How to install Nvidia driver on Debian and switch between drivers?

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I tend to use nvidia-prime on Ubuntu to run my intel graphics card instead of NVIDIA, is there a way to use nvidia-prime on Debian?










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  • Please add the output of lspci -v | egrep -i 'vga|3d|nvidia' | grep -i 'nvidia'

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  • kernel modules : nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_340

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I tend to use nvidia-prime on Ubuntu to run my intel graphics card instead of NVIDIA, is there a way to use nvidia-prime on Debian?










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  • Please add the output of lspci -v | egrep -i 'vga|3d|nvidia' | grep -i 'nvidia'

    – GAD3R
    Nov 1 '16 at 19:57











  • kernel modules : nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_340

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 1 '16 at 20:08













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I tend to use nvidia-prime on Ubuntu to run my intel graphics card instead of NVIDIA, is there a way to use nvidia-prime on Debian?










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I tend to use nvidia-prime on Ubuntu to run my intel graphics card instead of NVIDIA, is there a way to use nvidia-prime on Debian?







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  • Please add the output of lspci -v | egrep -i 'vga|3d|nvidia' | grep -i 'nvidia'

    – GAD3R
    Nov 1 '16 at 19:57











  • kernel modules : nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_340

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 1 '16 at 20:08

















  • Please add the output of lspci -v | egrep -i 'vga|3d|nvidia' | grep -i 'nvidia'

    – GAD3R
    Nov 1 '16 at 19:57











  • kernel modules : nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_340

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 1 '16 at 20:08
















Please add the output of lspci -v | egrep -i 'vga|3d|nvidia' | grep -i 'nvidia'

– GAD3R
Nov 1 '16 at 19:57





Please add the output of lspci -v | egrep -i 'vga|3d|nvidia' | grep -i 'nvidia'

– GAD3R
Nov 1 '16 at 19:57













kernel modules : nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_340

– Eduardo Díaz
Nov 1 '16 at 20:08





kernel modules : nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_340

– Eduardo Díaz
Nov 1 '16 at 20:08










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Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and add the following line:



deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free


Update and install drivers:



aptitude update
aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') nvidia-kernel-dkms


Create an Xorg server configuration file:



mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
echo -e 'Section "Device"ntIdentifier "My GPU"ntDriver "nvidia"nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf


Reboot



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To switch between driver intel/nvidia run nvidia-settings from the terminal and choose the driver.






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  • after the installation how do i choose which GPU to use?

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 1 '16 at 20:26











  • after performing this and rebooting my screen stays black like its loading with a "_" on the top of the screen I'm able to access tty1 using ctrl + alt + f1

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 3 '16 at 3:59











  • @EduardoDíaz see here unix.stackexchange.com/a/314004/153195

    – GAD3R
    Nov 3 '16 at 8:02











  • While executing Xorg -configure i get number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed and the server terminates with error (2).

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 3 '16 at 11:23











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Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and add the following line:



deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free


Update and install drivers:



aptitude update
aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') nvidia-kernel-dkms


Create an Xorg server configuration file:



mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
echo -e 'Section "Device"ntIdentifier "My GPU"ntDriver "nvidia"nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf


Reboot



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Edit



To switch between driver intel/nvidia run nvidia-settings from the terminal and choose the driver.






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  • after the installation how do i choose which GPU to use?

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 1 '16 at 20:26











  • after performing this and rebooting my screen stays black like its loading with a "_" on the top of the screen I'm able to access tty1 using ctrl + alt + f1

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 3 '16 at 3:59











  • @EduardoDíaz see here unix.stackexchange.com/a/314004/153195

    – GAD3R
    Nov 3 '16 at 8:02











  • While executing Xorg -configure i get number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed and the server terminates with error (2).

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 3 '16 at 11:23
















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Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and add the following line:



deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free


Update and install drivers:



aptitude update
aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') nvidia-kernel-dkms


Create an Xorg server configuration file:



mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
echo -e 'Section "Device"ntIdentifier "My GPU"ntDriver "nvidia"nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf


Reboot



Debian-wiki



Edit



To switch between driver intel/nvidia run nvidia-settings from the terminal and choose the driver.






share|improve this answer

























  • after the installation how do i choose which GPU to use?

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 1 '16 at 20:26











  • after performing this and rebooting my screen stays black like its loading with a "_" on the top of the screen I'm able to access tty1 using ctrl + alt + f1

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 3 '16 at 3:59











  • @EduardoDíaz see here unix.stackexchange.com/a/314004/153195

    – GAD3R
    Nov 3 '16 at 8:02











  • While executing Xorg -configure i get number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed and the server terminates with error (2).

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 3 '16 at 11:23














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Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and add the following line:



deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free


Update and install drivers:



aptitude update
aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') nvidia-kernel-dkms


Create an Xorg server configuration file:



mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
echo -e 'Section "Device"ntIdentifier "My GPU"ntDriver "nvidia"nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf


Reboot



Debian-wiki



Edit



To switch between driver intel/nvidia run nvidia-settings from the terminal and choose the driver.






share|improve this answer















Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and add the following line:



deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free


Update and install drivers:



aptitude update
aptitude -r install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') nvidia-kernel-dkms


Create an Xorg server configuration file:



mkdir /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
echo -e 'Section "Device"ntIdentifier "My GPU"ntDriver "nvidia"nEndSection' > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf


Reboot



Debian-wiki



Edit



To switch between driver intel/nvidia run nvidia-settings from the terminal and choose the driver.







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  • after the installation how do i choose which GPU to use?

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 1 '16 at 20:26











  • after performing this and rebooting my screen stays black like its loading with a "_" on the top of the screen I'm able to access tty1 using ctrl + alt + f1

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 3 '16 at 3:59











  • @EduardoDíaz see here unix.stackexchange.com/a/314004/153195

    – GAD3R
    Nov 3 '16 at 8:02











  • While executing Xorg -configure i get number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed and the server terminates with error (2).

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 3 '16 at 11:23


















  • after the installation how do i choose which GPU to use?

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 1 '16 at 20:26











  • after performing this and rebooting my screen stays black like its loading with a "_" on the top of the screen I'm able to access tty1 using ctrl + alt + f1

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 3 '16 at 3:59











  • @EduardoDíaz see here unix.stackexchange.com/a/314004/153195

    – GAD3R
    Nov 3 '16 at 8:02











  • While executing Xorg -configure i get number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed and the server terminates with error (2).

    – Eduardo Díaz
    Nov 3 '16 at 11:23

















after the installation how do i choose which GPU to use?

– Eduardo Díaz
Nov 1 '16 at 20:26





after the installation how do i choose which GPU to use?

– Eduardo Díaz
Nov 1 '16 at 20:26













after performing this and rebooting my screen stays black like its loading with a "_" on the top of the screen I'm able to access tty1 using ctrl + alt + f1

– Eduardo Díaz
Nov 3 '16 at 3:59





after performing this and rebooting my screen stays black like its loading with a "_" on the top of the screen I'm able to access tty1 using ctrl + alt + f1

– Eduardo Díaz
Nov 3 '16 at 3:59













@EduardoDíaz see here unix.stackexchange.com/a/314004/153195

– GAD3R
Nov 3 '16 at 8:02





@EduardoDíaz see here unix.stackexchange.com/a/314004/153195

– GAD3R
Nov 3 '16 at 8:02













While executing Xorg -configure i get number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed and the server terminates with error (2).

– Eduardo Díaz
Nov 3 '16 at 11:23






While executing Xorg -configure i get number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed and the server terminates with error (2).

– Eduardo Díaz
Nov 3 '16 at 11:23


















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