535 doesn't work on 6.2.0-26-generic

Linux khteh-p17-2i 6.2.0-26-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Jul 10 23:39:54 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
ii  libaccinj64-11.8:amd64                     11.8.87~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA ACCINJ Library (64-bit)
ii  libcu++-dev                                1.8.1-2                                 all          NVIDIA C++ Standard Library
ii  libcublas11:amd64                          11.11.3.6~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA cuBLAS Library
ii  libcublaslt11:amd64                        11.11.3.6~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA cuBLASLt Library
ii  libcudart11.0:amd64                        11.8.89~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Runtime Library
ii  libcufft10:amd64                           11.1.1+~10.9.0.58~11.8.0-3              amd64        NVIDIA cuFFT Library
ii  libcufftw10:amd64                          11.1.1+~10.9.0.58~11.8.0-3              amd64        NVIDIA cuFFTW Library
ii  libcuinj64-11.8:amd64                      11.8.87~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA CUINJ Library (64-bit)
ii  libcupti-dev:amd64                         11.8.87~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface development files
ii  libcupti-doc                               11.8.87~11.8.0-3                        all          NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface documentation
ii  libcupti11.8:amd64                         11.8.87~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface runtime library
ii  libcurand10:amd64                          11.1.1+~10.3.0.86~11.8.0-3              amd64        NVIDIA cuRAND Library
ii  libcusolver11:amd64                        11.4.1.48~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA cuSOLVER Library
ii  libcusolvermg11:amd64                      11.4.1.48~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA cuSOLVERmg Library
ii  libcusparse11:amd64                        11.7.5.86~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA cuSPARSE Library
ii  libnppc11:amd64                            11.8.0.86~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives core runtime library
ii  libnppial11:amd64                          11.8.0.86~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Arithmetic and Logic
ii  libnppicc11:amd64                          11.8.0.86~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Color Conversion
ii  libnppidei11:amd64                         11.8.0.86~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Data Exchange and Initialization
ii  libnppif11:amd64                           11.8.0.86~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Filters
ii  libnppig11:amd64                           11.8.0.86~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Geometry transforms
ii  libnppim11:amd64                           11.8.0.86~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Morphological operations
ii  libnppist11:amd64                          11.8.0.86~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Statistics
ii  libnppisu11:amd64                          11.8.0.86~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Support
ii  libnppitc11:amd64                          11.8.0.86~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Threshold and Compare
ii  libnpps11:amd64                            11.8.0.86~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives for signal processing runtime library
ii  libnvidia-cfg1-535:amd64                   535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-common-535                       535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
ii  libnvidia-compute-535:amd64                535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-decode-535:amd64                 535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-encode-535:amd64                 535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-extra-535:amd64                  535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-535:amd64                   535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-gl-535:amd64                     535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-ml-dev:amd64                     11.8.86~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) development files
ii  libnvjpeg11:amd64                          11.9.0.86~11.8.0-3                      amd64        NVIDIA JPEG library (nvJPEG)
ii  libnvrtc-builtins11.8:amd64                11.8.89~11.8.0-3                        amd64        CUDA Runtime Compilation (NVIDIA NVRTC Builtins Library)
ii  libnvrtc11.2:amd64                         11.8.89~11.8.0-3                        amd64        CUDA Runtime Compilation (NVIDIA NVRTC Library)
ii  libnvtoolsext1:amd64                       11.8.86~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA Tools Extension Library
ii  libnvvm4:amd64                             11.8.89~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA NVVM Library
ii  nsight-compute                             2022.3.0.22~11.8.0-3                    amd64        NVIDIA Nsight Compute
ii  nsight-compute-target:amd64                2022.3.0.22~11.8.0-3                    amd64        NVIDIA Nsight Compute (target specific libraries)
ii  nsight-systems                             2022.4.2.1~11.8.0-3                     amd64        NVIDIA Nsight Systems
ii  nsight-systems-target:amd64                2022.4.2.1~11.8.0-3                     amd64        NVIDIA Nsight Systems (target specific libraries)
ii  nvidia-compute-utils-535                   535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
ii  nvidia-cuda-dev:amd64                      11.8.89~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development files
ii  nvidia-cuda-gdb                            11.8.86~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Debugger (GDB)
ii  nvidia-cuda-toolkit                        11.8.89~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development toolkit
ii  nvidia-cuda-toolkit-doc                    11.8.0-3                                all          NVIDIA CUDA and OpenCL documentation
ii  nvidia-dkms-535                            535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
ii  nvidia-driver-535                          535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage
ii  nvidia-firmware-535-535.86.05              535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        Firmware files used by the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-common-535                   535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-source-535                   535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA kernel source package
ii  nvidia-opencl-dev:amd64                    11.8.89~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL development files
ii  nvidia-prime                               0.8.17.1                                all          Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii  nvidia-profiler                            11.8.87~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
ii  nvidia-settings                            510.47.03-0ubuntu1                      amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-utils-535                           535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  nvidia-visual-profiler                     11.8.87~11.8.0-3                        amd64        NVIDIA Visual Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
ii  screen-resolution-extra                    0.18.3                                  all          Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-535              535.86.05-0ubuntu0.23.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

