| cmaloney | yo | 19:00 |
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| _stink_ | hello | 20:11 |
| user2 | hi is there someone here who can walk me through installing nvidia proprietary drivers? | 21:50 |
| gamerchick02 | user2, you should be able to go to the settings, pick the drivers option, and install them that way | 22:09 |
| gamerchick02 | i'm on windows right this minute so i'm not exactly sure | 22:09 |
| user2 | yeah the system update thing right? | 22:09 |
| user2 | I go there and there is a proprietary driver available, but selecting it and rebooting leads me to a blank screen/boot hang issue | 22:10 |
| gamerchick02 | hrm, i think that's above my pay grade. cmaloney or greg-g can you help? | 22:17 |
| greg-g | user2: first step I would do is search for the exact make/model of your computer and "nvidia ubuntu howto" in google, see if others are having the same issue | 22:19 |
| user2 | www.pastebin.com/nWgDL6TL | 22:25 |
| user2 | www.pastebin.com/ZATXSMGH | 22:25 |
| greg-g | did you do what I suggested? | 22:26 |
| user2 | yes | 22:27 |
| user2 | seems like there is a variety of solutions | 22:27 |
| user2 | ive checked a few of them already but couldn't make anything of it, which is why i came to the irc chats | 22:27 |
| greg-g | so, there are many reports of it not working then, any documentation on official looking websites like wiki.ubuntu.com or similar? | 22:29 |
| greg-g | documentation on how to get it working, that is | 22:29 |
| greg-g | ftr: it doesn't always work | 22:29 |
| user2 | most people seem to work through ppa repositories | 22:29 |
| user2 | I got the same issue I have now when I tried to do that | 22:30 |
| greg-g | sounds like a gamble at this point, afaik | 22:30 |
| greg-g | if PPAs are the proposed solution | 22:30 |
| user2 | another solution suggested disabling secure boot, but I checked BIOS and couldn't find anything regarding boot security | 22:30 |
| user2 | hahaha shit I don't gamble often | 22:30 |
| greg-g | user2: honestly, I haven't futzed with nvidia on linux since.... oh man, 2007? Others might weigh in with more advice later if they see this | 22:33 |
| user2 | well thanks for your help | 22:34 |
| user2 | hopefully the arizona channel can help me | 22:34 |
| greg-g | godspeed | 22:35 |
| user2 | sudo modprobe nvidia returns : FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/4.4.0-51-generic | 22:38 |
| user2 | does this mean anything to you? | 22:39 |
| greg-g | I haven't messed with modprobe in just about as long :) | 22:39 |
| * greg-g is a happy thinkpad/intel user :) | 22:39 | |
| gamerchick02 | i've not had to either, come to think of it | 22:48 |
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