeForce 700M series:
GTX 780M, GTX 770M, GTX 765M, GTX 760M, GT 755M, GT 750M, GT 745M, GT 740M, GT 735M, GT 730M, GT 720M, 710M

GeForce 700 series:
GTX TITAN, GTX 780, GTX 770, GTX 760

GeForce 600 series:
GTX 690, GTX 680, GTX 670, GTX 660 Ti, GTX 660, GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GTX 650 Ti, GTX 650, GT 645, GT 640, GT 630, GT 620, GT 610, 605

GeForce 600M series:
GTX 680MX, GTX 680M, GTX 675MX, GTX 675M, GTX 670MX, GTX 670M, GTX 660M, GT 650M, GT 645M, GT 640M LE, GT 640M, GT 635M, GT 630M, GT 625M, GT 620M, G610M

GeForce 500 series:
GTX 590, GTX 580, GTX 570, GTX 560 Ti, GTX 560 SE, GTX 560, GTX 555, GTX 550 Ti, GT 545, GT 530, GT 520, 510

GeForce 500M series:
GTX 580M, GTX 570M, GTX 560M, GT 555M, GT 550M, GT 540M, GT 525M, GT 520MX, GT 520M

GeForce 400 series:
GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 v2, GTX 460 SE v2, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, GT 415, 405

GeForce 400M series:
GTX 485M, GTX 480M, GTX 470M, GTX 460M, GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M, GT 415M, 410M

GeForce 300 series:
GT 340, GT 330, GT 320, 315, 310

GeForce 300M series:
GTS 360M, GTS 350M, GT 335M, GT 330M, GT 325M, GT 320M, 320M, 315M, 310M, 305M

GeForce 200 series:
GTX 295, GTX 285, GTX 280, GTX 275, GTX 260, GTS 250, GTS 240, GT 240, GT 230, GT 220, G210, 210, 205

GeForce 200M series:
GTX 285M, GTX 280M, GTX 260M, GTS 260M, GTS 250M, GT 240M LE, GT 240M, GT 230M, GT 220M, G210M

GeForce 100 series:
GT 140, GT 130, GT 120, G 100

GeForce 100M series:
GTS 160M, GTS 150M, GT 130M, GT 120M, G 110M, G 105M, G 103M, G 102M

GeForce 9 series:
9800 GX2, 9800 GTX+, 9800 GTX/GTX+, 9800 GT, 9600 GT, 9600 GSO 512, 9600 GSO, 9600 GS, 9500 GT, 9500 GS, 9400 GT, 9400, 9300 SE, 9300 GS, 9300 GE, 9300 / nForce 730i, 9300, 9200, 9100

GeForce 9M series:
9800M GTX, 9800M GTS, 9800M GT, 9800M GS, 9700M GTS, 9700M GT, 9650M GT, 9650M GS, 9600M GT, 9600M GS, 9500M GS, 9500M G, 9400M G, 9400M, 9300M GS, 9300M G, 9200M GS, 9100M G

GeForce 8 series:
8800 Ultra, 8800 GTX, 8800 GTS 512, 8800 GTS, 8800 GT, 8800 GS, 8600 GTS, 8600 GT, 8600 GS, 8500 GT, 8400 SE, 8400 GS, 8400, 8300 GS, 8300, 8200, 8100 / nForce 720a

GeForce 8M series:
8800M GTX, 8800M GTS, 8700M GT, 8600M GT, 8600M GS, 8400M GT, 8400M GS, 8400M G, 8200M G, 8200M

NVS Series:
NVS 510, NVS 310, NVS 300

Quadro series:
K5000, 7000, 6000, 600, 5000, 410, 4000, 400, 2000D, 2000

Quadro FX series:
FX 5800, FX 580, FX 570, FX 5600, FX 4800, FX 4700 X2, FX 4600, FX 380 LP, FX 3800, FX 380, FX 370 Low Profile, FX 3700, FX 370, FX 3400/4400, FX 1800, FX 1700, CX

