

The nvidia-headless-418 contains only the driver, while the full nvidia-driver-418 package contain everything including display component such OpenGL libraries. Changing to the latest version available is a good idea. Version 418 is the latest when I write this page. Sudo apt install nvidia-headless-418 nvidia-utils-418

If you have installed via PPA repositories Uninstall all previous installationsĬommon steps for both methods to avoid possible conflicts. If you would like to follow your own method, just make sure the OpenGL files are not installed. I suggest installing the driver in either of the following ways. Install NVIDIA driver without OpenGL files Make sure your computer could boot to GUI and be logged in to desktop successfully under this setting. Make sure monitors are plugged to the motherboard the instead of dedicated display card.Ĭonfigure the BIOS to make Intel graphics as the primary display device (usually select IGFX instead of PEG or PCIE). Preparationīefore operating within Linux, you need to make some configuration on your hardware.

I haven't tested on different hardware configurations, but it should work similarly.
