Installing 32 bit Librarys

[sithlord48]

for DX11 to work in wine you need to install dxvk.

[steve7233]

for DX11 to work in wine you need to install dxvk.

My version of the GT 730 doesn't support DXVK. DXVK isn't necessary to run DX 11, it's just the best version but all games do not require it. I have run games like Space Engineers and banished in the past with this card. Steam play requirers the latest NVIDIA Driver. If Ubuntu won't add a package for the new driver or Canical dosn't fix it's non responsive server soon, then I will have no choice but to install the generic version from NIVIDIA's ppa.

[GreyGeek]

Did you do this:
Linux users with AMD or Intel graphics cards should install recent versions of Mesa and LLVM through this repository: https://launchpad.net/~paulo-miguel-dias/+archive/ubuntu/mesa
sudo add-apt-repository ppaaulo-miguel-dias/mesa
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt install mesa-vulkan-drivers mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386

[steve7233]

Did you do this:
Linux users with AMD or Intel graphics cards should install recent versions of Mesa and LLVM through this repository: https://launchpad.net/~paulo-miguel-dias/+archive/ubuntu/mesa
sudo add-apt-repository ppaaulo-miguel-dias/mesa
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt install mesa-vulkan-drivers mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386

That's for AMD or Intel, I said I have NVIDIA.

[steve7233]

I just tried the driver update again. It seemed to work but when I tried to reboot, It failed and I got;

Ubuntu 18.04 has crashed.

I tried relog but I got the same error message. Itried ALT+F2>sudo reboot. Nothing happened! Should I use the sledge hammer method -Hold power button in until the computer goes dead.-?

edit: I tried sudo reboot in a konsel and that worked. I am using 390.87 now. I need 396. When will Ubuntu make a new package? Steam play needs the new NVIDIA driver.

[vinnywright]

I need 396. When will Ubuntu make a new package? Steam play needs the new NVIDIA driver.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nvidia-396

VINNY

[steve7233]

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nvidia-396

VINNY

Is that an Ubuntu repo?

[vinnywright]

see https://launchpad.net/~graphics-driv...ive/ubuntu/ppa

VINNY

[steve7233]

see https://launchpad.net/~graphics-driv...ive/ubuntu/ppa

VINNY

Ok Thanks, Vinny. I will try after lunch.

[steve7233]

I just tried to install the 396 driver but synaptic shows the package as broken!:

Should I proceed or wait?

[GreyGeek]

That's for AMD or Intel, I said I have NVIDIA.

A lot of laptops come with an Intel GPU as the primary and NVIDIA as the secondary. Some won't even allow you to set NVIDIA as your primary. They are called Optimus. Is NVIDIA your PRIMARY chip?

[steve7233]

This is a desktop and the NVIDIA is on a daughter card. The motherboard does have video but I disabled that in the BIOS. I used Kifocenter Device Information>PCI and it looks like the onboard video is Intel. Since it is disabled in the BIOS config then it shouldn't matter right?

[vinnywright]

I have no idea where you are getting a package named "nvidia-driver-396" from ,,,I can not find it @hear

if you search "nvidia-396" what do you get ,,,,that is what I suggested you install , from the command line , with apt-get ,,,,,

if you do

sudo apt-get -s install nvidia-396

(the -s is for simulate) what do you get .

VINNY

EDIT: hold on let me check in the bionic install ,,,thay do have a package named that in the bionic section .

[GreyGeek]

That I don't know. It won't hurt to install the Intel stuff. If things don't work out you can always uninstall it.

Here is a site explaining how to do the Nvidia manual install
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaManual

The following command shows the recommended driver:
:~$ sudo ubuntu-drivers devices

== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00000FD1sv00001025sd00000686bc03sc00 i00
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
model : GK107M [GeForce GT 650M]
driver : nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free recommended
driver : nvidia-340 - distro non-free
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin

I used
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
to install the recommended NVidia driver

You can switch back and forth between the primary driver and NVidia using
sudo prime-select intel

or

sudo prime-select nvidia

and reboot.

BTW, when you add a new NVidia ppa to your sources.list the command
ubuntu-drivers devices
will show the new driver as the recommended one. Using
ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
will install it.

You can uninstall an NVidia driver using

sudo apt purge nvidia-*
sudo apt autoremove

And to remove the nvidia driver ppa use

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

[vinnywright]

you are correct the meta package (that depends on all the others you need ) is called "nvidia-driver-396" in bionic .

and it is strangely broken ,I will try to let them know .

why it was changed from "nvidia-396" in xenial to nvidia-driver-396 in bionic I am not sure ,,,,,the "nvidia-390" is still the same .

VINNY