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GNOME lags so bad on Ubuntu 18.04
How do I install the NVIDIA CUDA toolkit on 18.04 with Coffee Lake - is it supported?How to solve the Ubuntu 18.04 display issues (lagging, flickering)?gnome-shell has high CPU usage after 18.04 upgradenvidia xserver settings freezes when switching between intel and nvidiaUbuntu 18.04 keeps freezing (nvidia)What's the Difference between NVIDIA driver metapackage and NVIDIA binary driver?Ubuntu 18.04 EGPU not workFailed to start Load Kernel Modules Ubuntu 18.04Unnecessary GPU consumption on 18.04Error installing Nvidia driversHow to solve the Ubuntu 18.04 display issues (lagging, flickering)?Ubuntu nvidia card seems not as efficient as windows.Everything is laggingDell XPS-15-9570, ubuntu 18.04.01 nvidia GTX 1050 Ti, not waking up
After I installed fresh Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME desktop and It had opensource driver I experienced very bad lag.
I Installed Nvidia 390 Driver and the lag was so bad. Changing the driver to Nvidia 340.106 didn't help.
I thought this is about Ubuntu 18.04, so I installed Fedora 28. on Wayland everything was smooth with open source driver but after Installing the 390 driver and switch to X11 lag started (but not as bad as Ubuntu).
I installed GNOME Impatience extension to reduce the lag but it didn't help that much.
I also tried Ubuntu Mate 18.04 with COMPIZ. On Mate, I had much more heavier Effects but those effects were so smooth.
Another Ubuntu 18.04 that I've tried was Budige that is based on the same GNOME. It didn't have any lag at all.
Also installed Nvidia 396 (opensource) from "ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa" repository. It just lags more.
Edit:
Installing sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
didn't solve the problem.
It just install Nvidia 390 driver which I tried before as I mentioned.
I don't have any high CPU usage issue:
nvidia-smi
result:
+------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 340.106 Driver Version: 340.106 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 660 Ti Off | 0000:03:00.0 N/A | N/A |
| 10% 32C P8 N/A / N/A | 273MiB / 2047MiB | N/A Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Compute processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 Not Supported |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
My System
- CPU: Intel i7 920
- GPU: Nvidia Geforce 660 ti
- RAM: 6GB
Is there anyway that I can solve this lag?
drivers nvidia gnome xorg 18.04
|
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After I installed fresh Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME desktop and It had opensource driver I experienced very bad lag.
I Installed Nvidia 390 Driver and the lag was so bad. Changing the driver to Nvidia 340.106 didn't help.
I thought this is about Ubuntu 18.04, so I installed Fedora 28. on Wayland everything was smooth with open source driver but after Installing the 390 driver and switch to X11 lag started (but not as bad as Ubuntu).
I installed GNOME Impatience extension to reduce the lag but it didn't help that much.
I also tried Ubuntu Mate 18.04 with COMPIZ. On Mate, I had much more heavier Effects but those effects were so smooth.
Another Ubuntu 18.04 that I've tried was Budige that is based on the same GNOME. It didn't have any lag at all.
Also installed Nvidia 396 (opensource) from "ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa" repository. It just lags more.
Edit:
Installing sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
didn't solve the problem.
It just install Nvidia 390 driver which I tried before as I mentioned.
I don't have any high CPU usage issue:
nvidia-smi
result:
+------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 340.106 Driver Version: 340.106 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 660 Ti Off | 0000:03:00.0 N/A | N/A |
| 10% 32C P8 N/A / N/A | 273MiB / 2047MiB | N/A Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Compute processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 Not Supported |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
My System
- CPU: Intel i7 920
- GPU: Nvidia Geforce 660 ti
- RAM: 6GB
Is there anyway that I can solve this lag?
drivers nvidia gnome xorg 18.04
1
Based on your investigation, it sounds like the problem isn't actually Ubuntu but the NVidia driver? I have to admit, after upgrading to 18.04, I've noticed a lag with the NVidia driver that did not exist with 17.10. I don't have a solution for you, but it's "good" to know I am not the only one. (Unlike you, I haven't tried another OS.)
– Ray
May 8 '18 at 1:07
2
How did you install the 390 driver? The one from the official repositories is not complete and doesn't work properly. I have been sending people to this askubuntu.com/a/1030901/231142 as it has the way to install the newest NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu 18.04 in the second half of the answer.
– Terrance
May 8 '18 at 2:26
2
@ICE Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I'm actually using the latest NVidia drivers from NVidia and I'm using KDE. But both KDE and Gnome are much slower than they were back in 17.10. For now, I'm "putting up with it" until I have the time to try re-installing new drivers. Or maybe I'll have to wait until 18.04.1 is out before I panic.
– Ray
May 8 '18 at 4:04
2
I've found nVidia a lot slower and 20 degrees hotter than Intel iGPU HD 530.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 8 '18 at 17:53
2
Possible duplicate of gnome-shell has high CPU usage after 18.04 upgrade
– chaskes
May 18 '18 at 14:50
|
show 25 more comments
After I installed fresh Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME desktop and It had opensource driver I experienced very bad lag.
I Installed Nvidia 390 Driver and the lag was so bad. Changing the driver to Nvidia 340.106 didn't help.
I thought this is about Ubuntu 18.04, so I installed Fedora 28. on Wayland everything was smooth with open source driver but after Installing the 390 driver and switch to X11 lag started (but not as bad as Ubuntu).
I installed GNOME Impatience extension to reduce the lag but it didn't help that much.
I also tried Ubuntu Mate 18.04 with COMPIZ. On Mate, I had much more heavier Effects but those effects were so smooth.
Another Ubuntu 18.04 that I've tried was Budige that is based on the same GNOME. It didn't have any lag at all.
Also installed Nvidia 396 (opensource) from "ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa" repository. It just lags more.
Edit:
Installing sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
didn't solve the problem.
It just install Nvidia 390 driver which I tried before as I mentioned.
I don't have any high CPU usage issue:
nvidia-smi
result:
+------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 340.106 Driver Version: 340.106 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 660 Ti Off | 0000:03:00.0 N/A | N/A |
| 10% 32C P8 N/A / N/A | 273MiB / 2047MiB | N/A Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Compute processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 Not Supported |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
My System
- CPU: Intel i7 920
- GPU: Nvidia Geforce 660 ti
- RAM: 6GB
Is there anyway that I can solve this lag?
drivers nvidia gnome xorg 18.04
After I installed fresh Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME desktop and It had opensource driver I experienced very bad lag.
I Installed Nvidia 390 Driver and the lag was so bad. Changing the driver to Nvidia 340.106 didn't help.
