Problem with installing Nvidia display drivers on Ubuntu 13.10
- by Pascal
Hello everyone and thank you for taking a look at this topic!
I'm currently trying out Ubuntu 13.10 but I keep hitting a wall when it comes to installing a driver.
I've tried:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
This resulted in a un-bootable system. The screen just stayed black and the cursor displayed as an 'X'. After that I did had to re-install Ubuntu.
The computer I'm using is an Acer-Aspire-V3 with a build in Nvidia geforce GT 630M and also with a Intel HD graphics chip-set (not sure if chip-set is the right word here).
"lspci | grep VGA" output:
pascal@pascal-Aspire-V3-571G:~$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 630M] (rev a1)
I've searched a bit here and there and found out that it would be wise to mention that this laptop is using (or so I think) Nvidia Optimus, not sure if it will add anything to the subject but at least I'll mention it just to be sure.
Now to the questions:
Q1 How is this caused and how can I fix it?
Q2 What additional information could I provide to help you help me?
