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Graphic drivers are a must, specially if you plan to game on elementary OS. There are two kinds of graphics drivers you will come across: proprietary and open source. Open source drivers are usually developed by the Linux community. Older cards are usually better supported by the community. These are licensed with the GPL and are distributed at no cost. The disadvantages are that the open source drivers sometimes do not provide full support for all of the video card’s features. The card in that case performs better by using the proprietary drivers.
The easiest way is to first open the Applications launcher and open System Settings. When the window appears, scroll down until you see the About icon under the System category. Click it and some information about your operating system and computer will appear. Under hardware there is a line starting with Graphics. Next to it is the information about your graphics card.
Use terminal to get information on graphics card.
This command will give you more detailed information.
Now that you know what graphics card you have there are several way to install the graphic drivers. The easiest way is to use the Additional Drivers plug in System Settings.
1. Open the application launcher, find the System Settings app and open it.
2. You will find the Additional Drivers plug under the Hardware category. Click on the icon and wait for it to find the correct drivers for you.
3. A window will pop up and display a list of drivers. You can now choose the one you need and click enable.
Propitiatory drivers might also be available for your device from the manufacturer or some other third party source. (Please note that you have to uninstall any currently installed graphics drivers before installing the propitiatory ones)
Usually the latest driver is already included in the newer kernel/mesa but you can still install the drivers from here:
Download the installer
1. Open Files (the file manager) and navigate to your Downloads folder.
2. Extract the contents of the file by right clicking on it and selecting Extract here. Open the extracted folder.
3. Right click the amd-driver-installer-xxxxxxx.run file and select Properties. Click on More and make sure your user is allowed to execute it.
4. Run the installer by clicking on amd-driver-installer-xxxxxxx.run, enter your password and follow the instruction in the installer.
After the installation, It’d ask you to reboot. Reboot you’re computer and you’re done!
We wished we could juts download and install the driver file like AMD Graphics but the installation process of the NVIDIA proprietary graphics driver is a little bit tricky. According to the readme, the installation process is supposed to be something like that
Unfortunately as we said, its not that easy, you’ll come across the following error-
Please exit any X server app before proceeding with the installation
Well don’t worry, we’ve compiled a super easy tutorial for you
Recommend : Rename the downloaded file to nvidia.run (or something short and easy to remember) and copy it to the home (/home/ username /) directory Also keep a pen or pencil near to note the following steps down!
1. Press [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[f1] to enter virtual terminal. Enter your login and password. ( Dont panic, you can always return to graphical desktop using [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[f7] )
2. Enter the following
3. Follow the steps on the screen
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