What was claimed as being solved in 530 doesn't work on ubuntu 23.04! does NOT solve anything. I install using Ubuntu “Addition Drivers”:

WTF is happening!?! I have not been able to use external monitor for the past 2 fxxking months!

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Please run nvidia-bug-report.sh as root and attach the resulting file here.

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (121.4 KB)

It looks to me you are running a wayland session. Which leaves no logging entries in the report. The last xorg log is almost 2 months old.
But however…
The driver compiled just fine. It just does not get loaded.
There are apparmor log entries, which seem to suggest, that the driver is trying to load:

[ 3.380903] audit: type=1400 audit(1691299776.831:8): apparmor=“STATUS” operation=“profile_load” profile=“unconfined” name=“nvidia_modprobe” pid=714 comm=“apparmor_parser”
[ 3.380906] audit: type=1400 audit(1691299776.831:9): apparmor=“STATUS” operation=“profile_load” profile=“unconfined” name=“nvidia_modprobe//kmod” pid=714 comm=“apparmor_parser”

There are log entries from dmesg, which report modules not loading because they are not signed, because you have secure boot enabled.

[ 15.751959] Loading of module with unavailable key is rejected

Unfortunately they don’t tell us which modules did not load.

Could you run sudo modprobe -vvv nvidia and post the output.
After that could you turn of secure boot in the UEFI BIOS and see if that changes things?

I’m seeing the same issue on Ubuntu 22.04 and here is what sudo modprobe -vvv nvidia returns:

modprobe: INFO: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:367 kmod_set_log_fn() custom logging function 0x55af1869d830 registered
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/modules.dep.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/modules.alias.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/modules.symbols.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/modules.builtin.alias.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/modules.builtin.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:556 kmod_module_new_from_lookup() input alias=nvidia, normalized=nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:562 kmod_module_new_from_lookup() lookup modules.dep nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:597 kmod_search_moddep() use mmaped index 'modules.dep' modname=nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:566 kmod_module_new_from_lookup() lookup modules.symbols nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:570 kmod_module_new_from_lookup() lookup install and remove commands nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:574 kmod_module_new_from_lookup() lookup modules.aliases nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:436 kmod_lookup_alias_from_alias_bin() use mmaped index 'modules.alias' for name=nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:578 kmod_module_new_from_lookup() lookup modules.builtin.modinfo nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod.c:436 kmod_lookup_alias_from_alias_bin() use mmaped index 'modules.builtin.alias' for name=nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:589 kmod_module_new_from_lookup() lookup nvidia=0, list=(nil)
modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic

