> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://lamhung81-2.gitbook.io/github-basic-tutorial/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://lamhung81-2.gitbook.io/github-basic-tutorial/p51-lenov-install-quadro-m2200-graphic-card.md). # P51 Lenov, Install Quadro M2200 graphic card With the recent advancements in Linux desktop distributions, gaming on Linux is coming to life. Linux users are beginning to enjoy gaming like Windows or Mac OSX users, with amazing performance. **Nvidia**makes top-rated gaming graphics cards. However, for a long time, updating**Nvidia**drivers on Linux desktops was not so easy. Luckily, now the**Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA**packages updated**nvidia-graphics-drivers**for Ubuntu ready for installation. Although this**PPA**is currently in testing, you can get fresh drivers from upstream, currently shipping Nvidia from it. If you are using Nvidia graphics card, this article will show you how to install the latest Nvidia drivers on**Ubuntu**and its derivatives such as**Linux Mint**. ### How to Install Nvidia Drivers in Ubuntu First start by adding the**Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA**to your system package sources and update your system package cache using[apt command](https://www.tecmint.com/apt-advanced-package-command-examples-in-ubuntu/). ``` $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa $ sudo apt update ``` Then install the latest stable nvidia graphics (which is**nvidia-387**at the time of writing this article) using the following command. ``` $ sudo apt install nvidia-387 ``` Alternatively, open**Software & Updates**under**System Settings**and go to**Additional Drivers**tab, select the required driver version and click “**Apply Changes**”. Next,**reboot**your computer for the new driver to start working. Then use the**lsmod command**to check your installation status with the following command. It will list all currently loaded kernel modules in Linux, then filter only**nvidia**using[grep command](https://www.tecmint.com/linux-grep-commands-character-classes-bracket-expressions/). ``` $ lsmod | grep nvidia ``` Some times updates do not work well as expected. If you face any issues with the latest drivers installation such as black screen on startup, you can remove it as follows. ``` $ sudo apt-get purge nvidia* ``` If you want to completely remove graphics-drivers PPA as well, run the following command to remove PPA. ``` $ sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa ``` ## How to check NVIDIA driver version on your Linux system Use command line and consult nvidia-smi utility to reveal NVIDIA driver version ``` lhnguyen@nguyenP51U16:~$ nvidia-smi Wed Nov 28 01:08:30 2018 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 410.78 Driver Version: 410.78 CUDA Version: 10.0 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 Quadro M1200 Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A | | N/A 37C P0 N/A / N/A | 344MiB / 4035MiB | 0% Default | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: GPU Memory | | GPU PID Type Process name Usage | |=============================================================================| | 0 958 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 174MiB | | 0 1413 G compiz 77MiB | | 0 2098 G ...-token=F237778D1B219474554FF2B121076DFB 87MiB | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ``` or Check Xorg X server logs ``` lhnguyen@nguyenP51U16:~$ grep "X Driver" /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 4.583] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 410.78 Sat Nov 10 22:15:52 CST 2018 ``` Here in the below is the installation of version 410: > lhnguyen\@nguyenP51U16:\~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa > > \[sudo] password for lhnguyen: > > Fresh drivers from upstream, currently shipping Nvidia. > > \## Current Status > > Current long-lived branch release: \`nvidia-410\` (410.66) > > Dropped support for Fermi series () > > Old long-lived branch release: \`nvidia-390\` (390.87) > > For GF1xx GPUs use \`nvidia-390\` (390.87) > > For G8x, G9x and GT2xx GPUs use \`nvidia-340\` (340.107) > > For NV4x and G7x GPUs use \`nvidia-304\` (304.137) End-Of-Life! > > Support timeframes for Unix legacy GPU releases: > > > > \## What we're working on right now: > > * Normal driver updates > * Help Wanted: Mesa Updates for Intel/AMD users, ping us if you want to help do this