In this tutorial I will show you how to properly install nvidia drivers on debian 9 or ubuntu 17.04 system.
Note: If you are using ubuntu you can skip directly to Install nvidia-detect step .
Add “contrib” and “non-free” repository – (You can skip this step if you are using ubuntu)
open sources.list file
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
append ‘contrib’ and ‘non-free’ to repo URL
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main
deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main
Update apt cache
sudo apt-get update
Install nvidia-detect
sudo apt-get install nvidia-detect
now execute
nvidia-detect nvidia-detect command is used to find the right nvidia driver for your gpu.
Detected NVIDIA GPUs:
00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] [10de:03d6] (rev a2)
Checking card: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] (rev a2)
Your card is only supported up to the 304 legacy drivers series.
It is recommended to install the
nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver
package.
Here nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver is the right driver package for my gpu
Install the recommended driver and linux headers
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver
Create an Xorg configuration for your gpu
mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf
Now add below contents to the file
Section "Device"
Identifier "My GPU"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
Reboot to take effect new driver.
