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Nvidia 295.40 is available! Install in Ubuntu11.10/12.04, LinuxMint via PPA

Written by M. Zinoune on April 13, 2012. Posted in Fedora, Linux Mint, Software, Ubuntu

Few days ago was released the new Nvidia driver 295.40, the new release added support for the following GPUs: GeForce GT 635M and GeForce 610M ,closed a security vulnerability which made it possible for attackers to reconfigure GPUs to gain access to arbitrary system memory. Fixed a bug that caused DisplayPort devices to occasionally fail to turn back on after the system is resumed from suspend. and added a ModeValidation X configuration option token, “AllowNon3DVisionModes”, to allow modes that are not optimized for NVIDIA 3D Vision to be validated on 3D Vision monitors.

Install Nvidia 295.40 in Linux:

For Ubuntu and LinuxMint use the following PPA:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

- For Debian Squeeze use the following script.

- For other Linux distributions, you need to download and install the driver manually

First Download the driver from this link (32bit or 64bit),

cd the directory where you downloaded the file, in my case :

cd /home/zinovsky/Downloads

Now open terminal and run the following command:

sudo sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-295.40.run

Then follow the installation instructions.

Activate the new driver and Reboot.

For questions please refer to our Q/A forum at : http://ask.unixmen.com

Rautatea

you don t know if it s compatible with nvidia optimus , in my case geforce gt 520 m
thanks
LanManT

Thanks
- LanManT
  
  I did have anomalies with unity and rolled back
http://twitter.com/UGProject UbuntuGamingProject

Please be careful, this new driver breaks openGL libraries on 64-bit systems!
- revisionist
  
  I have this driver installed (automatically I believe – at least I didn’t choose to install it) – how do I revert to an older version (one that doesn’t screw with the OpenGL libs?
  I’m running an Athlon Turion 64-bit laptop with nVidia GeForce 7150
  - Rautatea
    
    you can install cuda or bumblebee , it s working perfect …good look
    - Desdinova
      
      Is there a ppa for CUDA? I just upgraded to 11.10 and would like to add CUDA back but i had trouble installing manually when using 10.10 and would like to avoid that again.
      - Rautatea
        
        no , you can do with this…
        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:aaron-haviland/cuda-4.0
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get upgrade
        sudo apt-get install nvidia-cuda-gdb nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-compute-profiler libnpp4 nvidia-cuda-doc libcudart4 libcublas4 libcufft4 libcusparse4 libcurand4 nvidia-current nvidia-opencl-dev nvidia-current-dev nvidia-cuda-dev opencl-headers
      - Rautatea
        
        no , you can do with this…
        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:aaron-haviland/cuda-4.0
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get upgrade
        sudo apt-get install nvidia-cuda-gdb nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-compute-profiler libnpp4 nvidia-cuda-doc libcudart4 libcublas4 libcufft4 libcusparse4 libcurand4 nvidia-current nvidia-opencl-dev nvidia-current-dev nvidia-cuda-dev opencl-headers
      - Rautatea
        
        no , you can do with this…
        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:aaron-haviland/cuda-4.0
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get upgrade
        sudo apt-get install nvidia-cuda-gdb nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-compute-profiler libnpp4 nvidia-cuda-doc libcudart4 libcublas4 libcufft4 libcusparse4 libcurand4 nvidia-current nvidia-opencl-dev nvidia-current-dev nvidia-cuda-dev opencl-headers
      - Rautatea
        
        no , you can do with this…
        sudo add-apt-repository ppa:aaron-haviland/cuda-4.0
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get upgrade
        sudo apt-get install nvidia-cuda-gdb nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-compute-profiler libnpp4 nvidia-cuda-doc libcudart4 libcublas4 libcufft4 libcusparse4 libcurand4 nvidia-current nvidia-opencl-dev nvidia-current-dev nvidia-cuda-dev opencl-headers
- ademey
  
  Bug #980298
  in Unity refers to this problem, but as you say: it is a bug in the nvidia driver
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/980298
Arup Roy Chowdhury

Ubuntu 12.04 beta has already been updated with this version.
Zbigniew6789

Un ubuntu 12.04 64bit this driver breaks unity 3d also my games on wine works slow as hell.
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Note:-After installing these drivers it might break your system so install them with your own riskhttp://www.battery-sale.co.uk/sony-vgp-bps8.htm
Uanuleti

After install LM Maya and updated Nvidia drivers that come with, menu bar hot keys and almost everithingwas missing. After install this drivers all returned.
Thanks
Muhammad Zia

Alhamdulillah, I installed the nVidia Driver on LinuxMint-64-bit successfully by your 1st tips.

Lot of Thanks………………………………

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