I thought this is about Ubuntu 18.04, so I installed Fedora 28. on Wayland everything was smooth with open source driver but after Installing the 390 driver and switch to X11 lag started (but not as bad as Ubuntu).
I installed GNOME Impatience extension to reduce the lag but it didn't help that much.
I also tried Ubuntu Mate 18.04 with COMPIZ. On Mate, I had much more heavier Effects but those effects were so smooth.
Another Ubuntu 18.04 that I've tried was Budige that is based on the same GNOME. It didn't have any lag at all.
Also installed Nvidia 396 (opensource) from "ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa" repository. It just lags more.
Edit:
Installing sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
didn't solve the problem.
It just install Nvidia 390 driver which I tried before as I mentioned.
I don't have any high CPU usage issue:
nvidia-smi
result:
+------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 340.106 Driver Version: 340.106 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 660 Ti Off | 0000:03:00.0 N/A | N/A |
| 10% 32C P8 N/A / N/A | 273MiB / 2047MiB | N/A Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Compute processes: GPU Memory |
| GPU PID Process name Usage |
|=============================================================================|
| 0 Not Supported |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
My System
- CPU: Intel i7 920
- GPU: Nvidia Geforce 660 ti
- RAM: 6GB
Is there anyway that I can solve this lag?
drivers nvidia gnome xorg 18.04
drivers nvidia gnome xorg 18.04
edited Jan 23 at 5:10
ICE
asked May 8 '18 at 0:55
ICEICE
8103724
8103724
1
Based on your investigation, it sounds like the problem isn't actually Ubuntu but the NVidia driver? I have to admit, after upgrading to 18.04, I've noticed a lag with the NVidia driver that did not exist with 17.10. I don't have a solution for you, but it's "good" to know I am not the only one. (Unlike you, I haven't tried another OS.)
– Ray
May 8 '18 at 1:07
2
How did you install the 390 driver? The one from the official repositories is not complete and doesn't work properly. I have been sending people to this askubuntu.com/a/1030901/231142 as it has the way to install the newest NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu 18.04 in the second half of the answer.
– Terrance
May 8 '18 at 2:26
2
@ICE Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I'm actually using the latest NVidia drivers from NVidia and I'm using KDE. But both KDE and Gnome are much slower than they were back in 17.10. For now, I'm "putting up with it" until I have the time to try re-installing new drivers. Or maybe I'll have to wait until 18.04.1 is out before I panic.
– Ray
May 8 '18 at 4:04
2
I've found nVidia a lot slower and 20 degrees hotter than Intel iGPU HD 530.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 8 '18 at 17:53
2
Possible duplicate of gnome-shell has high CPU usage after 18.04 upgrade
– chaskes
May 18 '18 at 14:50
|
show 25 more comments
1
Based on your investigation, it sounds like the problem isn't actually Ubuntu but the NVidia driver? I have to admit, after upgrading to 18.04, I've noticed a lag with the NVidia driver that did not exist with 17.10. I don't have a solution for you, but it's "good" to know I am not the only one. (Unlike you, I haven't tried another OS.)
– Ray
May 8 '18 at 1:07
2
How did you install the 390 driver? The one from the official repositories is not complete and doesn't work properly. I have been sending people to this askubuntu.com/a/1030901/231142 as it has the way to install the newest NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu 18.04 in the second half of the answer.
– Terrance
May 8 '18 at 2:26
2
@ICE Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I'm actually using the latest NVidia drivers from NVidia and I'm using KDE. But both KDE and Gnome are much slower than they were back in 17.10. For now, I'm "putting up with it" until I have the time to try re-installing new drivers. Or maybe I'll have to wait until 18.04.1 is out before I panic.
– Ray
May 8 '18 at 4:04
2
I've found nVidia a lot slower and 20 degrees hotter than Intel iGPU HD 530.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 8 '18 at 17:53
2
Possible duplicate of gnome-shell has high CPU usage after 18.04 upgrade
– chaskes
May 18 '18 at 14:50
1
1
Based on your investigation, it sounds like the problem isn't actually Ubuntu but the NVidia driver? I have to admit, after upgrading to 18.04, I've noticed a lag with the NVidia driver that did not exist with 17.10. I don't have a solution for you, but it's "good" to know I am not the only one. (Unlike you, I haven't tried another OS.)
– Ray
May 8 '18 at 1:07
Based on your investigation, it sounds like the problem isn't actually Ubuntu but the NVidia driver? I have to admit, after upgrading to 18.04, I've noticed a lag with the NVidia driver that did not exist with 17.10. I don't have a solution for you, but it's "good" to know I am not the only one. (Unlike you, I haven't tried another OS.)
– Ray
May 8 '18 at 1:07
2
2
How did you install the 390 driver? The one from the official repositories is not complete and doesn't work properly. I have been sending people to this askubuntu.com/a/1030901/231142 as it has the way to install the newest NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu 18.04 in the second half of the answer.
– Terrance
May 8 '18 at 2:26
How did you install the 390 driver? The one from the official repositories is not complete and doesn't work properly. I have been sending people to this askubuntu.com/a/1030901/231142 as it has the way to install the newest NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu 18.04 in the second half of the answer.
– Terrance
May 8 '18 at 2:26
2
2
@ICE Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I'm actually using the latest NVidia drivers from NVidia and I'm using KDE. But both KDE and Gnome are much slower than they were back in 17.10. For now, I'm "putting up with it" until I have the time to try re-installing new drivers. Or maybe I'll have to wait until 18.04.1 is out before I panic.
– Ray
May 8 '18 at 4:04
@ICE Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I'm actually using the latest NVidia drivers from NVidia and I'm using KDE. But both KDE and Gnome are much slower than they were back in 17.10. For now, I'm "putting up with it" until I have the time to try re-installing new drivers. Or maybe I'll have to wait until 18.04.1 is out before I panic.
– Ray
May 8 '18 at 4:04
2
2
I've found nVidia a lot slower and 20 degrees hotter than Intel iGPU HD 530.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 8 '18 at 17:53
I've found nVidia a lot slower and 20 degrees hotter than Intel iGPU HD 530.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 8 '18 at 17:53
2
2
Possible duplicate of gnome-shell has high CPU usage after 18.04 upgrade
– chaskes
May 18 '18 at 14:50
Possible duplicate of gnome-shell has high CPU usage after 18.04 upgrade
– chaskes
May 18 '18 at 14:50
|
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Same happened to me. Make sure:
- You have less to no Gnome extensions. They can kill your computer. So, disable all Gnome extensions to see if that helps.
- Disable animations from Gnome Tweak. That made my desktop super fast.
- Nvidia 396 is really laggy for me as well so use the 960 one.
Sorry, what is 960?
– Kennet Celeste
Aug 29 '18 at 3:30
The Nvidia driver version
– Tio TROM
Aug 29 '18 at 19:20
add a comment |
Unfortunately Gnome
on 18.04
is really slow, even with the newest hardware (e.g. Dell XPS 13). If you wanna have a good experience on the LTS without switching to 18.10
, the solutions are:
Using
unity
. You can choose it before logging in with your user.Waiting until
18.04.2
update. Some patches of Gnome should be backported to LTS. We only can hope, that it will be the ones which makeGnome 3.30
faster.
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I stopped using Gnome 3 on Ubuntu 18.04 and replaced it with the Mate desktop using the lightdm display manager.
To replicate:
sudo apt install tasksel
sudo apt update
sudo tasksel install ubuntu-mate-desktop
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
sudo shutdown -r now
1
This is not a solution for GNOME. Why we should install mate desktop on Ubuntu with GNOME when Ubuntu Mate exist?
– ICE
May 29 '18 at 23:27
1
I did this because I'd already installed a VM with standard Ubuntu / Gnome3 and did quite a bit of configuration. This is what I did to solve my problem because I didn't want to do another complete reinstall.
– NickJHoran
Jun 7 '18 at 8:46
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I was experiencing a lot of lag on the splash screen with 18.04 and wanted to put this here as another solution. In my case I had been using an open source graphics card driver (Nouveau) instead of the Nvidia proprietary and it looks to have been the cause of the issue.
- Go to Ubuntu Software app.
- Open Software & Updates from the app's dropdown in the task bar.
- Go to the Additional Drivers tab and see if you aren't using the recommended driver for your graphics card.
Once I switched from the Nouveau display driver to the Nvidia driver metapackage 390, everything ran much more smoothly.
Source
Very useful related command:ubuntu-drivers
(but already tried by who asks).
– Pablo Bianchi
Jan 20 at 16:55
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AFAIK Gnome doesn't work on 18.04 nVidia.
I was able to get 144 FPS on Compiz on 18.04 + GSYNC. (I only got like, 40-60 fps on Gnome and no GSYNC)
The first time I tried Compiz, it didn't work (I was on nVidia 396)
I did sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
(which put me on 390) and I rebooted then used the little picker icon on login to choose Compiz and it worked great. So I think 396
doesn't work with compiz yet but 390
does. Oddly 390
on Gnome makes me physically nauseous with my monitor but it's fine on compiz, so i think 390
on Gnome has a lot of strange refresh rate / redraw issues.
(It may be a GSYNC thing but I did get a pixelated word "NORMAL" in the upper right, which I got rid of by turning OpengGL flipping off in nvidia-settings
)
How did you set compiz as default window manager. I've installed compiz on Ubuntu 18.04 (with GNOME desktop). but I didn't get that compiz picker on the login.
– ICE
Jun 6 '18 at 4:06
@ICE I had to pick the option calledUnity (default)
listed after I clicked the little icon, it looks something like: i.stack.imgur.com/hDndL.jpg
– Jonathan
Jun 7 '18 at 14:58
2
Seems you are on Unity not GNOME.
– ICE
Jun 7 '18 at 17:12
4
Correct, I gave up on GNOME, but Unity is working way better
– Jonathan
Jun 12 '18 at 18:54
If you replaced the desktop with something else this isn't really a solution is it?
– Nikolaj Hansen
Dec 22 '18 at 14:17
add a comment |
The issue seems to be caused by Wayland as described here and here. You can try to access /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
( or /etc/gdm/custom.conf
for older versions ) and uncomment WaylandEnable=false
. It worked for me.
The problem usually start when you update Nvidia driver up to version 390 or above. It is possible that the fallback to Xorg stopped working in latest versions, and then GDM uses Wayland to manage the display instead.
add a comment |
So I feel some of these answers are sub par. I've installed Ubuntu 16/18 on multiple machines at work at and at home and have experienced at times similar issues to what you are seeing.
First let's look at some potential problems.
If you have a NVIDIA graphics card and you're doing a minimal installation of Ubuntu 18.04.02, you will notice that NVIDIA drivers (as well as non-NVIDIA) drivers are being installed. This is part of the problem.
Normally how I deal with this issue is immediately at the login screen press CTRL+ALT+F3 to enter into a terminal and purge all drivers. However, this morning I was unable to do so for some odd reason.
My Solution
Normally, when you have a NVIDIA graphics card your motherboard (in my case MSI) will disable the Intel Integrated Graphics. You want to enable this (optionally, disable your graphics card). Please see your motherboard's settings/documentation on how to do this.
Shut the desktop down.
If you have your HDMI cable (or whatever) plugged into your graphics card, remove this and plug it into your motherboard's HDMI port.
Turn on your desktop.
Your desktop should be starting up normally now. If it is not, then you know it is not a NVIDIA graphics driver related issue.
If things are running smoothly, please go into Software & Updates > Additional Drivers and select whatever NVIDIA driver option you have. This is the easy way to install those NVIDIA drivers. The hard way is to manually download them from NVIDIA. As of this morning I installed nvidia-390 which was the default option I was given.
After installation, restart your computer. If things are running smoothly, restart the computer once again, but this time go into your motherboard's BIOS.
Re-enable your NVIDIA graphics card. Save settings and restart.
At this point, your desktop should be working normally as with the Intel Integrated Graphics. There's nothing tricky, no third party software (aside from NVIDIA) that needed to be installed. It's really that simple. However, depending on your hardware, the solution may have some variance.
In my case I don't have any Intel GPU but If you want to get rid of Intel driver you don't need to disable and enable Intel GPU. After Installing Ubuntu just remove Intel graphics withsudo apt purge xserver-xorg-video-intel
and then install Nvidia proprietary driver.
– ICE
Feb 24 at 21:48
@ICE yeah, you don't want to delete drivers. Deleting the Intel drivers is unnecessary and may possibly create secondary problems. That wouldn't even solve the problem. The root of the problem lies in the NVIDIA drivers trying to be installed alongside the generic Nouveau drivers. My method simply disables the GPU from being the main source of display while you install the correct drivers.
– Jon
Feb 25 at 5:59
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Use the version for your graphic card, I have the same problem, don't use de autoinstall configuration. In your case this
sudo apt-get install nvidia-396
I had to search like this --> nvidia driver "your graphic card"
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Same happened to me. Make sure:
- You have less to no Gnome extensions. They can kill your computer. So, disable all Gnome extensions to see if that helps.
