Cannot select NVIDIA GPU | Ubuntu 18.04.02 LTS | RTX 2070 Max-Q

Nope. I’ve done both and issue remains :/

One thing…

grep modeset /etc/modprobe.d/* /lib/modprobe.d/*

/lib/modprobe.d/nvidia-kms.conf:# Set value to 0 to disable modesetting
/lib/modprobe.d/nvidia-kms.conf:options nvidia-drm modeset=1

i had a similar issue with my previous PC, you guys helped me and the issue was resolved changing modeset to 0. Should i give it a try?

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1048198/only-integrated-screen-on-ubuntu-18-04-02-lts-with-gtx-1060-3gb/

Hi again!

I’ve tried what i said in previous comment but everything is the same (PC freezes after login).

Any more ideas?

Cheers

Can you please create a new, empty user profile and check if you can log into that to rule out any side effects?

unfortunately it happens exactly the same…

Taking your previous strange dkms failure into account, I think you should consider a clean reinstall of the OS. Last try before could be a downgrade to the 418 driver to rule out some odd and unlikely driver bug.

Should i / can i download the driver from nvidia website?

Don’t use the .run installer, try to pull it from the ppa:
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-418

Hmm…

2019-08-23 16:34:02  joseph@jps  ~  sudo apt install nvidia-driver-418
[sudo] password for joseph: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
nvidia-driver-418 is already the newest version (430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 82 not upgraded.

nvidia-driver-418 is already the newest version (430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1).

This is strange, no?

This is because 430 is and update to 418. I’m not really sure about downgrading and preventing update, maybe first purge the driver and then block 430:
sudo apt purge nvidia-*
sudo apt-mark hold nvidia-driver-430
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-418

sudo apt purge nvidia-*

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package nvidia-bug-report-20190806_1537.log.gz
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'nvidia-bug-report-20190806_1537.log.gz'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'nvidia-bug-report-20190806_1537.log.gz'
E: Unable to locate package nvidia-bug-report-20190807_0919.log.gz
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'nvidia-bug-report-20190807_0919.log.gz'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'nvidia-bug-report-20190807_0919.log.gz'
E: Unable to locate package nvidia-bug-report.log.gz
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'nvidia-bug-report.log.gz'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'nvidia-bug-report.log.gz'

sudo apt-mark hold nvidia-driver-430

nvidia-driver-430 set on hold.

sudo apt install nvidia-driver-418

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
nvidia-driver-418 is already the newest version (430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 82 not upgraded.

So, it seems everything is the same :P

Another thing, when i enter Software and Updates > Aditional Drivers it only shows 430, but i think it should show more (390, 396, 410, 415, 418)

I’ve tried re-add the ppa, but everything is the same

Please re-run it in an empty directory or remove the nvidia-bug-reports (rm nvidia-*) beforehand.

I’ve done it, but the 2nd and 3rd outputs are the same. But its strange that it does not remove anything with nvidia-*

sudo apt list --installed | grep nvidia-

libnvidia-cfg1-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-common-430/bionic,bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 all [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-compute-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-decode-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-encode-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-fbc1-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-gl-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-ifr1-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-compute-utils-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-dkms-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-driver-418/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed]
nvidia-driver-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed]
nvidia-kernel-common-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed]
nvidia-kernel-source-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-prime/bionic-updates,bionic-updates,now 0.8.8.2 all [installed,automatic]
nvidia-settings/bionic,now 418.56-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-utils-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed]
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-430/bionic,now 430.40-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic]

I’m going to try that via tty

sudo apt-mark unhold nvidia-driver-430
sudo apt purge nvidia-*
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-418

Via tty was exactly the same. I’ve found that sudo apt purge nvidia* did not work but sudo apt purge “nvidia*” did work (???)

So i’ve done this:
sudo apt remove “nvidia*”

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  dkms libnvidia-cfg1-430 libnvidia-common-430 libnvidia-compute-430 libnvidia-compute-430:i386 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 82 not upgraded.
After this operation, 38,6 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 430644 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nvidia-driver-430 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
Removing nvidia-compute-utils-430 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
Removing nvidia-dkms-430 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
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 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Removing nvidia-kernel-source-430 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
Removing nvidia-prime (0.8.8.2) ...
Removing nvidia-settings (390.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
Removing nvidia-utils-430 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
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-5.2.7-050207-generic
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) ...

