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Upgrade Nvidia driver on Xubuntu

  • Download lastest drive from Nvidia (NVIDIA-Linux-[version].run)

  • Press crtl+alt+1 to switch to vitual console 1

  • sudo service lighdm stop

  • sudo apt-get remove nvidia-[version] nvidia-settings (Replace nvidia-[version] to version that you installed)

  • sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-[version].run (Replace NVIDIA-Linux-[version].run to your file name)

  • Agree license

  • Hit yes when "The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! Continue installation anyway?" prompt

  • Wait for installation finish

  • sudo reboot

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