- Disable animations from Gnome Tweak. That made my desktop super fast.
- Nvidia 396 is really laggy for me as well so use the 960 one.
Sorry, what is 960?
– Kennet Celeste
Aug 29 '18 at 3:30
The Nvidia driver version
– Tio TROM
Aug 29 '18 at 19:20
add a comment |
Same happened to me. Make sure:
- You have less to no Gnome extensions. They can kill your computer. So, disable all Gnome extensions to see if that helps.
- Disable animations from Gnome Tweak. That made my desktop super fast.
- Nvidia 396 is really laggy for me as well so use the 960 one.
Sorry, what is 960?
– Kennet Celeste
Aug 29 '18 at 3:30
The Nvidia driver version
– Tio TROM
Aug 29 '18 at 19:20
add a comment |
Same happened to me. Make sure:
- You have less to no Gnome extensions. They can kill your computer. So, disable all Gnome extensions to see if that helps.
- Disable animations from Gnome Tweak. That made my desktop super fast.
- Nvidia 396 is really laggy for me as well so use the 960 one.
Same happened to me. Make sure:
- You have less to no Gnome extensions. They can kill your computer. So, disable all Gnome extensions to see if that helps.
- Disable animations from Gnome Tweak. That made my desktop super fast.
- Nvidia 396 is really laggy for me as well so use the 960 one.
answered Jul 30 '18 at 15:38
Tio TROMTio TROM
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Sorry, what is 960?
– Kennet Celeste
Aug 29 '18 at 3:30
The Nvidia driver version
– Tio TROM
Aug 29 '18 at 19:20
add a comment |
Sorry, what is 960?
– Kennet Celeste
Aug 29 '18 at 3:30
The Nvidia driver version
– Tio TROM
Aug 29 '18 at 19:20
Sorry, what is 960?
– Kennet Celeste
Aug 29 '18 at 3:30
Sorry, what is 960?
– Kennet Celeste
Aug 29 '18 at 3:30
The Nvidia driver version
– Tio TROM
Aug 29 '18 at 19:20
The Nvidia driver version
– Tio TROM
Aug 29 '18 at 19:20
add a comment |
Unfortunately Gnome
on 18.04
is really slow, even with the newest hardware (e.g. Dell XPS 13). If you wanna have a good experience on the LTS without switching to 18.10
, the solutions are:
Using
unity
. You can choose it before logging in with your user.Waiting until
18.04.2
update. Some patches of Gnome should be backported to LTS. We only can hope, that it will be the ones which makeGnome 3.30
faster.
add a comment |
Unfortunately Gnome
on 18.04
is really slow, even with the newest hardware (e.g. Dell XPS 13). If you wanna have a good experience on the LTS without switching to 18.10
, the solutions are:
Using
unity
. You can choose it before logging in with your user.Waiting until
18.04.2
update. Some patches of Gnome should be backported to LTS. We only can hope, that it will be the ones which makeGnome 3.30
faster.
add a comment |
Unfortunately Gnome
on 18.04
is really slow, even with the newest hardware (e.g. Dell XPS 13). If you wanna have a good experience on the LTS without switching to 18.10
, the solutions are:
Using
unity
. You can choose it before logging in with your user.Waiting until
18.04.2
update. Some patches of Gnome should be backported to LTS. We only can hope, that it will be the ones which makeGnome 3.30
faster.
Unfortunately Gnome
on 18.04
is really slow, even with the newest hardware (e.g. Dell XPS 13). If you wanna have a good experience on the LTS without switching to 18.10
, the solutions are:
Using
unity
. You can choose it before logging in with your user.Waiting until
18.04.2
update. Some patches of Gnome should be backported to LTS. We only can hope, that it will be the ones which makeGnome 3.30
faster.
edited Dec 2 '18 at 20:49
answered Nov 4 '18 at 12:19
saitamsaitam
372217
372217
add a comment |
add a comment |
I stopped using Gnome 3 on Ubuntu 18.04 and replaced it with the Mate desktop using the lightdm display manager.
To replicate:
sudo apt install tasksel
sudo apt update
sudo tasksel install ubuntu-mate-desktop
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
sudo shutdown -r now
1
This is not a solution for GNOME. Why we should install mate desktop on Ubuntu with GNOME when Ubuntu Mate exist?
– ICE
May 29 '18 at 23:27
1
I did this because I'd already installed a VM with standard Ubuntu / Gnome3 and did quite a bit of configuration. This is what I did to solve my problem because I didn't want to do another complete reinstall.
– NickJHoran
Jun 7 '18 at 8:46
add a comment |
I stopped using Gnome 3 on Ubuntu 18.04 and replaced it with the Mate desktop using the lightdm display manager.
To replicate:
sudo apt install tasksel
sudo apt update
sudo tasksel install ubuntu-mate-desktop
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
sudo shutdown -r now
1
This is not a solution for GNOME. Why we should install mate desktop on Ubuntu with GNOME when Ubuntu Mate exist?
– ICE
May 29 '18 at 23:27
1
I did this because I'd already installed a VM with standard Ubuntu / Gnome3 and did quite a bit of configuration. This is what I did to solve my problem because I didn't want to do another complete reinstall.
– NickJHoran
Jun 7 '18 at 8:46
add a comment |
I stopped using Gnome 3 on Ubuntu 18.04 and replaced it with the Mate desktop using the lightdm display manager.
To replicate:
sudo apt install tasksel
sudo apt update
sudo tasksel install ubuntu-mate-desktop
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
sudo shutdown -r now
I stopped using Gnome 3 on Ubuntu 18.04 and replaced it with the Mate desktop using the lightdm display manager.
To replicate:
sudo apt install tasksel
sudo apt update
sudo tasksel install ubuntu-mate-desktop
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
sudo shutdown -r now
edited May 29 '18 at 17:01
Thomas Ward♦
44.8k23124177
44.8k23124177
answered May 29 '18 at 10:01
NickJHoranNickJHoran
1113
1113
1
This is not a solution for GNOME. Why we should install mate desktop on Ubuntu with GNOME when Ubuntu Mate exist?
– ICE
May 29 '18 at 23:27
1
I did this because I'd already installed a VM with standard Ubuntu / Gnome3 and did quite a bit of configuration. This is what I did to solve my problem because I didn't want to do another complete reinstall.
– NickJHoran
Jun 7 '18 at 8:46
add a comment |
1
This is not a solution for GNOME. Why we should install mate desktop on Ubuntu with GNOME when Ubuntu Mate exist?