Quadro Notebook series:
K5000M, K4000M, K3000M, K2000M, K1000M, 5010M, 5000M, 4000M, 3000M, 2000M, 1000M

Quadro FX Notebook series:
FX 880M, FX 770M, FX 570M, FX 380M, FX 3800M, FX 370M, FX 3700M, FX 360M, FX 3600M, FX 2800M, FX 2700M, FX 1800M, FX 1700M, FX 1600M

Quadro NVS series:
NVS 450, NVS 420, NVS 295, NVS 290

Quadro NVS Notebook series:
NVS 5400M, NVS 5200M, NVS 4200M, NVS 320M, NVS 160M, NVS 150M, NVS 140M, NVS 135M, NVS 130M

Quadro Plex series:
Model IV, Model II, D Series, 7000

Quadro Sync series:
Sync, G-Sync II

Quadro SDI series:
Quadro SDI

ION series:
ION LE, ION

C-Class Processors:
Tesla C870, Tesla C2075, Tesla C2070, Tesla C2050, Tesla C1060, T10 Processor

M-Class Processors:
Tesla M2090, Tesla M2075, Tesla M2070-Q, Tesla M2070, Tesla M2050, Tesla M1060

X-Class Processors:
Tesla X2090

K-Series Processors:
Tesla K20m, Tesla K20c, Tesla K10


Driver version 331 supports these cards:

GeForce 800M Series (Notebooks):

GeForce GTX 880M, GeForce GTX 870M, GeForce GTX 860M
GeForce 700 Series:

GeForce GTX TITAN Black, GeForce GTX TITAN, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 760 Ti (OEM)
GeForce 700M Series (Notebooks):

GeForce GTX 780M, GeForce GTX 770M, GeForce GTX 765M, GeForce GTX 760M, GeForce GT 755M, GeForce GT 750M, GeForce GT 745M, GeForce GT 740M, GeForce GT 735M, GeForce GT 730M, GeForce GT 720M, GeForce 710M
GeForce 600 Series:

GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 645, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce 605
GeForce 600M Series (Notebooks):

GeForce GTX 680M, GeForce GTX 675MX, GeForce GTX 675M, GeForce GTX 670MX, GeForce GTX 670M, GeForce GTX 660M, GeForce GT 650M, GeForce GT 645M, GeForce GT 640M, GeForce GT 640M LE, GeForce GT 635M, GeForce GT 630M, GeForce GT 625M, GeForce GT 620M, GeForce 610M
GeForce 500 Series:

GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 580, GeForce GTX 570, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 SE, GeForce GTX 560, GeForce GTX 555, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GT 545, GeForce GT 530, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 510
GeForce 500M Series (Notebooks):

GeForce GTX 580M, GeForce GTX 570M, GeForce GTX 560M, GeForce GT 555M, GeForce GT 550M, GeForce GT 540M, GeForce GT 525M, GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 400 Series:

GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470, GeForce GTX 465, GeForce GTX 460 SE v2, GeForce GTX 460 SE, GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GT 420, GeForce 405
GeForce 400M Series (Notebooks):

GeForce GTX 485M, GeForce GTX 480M, GeForce GTX 470M, GeForce GTX 460M, GeForce GT 445M, GeForce GT 435M, GeForce GT 425M, GeForce GT 420M, GeForce GT 415M, GeForce 410M, GeForce 405M
GeForce 300 Series:

GeForce GT 340, GeForce GT 330, GeForce GT 320, GeForce 315, GeForce 310
GeForce 300M Series (Notebooks):

GeForce GTS 360M, GeForce GTS 350M, GeForce GT 335M, GeForce GT 330M, GeForce GT 325M, GeForce GT 320M, GeForce 320M, GeForce 315M, GeForce 310M, GeForce 305M
GeForce 200 Series:

GeForce GTX 295, GeForce GTX 285, GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 275, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce GTS 250, GeForce GTS 240, GeForce GT 230, GeForce GT 240, GeForce GT 220, GeForce G210, GeForce 210, GeForce 205
GeForce 200M Series (Notebooks):

