Unable to use my NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M GPU

[jdosio]

Hello everyone i made a post (https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2423346) about this issue a while earlier and was unable to resolve it; hopefully someone with the same issue sees this post.

i am sure the gpu is being detected because if i try,


jdosio@2io-01:~$ lspci | grep -i --color 'vga\|3d\|2d'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 (rev 06)
02:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] (rev a2)
jdosio@2io-01:~$ sudo lspci -v -s 02:00.0
02:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Dell GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 255
Memory at de000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
I/O ports at e000 [disabled] [size=128]
Expansion ROM at df000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [250] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Capabilities: [258] L1 PM Substates
Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
Capabilities: [900] #19
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia





i have noticed that the gpu has been regarded as unclaimed and am not sure how to "claim" it, i found this term used here,


root@2io-01:/home/jdosio# lshw -class display
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: 3D controller
product: GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: a2
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:de000000-deffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:df000000-df07ffff
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: HD Graphics 530
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 06
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:129 memory:dd000000-ddffffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff ioport:f000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff


Has anyone ran into a similar problem installing their NVIDIA Cards?

[Bashing-om]

jdosio; Hello -

What is the method you are doing to install the Nvidia driver ?

Left overs ?


dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia


Modules available ?


lsmod | grep nvidia


What does the GPU manager have to relate ?


cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log


And we go on the hunt



gots to be a reason

[jdosio]

Well i have tried vary many methods and infact found out how unhealthy that can be for my computer(hehe), but have since deleted old versions of the installation, the last method i used to intall was through the ppa repository i believe!


jdosio@2io-01:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
ii libnvidia-cfg1-430:amd64 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii libnvidia-common-430 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 all Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
rc libnvidia-compute-390:amd64 390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package
rc libnvidia-compute-390:i386 390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 i386 NVIDIA libcompute package
ii libnvidia-compute-430:amd64 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package
ii libnvidia-compute-430:i386 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 i386 NVIDIA libcompute package
ii libnvidia-decode-430:amd64 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii libnvidia-decode-430:i386 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 i386 NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii libnvidia-encode-430:amd64 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii libnvidia-encode-430:i386 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 i386 NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii libnvidia-fbc1-430:amd64 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii libnvidia-fbc1-430:i386 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 i386 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii libnvidia-gl-430:amd64 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii libnvidia-gl-430:i386 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 i386 NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii libnvidia-ifr1-430:amd64 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback runtime library
ii libnvidia-ifr1-430:i386 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 i386 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback runtime library
ii nvidia-compute-utils-430 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities
ii nvidia-dkms-430 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package
ii nvidia-driver-430 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA driver metapackage
ii nvidia-kernel-common-430 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module
ii nvidia-kernel-source-430 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA kernel source package
ii nvidia-prime 0.8.8.2 all Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii nvidia-settings 418.56-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii nvidia-utils-430 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-430 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver



jdosio@2io-01:~$ lsmod | grep nvidia
jdosio@2io-01:~$


^^none



jdosio@2io-01:~$ cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log
log_file: /var/log/gpu-manager.log
last_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
new_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
can't access /run/u-d-c-nvidia-was-loaded file
can't access /opt/amdgpu-pro/bin/amdgpu-pro-px
Looking for nvidia modules in /lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/updates/dkms
Found nvidia module: nvidia-drm.ko
Looking for amdgpu modules in /lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/updates/dkms
Is nvidia loaded? no
Was nvidia unloaded? no
Is nvidia blacklisted? no
Is intel loaded? yes
Is radeon loaded? no
Is radeon blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu loaded? no
Is amdgpu blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu versioned? no
Is amdgpu pro stack? no
Is nouveau loaded? no
Is nouveau blacklisted? yes
Is nvidia kernel module available? yes
Is amdgpu kernel module available? no
Vendor/Device Id: 8086:191b
BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0"
Is boot vga? yes
Vendor/Device Id: 10de:139b
BusID "PCI:2@0:0:0"
Is boot vga? no
Error: can't access /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:00.0/driver
The device is not bound to any driver.
Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
Found "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
output 0:
card0-HDMI-A-1
output 1:
card0-eDP-1
Number of connected outputs for /dev/dri/card0: 2
Does it require offloading? yes
last cards number = 2
Has amd? no
Has intel? yes
Has nvidia? yes
How many cards? 2
Has the system changed? No
Intel IGP detected
Intel hybrid system
Creating /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/11-nvidia-prime.conf
Setting power control to "on" in /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:00.0/power/control
Loading nvidia with "no" parameters

Thank you for the help, rather new at the hunt.


And yes im sure there gots to be a reason.:p

[Bashing-om]

jdosio; Ouch ...

We have from the log:


can't access /run/u-d-c-nvidia-was-loaded file
Is nvidia loaded? no
Error: can't access /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:00.0/driver


the lsmod output confirms that the driver did not build and
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/149138/en-us
confirms that the 430 version driver is proper..

So, where is that failure that the driver does not build ?

Let's poke about a bit - post back:


ls -al /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
ls -al /etc/X11/xorg.conf
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log


Let us keep in mind that fast boot and secure boot in the firmware could be at play here.

When we know more


we do more

[jdosio]

Here are the results!


jdosio@2io-01:~$ ls -al /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
total 36
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 22 00:30 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 May 29 15:37 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92 May 29 06:19 10-amdgpu.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 210 Jul 31 02:15 10-nvidia.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1350 May 2 04:06 10-quirks.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92 May 29 06:19 10-radeon.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 945 Nov 27 2018 40-libinput.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3025 Nov 27 2018 70-wacom.conf
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 489 Jul 7 05:20 nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf



xorg.conf was not found however,


jdosio@2io-01:~$ ls -al /etc/X11/
total 100
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Jul 7 13:27 .
drwxr-xr-x 149 root root 12288 Aug 22 00:28 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 1 04:02 app-defaults
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 9 2019 cursors
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15 Jul 7 13:27 default-display-manager
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15 Jul 7 13:20 default-display-manager.dpkg-tmp
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 9 2019 fonts
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17394 Jan 20 2017 rgb.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 29 15:43 xinit
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 2 2018 xkb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 709 Jan 20 2017 Xreset
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 9 2019 Xreset.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 9 2019 Xresources
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3730 May 3 2017 Xsession
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 5 12:46 Xsession.d
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265 Jan 20 2017 Xsession.options
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 9 2019 xsm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13 Dec 5 2016 XvMCConfig
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 630 Feb 9 2019 Xwrapper.config

and the last command had too long of an output so i had to make a link for it here it is below,
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/8m8VV8K5sT/plain/

I wish i knew how this stuff was useful to you lol.

[Bashing-om]

jdosio; Well -


I wish i know how this stuff was useful to you lol.


we are looking to see if we can learn why the Nvidia driver did not build.

The Xorg file relates:


3377.672] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
3377.692] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
3377.693] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 0
3377.693] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so

Huh ?? why is not Nvidia loaded !

Is the driver available per the path ? show:


ls -al /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers
sudo find / -name "NVIDIA-Linux-*"


As I do consider to clean everything out and try to re-install the driver one more time. See here if the system reports any issues at that point.



clean is good

[jdosio]

jdosio@2io-01:~$ ls -al /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers
total 9324
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 7 05:20 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 7 05:20 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160896 May 29 06:19 amdgpu_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10408 May 29 06:19 ati_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23552 Nov 27 2018 fbdev_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1677832 Feb 1 2019 intel_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107072 May 2 04:06 modesetting_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 217224 May 29 06:19 nouveau_drv.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6434624 Jul 7 05:20 nvidia_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 180840 Nov 27 2018 qxl_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 506176 May 29 06:19 radeon_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27688 Nov 27 2018 vesa_drv.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 170296 Nov 27 2018 vmware_drv.so
jdosio@2io-01:~$ sudo find / -name "NVIDIA-Linux-*"
[sudo] password for jdosio:
find: ‘/run/user/1000/doc’: Permission denied
find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied
/home/jdosio/.local/share/Trash/info/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14 (1).run.trashinfo
/home/jdosio/.local/share/Trash/info/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run.trashinfo
/home/jdosio/.local/share/Trash/files/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14 (1).run
/home/jdosio/.local/share/Trash/files/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run
/home/jdosio/Downloads/apps/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.26.run
find: ‘/proc/15030/task/15030/net’: Invalid argument
find: ‘/proc/15030/net’: Invalid argument

since it said permission denied i tried it in root but had the same result,


jdosio@2io-01:~$ su
Password:
root@2io-01:/home/jdosio# find / -name "NVIDIA-Linux-*"
find: ‘/run/user/1000/doc’: Permission denied
find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied
/home/jdosio/.local/share/Trash/info/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14 (1).run.trashinfo
/home/jdosio/.local/share/Trash/info/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run.trashinfo
/home/jdosio/.local/share/Trash/files/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14 (1).run
/home/jdosio/.local/share/Trash/files/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run
/home/jdosio/Downloads/apps/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.26.run
find: ‘/proc/15030/task/15030/net’: Invalid argument
find: ‘/proc/15030/net’: Invalid argument
find: ‘/proc/24048/task/24048/net’: Invalid argument
find: ‘/proc/24048/net’: Invalid argument
find: ‘/proc/24342/task/24342/net’: Invalid argument
find: ‘/proc/24342/net’: Invalid argument
find: ‘/proc/26408/task/26408/net’: Invalid argument
find: ‘/proc/26408/net’: Invalid argument
find: ‘/proc/27809/task/27809/net’: Invalid argument
find: ‘/proc/27809/net’: Invalid argument
find: ‘/proc/28222/task/28222/net’: Invalid argument
find: ‘/proc/28222/net’: Invalid argument





i also know,


jdosio@2io-01:~$ sudo locate "NVIDIA"
[sudo] password for jdosio:
/home/jdosio/.local/share/Trash/files/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14 (1).run
/home/jdosio/.local/share/Trash/files/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run
/home/jdosio/.local/share/Trash/info/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14 (1).run.trashinfo
/home/jdosio/.local/share/Trash/info/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run.trashinfo
/home/jdosio/Downloads/apps/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.26.run
/usr/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/Compiler/NVIDIA-CUDA.cmake
/usr/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/Compiler/NVIDIA-DetermineCompiler.cmake
/usr/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/Platform/Darwin-NVIDIA-CUDA.cmake
/usr/share/cmake-3.10/Modules/Platform/Windows-NVIDIA-CUDA.cmake
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/NVIDIA_Changelog
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/nvidia-settings.png
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/samples
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/acknowledgements.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/addressingcapabilities.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/addtlresources.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/appendices.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/audiosupport.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/commonproblems.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/configlaptop.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/configmultxscreens.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/configtwinview.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/depth30.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/displaydevicenames.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/dma_issues.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/dpi.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/editxconfig.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/egpu.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/faq.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/flippingubb.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/framelock.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/glxsupport.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/gpunames.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/i2c.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/installationandconfiguration.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/installdriver.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/installedcomponents.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/introduction.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/kms.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/knownissues.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/minimumrequirements.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/newusertips.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/nvidia-debugdump.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/nvidia-ml.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/nvidia-persistenced.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/nvidia-smi.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/nvidiasettings.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/openglenvvariables.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/optimus.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/powermanagement.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/procinterface.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/profiles.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/programmingmodes.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/randr14.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/retpoline.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/sdi.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/selectdriver.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/sli.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/supportedchips.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/vdpausupport.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/xcompositeextension.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/xconfigoptions.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/xineramaglx.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/html/xrandrextension.html
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/samples/nvidia-persistenced-init.tar.bz2
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/samples/systemd
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/samples/systemd/nvidia
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/samples/systemd/nvidia-hibernate.service
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/samples/systemd/nvidia-resume.service
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/samples/systemd/nvidia-sleep.sh
/usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0/samples/systemd/nvidia-suspend.service
/usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-430/NVIDIA_Changelog.gz

[Bashing-om]

jdosio; Oh Boy !

OK .. OEM install - even Nvidia says do not do that:


Note that many Linux distributions provide their own packages of the NVIDIA Linux Graphics Driver in the distribution's native package management format. This may interact better with the rest of your distribution's framework, and you may want to use this rather than NVIDIA's official package.

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/149138/en-us

So now we need to figure out how to UN-install the OEM attempt to install.

The command is:


sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run --uninstall

where the command is to be ran from within the same directory (explicit path ./) as the OEM installer. As presently in the Trash I do not know how it would run there. Maybe move it back out of Trash ? If moved to the /home directory, then do not use sudo to run that command !


maybe now we move forward

[jdosio]

well i tried moving the .run file from /trash to /Desktop and running the command but it was not recognized i am reading up on how to uninstall now,


jdosio@2io-01:~$ cd /home/jdosio/Desktop/
jdosio@2io-01:~/Desktop$ NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run --uninstall
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run: command not found

[Bashing-om]

jdosio; Well ..

as the file is now sitting in your Desktop directory -
cd to that directory and tell the nvidia installer to look in that there directory (./).
run here:


sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run --uninstall


computers,

they are so literal

[jdosio]

jdosio@2io-01:~/Desktop$ sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run --uninstall
sudo: ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run: command not found




no luck.
you're quite humorous tho :P

[Bashing-om]

jdosio; Hummm

Does not compute ..

As the find command yields " NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run" That is/was in your Trash.

Copied to your Desktop directory then I do expect to see it there.

When the Desktop is the present working directory (jdosio@2io-01:~/Desktop$ )
what shows:


ls -al


And again be aware that using elevated authority within any directory in your /home can lead to undesired side effects .. don't - just don't - unless there is a expressed need for that level of escalation.


are we there yet ?

[jdosio]

yep pretty sure it is there, checked right after i moved it there.but perhaps i did something wrong?


jdosio@2io-01:~$ cd /home/jdosio/Desktop/
jdosio@2io-01:~/Desktop$ ls -al
total 34941200
drwxr-xr-x 7 jdosio jdosio 4096 Aug 23 20:17 .
drwxr-xr-x 40 jdosio jdosio 4096 Aug 23 13:07 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 jdosio jdosio 35668512186 May 19 20:40 Academic.rar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jdosio jdosio 15660 Aug 11 23:11 agr.docx
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jdosio jdosio 1034 Aug 19 09:28 AUG19.log
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jdosio jdosio 6359 Aug 19 09:29 AUG19.tex
drwxrwxr-x 6 jdosio jdosio 4096 Jun 9 18:19 Esteban_2io
drwxrwxrwx 9 jdosio jdosio 4096 Jun 9 04:08 Esteban_2iousb
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jdosio jdosio 345 Jun 9 01:45 fromscratch_fromscratch.desktop
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jdosio jdosio 15396 Aug 11 23:07 'Indep Study.docx'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jdosio jdosio 21390 May 7 07:35 libreoffice-writer.desktop
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jdosio jdosio 110886277 May 29 17:21 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run
-rw-rw-r-- 1 jdosio jdosio 277378 Aug 3 11:59 squat_rippetoe.pdf
-rwx--x--x 1 jdosio jdosio 1906 Jun 3 02:58 start-tor-browser.desktop
drwxrwxrwx 2 jdosio jdosio 4096 Jun 9 03:00 'System Volume Information'
drwxrwxr-x 3 jdosio jdosio 4096 Aug 12 23:01 tex
drwxrwxrwx 4 jdosio jdosio 4096 May 19 23:10 USB2io

jdosio@2io-01:~/Desktop$ ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run --uninstall
bash: ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run: Permission denied
jdosio@2io-01:~/Desktop$ sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run --uninstall
[sudo] password for jdosio:
sudo: ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run: command not found
jdosio@2io-01:~/Desktop$

[Bashing-om]

jdosio; Yukkie on me :(

I can not explain why the --uninstall fails.
Hopefully others here will have the greater insight.



sometimes I do wonder


other times I just do not know

[jdosio]

bump

[oldfred]

-rw-rw-r-- 1 jdosio jdosio 110886277 May 29 17:21 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run


Shows why you cannot execute it. No x in permissions.
You can change with Naulitus (right click, properties) & permissions on box that says allow executing or use command line to change permissions to allow execute.

[jdosio]

Haza ! it seems you were correct!
i checked the box like you said and executed the


sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.14.run --uninstall

as soon as the uninstall began it asked me if i wanted to restor the back up x conficuration to which i put yes, and was then faced with this screen;(See pic)
the installation continued and showed me a myriad of error messeges mentioning it was unable to create a directorry here or access some other thing somewhere else, there were a few of them. eventually the uninstall finished and so know going over some of the initial commands that you mentioned...


jdosio@2io-01:~$ cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log
log_file: /var/log/gpu-manager.log
last_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
new_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
can't access /run/u-d-c-nvidia-was-loaded file
can't access /opt/amdgpu-pro/bin/amdgpu-pro-px
Looking for nvidia modules in /lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/updates/dkms
Found nvidia module: nvidia-drm.ko
Looking for amdgpu modules in /lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/updates/dkms
Is nvidia loaded? no
Was nvidia unloaded? no
Is nvidia blacklisted? yes
Is intel loaded? yes
Is radeon loaded? no
Is radeon blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu loaded? no
Is amdgpu blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu versioned? no
Is amdgpu pro stack? no
Is nouveau loaded? no
Is nouveau blacklisted? yes
Is nvidia kernel module available? yes
Is amdgpu kernel module available? no

seems the uninstall blacklisted it :(
here is the result of


cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log

https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/FhXtGkPfF8/

[Bashing-om]

jdosio; Yukkie - somewhat

As removing the Nvidia driver should have released the nouveau driver.
So we poke some more.
what shows:


sudo grep 'blacklist.*nouveau' /etc/modprobe.d/*
ls -al /lib/modprobe.d
ls -al /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/
find /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ -name 'nvidia*' ##(those are back ticks around uname -r ``)


see what it takes to clean the system up and get it functional .. then see what we are going to do.

-all in the process-

[oldfred]

I just uninstalled nVidia from my system, but have never used the .run file.
I was only running nVidia as old monitor had DVI-D & VGA in, but motherboard had HDMI & displayport out. Older nVidia card had DVI connection. Intel chip's video performance was same or slightly better than older nVidia card.

Found HDMI to DVI cable, so removed nVidia, but because card was still installed it saw it. And all the nVidia software was still in system.

1952 dkms status
1953 sudo apt-get purge nvidia* bumblebee primus bbswitch-dkms
1954 cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf <--- did not show anything so ok
1955 dkms status <--- only after reboot did it not show nVidia as part of dkms.
1956 lspci -vnn | grep VGA -A 12
1957 dkms status
Did a few other things:
1980 lspci | grep VGA
Only after I rebooted & then did sudo apt autoremove to clear out all the old nVidia related software.


You will either need to change nouveau's status so not blacklisted when you reboot, you may need nomodeset boot parameter.
But probably better to install nVidia driver correctly using ppa before reboot.

If wrong nVidia driver or upgrade, you must purge & install correct driver
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2362351&p=13649946#post13649946
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2380061
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2362351

[jdosio]

hey here are the results of what you mentioned...



jdosio@2io-01:~$ sudo grep 'blacklist.*nouveau' /etc/modprobe.d/*
[sudo] password for jdosio:
jdosio@2io-01:~$ sudo grep 'blacklist.*nouveau' /etc/modprobe.d/*
jdosio@2io-01:~$ ls -al /lib/modprobe.d
total 44
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 18 20:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 May 29 18:19 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 655 Nov 12 2018 aliases.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1461 Aug 6 06:45 blacklist_linux_4.15.0-58-generic.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1528 Jul 29 11:46 blacklist_linux-hwe_5.0.0-23-generic.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1528 Aug 1 08:34 blacklist_linux-hwe_5.0.0-25-generic.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 183 Aug 18 20:40 blacklist-nvidia.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 390 Jul 22 12:45 fbdev-blacklist.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 81 Jul 31 02:15 nvidia-graphics-drivers.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 110 Jun 1 15:05 nvidia-kms.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 765 Jan 28 2018 systemd.conf
jdosio@2io-01:~$ ls -al /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 27 22:13 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 May 29 15:37 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92 May 29 06:19 10-amdgpu.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 210 Jul 31 02:15 10-nvidia.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1350 May 2 04:06 10-quirks.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92 May 29 06:19 10-radeon.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 945 Nov 27 2018 40-libinput.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3025 Nov 27 2018 70-wacom.conf
jdosio@2io-01:~$ find /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ -name 'nvidia*'
/lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia-drm.ko
/lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia-modeset.ko
/lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia-uvm.ko
/lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia
/lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/kernel/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia
/lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/kernel/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidiafb.ko


also im not sure how to implement oldfred's solution, still reading the threads you sent. this is my dkms status though,



jdosio@2io-01:~$ dkms status
nvidia, 430.40, 4.15.0-58-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia, 430.40, 5.0.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia, 430.40, 5.0.0-25-generic, x86_64: installed
wireguard, 0.0.20190702, 5.0.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed
wireguard, 0.0.20190702, 5.0.0-25-generic, x86_64: installed

im assuming the goal is to get nvidia to not show up there to confirm it is uninstalled?

[oldfred]

Yes you want it out of dkms, but may need nouveau to be able to use nomodeset boot parameter to boot. Make sure that is not still blacklisted.

But your nVidia 430.xx looks like a normal install. Did you already reinstall?
And did you purge all old nVidia before reinstall? Otherwise conflicts and problems.
If purged & reinstalled, it may be ok.

[jdosio]

so i followed the


jdosio@2io-01:~$ sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
[sudo] password for jdosio:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'nvidia-325-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-346-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-binary' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304-updates-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-384-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-346-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340-updates-uvm' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-common' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-updates-uvm' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cg-toolkit' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-libs-i386:i386' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-common-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-common-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-common-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-common-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-common-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-340-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-384-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-367-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-modprobe' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-texture-tools' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-utils' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-387-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-legacy-340xx-vdpau-driver' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-349-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-310-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-352-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-vdpau-driver' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-346-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-utils-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-smi' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-361-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-313-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-legacy-340xx-kernel-dkms' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-334-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-utils-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-utils-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-utils-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-utils-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-uvm' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-prime' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-dkms-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-dkms-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-dkms-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-dkms-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-dkms-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-nsight' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-common' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-346-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-352-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-352-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-compute-utils-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-compute-utils-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-compute-utils-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-compute-utils-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-compute-utils-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-355-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-libs-nonglvnd' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-375-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-profiler' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-375-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-337-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-358-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-367-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-toolkit' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-libs' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-source' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-378-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340-updates-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-319-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-updates-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-visual-profiler' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-persistenced' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-361-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-binary' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-361-updates-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-304' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-331' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-340' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-346' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-352' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-361' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-367' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-375' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-384' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-352-updates-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-331-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-352-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340-uvm' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-304-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-doc' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-361-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-legacy-304xx-kernel-dkms' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cg-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cg-doc' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-361-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-381-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-331' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-340' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-346' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-352' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-361' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-367' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-375' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-gdb' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-304' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-384' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-310' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-313' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-319' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-325' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-331' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-334' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-337' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-340' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-343' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-346' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-349' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-352' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-355' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-358' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-361' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-364' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-367' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-375' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-378' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-381' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-384' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-387' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-343-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-364-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-310' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-313' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-319' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-325' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-334' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-337' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-343' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-346' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-349' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-352' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-355' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-358' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-source-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-361' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-364' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-367' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-375' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-378' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-381' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-384' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-387' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-dkms-kernel' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-source-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-source-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-source-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-346-updates-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-source-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings' instead of 'nvidia-settings-binary'
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-vdpau-driver' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-legacy-340xx-vdpau-driver' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-legacy-340xx-kernel-dkms' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-legacy-304xx-kernel-dkms' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-current-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-310' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-310-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-310' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-313' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-313-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-313' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-319' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-319-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-319' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-325' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-325-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-325' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-331' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-334' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-334-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-334' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-337' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-337-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-337' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-340' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-343' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-343-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-343' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-346' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-349' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-349-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-349' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-352' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-355' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-355-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-355' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-358' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-358-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-358' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-361' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-364' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-364-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-364' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-367-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-367' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-375-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-375' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-378' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-378-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-378' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-381' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-381-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-381' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-384-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-384' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-387' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-387-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-387' is not installed, so not removed
Note, selecting 'libnvtt-bin' instead of 'nvidia-texture-tools'
Package 'nvidia-driver-libs' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver-libs-nonglvnd' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver-libs-i386:i386' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340-updates-uvm' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-346' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-346-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-346-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-346-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-352' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-352-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-352-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-352-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-361' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-361-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-361-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-361-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-367' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-367-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-375' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-375-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cg-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cg-doc' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cg-toolkit' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-doc' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-gdb' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-toolkit' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-346' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-346-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-352' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-352-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-361' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-361-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-367' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-375' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-modprobe' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-nsight' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-346' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-346-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-352' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-352-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-361' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-361-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-367' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-375' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-profiler' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-visual-profiler' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-common' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-updates-uvm' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-uvm' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340-uvm' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-340' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-331' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-340' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-331' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-331-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-340-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-304-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-304-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-384' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-384-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-compute-utils-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-compute-utils-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-compute-utils-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-compute-utils-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-current' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-current-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-dkms-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-dkms-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-dkms-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-dkms-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-430' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-430' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-common-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-common-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-common-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-common-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-source-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-source-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-source-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-source-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-384' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-384' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-utils-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-utils-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-utils-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-utils-418' is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libnvidia-cfg1-430 libnvidia-common-430 libnvidia-decode-430
libnvidia-decode-430:i386 libnvidia-encode-430 libnvidia-encode-430:i386
libnvidia-fbc1-430 libnvidia-fbc1-430:i386 libnvidia-gl-430
libnvidia-gl-430:i386 libnvidia-ifr1-430 libnvidia-ifr1-430:i386 libxnvctrl0
pkg-config screen-resolution-extra xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-430
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
nvidia-compute-utils-430* nvidia-dkms-430* nvidia-driver-430*
nvidia-kernel-common-430* nvidia-kernel-source-430* nvidia-prime*
nvidia-settings* nvidia-utils-430*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 8 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
After this operation, 38.8 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 301520 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nvidia-driver-430 (430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Removing nvidia-compute-utils-430 (430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Removing nvidia-dkms-430 (430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Removing all DKMS Modules
Done.
INFO:Disable nvidia
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Removing nvidia-kernel-common-430 (430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Removing nvidia-kernel-source-430 (430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Removing nvidia-prime (0.8.8.2) ...
Removing nvidia-settings (418.56-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Removing nvidia-utils-430 (430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.18.04.2) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.8) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.0.0-25-generic
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+18.04.20180207.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
(Reading database ... 301022 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for nvidia-prime (0.8.8.2) ...
Purging configuration files for nvidia-kernel-common-430 (430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Purging configuration files for nvidia-settings (418.56-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Purging configuration files for nvidia-compute-utils-430 (430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Purging configuration files for nvidia-dkms-430 (430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3.8) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.0.0-25-generic
jdosio@2io-01:~$ dkms status
wireguard, 0.0.20190702, 5.0.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed
wireguard, 0.0.20190702, 5.0.0-25-generic, x86_64: installed
jdosio@2io-01:~$


And now dkms no longer shows nvidia, however i have not un-blacklisted the nouveau driver, nor know what a nomodeset boot parameter is so i have not restarted just yet, how would i go about unblacklisting nouveau?

[oldfred]

Does this still show it blacklisted?
cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log

I have never unblacklisted nouveau as driver install seems to control that.
You can look in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf or perhaps other file in that folder.

I prefer to make sure the related files nVidia installs also are gone.

If you have installed any version, you must purge first, old will conflict with new as new install does not overwrite old version.
sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*
sudo apt-get purge nvidia* bumblebee primus bbswitch-dkms
This xorg file may not exist, so if error that would be ok
sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup

At grub menu you can use e for edit, scroll to linux line and replace quiet splash with nomodeset.
How to set NOMODESET and other kernel boot options in grub2 - both BIOS liveCD & grub first boot ( also UEFI with grub)
How to add boot parameters, grub menu after install (also grub when UEFI)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters &
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132

[jdosio]

as you mentioned i checked with cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log and here are the results

jdosio@2io-01:~$ cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log
log_file: /var/log/gpu-manager.log
last_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
new_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
can't access /run/u-d-c-nvidia-was-loaded file
can't access /opt/amdgpu-pro/bin/amdgpu-pro-px
Looking for nvidia modules in /lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/updates/dkms
Found nvidia module: nvidia-drm.ko
Looking for amdgpu modules in /lib/modules/5.0.0-25-generic/updates/dkms
Is nvidia loaded? no
Was nvidia unloaded? no
Is nvidia blacklisted? yes
Is intel loaded? yes
Is radeon loaded? no
Is radeon blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu loaded? no
Is amdgpu blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu versioned? no
Is amdgpu pro stack? no
Is nouveau loaded? no
Is nouveau blacklisted? yes
Is nvidia kernel module available? yes
Is amdgpu kernel module available? no
Vendor/Device Id: 8086:191b
BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0"
Is boot vga? yes
Vendor/Device Id: 10de:139b
BusID "PCI:2@0:0:0"
Is boot vga? no
Error: can't access /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:00.0/driver
The device is not bound to any driver.
Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
Found "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
output 0:
card0-HDMI-A-1
output 1:
card0-eDP-1
Number of connected outputs for /dev/dri/card0: 2
Does it require offloading? yes
last cards number = 2
Has amd? no
Has intel? yes
Has nvidia? yes
How many cards? 2
Has the system changed? No
Intel IGP detected
Intel hybrid system
Removing /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/11-nvidia-prime.conf
Setting power control to "auto" in /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:02:00.0/power/control


i also purged again like you instructed,

jdosio@2io-01:~$ sudo apt-get purge nvidia* bumblebee primus bbswitch-dkms
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'nvidia-325-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-346-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-binary' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304-updates-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-384-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-346-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340-updates-uvm' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-common' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-updates-uvm' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cg-toolkit' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-libs-i386:i386' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-common-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-common-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-common-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-common-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-common-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-340-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-384-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-367-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-modprobe' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-texture-tools' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-utils' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-387-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-legacy-340xx-vdpau-driver' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-349-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-310-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-352-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-vdpau-driver' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-346-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-utils-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-smi' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-361-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-313-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-legacy-340xx-kernel-dkms' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-334-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-utils-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-utils-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-utils-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-utils-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-uvm' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-prime' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-dkms-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-dkms-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-dkms-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-dkms-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-dkms-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-nsight' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-common' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-346-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-352-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-352-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-compute-utils-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-compute-utils-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-compute-utils-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-compute-utils-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-compute-utils-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-355-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-libs-nonglvnd' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-375-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-current' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-profiler' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-375-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-337-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-358-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-367-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-toolkit' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-driver-libs' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-source' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-378-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340-updates-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-319-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331-updates-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-visual-profiler' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-persistenced' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-361-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings-binary' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-361-updates-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-304' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-331' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-340' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-346' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-352' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-361' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-367' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-375' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-384' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-352-updates-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-331-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-352-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340-uvm' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-304-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-headless-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-doc' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-361-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-legacy-304xx-kernel-dkms' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cg-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cg-doc' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-libopencl1-361-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-381-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-331' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-340' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-346' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-352' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-361' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-367' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-375' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-cuda-gdb' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-304' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd-384' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-310' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-313' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-319' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-325' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-331' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-334' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-337' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-340' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-343' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-346' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-349' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-352' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-355' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-358' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-361' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-364' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-367' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-375' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-378' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-381' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-384' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-experimental-387' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-343-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-364-updates' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-304' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-310' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-313' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-319' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-325' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-331' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-334' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-337' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-340' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-343' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-346' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-349' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-352' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-355' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-358' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-source-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-361' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-364' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-367' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-375' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-378' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-381' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-384' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-387' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-dkms-kernel' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-390' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-source-410' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-source-415' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-source-418' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-346-updates-dev' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-source-430' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-opencl-icd' for glob 'nvidia*'
Note, selecting 'nvidia-settings' instead of 'nvidia-settings-binary'
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-vdpau-driver' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-legacy-340xx-vdpau-driver' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-legacy-304xx-driver' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-legacy-340xx-kernel-dkms' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-legacy-304xx-kernel-dkms' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-current-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-310' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-310-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-310' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-313' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-313-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-313' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-319' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-319-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-319' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-325' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-325-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-325' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-331' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-334' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-334-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-334' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-337' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-337-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-337' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-340' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-343' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-343-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-343' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-346' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-349' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-349-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-349' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-352' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-355' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-355-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-355' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-358' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-358-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-358' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-361' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-364' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-364-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-364' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-367-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-367' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-375-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-375' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-378' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-378-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-378' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-381' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-381-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-381' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-384-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-384' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-387' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-387-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-experimental-387' is not installed, so not removed
Note, selecting 'libnvtt-bin' instead of 'nvidia-texture-tools'
Package 'nvidia-driver-libs' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver-libs-nonglvnd' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver-libs-i386:i386' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'bbswitch-dkms' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'bumblebee' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'primus' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340-updates-uvm' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-346' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-346-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-346-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-346-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-352' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-352-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-352-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-352-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-361' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-361-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-361-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-361-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-367' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-367-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-375' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-375-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cg-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cg-doc' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cg-toolkit' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-doc' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-gdb' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-cuda-toolkit' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-346' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-346-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-352' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-352-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-361' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-361-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-367' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-375' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-modprobe' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-nsight' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-346' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-346-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-352' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-352-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-361' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-361-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-367' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-375' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-profiler' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-visual-profiler' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-prime' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-common' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-updates-uvm' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-331-uvm' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-340-uvm' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-340' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-331' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-340' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-331' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-331-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-340-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-304-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-304-updates-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-384' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-384-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-compute-utils-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-compute-utils-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-compute-utils-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-compute-utils-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-compute-utils-430' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-current' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-current-dev' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-dkms-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-dkms-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-dkms-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-dkms-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-dkms-430' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-driver-430' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-430' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-headless-no-dkms-430' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-common-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-common-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-common-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-common-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-common-430' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-source-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-source-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-source-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-source-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-kernel-source-430' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-libopencl1-384' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-304-updates' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-opencl-icd-384' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-settings' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-utils-390' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-utils-410' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-utils-415' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-utils-418' is not installed, so not removed
Package 'nvidia-utils-430' is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libnvidia-cfg1-430 libnvidia-common-430 libnvidia-decode-430 libnvidia-decode-430:i386 libnvidia-encode-430
libnvidia-encode-430:i386 libnvidia-fbc1-430 libnvidia-fbc1-430:i386 libnvidia-gl-430 libnvidia-gl-430:i386
libnvidia-ifr1-430 libnvidia-ifr1-430:i386 libxnvctrl0 pkg-config screen-resolution-extra
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-430
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

should i now do sudo apt autoremove?
i could not find any /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
and in fact found no modprobe.

the xorg file you mentioned might not exist does not,

jdosio@2io-01:~$ sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
mv: cannot stat '/etc/X11/xorg.conf': No such file or directory

grub menu is encountered after reboot correct? i am not quite sure about any of this so im being very cautious not to do something dumb
what exactly is NOMODESET?
will find out how to reach grub menu will report back with more info in a moment.

[oldfred]

If you only have Ubuntu, you have to get to grub menu. With only one install, it just automatically loads that.
If UEFI, you press escape key right after UEFI/BIOS screen.
IF BIOS install, you press & hold shift key until grub menu appears.

But if UEFI, best to have fast boot in UEFI off, as if on, you may not have time to press any key. Then you usually can do a full cold boot, not warm reboot to get it to do a normal boot and give time to press keys.

I show all these files for blacklisting.


fred@bionic-z97:~$ ls -l /etc/modprobe.d
total 44
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2507 Jul 30 2015 alsa-base.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154 Jan 8 2018 amd64-microcode-blacklist.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 325 Jan 28 2018 blacklist-ath_pci.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1667 Nov 12 2018 blacklist.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 210 Jan 28 2018 blacklist-firewire.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 697 Jan 28 2018 blacklist-framebuffer.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156 Jul 30 2015 blacklist-modem.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 May 4 2018 blacklist-oss.conf -> /lib/linux-sound-base/noOSS.modprobe.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 583 Jan 28 2018 blacklist-rare-network.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127 Feb 7 2017 dkms.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 154 May 3 2018 intel-microcode-blacklist.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 347 Jan 28 2018 iwlwifi.conf

[jdosio]

i do only have ubuntu, should i reinstall the driver before i go to grub menu?
could i do this through grub-customizer?

found a place in grub-customizer where the the "quiet splash" you mentioned appears but not sure if it is used for other stuff(see pic)

[oldfred]

I do not know Grub-Customizer.
It does create its own versions of grub's scripts, so then you are not running standard grub2.