Nvidia drivers????

[Flamethrower1972]

I can't understand this. I have the nvidia driver installed but it says this NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running. I do have the latest driver can I get some help?

 

[Woomack]

Uninstall everything and then perform a "clean install" (there is such an option during installation. I also recommend uninstalling the nvidia driver, then updating motherboard drivers (chipset, etc.), and then installing the new driver.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

I have this in a VM.

 

[Woomack]

Then you have unofficial drivers or something mixed up with the virtual device drivers, and it's not registering all components properly.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

How do I fix that?

 

[Woomack]

I'm not sure. VMs are not officially supported for many things because of various problems with drivers and hardware support. It never worked for me like I wanted, so I was never using graphics cards for computing on VMs.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

Ok I downloaded NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-545.29.06.run.So how do i install it??

 

[Woomack]

I'm not touching Linux, it's pure evil.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

Ok np

 

[JLK03F150]

The .run extension is different from what I remember when I installed linux & the geforce driver. Can you just double-click it from with-in linux? And I mean native linux on a local hdd, not in a vm.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

I am done with running linux!!!!!!! I just cant seem to fix the problem it shows dual boot but then i get a error code 0xc00007b I AM SO ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have tried so many fixes and I either can't get them to work, or it is above my head.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

I tried mint in a dual boot and still the same problems hell it not even let me install the f@h and the nivida driver.

 

[Keith Myers]

I tried mint in a dual boot and still the same problems hell it not even let me install the f@h and the nivida driver.

Why are you dual-booting? SSD's are so cheap for the past couple of years that just put Linux on its own drive. No need for dual-booting headaches. Just select the Linux drive from the BIOS splash screen or boot target selection in the BIOS.

A Linux install from a LiveUSB stick to fully installed Desktop on its discrete storage drive takes ten minutes tops.

 

[Flamethrower1972]

I am going to get a large enough usb and install it with rufus.

 

[EarthDog]

This is your thread RE: installing Linux, FYI. Closing this thread to minimize confusion.

Using linux to fold.

I want to see a pic of the expression on your wife's face looking at YOUR farm... Why do you think I try to donate hardware? While i certainly do it to help, she's always "you know, I think Best Buy has less stuff than you do" :rofl: Thankfully, she's totally onboard with my folding. It...

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