$ sudo modprobe -vvv nvidia
modprobe: INFO: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:367 kmod_set_log_fn() custom logging function 0x55fc6d00ab30 registered
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/modules.dep.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/modules.alias.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/modules.symbols.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/modules.builtin.alias.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/modules.builtin.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:579 kmod_module_new_from_lookup() input alias=nvidia, normalized=nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:597 kmod_search_moddep() use mmaped index ‘modules.dep’ modname=nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:405 kmod_pool_get_module() get module name=‘nvidia’ found=(nil)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:413 kmod_pool_add_module() add 0x55fc6ef57170 key=‘nvidia’
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:405 kmod_pool_get_module() get module name=‘drm’ found=(nil)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:405 kmod_pool_get_module() get module name=‘drm’ found=(nil)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:413 kmod_pool_add_module() add 0x55fc6ef57250 key=‘drm’
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:196 kmod_module_parse_depline() add dep: /lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/drm.ko
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:202 kmod_module_parse_depline() 1 dependencies for nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:584 kmod_module_new_from_lookup() lookup=nvidia found=1
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:502 lookup_builtin_file() use mmaped index ‘modules.builtin’ modname=nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1817 kmod_module_get_initstate() could not open ‘/sys/module/nvidia/initstate’: No such file or directory
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1827 kmod_module_get_initstate() could not open ‘/sys/module/nvidia’: No such file or directory
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_pcsp mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=cx88_alsa mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_atiixp_modem mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_intel8x0m mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_via82xx_modem mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=bt87x mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=cx88_alsa mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=saa7134_alsa mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_atiixp_modem mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_intel8x0m mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_via82xx_modem mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_usb_audio mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_usb_caiaq mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_usb_ua101 mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_usb_us122l mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_usb_usx2y mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_cmipci mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_pcsp mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_usb_audio mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=nouveau mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=nvidia_drm mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=nvidia_drm mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=nvidia mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=bonding mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=dummy mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=vt mod->name=drm mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1373 kmod_module_probe_insert_module() Ignoring module ‘drm’: already loaded
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_pcsp mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=cx88_alsa mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_atiixp_modem mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_intel8x0m mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_via82xx_modem mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=bt87x mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=cx88_alsa mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=saa7134_alsa mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_atiixp_modem mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_intel8x0m mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_via82xx_modem mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_usb_audio mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_usb_caiaq mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_usb_ua101 mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_usb_us122l mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_usb_usx2y mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_cmipci mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_pcsp mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=snd_usb_audio mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=nouveau mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=nvidia_drm mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=nvidia_drm mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=nvidia mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1466 kmod_module_get_options() passed = modname=nvidia mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=bonding mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=dummy mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1461 kmod_module_get_options() modname=vt mod->name=nvidia mod->alias=(null)
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1817 kmod_module_get_initstate() could not open ‘/sys/module/nvidia/initstate’: No such file or directory
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1827 kmod_module_get_initstate() could not open ‘/sys/module/nvidia’: No such file or directory
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:802 kmod_module_get_path() name=‘nvidia’ path=‘/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko’
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:802 kmod_module_get_path() name=‘nvidia’ path=‘/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko’
insmod /lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko “NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement=0x02”
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:802 kmod_module_get_path() name=‘nvidia’ path=‘/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko’
modprobe: INFO: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:949 kmod_module_insert_module() Failed to insert module ‘/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko’: Key was rejected by service
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ‘nvidia’: Key was rejected by service
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:469 kmod_module_unref() kmod_module 0x55fc6ef57170 released
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:421 kmod_pool_del_module() del 0x55fc6ef57170 key=‘nvidia’
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:469 kmod_module_unref() kmod_module 0x55fc6ef57250 released
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:421 kmod_pool_del_module() del 0x55fc6ef57250 key=‘drm’
modprobe: INFO: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:334 kmod_unref() context 0x55fc6ef56490 released

Don’t intend to turn off secure boot

just for testing

modprobe: INFO: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:949 kmod_module_insert_module() Failed to insert module ‘/lib/modules/6.2.0-26-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko’: Key was rejected by service
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert ‘nvidia’: Key was rejected by service

I was having this issue and tried many things. The regular process (purge all and use additional drivers) worked only when I enrolled MOK in secure boot, which I didn’t use to do. nvdia is back up and running on ubuntu 22.04 with the 6.2.0-26-generic kernel.

That was what I thought.
I tried to make sure by asking the OP to disable secure boot for testing, before suggesting any steps to take.
But he refused…

Hi, I have the same issues and I believe I have secure boot disabled, but still it does not work.

I’m running:
uname -r
6.2.0-1007-lowlatency
PRETTY_NAME=“Ubuntu 23.04”

but: nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn’t communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

sudo modprobe -vvv nvidia

modprobe: INFO: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:367 kmod_set_log_fn() custom logging function 0x5654b3480b30 registered
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-1007-lowlatency/modules.dep.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-1007-lowlatency/modules.alias.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-1007-lowlatency/modules.symbols.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-1007-lowlatency/modules.builtin.alias.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-index.c:757 index_mm_open() file=/lib/modules/6.2.0-1007-lowlatency/modules.builtin.bin
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:579 kmod_module_new_from_lookup() input alias=nvidia, normalized=nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:597 kmod_search_moddep() use mmaped index ‘modules.dep’ modname=nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:436 kmod_lookup_alias_from_alias_bin() use mmaped index ‘modules.alias’ for name=nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:502 lookup_builtin_file() use mmaped index ‘modules.builtin’ modname=nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod.c:436 kmod_lookup_alias_from_alias_bin() use mmaped index ‘modules.builtin.alias’ for name=nvidia
modprobe: DEBUG: …/libkmod/libkmod-module.c:584 kmod_module_new_from_lookup() lookup=nvidia found=0
modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/6.2.0-1007-lowlatency

Can you please help me?

What’s MOK and how to enrol it to secure boot?

You can find the info here: UEFI/SecureBoot - Ubuntu Wiki
You should get a prompt during book to enroll MOK and during the driver install as well. That’s how it went for me.

Hope it helps.

“when I enrolled MOK in secure boot” - Did you enroll existing or new key?

Works now!

sudo update-secureboot-policy --enroll-key

reboot and choose enrol MOK