Please be sure you check the following before attempting any steps of this guide:
- (If there is absolutely no POST screen) Check if the monitors are correctly plugged in and powered on
- Using off-board video (from GPU cards)
If you are experiencing the following symptoms, a NVIDIA driver re-installation may be needed to get the X11 working properly:
- Ubuntu returns to login page after logging in with correct credentials
- Experiencing white blinking line on the top left after BIOS loaded
Reinstalling NVIDIA drivers is a more involved procedure, and is prone to cause further driver issues if the reinstall is not needed.
Step-by-step guide:
Open up a terminal for the system:
ctrl+alt+f2 (try f1/f2/f3 if 'f2' does not work)
or
alt+(left or right arrow key)
or
SSH access (if possible)
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If NVIDIA fails stating kernel source does not match
Check 'uname -r' to see if the system is running the latest kernel version for the NVIDIA driver installation
If NVIDIA driver fails due to running an X server
init 3
#proceed to install NVIDIA drivers
If running cd /usr/local/CUDA_INSTALL_FILES states the directory is not found:
try 'mkdir CUDA_INSTALL_FILES'
If nouveau needs to be blacklisted:
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1) Update necessary packages used for Ubuntu
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apt -y update && apt -y upgrade && apt -y dist-upgrade |
2) Download NVIDIA driver from website
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wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/375.39/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.39.run |
3) Update permissions on the file you just downloarded
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chmod 700 ./NV *tab key to fill in the rest* |
4) Remove nouveau related files that prevents system from installing NVIDIA drivers
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apt-get remove nvidia* && apt-get autoremove |
5) Blacklist nouveau files from re-installing themselves when you restart the system
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echo "blacklist nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf |
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&& echo "blacklist lbm-nouveau" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf |
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&& echo "options nouveau modeset=0" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf |
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&& echo "alias nouveau off" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf |
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&& echo "alias lbm-nouveau off" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf |
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&& echo options nouveau modeset=0 | tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-kms.conf |
6. Updates your system to boot with the settings you JUST changed
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update- |
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intramfs-u |
7. Reboot
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reboot |
8. Run this command as root user, just do it...
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stop lightdm |
9. Install NVIDIA driver
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./NV *tab key to fill in rest* |
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