Problem installing nvidia drivers 390

[Manucho]

bad bashing bashing-om, yellow pasque got it right.

testing his post now.

[Manucho]

i dont have that line to comment, this is the content of my grub file

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

[deadflowr]

Try changing

GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden

to

GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu

and increase the timeout length to something like 5 or 10

GRUB_TIMEOUT=0

to

GRUB_TIMEOUT=10

Run the update-grub command after you saved your changes.

Make it as long or short as you please. Even as short as just 1 second if you want.
Note that the timeout lasts until you either hit enter or use the up/down arrows.
Hitting enter starts the boot process instantly.
Hitting the arrow keys will keep you on the grub page indefinitely.

[Manucho]

I got the menu, i booted in 5.4 kernel

did the update and upgrade, rebooted, but in the menu there isnt the .62 version, only the 42 version.

I did the purge and autoinstall command anyway.

 manuel@hypericum:~$ sudo apt purge nvidia-*

 [sudo] contraseña para manuel:  
 Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
 Creando árbol de dependencias        
 Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
 E: No se ha podido localizar el paquete nvidia-*
 
 
 
 
 
 
 manuel@hypericum:~$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
 Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
 Creando árbol de dependencias        
 Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
 No se pudieron instalar algunos paquetes. Esto puede significar que
 usted pidió una situación imposible o, si está usando la distribución
 inestable, que algunos paquetes necesarios aún no se han creado o se
 han sacado de «Incoming».
 La siguiente información puede ayudar a resolver la situación:
 
 
 Los siguientes paquetes tienen dependencias incumplidas:
  nvidia-driver-460 : Depende: nvidia-kernel-source-460 (= 460.32.03-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) pero no va a instalarse
 E: No se pudieron corregir los problemas, usted ha retenido paquetes rotos.
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nothing to purge, and the autoinstall will fail.

however, the correct driver version for my graphics card is nvidia 390, will attempt a manual install now.

[Manucho]

The manual install says 390 version is already installed.

running nvidia-settings gives the same error i reported in the first post.

[Bashing-om]

Manucho; Hey -

True:

E: The nvidia- * package could not be located

as you have a typo in the command - there should be no space after nvidia- .

Try again:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt purge nvidia-*

Where we want to remove that driver conflict.

As needed - reboot and insure that secure boot is disabled in bios.
Now install the nvidia driver:

sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

Reboot to see the effect.

all good now ?

[Manucho]

Strange, i did boot into ubuntu, latest kernel today and nvidia drivers are working, nvidia-settings too, and its set in the correct resolution.

I did nothing since last report....

magic.

will keep posted if any news, thanks all

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