GeForce GTX 285M, GeForce GTX 280M, GeForce GTX 260M, GeForce GTS 260M, GeForce GTS 250M, GeForce GT 240M, GeForce GT 230M, GeForce GT 220M, GeForce G210M, GeForce G205M
GeForce 100 Series:

GeForce GT 140, GeForce GT 130, GeForce GT 120, GeForce G100
GeForce 100M Series (Notebooks):

GeForce GTS 160M, GeForce GTS 150M, GeForce GT 130M, GeForce GT 120M, GeForce G 110M, GeForce G 105M, GeForce G 103M
GeForce 9 Series:

GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9800 GTX/GTX+, GeForce 9800 GT, GeForce 9600 GT, GeForce 9600 GSO, GeForce 9600 GSO 512, GeForce 9600 GS, GeForce 9500 GT, GeForce 9500 GS, GeForce 9400 GT, GeForce 9400, GeForce 9300 GS, GeForce 9300 GE, GeForce 9300 SE, GeForce 9300, GeForce 9200, GeForce 9100
GeForce 9M Series (Notebooks):

GeForce 9800M GTX, GeForce 9800M GTS, GeForce 9800M GT, GeForce 9800M GS, GeForce 9700M GTS, GeForce 9700M GT, GeForce 9650M GT, GeForce 9650M GS, GeForce 9600M GT, GeForce 9600M GS, GeForce 9500M GS, GeForce 9500M G, GeForce 9400M G, GeForce 9400M, GeForce 9300M GS, GeForce 9300M G, GeForce 9200M GS, GeForce 9100M G
GeForce 8 Series:

GeForce 8800 Ultra, GeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800 GTS 512, GeForce 8800 GTS, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 8800 GS, GeForce 8600 GTS, GeForce 8600 GT, GeForce 8600 GS, GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8400 GS, GeForce 8400 SE, GeForce 8400, GeForce 8300 GS, GeForce 8300, GeForce 8200, GeForce 8100 /nForce 720a
GeForce 8M Series (Notebooks):

GeForce 8800M GTX, GeForce 8800M GTS, GeForce 8700M GT, GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce 8600M GS, GeForce 8400M GT, GeForce 8400M GS, GeForce 8400M G, GeForce 8200M G, GeForce 8200M
Quadro Series:

Quadro K6000, Quadro K5000, Quadro K4000, Quadro K2000, Quadro K2000D, Quadro K600, Quadro 6000, Quadro 5000, Quadro 4000, Quadro 2000, Quadro 2000D, Quadro 600, Quadro 410, Quadro 400
Quadro Series (Notebooks):

Quadro K5100M, Quadro K5000M, Quadro K4100M, Quadro K4000M, Quadro K3100M, Quadro K2100M, Quadro K3000M, Quadro K2000M, Quadro K1100M, Quadro K1000M, Quadro K610M, Quadro K510M, Quadro K500M, Quadro 5010M, Quadro 5000M, Quadro 4000M, Quadro 3000M, Quadro 2000M, Quadro 1000M
Quadro FX Series:

Quadro CX, Quadro FX 370, Quadro FX 370 Low Profile, Quadro FX 380, Quadro FX 380 Low Profile, Quadro FX 570, Quadro FX 580, Quadro FX 1700, Quadro FX 1800, Quadro FX 3700, Quadro FX 3800, Quadro FX 4600, Quadro FX 4700 X2, Quadro FX 4800, Quadro FX 5600, Quadro FX 5800
Quadro FX Series (Notebooks):

Quadro FX 3800M, Quadro FX 3700M, Quadro FX 3600M, Quadro FX 2800M, Quadro FX 2700M, Quadro FX 1800M, Quadro FX 1700M, Quadro FX 1600M, Quadro FX 880M, Quadro FX 770M, Quadro FX 570M, Quadro FX 380M, Quadro FX 370M, Quadro FX 360M
Quadro Blade/Embedded Series :