sudo apt autoremove

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  dkms libnvidia-cfg1-430 libnvidia-common-430 libnvidia-compute-430 libnvidia-compute-430:i386 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
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 19 to remove and 82 not upgraded.
After this operation, 464 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 430146 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dkms (2.3-3ubuntu9.5) ...
Removing xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-430 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
Removing libnvidia-cfg1-430:amd64 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
Removing libnvidia-ifr1-430:amd64 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
Removing libnvidia-gl-430:amd64 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
Removing libnvidia-ifr1-430:i386 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
Removing libnvidia-gl-430:i386 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
Removing libnvidia-common-430 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
Removing libnvidia-encode-430:amd64 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
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Removing libnvidia-compute-430:amd64 (430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) ...
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Removing libxnvctrl0:amd64 (390.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) ...
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Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.2-1ubuntu1.1) ...

sudo apt install nvidia-driver-418

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  dkms libnvidia-cfg1-430 libnvidia-common-430 libnvidia-compute-430 libnvidia-compute-430:i386 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 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 pkg-config screen-resolution-extra xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-430
Suggested packages:
  menu
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  dkms libnvidia-cfg1-430 libnvidia-common-430 libnvidia-compute-430 libnvidia-compute-430:i386 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 nvidia-compute-utils-430 nvidia-dkms-430 nvidia-driver-418 nvidia-driver-430
  nvidia-kernel-common-430 nvidia-kernel-source-430 nvidia-prime nvidia-settings nvidia-utils-430 pkg-config screen-resolution-extra xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-430
0 upgraded, 28 newly installed, 0 to remove and 82 not upgraded.
Need to get 6364 B/109 MB of archives.
After this operation, 503 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/restricted amd64 nvidia-driver-418 amd64 430.26-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 [6364 B]
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INFO:Enable 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
Loading new nvidia-430.26 DKMS files...
Building for 5.2.7-050207-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
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Secure Boot not enabled on this system.
Done.

nvidia:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/5.2.7-050207-generic/updates/dkms/

nvidia-modeset.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
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 - Installation
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nvidia-drm.ko:
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 - Original module
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 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/5.2.7-050207-generic/updates/dkms/

nvidia-uvm.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/5.2.7-050207-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod...

DKMS: install completed.
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Warning: The home dir /nonexistent you specified can't be accessed: No such file or directory
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But guess what? Everything is the same xD I’m condemned!

does it work if you purge and install by explicit package name, i.e.
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-418_418.56-0ubuntu0

Forget about it, I forgot you’re running kernel 5.2, only driver 430 works with that. Just reinstall the OS.

It does not let me install like that. Here are the possibilites:

sudo apt install nvidia-

nvidia-304                     nvidia-352-dev                 nvidia-compute-utils-430       nvidia-headless-430            nvidia-libopencl1-340-updates  nvidia-opencl-icd-352        
nvidia-304-dev                 nvidia-352-updates             nvidia-cuda-dev                nvidia-headless-no-dkms-390    nvidia-libopencl1-346          nvidia-opencl-icd-352-updates
nvidia-304-updates             nvidia-352-updates-dev         nvidia-cuda-doc                nvidia-headless-no-dkms-410    nvidia-libopencl1-346-updates  nvidia-opencl-icd-361        
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nvidia-331-updates-dev         nvidia-367                     nvidia-dkms-390                nvidia-kernel-common-410       nvidia-libopencl1-367          nvidia-prime                 
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nvidia-340-updates-uvm         nvidia-cg-doc                  nvidia-driver-415              nvidia-kernel-source-418       nvidia-opencl-icd-304-updates  nvidia-utils-430             
nvidia-340-uvm                 nvidia-cg-toolkit              nvidia-driver-418              nvidia-kernel-source-430       nvidia-opencl-icd-331          nvidia-visual-profiler       
nvidia-346                     nvidia-common                  nvidia-driver-430              nvidia-libopencl1-304          nvidia-opencl-icd-331-updates                               
nvidia-346-dev                 nvidia-compute-utils-390       nvidia-headless-390            nvidia-libopencl1-304-updates  nvidia-opencl-icd-340                                       
nvidia-346-updates             nvidia-compute-utils-410       nvidia-headless-410            nvidia-libopencl1-331          nvidia-opencl-icd-340-updates                               
nvidia-346-updates-dev         nvidia-compute-utils-415       nvidia-headless-415            nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates  nvidia-opencl-icd-346                                       
nvidia-352                     nvidia-compute-utils-418       nvidia-headless-418            nvidia-libopencl1-340          nvidia-opencl-icd-346-updates

Ok :D

Thank you very much for your efforts, i think im going to postprone that a bit, but after i’ve done i come back here to give feedback.

Thanks again!!!

Hi again!

Yep, i’ve reinstalled the OS and everything is fine now :P

One thing i’ve noticed is that the driver present in Software and Drivers is proprietary and not open source as i had before.

So,

  • the current driver is the one in the screenshot,
  • if i enter Nvidia Settings i do have all settings now (when nvidia is selected, ofc)
  • my battery lasts 3~4 hours with nvidia selected.

Thank again for all the help!

Cheers