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I am running a fresh install of Lubuntu 14.04, and I want to use Nvidia drivers rather than the default Nouveau drivers.

So, as advised here (http://www.binarytides.com/install-nvidia-drivers-ubuntu-14-04/), I enter the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa -y
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

This appears to run fine. However, if I check the installation by entering:

lspci -vnn | grep -i VGA -A 12

Then I get the output:

Kernel driver in use: nouveau

So it seems that the Nouveau driver is still being run, rather than the Nvidia driver. How do I enable the Nvidia driver?

Karnivaurus
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You might be in hybrid mode, see this answer vga output will remain that way. I think you should do:

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 3D
sudo apt-get install glmark2
glmark2
Ferroao
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recommend anybody else finding this answer should review this Q & answer:

Install Nvidia driver instead of nouveau Install Nvidia driver instead of nouveau

BISI
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Try running "sudo ubuntu-drivers devices". With older versions you need jockey-text. "sudo jockey-text -e xorg:nvidia_current"

Samuel Silbory
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