Quadro 500M, Quadro FX 770M, Quadro FX 880M, Quadro FX 1600M, Quadro FX 2800M, Quadro FX 3600M
Quadro NVS Series:

Quadro NVS 290, Quadro NVS 295, NVS 510, NVS 315, NVS 310, NVS 300, Quadro NVS 420, Quadro NVS 450
Quadro NVS Series (Notebooks):

NVS 5400M, NVS 5200M, NVS 5100M, NVS 4200M, NVS 3100M, NVS 2100M, Quadro NVS 320M, Quadro NVS 160M, Quadro NVS 150M, Quadro NVS 140M, Quadro NVS 135M, Quadro NVS 130M
Quadro Plex Series:

Quadro Plex S Series, Quadro Plex 7000
Quadro Sync Series:

Quadro Sync, Quadro G-Sync II
Quadro SDI:

Quadro SDI
GRID Series:

GRID K2, GRID K520, GRID K1, GRID K340
NVS Series:

Quadro NVS 290, Quadro NVS 295, NVS 510, NVS 315, NVS 310, NVS 300, Quadro NVS 420, Quadro NVS 450
NVS Series (Notebooks):

NVS 5400M, NVS 5200M, NVS 5100M, NVS 4200M, NVS 3100M, NVS 2100M, Quadro NVS 320M, Quadro NVS 160M, Quadro NVS 150M, Quadro NVS 140M, Quadro NVS 135M, Quadro NVS 130M
K-Series:

Tesla K40c, Tesla K40m, Tesla K40s, Tesla K40st, Tesla K20Xm, Tesla K20m, Tesla K20s, Tesla K20c, Tesla K10
C-Class:

Tesla C2075, Tesla C2070, Tesla C2050, Tesla C1060, Tesla C870
M-Class:

M2090, M2075, M2070, M2070-Q, M2050, M1060
ION (Desktops):

ION
ION (Notebooks):

ION
ION LE (Desktops):

ION LE
ION LE (Notebooks):

ION LE

This thread has been updated and all older posts; (including my own) have been deleted as I deemed them redundant.

brv how do i open up Complz.

its ok. i found it: compizconfig settings manager.

So glad I found this thread. I was having the same issue with the latest Nvidia drivers but now it is all over thanks to this advice.

Thanks

Dave

thank you

Magic thank you /// I thought i messed up upgrading to 6.1 . Now for my next problem with Conky.

Hi I think it cured my Conky problem of not displaying on start up. Now works fine .

Thanks Wolfman for the info. Fixed the problem.

Had "bouncy white out" bad with more than one window open. This worked like a charm and I appreciate all of you free world techies.
I am a "wet behind the ears, 1 month old Nooborn and Zorin Ultimate believer. For the sake of any other newcomers stumbling around like me. Dive into the unfamiliar and hang in places like this!! Thanks to all

Hi all,

this thread has been updated!!!!.

Wolfman

Since the last post I have lost the complete system and have spent several days rebuilding.
Not even there yet. This last re-install I have no ability to set the apple look. The look changer
has only the one for the free version. I am using the the Zorin OS 6.2 Ultimate. This is a serious
problem for me. After last re-install, where it says to reboot, I selected the button and opened the
dvd tray. The screen went white, and hard drive activity for a good twenty minutes. Then I turned
the machine off at it start/stop button. Then went Recovery mode. Did the network -> DPKG.
after another 10 to 15 minutes of real work, I was done. Then the ctrl alt del restart. I did notice
something during this DPKG, most y/N are of this type, however at least 1 is Y/n type. While
the casual user would miss this change, advanced users will not most of the time. They all need
to be consistant.
Now CCSM is another bucket of worms. alt-tab works in non nvida current driver, but with current
Nvidia driver, it is an abomination. Installed Nvidia as descriped earlier with an Recover mode using
network, dpkg and reboot ctl alt del methos. The for the next two to three reboots
System Tool -> Administration menu is not there. Finally it does reappear. This is not good.
Now I need a *.deb to reinstall look changer for all desktops please. Will continue with ccsm to find
the problem. It appears to be a memory issue, ccsm does try to do the alt tab before a system wide
lockup.