– ICE
May 29 '18 at 23:27
1
I did this because I'd already installed a VM with standard Ubuntu / Gnome3 and did quite a bit of configuration. This is what I did to solve my problem because I didn't want to do another complete reinstall.
– NickJHoran
Jun 7 '18 at 8:46
1
1
This is not a solution for GNOME. Why we should install mate desktop on Ubuntu with GNOME when Ubuntu Mate exist?
– ICE
May 29 '18 at 23:27
This is not a solution for GNOME. Why we should install mate desktop on Ubuntu with GNOME when Ubuntu Mate exist?
– ICE
May 29 '18 at 23:27
1
1
I did this because I'd already installed a VM with standard Ubuntu / Gnome3 and did quite a bit of configuration. This is what I did to solve my problem because I didn't want to do another complete reinstall.
– NickJHoran
Jun 7 '18 at 8:46
I did this because I'd already installed a VM with standard Ubuntu / Gnome3 and did quite a bit of configuration. This is what I did to solve my problem because I didn't want to do another complete reinstall.
– NickJHoran
Jun 7 '18 at 8:46
add a comment |
I was experiencing a lot of lag on the splash screen with 18.04 and wanted to put this here as another solution. In my case I had been using an open source graphics card driver (Nouveau) instead of the Nvidia proprietary and it looks to have been the cause of the issue.
- Go to Ubuntu Software app.
- Open Software & Updates from the app's dropdown in the task bar.
- Go to the Additional Drivers tab and see if you aren't using the recommended driver for your graphics card.
Once I switched from the Nouveau display driver to the Nvidia driver metapackage 390, everything ran much more smoothly.
Source
Very useful related command:ubuntu-drivers
(but already tried by who asks).
– Pablo Bianchi
Jan 20 at 16:55
add a comment |
I was experiencing a lot of lag on the splash screen with 18.04 and wanted to put this here as another solution. In my case I had been using an open source graphics card driver (Nouveau) instead of the Nvidia proprietary and it looks to have been the cause of the issue.
- Go to Ubuntu Software app.
- Open Software & Updates from the app's dropdown in the task bar.
- Go to the Additional Drivers tab and see if you aren't using the recommended driver for your graphics card.
Once I switched from the Nouveau display driver to the Nvidia driver metapackage 390, everything ran much more smoothly.
Source
Very useful related command:ubuntu-drivers
(but already tried by who asks).
– Pablo Bianchi
Jan 20 at 16:55
add a comment |
I was experiencing a lot of lag on the splash screen with 18.04 and wanted to put this here as another solution. In my case I had been using an open source graphics card driver (Nouveau) instead of the Nvidia proprietary and it looks to have been the cause of the issue.
- Go to Ubuntu Software app.
- Open Software & Updates from the app's dropdown in the task bar.
- Go to the Additional Drivers tab and see if you aren't using the recommended driver for your graphics card.
Once I switched from the Nouveau display driver to the Nvidia driver metapackage 390, everything ran much more smoothly.
Source
I was experiencing a lot of lag on the splash screen with 18.04 and wanted to put this here as another solution. In my case I had been using an open source graphics card driver (Nouveau) instead of the Nvidia proprietary and it looks to have been the cause of the issue.
- Go to Ubuntu Software app.
- Open Software & Updates from the app's dropdown in the task bar.
- Go to the Additional Drivers tab and see if you aren't using the recommended driver for your graphics card.
Once I switched from the Nouveau display driver to the Nvidia driver metapackage 390, everything ran much more smoothly.
Source
edited Jan 20 at 16:42
Pablo Bianchi
2,94521535
2,94521535
answered Jan 20 at 16:23
BillDBillD
111
111
Very useful related command:ubuntu-drivers
(but already tried by who asks).
– Pablo Bianchi
Jan 20 at 16:55
add a comment |
Very useful related command:ubuntu-drivers
(but already tried by who asks).
– Pablo Bianchi
Jan 20 at 16:55
Very useful related command:
ubuntu-drivers
(but already tried by who asks).– Pablo Bianchi
Jan 20 at 16:55
Very useful related command:
ubuntu-drivers
(but already tried by who asks).– Pablo Bianchi
Jan 20 at 16:55
add a comment |
AFAIK Gnome doesn't work on 18.04 nVidia.
I was able to get 144 FPS on Compiz on 18.04 + GSYNC. (I only got like, 40-60 fps on Gnome and no GSYNC)
The first time I tried Compiz, it didn't work (I was on nVidia 396)
I did sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
(which put me on 390) and I rebooted then used the little picker icon on login to choose Compiz and it worked great. So I think 396
doesn't work with compiz yet but 390
does. Oddly 390
on Gnome makes me physically nauseous with my monitor but it's fine on compiz, so i think 390
on Gnome has a lot of strange refresh rate / redraw issues.
(It may be a GSYNC thing but I did get a pixelated word "NORMAL" in the upper right, which I got rid of by turning OpengGL flipping off in nvidia-settings
)
How did you set compiz as default window manager. I've installed compiz on Ubuntu 18.04 (with GNOME desktop). but I didn't get that compiz picker on the login.
– ICE
Jun 6 '18 at 4:06
@ICE I had to pick the option calledUnity (default)
listed after I clicked the little icon, it looks something like: i.stack.imgur.com/hDndL.jpg
– Jonathan
Jun 7 '18 at 14:58
2
Seems you are on Unity not GNOME.
– ICE
Jun 7 '18 at 17:12
4
Correct, I gave up on GNOME, but Unity is working way better
– Jonathan
Jun 12 '18 at 18:54
If you replaced the desktop with something else this isn't really a solution is it?
– Nikolaj Hansen
Dec 22 '18 at 14:17
add a comment |
AFAIK Gnome doesn't work on 18.04 nVidia.
I was able to get 144 FPS on Compiz on 18.04 + GSYNC. (I only got like, 40-60 fps on Gnome and no GSYNC)
The first time I tried Compiz, it didn't work (I was on nVidia 396)
I did sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
(which put me on 390) and I rebooted then used the little picker icon on login to choose Compiz and it worked great. So I think 396
doesn't work with compiz yet but 390
does. Oddly 390
on Gnome makes me physically nauseous with my monitor but it's fine on compiz, so i think 390
on Gnome has a lot of strange refresh rate / redraw issues.
(It may be a GSYNC thing but I did get a pixelated word "NORMAL" in the upper right, which I got rid of by turning OpengGL flipping off in nvidia-settings
)
How did you set compiz as default window manager. I've installed compiz on Ubuntu 18.04 (with GNOME desktop). but I didn't get that compiz picker on the login.
