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davidbrooke

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Registered: 2014-10-30

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[Solved] Which Nvidia driver to use?

I am trying out the "LTS" version of the kernel along with the current kernel version. I use Nvidia and noticed that the current Nvidia version will not work with the "LTS" kernel. Do I need to load the Nvidia "LTS" version to work with both kernels? If not, what steps can I take to use both kernels with Nvidia?
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Last edited by davidbrooke (2014-10-30 20:48:45)

lucke

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Re: [Solved] Which Nvidia driver to use?

nvidia package provides the module for the linux package, nvidia-lts package provides the module for the linux-lts package. If you have both linux and linux-lts packages installed, install both nvidia and nvidia-lts.

runical

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Re: [Solved] Which Nvidia driver to use?

Try installing both nvidia and nvidia-lts. They do not conflict if I am not mistaken and work with their respective kernels.

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davidbrooke

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Re: [Solved] Which Nvidia driver to use?

Thanks for the replies!
I loaded the "LTS" version of nvidia and it works. I didn't bother to load nvidia-utils and nvidia-libgl since there wasn't an "LTS" version.
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Re: [Solved] Which Nvidia driver to use?

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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