Rick

Hi Rick,

sorry but I have only just seen this as you should have posted in "Help & Support".

Sounds like you have a mess on your hands!!.

Do the following:

1. Restart in recovery mode and run "FSCK" then restart again using Ctrl + Alt+ Del.

2. Select recovery mode again and this time select "Drop to root shell" and type the following command:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

and once done, restart again.

3. In recovery mode for the 3rd time, activate "Network" and then "DPKG" and say "Y" when asked, restart again and this time normally and see what happens.

Did you install the pacakges "kde-full and gnome" ???. If not; paste this command in a terminal and restart your PC afterwards:

sudo apt-get install kde-full gnome

Let us know how you get on.

Regards Wolfman

HI Wolfman, 120 blue jewels over due to you sir! This solved my 'blackouts' in Zorin 8 RC - not got round to installing final yet!

Added all major Nvidia graphic cards list so you can see if your card is supported by what driver!.

***Note to everyone***
Before you jump by seeing your card number on the list: PLEASE NOTE THAT CARDS WITH AN OEM DESIGNATION ARE INTERNALLY DIFFERENT AND MAY NOT BE SUPPORTED BY DRIVERS! THIS IS CONFIRMED ON THE GT 620 (OEM) failing to use the 319 driver on these cards WILL RESULT IN A BLACK SCREEN.

Edit: fixed driver number to 319 heh,heh,heh.

botcrusher wrote:***Note to everyone***
Before you jump by seeing your card number on the list: PLEASE NOTE THAT CARDS WITH AN OEM DESIGNATION ARE INTERNALLY DIFFERENT AND MAY NOT BE SUPPORTED BY DRIVERS! THIS IS CONFIRMED ON THE GT 620 (OEM) failing to use the 119 driver on these cards WILL RESULT IN A BLACK SCREEN.

Hi I think you mean 319 - 304 should be ok for you - I am just annoyed that you have to turn acceleration off to get rid of 'smurfville'! - so I am back to Nouveau and NOT missing nVidia one bit!

botcrusher wrote:***Note to everyone***
Before you jump by seeing your card number on the list: PLEASE NOTE THAT CARDS WITH AN OEM DESIGNATION ARE INTERNALLY DIFFERENT AND MAY NOT BE SUPPORTED BY DRIVERS! THIS IS CONFIRMED ON THE GT 620 (OEM) failing to use the 319 driver on these cards WILL RESULT IN A BLACK SCREEN.

Edit: fixed driver number to 319 heh,heh,heh.

Hi,

according to the list, you can use the 331 version too!.

GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 645, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce 605
GeForce 600M Series (Notebooks):

Hi Wolfman, I tried that driver first and ended up in low graphics mode with no way out!

@Swarf,

did you remove the drivers at root level in "Recovery Mode" and then restart and do recovery again by running "DPKG" per the instructions?.

Hi Wolfman, no, I think I did a reinstall - even tried earlier kernels but that was a week ago now - finally got around to trying the updated 304 drivers - not teste don video yet - using Dark Table the nouveau drivers crashed out so back trying nvidia again but heartbleed has got my gnome-look account now (I could be wrong) as I am now locked out!

wolf you kinda missed the point there. as i had said, the cards labeled as OEM ARE NOT the same card as the ones not labeled OEM
Geforce GT 620 != Geforce GT 620 OEM
they are in fact different cards. (OEM is the sketchy card)
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop ... ifications
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop ... ifications
The guts are rather different.
mainly that the OEM model has ram that's slower than my desktop ram XD (Well, ok not really GPU memory is always faster per clock)

Wolfman wrote:@Swarf,

did you remove the drivers at root level in "Recovery Mode" and then restart and do recovery again by running "DPKG" per the instructions?.

i did those and i had to instal the 319 instead.

botcrusher wrote:wolf you kinda missed the point there. as i had said, the cards labeled as OEM ARE NOT the same card as the ones not labeled OEM
Geforce GT 620 != Geforce GT 620 OEM
they are in fact different cards. (OEM is the sketchy card)
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop ... ifications
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop ... ifications
The guts are rather different.
mainly that the OEM model has ram that's slower than my desktop ram XD (Well, ok not really GPU memory is always faster per clock)

Hi botcrusher,

I understood what you said and this is why I put warnings on the page so people make sure that they select the correct driver for their model, there are so many with almost the same name that is easy to select and install the wrong drivers!. But thankyou for making a point of it!.

