I would like to install the drivers for the NVIDIA chip and I would like to install CUDA so I can program this chip.
Here's the description of my laptop:
$ uname -a
Linux Eduardo-Alienware-14 3.13.0-111-generic #158-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 22 16:12:03 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:security-4.0-amd64:security-4.0-noarch:security-4.1-amd64:security-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
Details of my graphic chip:
$ sudo lspci -vnn | grep -i VGA -A 12
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 750M] [10de:0fe4] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:05a9]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at a0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at 4000 [disabled] [size=128]
Expansion ROM at b2000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
According to http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/114708/en-us:
Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver
Version: 375.39
Release Date: 2017.2.14
Operating System: Linux 64-bit
Language: English (US)
File Size: 73.68 MB
Driver version 375.39 is the driver I should use. I supports the following cards:
GeForce 700M Series (Notebooks):
GeForce GTX 780M, GeForce GTX 770M, GeForce GTX 765M, GeForce GTX 760M, GeForce GT 755M, [b]GeForce GT 750M[/b], GeForce GT 745M, GeForce GT 740M, GeForce GT 735M, GeForce GT 730M, GeForce GT 720M, GeForce GT 710M, GeForce 720M, GeForce 710M, GeForce 705M
Following this tutorial: I will not download the installer from the website. Instead I will use PPA.
Since, according to the tutorial, the xorg-edgers PPA provides the very latest NVIDIA drivers, I have ran the following commands to set it up:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa -y
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpikxws_oj/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpikxws_oj/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 8844C542 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpikxws_oj/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 8844C542: public key "Launchpad PPA for xorg crack pushers" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main armhf Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-proposed InRelease [65.9 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports InRelease
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-proposed/main amd64 Packages [90.8 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-proposed/universe amd64 Packages [13.5 kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-proposed/main i386 Packages [88.6 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-proposed/universe i386 Packages [13.5 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-proposed/main Translation-en [28.4 kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-proposed/universe Translation-en [10.8 kB]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main armhf Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe armhf Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main armhf Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe armhf Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-proposed/main armhf Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-proposed/universe armhf Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main armhf Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe armhf Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main armhf Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe armhf Packages
404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US
Fetched 312 kB in 9s (32.1 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-security/main/binary-armhf/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-security/universe/binary-armhf/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/main/binary-armhf/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-updates/universe/binary-armhf/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-proposed/main/binary-armhf/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-proposed/universe/binary-armhf/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-backports/main/binary-armhf/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-backports/universe/binary-armhf/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-armhf/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/universe/binary-armhf/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.91.23 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
First problem: Why would some of the URLs already included in my sources file yield these errors?
Second problem: On the Additional Drivers section at the Software and Updates tab (when running sudo software-properties-gtk), the additional drivers should now be listed and are not... why? Would this be related with the first problem?
At this point, I believe I should see the drivers listed, before attempting an alternative approach to install the drivers:
# Install 375 driver
$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-375
Any help on solving the two listed problems?
Update on the first problem:
Running:
dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
Showed that the armhf architecture was included as a foreign architecture. I have removed it via:
sudo dpkg --remove-architecture armhf
After doing so, I have removed the original sources.list file, and replaced with one that looks like this (let <codename> = trusty):
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu <codename> main multiverse universe restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu <codename>-security main multiverse universe restricted
(Which was kindly shared here: https://askubuntu.com/a/586601/273254). Doing this, fixed the problem of failing repositories. My output from updating is clean now:
$ sudo dpkg --remove-architecture armhf
ejspeiro@Eduardo-Alienware-14:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get update
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US
Reading package lists... Done
