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== GUI is stuck ==

[[File:Proprietary Drivers selection in Software Sources GUI.png|thumb|Unable to select a proprietary driver in "Software Sources"]]If you go into the Graphical User Interface (GUI) for "System Settings" and then "Hardware -> Driver Manager" ~~where~~ it would appear to allow you to simply choose to use a proprietary driver from Nvidia~~, and you find that~~ the choices are ~~all~~ disabled (grayed out)~~, that is because no other driver is found on the system. You would need to download a driver through your package manager first~~. ~~However, the major caveat is that every~~ attempt I made to "install an Nvidia driver" - whether through a graphical package manager like Synaptic, or the CLI using apt or dpkg, would just result in a "non-working" graphics system where I didn't even have dual monitor support. In theory, if you have multiple drivers, the GUI allows you to effortlessly choose and switch between them. In practice, installing a second driver is not possible from a Graphical desktop environment.

[[File:Proprietary Drivers selection in Software Sources GUI.png|thumb|Unable to select a proprietary driver in "Software Sources"]]

In theory, the GUI (see image) allows you to effortlessly choose and switch between multiple drivers. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmGfi1ldBqc This YouTube video] even shows how it's supposed to work. In practice, at least on my system, installing a second driver is not possible from a Graphical desktop environment.

If you go into the Graphical User Interface (GUI) for "System Settings" and then "Hardware -> Driver Manager" it would appear to allow you to simply choose to use a proprietary driver from Nvidia. But all the choices are disabled (grayed out). Every attempt I made to "install an Nvidia driver" - whether through a graphical package manager like Synaptic, or the CLI using apt or dpkg, would just result in a "non-working" graphics system where I didn't even have dual monitor support.

== X.org ==

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 == GUI is stuck ==
-[[File:Proprietary Drivers selection in Software Sources GUI.png|thumb|Unable to select a proprietary driver in "Software Sources"]]If you go into the Graphical User Interface (GUI) for "System Settings" and then "Hardware -> Driver Manager" where it would appear to allow you to simply choose to use a proprietary driver from Nvidia, and you find that the choices are all disabled (grayed out), that is because no other driver is found on the system. You would need to download a driver through your package manager first. However, the major caveat is that every attempt I made to "install an Nvidia driver" - whether through a graphical package manager like Synaptic, or the CLI using apt or dpkg, would just result in a "non-working" graphics system where I didn't even have dual monitor support. In theory, if you have multiple drivers, the GUI allows you to effortlessly choose and switch between them. In practice, installing a second driver is not possible from a Graphical desktop environment.
+[[File:Proprietary Drivers selection in Software Sources GUI.png|thumb|Unable to select a proprietary driver in "Software Sources"]]
+In theory, the GUI (see image) allows you to effortlessly choose and switch between multiple drivers. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmGfi1ldBqc This YouTube video] even shows how it's supposed to work. In practice, at least on my system, installing a second driver is not possible from a Graphical desktop environment.
+If you go into the Graphical User Interface (GUI) for "System Settings" and then "Hardware -> Driver Manager" it would appear to allow you to simply choose to use a proprietary driver from Nvidia. But all the choices are disabled (grayed out). Every attempt I made to "install an Nvidia driver" - whether through a graphical package manager like Synaptic, or the CLI using apt or dpkg, would just result in a "non-working" graphics system where I didn't even have dual monitor support.
 == X.org ==