Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 LTS | Flashing text on boot with proprietary nvidia-340 driver.

[quenz]

It works! I followed the commands you posted above. And it definitely seems a lot faster than it did with the open-source driver.

The only issue I see is: when I click the activities menu thingy in the corner, a glitchy green bar appears and disappears depending on where I move my mouse.

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quenz; Great !

That on the 4.13.0-31 kernel ?

As to the " glitchy green bar appears" I have no idea of what we can do for that ,

just goes to show

what some effort can do

[quenz]

That on the 4.13.0-31 kernel ?

Correct!

As to the " glitchy green bar appears" I have no idea of what we can do for that

Perhaps I should start a new thread for this new issue?

Also, just to confirm, from a fresh install, I should be able to type these commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
reboot

And everything should be good? I want to be able to know how to make everything work start-to-finish, in case I ever need to reinstall for whatever reason.

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quenz; Outstanding

Glad to know the -31 kernel works /

As to the installation of the driver on a new fresh install:

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

reboot as new packages will be installed -
now one can run:

sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

and re-boot again to see the effect.

If this matter is concluded to your satisfaction :
Please mark this thread solved;
aides others seeking the solution,
helps keep the forum clean and
precludes others miss-directing efforts to aid.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnansweredPo.../SolvedThreads

And yes start a new thread on the green glitch .

up up and away

[quenz]

I've reinstalled the OS. I wanted to see if I could just run all the commands, then just reboot once, which I did, and it worked fine.