work, we're shorthanded. > > \## WARNINGS: > > This PPA is currently in testing, you should be experienced with packaging before you dive in here: > > Volunteers welcome! > > \### How you can help: > > \## Install PTS and benchmark your gear: > > ``` > sudo apt-get install phoronix-test-suite > ``` > > Run the benchmark: > > ``` > phoronix-test-suite default-benchmark openarena xonotic tesseract gputest unigine-valley > ``` > > and then say yes when it asks you to submit your results to openbechmarking.org. Then grab a cup of coffee, it takes a bit for the benchmarks to run. Depending on the version of Ubuntu you're using it might preferable for you to grabs PTS from upstream directly: > > \## Share your results with the community: > > Post a link to your results (or any other feedback to): > > Remember to rerun and resubmit the benchmarks after driver upgrades, this will allow us to gather a bunch of data on performance that we can share with everybody. > > If you run into old documentation referring to other PPAs, you can help us by consolidating references to this PPA. > > If someone wants to go ahead and start prototyping on \`software-properties-gtk\` on what the GUI should look like, please start hacking! > > \## Help us Help You! > > We use the donation funds to get the developers hardware to test and upload these drivers, please consider donating to the "community" slider on the donation page if you're loving this PPA: > > > > More info: > > Press \[ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it > > gpg: keyring \`/tmp/tmpzxvrgb\_8/secring.gpg' created > > gpg: keyring \`/tmp/tmpzxvrgb\_8/pubring.gpg' created > > gpg: requesting key 1118213C from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com > > gpg: /tmp/tmpzxvrgb\_8/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created > > gpg: key 1118213C: public key "Launchpad PPA for Graphics Drivers Team" imported > > gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found > > gpg: Total number processed: 1 > > gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) > > OK > > lhnguyen\@nguyenP51U16:\~$ sudo apt update > > Hit:1 xenial InRelease > > Ign:2 stable InRelease > > Get:3 xenial-security InRelease \[107 kB] > > Hit:4 xenial InRelease > > Get:5 xenial-updates InRelease \[109 kB] > > Hit:6 stable Release > > Hit:7 xenial InRelease > > Get:9 xenial-backports InRelease \[107 kB] > > Get:10 xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages \[884 kB] > > Hit:11 xenial InRelease > > Get:12 stable InRelease \[2 456 B] > > Hit:13 apt/stable/ InRelease > > Hit:14 xenial InRelease > > Get:15 xenial-updates/main i386 Packages \[786 kB] > > Get:16 xenial-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata \[320 kB] > > Get:17 xenial-updates/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons \[225 kB] > > Get:18 xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages \[707 kB] > > Get:19 xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages \[649 kB] > > Get:20 xenial-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata \[248 kB] > > Get:21 xenial-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons \[337 kB] > > Get:22 xenial-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata \[5 964 B] > > Get:23 xenial-updates/multiverse DEP-11 64x64 Icons \[14,3 kB] > > Get:24 xenial-backports/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata \[3 328 B] > > Get:25 xenial-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata \[5 104 B] > > Fetched 4 509 kB in 4s (1 096 kB/s) > > AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors. > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > 261 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. > > lhnguyen\@nguyenP51U16:\~$ lsmod | grep nvidia > > lhnguyen\@nguyenP51U16:\~$ sudo apt install nvidia-410 > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: > > linux-headers-4.13.0-38 linux-headers-4.13.0-38-generic linux-headers-4.13.0-45 linux-headers-4.13.0-45-generic linux-headers-4.15.0-24 > > linux-headers-4.15.0-24-generic linux-headers-4.15.0-29 linux-headers-4.15.0-29-generic linux-headers-4.15.0-32 linux-headers-4.15.0-32-generic > > linux-headers-4.15.0-34 linux-headers-4.15.0-34-generic linux-image-4.13.0-38-generic linux-image-4.13.0-45-generic linux-image-4.15.0-24-generic > > linux-image-4.15.0-29-generic linux-image-4.15.0-32-generic linux-image-4.15.0-34-generic linux-image-extra-4.13.0-38-generic > > linux-image-extra-4.13.0-45-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-24-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-29-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-32-generic > > linux-modules-4.15.0-34-generic linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-24-generic linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-29-generic linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-32-generic > > linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-34-generic linux-signed-image-4.13.0-38-generic linux-signed-image-4.13.0-45-generic > > Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. > > The following additional packages will be installed: > > bbswitch-dkms dkms lib32gcc1 libc6-i386 libcuda1-410 libjansson4 libxnvctrl0 nvidia-opencl-icd-410 nvidia-prime nvidia-settings > > screen-resolution-extra xserver-common xserver-xorg-legacy > > Suggested packages: > > bumblebee > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > > bbswitch-dkms dkms lib32gcc1 libc6-i386 libcuda1-410 libjansson4 libxnvctrl0 nvidia-410 nvidia-opencl-icd-410 nvidia-prime nvidia-settings > > screen-resolution-extra xserver-xorg-legacy > > The following packages will be upgraded: > > xserver-common > > 1 upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 260 not upgraded. > > Need to get 108 MB of archives. > > After this operation, 493 MB of additional disk space will be used. > > Do you want to continue? \[Y/n] Y > > Get:1 xenial-updates/main amd64 dkms all 2.2.0.3-2ubuntu11.5 \[66,3 kB] > > Get:2 xenial/main amd64 lib32gcc1 amd64 1:8.1.0-5ubuntu1\~16.04 \[47,8 kB] > > Get:3 xenial-updates/main amd64 libc6-i386 amd64 2.23-0ubuntu10 \[2 336 kB] > > Get:4 xenial/main amd64 nvidia-410 amd64 410.78-0ubuntu0\~gpu16.04.1 \[97,0 MB] > > Get:5 xenial-updates/main amd64 xserver-common all 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8 \[27,7 kB] > > Get:6 xenial-updates/main amd64 xserver-xorg-legacy amd64 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8 \[35,9 kB] > > Get:7 xenial-updates/main amd64 libjansson4 amd64 2.7-3ubuntu0.1 \[27,1 kB] > > Get:8 xenial/main amd64 bbswitch-dkms amd64 0.8-3ubuntu1 \[11,6 kB] > > Get:9 xenial/main amd64 nvidia-prime amd64 0.8.2 \[11,1 kB] > > Get:10 xenial-updates/main amd64 screen-resolution-extra all 0.17.1.1\~16.04.1 \[11,7 kB] > > Get:11 xenial/main amd64 libcuda1-410 amd64 410.78-0ubuntu0\~gpu16.04.1 \[3 597 kB] > > Get:12 xenial/main amd64 libxnvctrl0 amd64 415.18-0ubuntu0\~gpu16.04.1 \[18,2 kB] > > Get:13 xenial/main amd64 nvidia-opencl-icd-410 amd64 410.78-0ubuntu0\~gpu16.04.1 \[3 686 kB] > > Get:14 xenial/main amd64 nvidia-settings amd64 415.18-0ubuntu0\~gpu16.04.1 \[957 kB] > > Fetched 108 MB in 3min 6s (578 kB/s) > > Preconfiguring packages ... > > setting xserver-xorg-legacy/xwrapper/allowed\_users from configuration file > > Selecting previously unselected package dkms. > > (Reading database ... 658994 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to unpack .../dkms\_2.2.0.3-2ubuntu11.5\_all.deb ... > > Unpacking dkms (2.2.0.3-2ubuntu11.5) ... > > Selecting previously unselected package libc6-i386. > > Preparing to unpack .../libc6-i386\_2.23-0ubuntu10\_amd64.deb ... > > Unpacking libc6-i386 (2.23-0ubuntu10) ... > > Selecting previously unselected package lib32gcc1. > > Preparing to unpack .../lib32gcc1\_1%3a8.1.0-5ubuntu1\~16.04\_amd64.deb ... > > Unpacking lib32gcc1 (1:8.1.0-5ubuntu1\~16.04) ... > > Preparing to unpack .../xserver-common\_2%3a1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8\_all.deb ... > > Unpacking xserver-common 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> Unpacking nvidia-settings (415.18-0ubuntu0\~gpu16.04.1) ... > > Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... > > Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ... > > Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... > > ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot > > Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ... > > Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5.2) ... > > Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3\~bzr0+16.04.20180209-0ubuntu1) ... > > Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... > > Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ... > > Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ... > > Setting up dkms (2.2.0.3-2ubuntu11.5) ... > > Setting up libc6-i386 (2.23-0ubuntu10) ... > > Setting up lib32gcc1 (1:8.1.0-5ubuntu1\~16.04) ... > > Setting up xserver-common (2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8) ... > > Setting up xserver-xorg-legacy (2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8) ... > > setting xserver-xorg-legacy/xwrapper/allowed\_users from configuration file > > Setting up nvidia-410 (410.78-0ubuntu0\~gpu16.04.1) ... > > update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-410/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86\_64-linux-gnu\_GL.conf (x86\_64-linux-gnu\_gl\_conf) in auto mode > > update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-410/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86\_64-linux-gnu\_EGL.conf (x86\_64-linux-gnu\_egl\_conf) in auto mode > > update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-410/alt\_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu\_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu\_gl\_conf) in auto mode > > update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-410/alt\_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu\_EGL.conf (i386-linux-gnu\_egl\_conf) in auto mode > > update-alternatives: using /usr/share/nvidia-410/glamor.conf to provide /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/glamoregl.conf (glamor\_conf) in auto mode > > update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) > > INFO:Enable nvidia-410 > > DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell\_latitude > > DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put\_your\_quirks\_here > > DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo\_thinkpad > > Adding system user \`nvidia-persistenced' (UID 122) ... > > Adding new group \`nvidia-persistenced' (GID 129) ... > > Adding new user \`nvidia-persistenced' (UID 122) with group \`nvidia-persistenced' ... > > Not creating home directory \`/'. > > Loading new nvidia-410-410.78 DKMS files... > > First Installation: checking all kernels... > > Building only for 4.15.0-39-generic > > Building for architecture x86\_64 > > Building initial module for 4.15.0-39-generic > > Done. > > nvidia\_410: > > Running module version sanity check. > > * Original module > * No original module exists within this kernel > * Installation > * Installing to /lib/modules/4.15.0-39-generic/updates/dkms/ > > nvidia\_410\_modeset.ko: > > Running module version sanity check. > > * Original module > * No original module exists within this kernel > * Installation > * Installing to /lib/modules/4.15.0-39-generic/updates/dkms/ > > nvidia\_410\_drm.ko: > > Running module version sanity check. > > * Original module > * No original module exists within this kernel > * Installation > * Installing to /lib/modules/4.15.0-39-generic/updates/dkms/ > > nvidia\_410\_uvm.ko: > > Running module version sanity check. > > * Original module > * No original module exists within this kernel > * Installation > * Installing to /lib/modules/4.15.0-39-generic/updates/dkms/ > > depmod.... > > DKMS: install completed. > > Setting up libcuda1-410 (410.78-0ubuntu0\~gpu16.04.1) ... > > Setting up libjansson4:amd64 (2.7-3ubuntu0.1) ... > > Setting up libxnvctrl0:amd64 (415.18-0ubuntu0\~gpu16.04.1) ... > > Setting up nvidia-opencl-icd-410 (410.78-0ubuntu0\~gpu16.04.1) ... > > Setting up bbswitch-dkms (0.8-3ubuntu1) ... > > Loading new bbswitch-0.8 DKMS files... > > First Installation: checking all kernels... > > Building only for 4.15.0-39-generic > > Building initial module for 4.15.0-39-generic > > Done. > > bbswitch: > > Running module version sanity check. > > * Original module > * No original module exists within this kernel > * Installation > * Installing to /lib/modules/4.15.0-39-generic/updates/dkms/ > > depmod.... > > DKMS: install completed. > > Setting up nvidia-prime (0.8.2) ... > > Setting up screen-resolution-extra (0.17.1.1\~16.04.1) ... > > Setting up nvidia-settings (415.18-0ubuntu0\~gpu16.04.1) ... > > Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ... > > Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.11) ... > > update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-39-generic > > Processing triggers for shim-signed (1.33.1\~16.04.1+13-0ubuntu2) ... > > Secure Boot not enabled on this system. > > Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... > > Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ... > > lhnguyen\@nguyenP51U16:\~$ lsmod | grep nvidia