ISSUE: PeppermintOS 10 Respin and NVidia 8800M GTS NVidia 340.108 (Solved)

[Voodoo]

After a long time of trying things I have found all over the internet about installing nvidia drivers, I finally stumbled across a site that had the answer. It seems that Ubuntu 18.04 does not install the correct headers for the nVidia 340.108 drivers which caused them not to install correctly.

Install the Correct Headers:

sudo apt install linux-image-4.15.0-112-generic linux-headers-4.15.0-112-generic
sudo reboot

Install Drivers:

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

CTL+ALT F1 to get into terminal

sudo systemctl stop lightdm
ubuntu-drivers devices
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
sudo apt-get update
sudo nvidia-xconfig
sudo reboot

*NOTE: Your first reboot may be to big fonts and flickering. If so, just do a reboot.

To check your system after reboot:
sudo lshw -numeric -C display or sudo lspci -vnn | grep VGA

REF: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/600129/problem-after-nvidia-proprietary-driver-update-linux-mint

Also, I noticed that if I use “Adapative” or “Auto” with the PowerMizer and it drops to the 275/602/550 settings, the display will go black and you have to reboot to get it back. I just set the PowerMizer to “Prefer Maximum Performance” to keep it at the 500/1598/1250 settings.

PCNetSpec has a good method on having the PowerMizer set to “Prefer Maximum Performance” each time you start.
REF: https://forum.peppermintos.com/index.php/topic,8461.msg86778.html#msg86778]https://forum.peppermintos.com/index.php/topic,8461.msg86778.html#msg86778

Of course the PCNetSpec did not seem to automatically work for me, so I tried other things and came up with this that works… Settings > Default Applications on LXDE > Autostart and then add the following under “Manual autostarted applications”
nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GpuPowerMizerMode=1

REF:https://askubuntu.com/questions/419019/nvidia-settings-powermizer-performance-mode-on-12-04-4-64-bit

System:    Host: P6860FX Kernel: 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.5.0
           Desktop: N/A Distro: Peppermint Ten
Machine:   Device: laptop System: Gateway product: P-6860FX v: 1234567 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Gateway model: P-6860FX v: 1234567 serial: N/A
           BIOS: Phoenix v: R01-A1P (94.29.00) date: 03/10/2008
Battery    BAT0: charge: 63.6 Wh 100.0% condition: 63.6/73.3 Wh (87%)
           model: SMP-SDI SAPSSEET status: Full
           hidpp__0: charge: 85% condition: NA/NA Wh
           model: Logitech M570 status: Discharging
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo T9300 (-MCP-)
           arch: Penryn rev.6 cache: 6144 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 9974
           clock speeds: max: 2501 MHz 1: 1697 MHz 2: 1982 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA G92M [GeForce 8800M GTS] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.20.8 ) driver: nvidia
           Resolution: [email protected]
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce 8800M GTS/PCIe/SSE2
           version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.108 Direct Render: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k5.4.0-42-generic
Network:   Card-1: Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection
           driver: iwl4965 v: in-tree: bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCIE Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 port: 4000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
           IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 878.2GB (6.7% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sdb model: ST750LX003 size: 750.2GB
           ID-2: /dev/sda model: SPCC_Solid_State size: 128.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 39G used: 8.9G (25%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:61C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse
           deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
           deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security multiverse
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/graphics-drivers-ubuntu-ppa-bionic.list
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/peppermint.list
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/peppermintos/p10-release/ubuntu bionic main
           deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/peppermintos/p10-respin/ubuntu bionic main
Info:      Processes: 202 Uptime: 31 min Memory: 1217.2/3935.1MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 7.5.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.201) inxi: 2.3.56

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