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Lubuntu & HP xw6200 w/ NVIDIA QUADRO4 NVS400 graphics card

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  • Hewlett Packard
  • Lubuntu
  • Nvidia
  • Graphics Cards
  • Linux
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February 21, 2014 2:20:32 AM

Hi guys,

I'm pretty new to Linux but I'm finding that it is going to be my only alternative for my workstation as I am not going to purchase any hardware to upgrade the system and I cannot find any Windows 7 drivers for this card.

On XP, this workstation still runs adequately for what I need, web browsing with full flash streaming support, office suite work and VNC viewer on dual screen monitors. I am looking to be able to do all the above with Linux.

I ran Ubuntu vanilla off a USB on my system, and the second screen would not work. When I detached that monitor and ran it on a single monitor, it worked but was laggy. Any advice on how to get a Linux graphical OS with the above functionality running smoothly on this hardware?

PS I've been advised to use Nouveau drivers but am unsure on how easy it will be to install it on my system

More about : lubuntu xw6200 nvidia quadro4 nvs400 graphics card

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February 21, 2014 8:42:14 AM

The nouveau driver is the free open source driver.
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/
It is already included in Ubuntu And other distribution.

You can enable the second display under "system-> preferences -> display"

Also advise you to use a lighter desktop. Try Xubuntu or Lubuntu.
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a b 5 Linux
February 21, 2014 4:57:24 PM

nVidia Drivers


NVS400 series driver download


Edit /etc/default/grub

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset"

Also, remove -- /etc/modprobe.d/bumblebee.conf -- because . . .

"Uninstalling bumblebee does not remove the /etc/modprobe.d/bumblebee.conf config file and as such the driver is still blacklisted until you either modify the file to not black list the nvidia-331 module or remove bumblebee.conf."

According to a bug report

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February 27, 2014 2:03:31 AM

Thanks, unfortinately the boss has decided to halt this project, once it's restarted, I will try to implement some of these solution!
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