– ICE
Jun 6 '18 at 4:06
@ICE I had to pick the option calledUnity (default)
listed after I clicked the little icon, it looks something like: i.stack.imgur.com/hDndL.jpg
– Jonathan
Jun 7 '18 at 14:58
2
Seems you are on Unity not GNOME.
– ICE
Jun 7 '18 at 17:12
4
Correct, I gave up on GNOME, but Unity is working way better
– Jonathan
Jun 12 '18 at 18:54
If you replaced the desktop with something else this isn't really a solution is it?
– Nikolaj Hansen
Dec 22 '18 at 14:17
add a comment |
AFAIK Gnome doesn't work on 18.04 nVidia.
I was able to get 144 FPS on Compiz on 18.04 + GSYNC. (I only got like, 40-60 fps on Gnome and no GSYNC)
The first time I tried Compiz, it didn't work (I was on nVidia 396)
I did sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
(which put me on 390) and I rebooted then used the little picker icon on login to choose Compiz and it worked great. So I think 396
doesn't work with compiz yet but 390
does. Oddly 390
on Gnome makes me physically nauseous with my monitor but it's fine on compiz, so i think 390
on Gnome has a lot of strange refresh rate / redraw issues.
(It may be a GSYNC thing but I did get a pixelated word "NORMAL" in the upper right, which I got rid of by turning OpengGL flipping off in nvidia-settings
)
AFAIK Gnome doesn't work on 18.04 nVidia.
I was able to get 144 FPS on Compiz on 18.04 + GSYNC. (I only got like, 40-60 fps on Gnome and no GSYNC)
The first time I tried Compiz, it didn't work (I was on nVidia 396)
I did sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
(which put me on 390) and I rebooted then used the little picker icon on login to choose Compiz and it worked great. So I think 396
doesn't work with compiz yet but 390
does. Oddly 390
on Gnome makes me physically nauseous with my monitor but it's fine on compiz, so i think 390
on Gnome has a lot of strange refresh rate / redraw issues.
(It may be a GSYNC thing but I did get a pixelated word "NORMAL" in the upper right, which I got rid of by turning OpengGL flipping off in nvidia-settings
)
edited Jan 20 at 16:46
Pablo Bianchi
2,94521535
2,94521535
answered Jun 5 '18 at 18:33
JonathanJonathan
1,41531530
1,41531530
How did you set compiz as default window manager. I've installed compiz on Ubuntu 18.04 (with GNOME desktop). but I didn't get that compiz picker on the login.
– ICE
Jun 6 '18 at 4:06
@ICE I had to pick the option calledUnity (default)
listed after I clicked the little icon, it looks something like: i.stack.imgur.com/hDndL.jpg
– Jonathan
Jun 7 '18 at 14:58
2
Seems you are on Unity not GNOME.
– ICE
Jun 7 '18 at 17:12
4
Correct, I gave up on GNOME, but Unity is working way better
– Jonathan
Jun 12 '18 at 18:54
If you replaced the desktop with something else this isn't really a solution is it?
– Nikolaj Hansen
Dec 22 '18 at 14:17
add a comment |
How did you set compiz as default window manager. I've installed compiz on Ubuntu 18.04 (with GNOME desktop). but I didn't get that compiz picker on the login.
– ICE
Jun 6 '18 at 4:06
@ICE I had to pick the option calledUnity (default)
listed after I clicked the little icon, it looks something like: i.stack.imgur.com/hDndL.jpg
– Jonathan
Jun 7 '18 at 14:58
2
Seems you are on Unity not GNOME.
– ICE
Jun 7 '18 at 17:12
4
Correct, I gave up on GNOME, but Unity is working way better
– Jonathan
Jun 12 '18 at 18:54
If you replaced the desktop with something else this isn't really a solution is it?
– Nikolaj Hansen
Dec 22 '18 at 14:17
How did you set compiz as default window manager. I've installed compiz on Ubuntu 18.04 (with GNOME desktop). but I didn't get that compiz picker on the login.
– ICE
Jun 6 '18 at 4:06
How did you set compiz as default window manager. I've installed compiz on Ubuntu 18.04 (with GNOME desktop). but I didn't get that compiz picker on the login.
– ICE
Jun 6 '18 at 4:06
@ICE I had to pick the option called
Unity (default)
listed after I clicked the little icon, it looks something like: i.stack.imgur.com/hDndL.jpg– Jonathan
Jun 7 '18 at 14:58
@ICE I had to pick the option called
Unity (default)
listed after I clicked the little icon, it looks something like: i.stack.imgur.com/hDndL.jpg– Jonathan
Jun 7 '18 at 14:58
2
2
Seems you are on Unity not GNOME.
– ICE
Jun 7 '18 at 17:12
Seems you are on Unity not GNOME.
– ICE
Jun 7 '18 at 17:12
4
4
Correct, I gave up on GNOME, but Unity is working way better
– Jonathan
Jun 12 '18 at 18:54
Correct, I gave up on GNOME, but Unity is working way better
– Jonathan
Jun 12 '18 at 18:54
If you replaced the desktop with something else this isn't really a solution is it?
– Nikolaj Hansen
Dec 22 '18 at 14:17
If you replaced the desktop with something else this isn't really a solution is it?
– Nikolaj Hansen
Dec 22 '18 at 14:17
add a comment |
The issue seems to be caused by Wayland as described here and here. You can try to access /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
( or /etc/gdm/custom.conf
for older versions ) and uncomment WaylandEnable=false
. It worked for me.
The problem usually start when you update Nvidia driver up to version 390 or above. It is possible that the fallback to Xorg stopped working in latest versions, and then GDM uses Wayland to manage the display instead.
add a comment |
The issue seems to be caused by Wayland as described here and here. You can try to access /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
( or /etc/gdm/custom.conf
for older versions ) and uncomment WaylandEnable=false
. It worked for me.
The problem usually start when you update Nvidia driver up to version 390 or above. It is possible that the fallback to Xorg stopped working in latest versions, and then GDM uses Wayland to manage the display instead.
add a comment |
The issue seems to be caused by Wayland as described here and here. You can try to access /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
( or /etc/gdm/custom.conf
for older versions ) and uncomment WaylandEnable=false
. It worked for me.
The problem usually start when you update Nvidia driver up to version 390 or above. It is possible that the fallback to Xorg stopped working in latest versions, and then GDM uses Wayland to manage the display instead.
The issue seems to be caused by Wayland as described here and here. You can try to access /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
( or /etc/gdm/custom.conf
for older versions ) and uncomment WaylandEnable=false
. It worked for me.
