Getting Nvidia-drivers to work on Ubuntu 12.10 – Quantal Quetzal

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After installing Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal on my development-machine i noticed that i wasn’t running on the Nvidia drivers for my GeForce GTX 560 Ti. And to make matters worse, the proprietary drivers didn’t work either. So i set out on a Google-hunt to find myself a solution.

It seems like there currently is a bug in 12.10 which caused the Nvidia drivers to fail. Regardless for which repository (ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa etc) you’re using and if you’re using the latest version (304.32).

Problems seem to be within the kernel, so you need to install the generic kernel including its headers. Then remove the current Nvidia-drivers and re-install them. Sounds complicated? It’s not, just run the commands below and reboot.

Edit: Notice that you need to do this each time there is a new kernel upgrade in Ubuntu. So currently you should replace linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic with linux-headers-3.5.0-25-generic in the instructions below.

Jump over to a terminal
Ctrl-Alt-F1 and login as your username.

Install linux source and headers, make sure to use the current kernel version
sudo apt-get install linux-source sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic

Uninstall nvidia driver
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-*

Reinstall nvidia driver
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates

If it successfully installs, restart the computer
sudo shutdown -r now

This solved my problems with my GeForce GTX 560 Ti and i’m now running 12.10 in full GPU acceleration.

Source:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/202677/nvidia-driver-doesnt-work-in-12-10

Comments

12 responses to “Getting Nvidia-drivers to work on Ubuntu 12.10 – Quantal Quetzal”

October 24, 2012

Mokoemm

Many, many thanks. Work’s perfect for me =)

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November 1, 2012

guest

You Don’t get any heating issue?. i also have gtx 560ti in ideal its temperature 40 , simple browsing it goes to 50*c

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November 23, 2012

Joematthewstech

Thanks!

I’m glad I can keep this Ubuntu distro for my kids to use. The new interface is more akin to the tablets they use everyday. The problem you illustrated caused the computer to drag, bad. I was so disappointed because Ubuntu worked so well in the past when it was harder to use for the kids.

Thanks again!

Asta Windows!

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December 25, 2012

Guest

This is nice, but for some reason, I get bad fps in every game.

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December 26, 2012

Dominik Olędzki

I’ve got GTX 560 (without Ti) and unfortunately, after this I have resolution like 1024×768 :-(. I’ve tried a couple of nvidia drivers versions, no results. Is it a common problem or I’m an exception?

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1. January 29, 2013
  
  Raj Chevli
  
  I seem to be having the same issue.
  
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  1. April 11, 2013
    
    Wiz
    
    yea i am as well but im dealing with a GTX 460m
    
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December 30, 2012

Anon

Thanks very much! Worked great.

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January 26, 2013

Mark Fletcher

At last! It worked! This is business! All I need now is to get dual displays working properly 🙂

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March 4, 2013

Guest

Yes, it works, but you need to do this every single time there is a kernel update…

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1. March 6, 2013
  
  Tommie
  
  Good point! I’ve updated the post. Thanks!
  
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September 10, 2013

joble

What the fuck, Ubuntu? This is fucking ridiculous. How can they release a distro with this kind of bug and expect people to take them seriously? Pathetic.

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