How do I download Nvidia Drivers on (Zorin Os 17 Lite)

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Hello, I am super new to Linux and Zorin Os, I don't know how to download nvidia drivers. I think i pressed safe graphics in the boot thingy. SO how do i download the drivers now I run a HP pro desk BTW.

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When I open additional drivers It says no drivers available

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Can you please list what Nvidia card you are using?

In Zorin OS, launch terminal from app menu or using the keyboard shortcut ctl+alt+t
In it, run the following command:

sudo ubuntu-drivers install

Once that is run, run Software & Updates from the App menu and in the Additional Drivers tab, you should see various Nvidia driver options listed.

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I think i am using none

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I dont know how to tell

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Did you do this?

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i did sudo ubuntu-drivers install it said all the available drivers are already isntall

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What do you see listed here?

And: Which Nvidia Card are you using?

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im using intel inside core i3

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when i open software and updates it just says no additional drivers avaliable

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Which Nvidia card are you using?

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Where can i tell that?

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What is your terminal output for

sudo lshw -C video

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*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
logical name: /dev/fb0
version: 06
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
configuration: depth=32 driver=i915 latency=0 resolution=1440,900
resources: irq:34 memory:f7800000-f7bfffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff

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That did not tell us much... Let's use inxi

sudo apt install inxi

Once installed, run

inxi -G

And relay the output.

To answer your question about the Safe Graphics, this generally just toggles modesetting to allow the graphics time to initialize. We can check if you have modesetting disabled.

cat /etc/default/grub

What we are looking for is this line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash ...."

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Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: Generalplus GENERAL WEBCAM type: USB
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 1440x900~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2)
v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.3

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GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
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Ok...
It looks like your Nvidia is completely offline.
Let's try

lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 nvidia

Or

dmesg | grep -i nvidia

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should i send you the output?

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Yes, please show the output.