The problem usually start when you update Nvidia driver up to version 390 or above. It is possible that the fallback to Xorg stopped working in latest versions, and then GDM uses Wayland to manage the display instead.
answered Feb 8 at 19:39
Lucas BorsattoLucas Borsatto
1
1
add a comment |
add a comment |
So I feel some of these answers are sub par. I've installed Ubuntu 16/18 on multiple machines at work at and at home and have experienced at times similar issues to what you are seeing.
First let's look at some potential problems.
If you have a NVIDIA graphics card and you're doing a minimal installation of Ubuntu 18.04.02, you will notice that NVIDIA drivers (as well as non-NVIDIA) drivers are being installed. This is part of the problem.
Normally how I deal with this issue is immediately at the login screen press CTRL+ALT+F3 to enter into a terminal and purge all drivers. However, this morning I was unable to do so for some odd reason.
My Solution
Normally, when you have a NVIDIA graphics card your motherboard (in my case MSI) will disable the Intel Integrated Graphics. You want to enable this (optionally, disable your graphics card). Please see your motherboard's settings/documentation on how to do this.
Shut the desktop down.
If you have your HDMI cable (or whatever) plugged into your graphics card, remove this and plug it into your motherboard's HDMI port.
Turn on your desktop.
Your desktop should be starting up normally now. If it is not, then you know it is not a NVIDIA graphics driver related issue.
If things are running smoothly, please go into Software & Updates > Additional Drivers and select whatever NVIDIA driver option you have. This is the easy way to install those NVIDIA drivers. The hard way is to manually download them from NVIDIA. As of this morning I installed nvidia-390 which was the default option I was given.
After installation, restart your computer. If things are running smoothly, restart the computer once again, but this time go into your motherboard's BIOS.
Re-enable your NVIDIA graphics card. Save settings and restart.
At this point, your desktop should be working normally as with the Intel Integrated Graphics. There's nothing tricky, no third party software (aside from NVIDIA) that needed to be installed. It's really that simple. However, depending on your hardware, the solution may have some variance.
In my case I don't have any Intel GPU but If you want to get rid of Intel driver you don't need to disable and enable Intel GPU. After Installing Ubuntu just remove Intel graphics withsudo apt purge xserver-xorg-video-intel
and then install Nvidia proprietary driver.
– ICE
Feb 24 at 21:48
@ICE yeah, you don't want to delete drivers. Deleting the Intel drivers is unnecessary and may possibly create secondary problems. That wouldn't even solve the problem. The root of the problem lies in the NVIDIA drivers trying to be installed alongside the generic Nouveau drivers. My method simply disables the GPU from being the main source of display while you install the correct drivers.
– Jon
Feb 25 at 5:59
add a comment |
So I feel some of these answers are sub par. I've installed Ubuntu 16/18 on multiple machines at work at and at home and have experienced at times similar issues to what you are seeing.
First let's look at some potential problems.
If you have a NVIDIA graphics card and you're doing a minimal installation of Ubuntu 18.04.02, you will notice that NVIDIA drivers (as well as non-NVIDIA) drivers are being installed. This is part of the problem.
Normally how I deal with this issue is immediately at the login screen press CTRL+ALT+F3 to enter into a terminal and purge all drivers. However, this morning I was unable to do so for some odd reason.
My Solution
Normally, when you have a NVIDIA graphics card your motherboard (in my case MSI) will disable the Intel Integrated Graphics. You want to enable this (optionally, disable your graphics card). Please see your motherboard's settings/documentation on how to do this.
Shut the desktop down.
If you have your HDMI cable (or whatever) plugged into your graphics card, remove this and plug it into your motherboard's HDMI port.
Turn on your desktop.
Your desktop should be starting up normally now. If it is not, then you know it is not a NVIDIA graphics driver related issue.
If things are running smoothly, please go into Software & Updates > Additional Drivers and select whatever NVIDIA driver option you have. This is the easy way to install those NVIDIA drivers. The hard way is to manually download them from NVIDIA. As of this morning I installed nvidia-390 which was the default option I was given.
After installation, restart your computer. If things are running smoothly, restart the computer once again, but this time go into your motherboard's BIOS.
Re-enable your NVIDIA graphics card. Save settings and restart.
At this point, your desktop should be working normally as with the Intel Integrated Graphics. There's nothing tricky, no third party software (aside from NVIDIA) that needed to be installed. It's really that simple. However, depending on your hardware, the solution may have some variance.
In my case I don't have any Intel GPU but If you want to get rid of Intel driver you don't need to disable and enable Intel GPU. After Installing Ubuntu just remove Intel graphics withsudo apt purge xserver-xorg-video-intel
and then install Nvidia proprietary driver.
– ICE
Feb 24 at 21:48
@ICE yeah, you don't want to delete drivers. Deleting the Intel drivers is unnecessary and may possibly create secondary problems. That wouldn't even solve the problem. The root of the problem lies in the NVIDIA drivers trying to be installed alongside the generic Nouveau drivers. My method simply disables the GPU from being the main source of display while you install the correct drivers.
– Jon
Feb 25 at 5:59
add a comment |
So I feel some of these answers are sub par. I've installed Ubuntu 16/18 on multiple machines at work at and at home and have experienced at times similar issues to what you are seeing.
First let's look at some potential problems.
If you have a NVIDIA graphics card and you're doing a minimal installation of Ubuntu 18.04.02, you will notice that NVIDIA drivers (as well as non-NVIDIA) drivers are being installed. This is part of the problem.
Normally how I deal with this issue is immediately at the login screen press CTRL+ALT+F3 to enter into a terminal and purge all drivers. However, this morning I was unable to do so for some odd reason.
My Solution
Normally, when you have a NVIDIA graphics card your motherboard (in my case MSI) will disable the Intel Integrated Graphics. You want to enable this (optionally, disable your graphics card). Please see your motherboard's settings/documentation on how to do this.
Shut the desktop down.
If you have your HDMI cable (or whatever) plugged into your graphics card, remove this and plug it into your motherboard's HDMI port.
Turn on your desktop.
Your desktop should be starting up normally now. If it is not, then you know it is not a NVIDIA graphics driver related issue.
If things are running smoothly, please go into Software & Updates > Additional Drivers and select whatever NVIDIA driver option you have. This is the easy way to install those NVIDIA drivers. The hard way is to manually download them from NVIDIA. As of this morning I installed nvidia-390 which was the default option I was given.
After installation, restart your computer. If things are running smoothly, restart the computer once again, but this time go into your motherboard's BIOS.
Re-enable your NVIDIA graphics card. Save settings and restart.
