I have been having issues with Chrome on my Linux box, so I decided to try using a newer nvidia driver. I reinstalled it, but when it the displays came back to life, and I went to configure them, the XserverSettings looks different and configuration options are missing. See below:
However, lspci shows the card, as it always has...
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05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G73GL [Quadro FX 560] (rev a1)
I have tried
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apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*
which removes everything nvidia. Then, I reinstalled almost every driver that was in the apt-cacche. I even double checked that the drivers were being removed, with
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dpkg --get-selections | grep nvidia
Nothing nvidia remains, when re-installed.
Why is this thing not showing the graphics card, anymore?
SOLUTION:
Went to System Tools > Preferences > Additional Drivers, (aka software & updates)
Set the default driver to Using X.Org X server.
Pressed ctrl+alt+f1 and logged in.
Issued sudo service lightdm restart.
IF* it restarts into lightdm, open a terminal and use the next step. If not, use tty1, as before.
Issue sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*.
Issue sudo dpkg --get-selections | grep nvidia - ensure nothing nvidia remains.
Go back to System Tools > Preferences > Additional Drivers, (aka software & updates)
Choose the highest nvidia driver available.
Go back to tty1 and issue sudo service lightdm restart
Lightdm should restart and you should have the latest driver, for your system.
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