Ubuntu Latest Nvidia Drivers
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CUDA programming requires the latest nvidia drivers. Manually installing the drivers from the nvidia website causes headaches after a kernel upgrade.
The swat-x PPA provides the latest versions of x.org drivers. These are stable drivers, not bleeding edge.
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11166698&postcount=7: To upgrade using this PPA, run these commands in the Terminal:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
If you need/want to remove those PPA and downgrade the concerning packages again, run these:
$ sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates