[header=5]Warning: Do this at your own risk. I do not take any responsibility for problems this causes. The reason I don't use sudo apt-get install in this is the official nvidia driver in the repository has a chance of breaking. This assumes you have no prior versions of nVidia drivers installed; if you do just delete them before proceeding.[/header]
So, you've just downloaded your favourite distro of linux and - what's this? Forge hangs the system leaving you with only mouse control while loading? This problem is caused by your graphics drivers but those are a pain to update on Linux if you have an nVidia graphics card.
[header=4]Step 1: Download the Drivers[/header]
Go to http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx and find the drivers that are right for your graphics card and select Linux in x86, ARM, or x86_64 variants depending on your system
[header=4]Step 2: Make them Executable[/header]
Navigate to wherever you saved the .run file to. If it is version 358.63 and is the 64 bit version, the name of the file will be "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-352.63.run". Otherwise, change that in the command, as well as changing /home/user/Downloads to your username, and the folder you saved it to.
Open a terminal window and type this:
cd /home/user/Downloads
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-352.63.run
Now the driver installer is executable.
[header=4]Step 3: Disable X server and Nouveau[/header]
Press ctrl+alt+f1 to exit the display manager and log in.Type
sudo service lightdm stop
and it should stop x, if you are running a recent version of Ubuntu or a variant that does not use gnome or kde, otherwise it will be gdm or kdm instead of lightdm.
[header=4]Step 4: Disable Nouveau[/header]
We have to blacklist the driver "nouveau".
Type
p class="blockquote">sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
and add the following lines:
p class="text">blacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
alias nouveau off
alias lbm-nouveau off
Save it by using ctrl x then pressing save. Next enter these commands:
p class="blockquote">echo options nouveau modeset=0 | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-kms.conf
update-initramfs -u[/header]
Step 5: Install the drivers[/header] Now restart the computer. You will be in a really crappy low resolution screen. Press ctrl alt f1 again to go back to the text interface, and stop lightdm again by typing
p class="blockquote">sudo service lightdm stop
Now you can just cd over to the directory that you saved the .run installer in
p class="blockquote">cd /home/user/Downloads
and then run the installer you already made executable using chmod +x
p class="blockquote">./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-352.63.run
Do what the installer says and just agree to everything if you aren't too knowledgeable about what it's saying.
You should be able to finish the install without errors and restart the PC into a graphical interface with your original resolution, and updated drivers allowing you to play forge
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So, you've just downloaded your favourite distro of linux and - what's this? Forge hangs the system leaving you with only mouse control while loading? This problem is caused by your graphics drivers but those are a pain to update on Linux if you have an nVidia graphics card.
[header=4]Step 1: Download the Drivers[/header]Go to http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx and find the drivers that are right for your graphics card and select Linux in x86, ARM, or x86_64 variants depending on your system
[header=4]Step 2: Make them Executable[/header]Navigate to wherever you saved the .run file to. If it is version 358.63 and is the 64 bit version, the name of the file will be "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-352.63.run". Otherwise, change that in the command, as well as changing /home/user/Downloads to your username, and the folder you saved it to.
Open a terminal window and type this:
Now the driver installer is executable.
[header=4]Step 3: Disable X server and Nouveau[/header]Press ctrl+alt+f1 to exit the display manager and log in.Type
and it should stop x, if you are running a recent version of Ubuntu or a variant that does not use gnome or kde, otherwise it will be gdm or kdm instead of lightdm.
[header=4]Step 4: Disable Nouveau[/header]
We have to blacklist the driver "nouveau".
Type
and add the following lines:
Save it by using ctrl x then pressing save. Next enter these commands:
Step 5: Install the drivers[/header] Now restart the computer. You will be in a really crappy low resolution screen. Press ctrl alt f1 again to go back to the text interface, and stop lightdm again by typing
Now you can just cd over to the directory that you saved the .run installer in
and then run the installer you already made executable using chmod +x
Do what the installer says and just agree to everything if you aren't too knowledgeable about what it's saying.
You should be able to finish the install without errors and restart the PC into a graphical interface with your original resolution, and updated drivers allowing you to play forge