Install NVIDIA Driver in Kali Linux

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#Disable X-Server
`sudo service lightdm stop`
# Install Linux-header
- Get Kernel version by `uname -a`
- Install header
`sudo apt install linux-headers-4.14.0-kali3-amd64 linux-headers-4.14.0-kali3-common linux-headers-4.14.0-kali3-all`

# Block nouveau driver
```
echo -e "blacklist nouveau\noptions nouveau modeset=0\nalias nouveau off" |sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
update-initramfs -u && reboot
```
- Check whether succeed or not
`lsmod |grep -i nouveau`
If without any output that means to succeed.
# Download NVIDIA Driver from [Official Website](http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us)
# Install NVIDIA Driver
`chmod a+x NVIDIA-Linux-*`
`sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-*`
# Configure driver setting
- Get your graphics card 's BusID
`nvidia-xconfig --query-gpu-info`
- Add the following code into /etc/X11/xorg.conf
`sudo vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf`
```
Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "layout"
 Screen 0 "nvidia"
 Inactive "intel"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "nvidia"
 Driver "nvidia"
 BusID "Your BusID"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "nvidia"
 Device "nvidia"
 Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "intel"
 Driver "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "intel"
 Device "intel"
EndSection
```
- Set up /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart/optimus.desktop And /etc/xdg/autostart/optimus.desktop
adding the following code.
```
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Optimus
Exec=sh -c "xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0; xrandr --auto"
NoDisplay=true
X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=DisplayServer
```

# Reboot and Done!

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