The ubuntu-drivers tool is recommended if your computer uses Secure Boot, since it always tries to install signed drivers which are known to work with Secure Boot.Ĭheck the available drivers for your hardware The ubuntu-drivers tool relies on the same logic as the 'Additional Drivers' graphical tool, and allow more flexibility on desktops and on servers. The recommended way (ubuntu-drivers tool)

To check the version of your currently running driver: The Fabric Manager and NSCQ library are only available with the ERDs or -server driver versions. You can read more about these drivers here: Īdditionally, we package the NVIDIA Fabric Manager and the NVIDIA Switch Configuration and Query (NSCQ) Library, which you will only need if you have NVswitch hardware. Their packages can be recognised by the -server suffix. UDA (Unified Driver Architecture) drivers - which are recommended for the generic desktop use, and which you can also find here: ĮRD (Enterprise Ready Drivers) - which are recommended on servers, and for computing tasks. Transitional packages to new driver branches.Switching between pre-compiled and DKMS modules.Installing Fabric Manager and the NVSwitch Configuration and Query library.Installing the user-space drivers and the driver libraries.Building your own kernel modules using the NVIDIA DKMS package.Installing the pre-compiled NVIDIA modules for your kernel.Installing the drivers on servers and/or for computing purposes.Installing the drivers for generic use (e.g.Check the available drivers for your hardware.

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