The lists of the supported drivers was copied directly from the Nvidia support pages so they should be correct one would think?, or wouldn't one?.

I installed the nvidia drivers for my GForce FX 5500, which has the legacy 173 drivers....the screen is now black and I can't do anything with this....running Zorin OS 9 core 32 bit...machine is a Compaq Presario, with a AMD Sempron 3100+ 2GB mem 80GB HDD. What else can I do except to try and unistall these....apparently they're not working....thanks

Hi Andrew,

assuming you installed the "nvidia-173" (legacy) package, restart yor PC in recovery mode and activate "Network" ( a network cable connection is required), then go to "root shell" and type the following commands:

Code:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-173 && sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

(The above command should be typed as written above!)

Then restart your PC with Ctrl + Alt + Del, do not click on resume!.

Let us know how you get on.

Hello Wolfman,

Tried both methods and both ways get me a black screen, no desktop.....so I end up going back in using your methods prior to actual booting into the desktop itself, and undoing everything....so it's currently using the stock drivers that come with the OS, can't use either propriatery drivers on that particular machine....strangly enough (stratching my head )

Thank you for your assistance, I don't know what else to do....

Hi Andrew,

I assume that your rig won't work with any Nvidia drivers and you should stick with the opensource pre-installed drivers!.

Do you still have a black screen?, did you install/remove the 304 (nvidia-current) package which most likely won't help!.

You should wait and try Zorin Lite 9 when it comes out or go with Lubuntu on which Zorin Lite is based!.

Hi,

according to the list, you can use the 331 version too!.

GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 645, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce 605
GeForce 600M Series (Notebooks):

I'm back XD
I can confirm that no, the card does not work. Because the gt 620 (oem) IS NOT the same as the gt 620. I can only assume they meant to leave out the oem version, reading a changelog of the newest drive adds support for the oem version of some other 600's, but did not mention the 620 oem
I have reproduced the issue again after installing zorin OS 9.
Nvidia's naming scheme has always been a little cryptic (the gt 605 - 640 are actually previous gen fermi's that got renamed) and the oem cards are even stranger.
Could you please note that the oem cards may not work with that or the new current driver?
I just want to note that i have a gt 610 that does work with the current driver, (note that the 610 is only a lesser clocked real gt 620 with much less cuda cores)

t is important to restart your PC in "Recovery Mode" and select "Network" (Cable Only!!) and then run "DPKG" in case there are any updates and after you have done the updates (Mesa, Xorg etc!), restart your PC with Ctrl + Alt + Del, don't click on "Resume"

When I select "Network", I get
ModemManager [861]: <warn> Couldn't find support for device at 'sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0/0000:02:08.0: not supported by any plugin

I suppose it can't find the ethernet adapter? But it works as it should when Zorin loads normally. I have internet access from the computer.

Dr. Mabuse wrote:

t is important to restart your PC in "Recovery Mode" and select "Network" (Cable Only!!) and then run "DPKG" in case there are any updates and after you have done the updates (Mesa, Xorg etc!), restart your PC with Ctrl + Alt + Del, don't click on "Resume"

When I select "Network", I get
ModemManager [861]: <warn> Couldn't find support for device at 'sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0e.0/0000:02:08.0: not supported by any plugin

I suppose it can't find the ethernet adapter? But it works as it should when Zorin loads normally. I have internet access from the computer.

Hi,

ignore that warning and continue as advised per the update guide when running "dpkg"!.