Basically, when i install nvidia drivers, they stop seeing my monitor and they default to bad low res settings, how do i fix that?
#Nvidia drivers on fresh install of Linux mint
clever terrace
round notch
Which one? nvidia-driver-550?
You may need to restart once or twice after install for everything to apply properly. You can edit your display settings in System Settings > Display. Make sure all your display(s) are enabled and that their resolutions and refresh rates are set to the correct values.
clever terrace
Which one? nvidia-driver-550?
You may need to restart once or twice after instal...
550 535 and 470
restarted for each did not work
clever terrace
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A
alternate: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c03
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting,nouveau unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: swrast gpu: N/A
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.63x7.99")
s-diag: 338mm (13.3")
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 mapped: None-1 res: 1024x768 hz: 60 size: N/A
modes: 1024x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast
x11: drv: swrast inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.1 256 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 7.51 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 8 device: 0 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
19.1.1 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
fringe bluff
You don't have a nvidia driver loaded
Super likely that you have secure boot enabled and this is blocking it from loading you can check by running mokutil --sb-state
secure boot requires all modules to be signed by a key that is recognized by the motherboard since yours is automatically built to order for your particular kernel via something called DKMS this can't happen automatically
The simplest and most apt to be correct thing to do is simply disable secure boot which in fact you do not need
fringe bluff
that is disabling it
clever terrace
oh ok it worked actually