At this point, your desktop should be working normally as with the Intel Integrated Graphics. There's nothing tricky, no third party software (aside from NVIDIA) that needed to be installed. It's really that simple. However, depending on your hardware, the solution may have some variance.
So I feel some of these answers are sub par. I've installed Ubuntu 16/18 on multiple machines at work at and at home and have experienced at times similar issues to what you are seeing.
First let's look at some potential problems.
If you have a NVIDIA graphics card and you're doing a minimal installation of Ubuntu 18.04.02, you will notice that NVIDIA drivers (as well as non-NVIDIA) drivers are being installed. This is part of the problem.
Normally how I deal with this issue is immediately at the login screen press CTRL+ALT+F3 to enter into a terminal and purge all drivers. However, this morning I was unable to do so for some odd reason.
My Solution
Normally, when you have a NVIDIA graphics card your motherboard (in my case MSI) will disable the Intel Integrated Graphics. You want to enable this (optionally, disable your graphics card). Please see your motherboard's settings/documentation on how to do this.
Shut the desktop down.
If you have your HDMI cable (or whatever) plugged into your graphics card, remove this and plug it into your motherboard's HDMI port.
Turn on your desktop.
Your desktop should be starting up normally now. If it is not, then you know it is not a NVIDIA graphics driver related issue.
If things are running smoothly, please go into Software & Updates > Additional Drivers and select whatever NVIDIA driver option you have. This is the easy way to install those NVIDIA drivers. The hard way is to manually download them from NVIDIA. As of this morning I installed nvidia-390 which was the default option I was given.
After installation, restart your computer. If things are running smoothly, restart the computer once again, but this time go into your motherboard's BIOS.
Re-enable your NVIDIA graphics card. Save settings and restart.
At this point, your desktop should be working normally as with the Intel Integrated Graphics. There's nothing tricky, no third party software (aside from NVIDIA) that needed to be installed. It's really that simple. However, depending on your hardware, the solution may have some variance.
answered Feb 24 at 19:57
JonJon
2007
2007
In my case I don't have any Intel GPU but If you want to get rid of Intel driver you don't need to disable and enable Intel GPU. After Installing Ubuntu just remove Intel graphics withsudo apt purge xserver-xorg-video-intel
and then install Nvidia proprietary driver.
– ICE
Feb 24 at 21:48
@ICE yeah, you don't want to delete drivers. Deleting the Intel drivers is unnecessary and may possibly create secondary problems. That wouldn't even solve the problem. The root of the problem lies in the NVIDIA drivers trying to be installed alongside the generic Nouveau drivers. My method simply disables the GPU from being the main source of display while you install the correct drivers.
– Jon
Feb 25 at 5:59
add a comment |
In my case I don't have any Intel GPU but If you want to get rid of Intel driver you don't need to disable and enable Intel GPU. After Installing Ubuntu just remove Intel graphics withsudo apt purge xserver-xorg-video-intel
and then install Nvidia proprietary driver.
– ICE
Feb 24 at 21:48
@ICE yeah, you don't want to delete drivers. Deleting the Intel drivers is unnecessary and may possibly create secondary problems. That wouldn't even solve the problem. The root of the problem lies in the NVIDIA drivers trying to be installed alongside the generic Nouveau drivers. My method simply disables the GPU from being the main source of display while you install the correct drivers.
– Jon
Feb 25 at 5:59
In my case I don't have any Intel GPU but If you want to get rid of Intel driver you don't need to disable and enable Intel GPU. After Installing Ubuntu just remove Intel graphics with
sudo apt purge xserver-xorg-video-intel
and then install Nvidia proprietary driver.– ICE
Feb 24 at 21:48
In my case I don't have any Intel GPU but If you want to get rid of Intel driver you don't need to disable and enable Intel GPU. After Installing Ubuntu just remove Intel graphics with
sudo apt purge xserver-xorg-video-intel
and then install Nvidia proprietary driver.– ICE
Feb 24 at 21:48
@ICE yeah, you don't want to delete drivers. Deleting the Intel drivers is unnecessary and may possibly create secondary problems. That wouldn't even solve the problem. The root of the problem lies in the NVIDIA drivers trying to be installed alongside the generic Nouveau drivers. My method simply disables the GPU from being the main source of display while you install the correct drivers.
– Jon
Feb 25 at 5:59
@ICE yeah, you don't want to delete drivers. Deleting the Intel drivers is unnecessary and may possibly create secondary problems. That wouldn't even solve the problem. The root of the problem lies in the NVIDIA drivers trying to be installed alongside the generic Nouveau drivers. My method simply disables the GPU from being the main source of display while you install the correct drivers.
– Jon
Feb 25 at 5:59
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Use the version for your graphic card, I have the same problem, don't use de autoinstall configuration. In your case this
sudo apt-get install nvidia-396
I had to search like this --> nvidia driver "your graphic card"
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Use the version for your graphic card, I have the same problem, don't use de autoinstall configuration. In your case this
sudo apt-get install nvidia-396
I had to search like this --> nvidia driver "your graphic card"
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Use the version for your graphic card, I have the same problem, don't use de autoinstall configuration. In your case this
sudo apt-get install nvidia-396
I had to search like this --> nvidia driver "your graphic card"
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Use the version for your graphic card, I have the same problem, don't use de autoinstall configuration. In your case this
sudo apt-get install nvidia-396
I had to search like this --> nvidia driver "your graphic card"
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Based on your investigation, it sounds like the problem isn't actually Ubuntu but the NVidia driver? I have to admit, after upgrading to 18.04, I've noticed a lag with the NVidia driver that did not exist with 17.10. I don't have a solution for you, but it's "good" to know I am not the only one. (Unlike you, I haven't tried another OS.)
– Ray
May 8 '18 at 1:07
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How did you install the 390 driver? The one from the official repositories is not complete and doesn't work properly. I have been sending people to this askubuntu.com/a/1030901/231142 as it has the way to install the newest NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu 18.04 in the second half of the answer.
– Terrance
May 8 '18 at 2:26
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@ICE Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I'm actually using the latest NVidia drivers from NVidia and I'm using KDE. But both KDE and Gnome are much slower than they were back in 17.10. For now, I'm "putting up with it" until I have the time to try re-installing new drivers. Or maybe I'll have to wait until 18.04.1 is out before I panic.
– Ray
May 8 '18 at 4:04
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I've found nVidia a lot slower and 20 degrees hotter than Intel iGPU HD 530.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 8 '18 at 17:53
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Possible duplicate of gnome-shell has high CPU usage after 18.04 upgrade
– chaskes
May 18 '18 at 14:50