Black screen after install of nvidia driver through ubuntu repo (Alienware m15 r4)

Graphics / Linux Linux
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Opening a new thread here (old thread starting here: Black screen after install of nvidia driver ubuntu - #141 by generix). I’m on an Alienware m15 r4 with a GTX 3070. When installing nvidia drivers via the ubuntu repos (e.g. Additional Drivers in Software Updates Settings) the internal screen does not work: it is detected but stay black. When installing via the NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.73.01.run file no such issue appears but the installation seems to have an issue with being “permanent” i.e. sometimes after restarting the driver deactivates. I’ve attached a bug report from the installation done via the .run file.

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (419.7 KB)

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@generix Thanks for the info about new users. Here’s the bug report you requested.

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Very odd, only noticable difference is that the repo driver force-loads the nvidia-uvm module which shouldn’t have any influence on the driver. Also checked if the repo driver contains additional patches but didn’t spot any besides a compiler flag change.

You could try to repro this with the .run install by adding
/etc/modules-load.d/nvidia.conf

nvidia
nvidia-modeset
nvidia-drm
nvidia-uvm

or removing the module from repo install in
/lib/module/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/char/drm
and running sudo update-initramfs -u