How to Switch from noveau to NVIDIA Driver on Lubuntu 18.04

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When I try to switch to the NVIDIA driver, my laptop screen goes black during boot-up and then it powers down. I wonder, what is the correct procedure for making the switch?



I'm running Lubuntu 18.04, on a MacBookAir3,1. It has the GeForce 320M (rev a2) graphics card.



Here's what I've tried:



  1. Open the "Software & Updates" application

  2. On the "additional drivers" tab, select NVIDIA driver v. 340.107

  3. Apply changes

  4. Reboot

  5. after reboot, the screen goes black and the computer powers off

  6. I had to boot to the command line, remove the NVIDIA driver and reinstall the noveau driver, to get things running again.

Are there different/better steps I could take instead?









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    When I try to switch to the NVIDIA driver, my laptop screen goes black during boot-up and then it powers down. I wonder, what is the correct procedure for making the switch?



    I'm running Lubuntu 18.04, on a MacBookAir3,1. It has the GeForce 320M (rev a2) graphics card.



    Here's what I've tried:



    1. Open the "Software & Updates" application

    2. On the "additional drivers" tab, select NVIDIA driver v. 340.107

    3. Apply changes

    4. Reboot

    5. after reboot, the screen goes black and the computer powers off

    6. I had to boot to the command line, remove the NVIDIA driver and reinstall the noveau driver, to get things running again.

    Are there different/better steps I could take instead?









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      When I try to switch to the NVIDIA driver, my laptop screen goes black during boot-up and then it powers down. I wonder, what is the correct procedure for making the switch?



      I'm running Lubuntu 18.04, on a MacBookAir3,1. It has the GeForce 320M (rev a2) graphics card.



      Here's what I've tried:



      1. Open the "Software & Updates" application

      2. On the "additional drivers" tab, select NVIDIA driver v. 340.107

      3. Apply changes

      4. Reboot

      5. after reboot, the screen goes black and the computer powers off

      6. I had to boot to the command line, remove the NVIDIA driver and reinstall the noveau driver, to get things running again.

      Are there different/better steps I could take instead?









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      When I try to switch to the NVIDIA driver, my laptop screen goes black during boot-up and then it powers down. I wonder, what is the correct procedure for making the switch?



      I'm running Lubuntu 18.04, on a MacBookAir3,1. It has the GeForce 320M (rev a2) graphics card.



      Here's what I've tried:



      1. Open the "Software & Updates" application

      2. On the "additional drivers" tab, select NVIDIA driver v. 340.107

      3. Apply changes

      4. Reboot

      5. after reboot, the screen goes black and the computer powers off

      6. I had to boot to the command line, remove the NVIDIA driver and reinstall the noveau driver, to get things running again.

      Are there different/better steps I could take instead?







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          From nvidia downloads page, take select the architecture, ubuntu, 18.04, and the 'deb (network)' option and follow the instructions.





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            From nvidia downloads page, take select the architecture, ubuntu, 18.04, and the 'deb (network)' option and follow the instructions.





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                From nvidia downloads page, take select the architecture, ubuntu, 18.04, and the 'deb (network)' option and follow the instructions.





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