#although you may not have one if it is a new installĬp -p /etc/X11/nf /etc/X11/nf. Navigate to the selected location, ex: C:NVIDIADisplayDriver270.61Vista 64-bitEnglish.
#install and compile the nvidia kernal drivers The GPU driver package uses the standard Installshield switches, To perform a silent install do the following: -Run the driver downloaded from -Select a location to unzip the driver contents to. Change where new content is saved at the bottom of the page -> select your (C:) drive from the New apps will save to: drop down box. Sudo apt remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau Go into the Windows Settings -> System -> Storage -> click on the link. #remove nouveau as it conflicts with nvidia #the script can be updated with new infromation, theinstructions are at the bottom of the script An instance with an attached NVIDIA GPU, such as a P3 or G4dn instance, must have the appropriate NVIDIA driver installed. #run script to determine if the correct nvidia driver is available on your system #confirm that you have the kernel headers installed #note: this is not a script just a collection of instructions To check the Nvidia driver version execute the following command: nvidia-settings -version nvidia-settings: version 430.50. I mainly post this here for those who are interested in a slightly alternative way, as the way I read it there is a bug in nvidia-config and most of the approaches I found didn't combine both nvidia and compiz instructions, or work fully for me. Before you proceed with the Latest Nvidia Linux Driver installation check where you are not already using the latest Nvidia Linux driver version. Thanks for posting this - I just installed Linux Debian - Kernel 3.0 - I missed this thread, good on me - so took a few hours of pulling it all together but managed to set up nvidia and compiz.