Cant install nvidia driver on ubuntu24.04

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hi, i want to install NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.157.run file for GT820M
and when i try to install it using terminal it wont build kernals. i have almost zero knowledge of terminal and how to use it. i will put the log file too.and feel free to ask for whatever else info needed

i ran the installer using -no-x-check and -no-nouveau-check and -no-cc-version-check
i even tried turning them off manually

nvidia-installer.log (1.1 MB)

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Hi @GamerGrid,

My suggestion would be to reinstall the whole Laptop from scratch and use the Ubuntu installer to install the proprietary NVIDIA driver. If Ubuntu does not offer an older driver for the GPU, then try the latest from the driver download pages.

THings that are “broken” in your current approach:

  • The latest driver is v430.40, not 390.157.
  • You cannot install the driver with a running X-server because it will not replace the kernel module.
    -no-x-check only forces the installer to ignore any running X-server (see log)
  • You still have old driver files installed AND mismatching installation procedures (again, see the log)
  • Your compiler is set up incorrectly (see log)
  • You likely have incorrect kernel headers and kernel version for this old driver, but the installer doesn’t even get to that part.

If you don’t know the terminal, you will be unable to fix those issues manually on your own, I am sorry.

Thanks!

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Dear @MarkusHoHo , thanks for the reply, but when i tried installing the 430.40v
i got a screen that it doesnt support my graphics card.

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and i reinstalled ubuntu, removed the nvidia drivers using sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*,black listed nouveau,turned the off the X server
using sudo service gdm stop and sudo init 3 and tried the v390.157
here is the updated log:
nvidia-installer.log (1.3 MB)
i learned some basics of terminal aswell, and if u can please walk me through the wrong compiler part and incorrect kernal headers part.
thanks.

Edit : here is the v430.40 error log
nvidia-log-v430.log (616.0 KB)

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Thanks for the feedback!

The 430 driver is actually the recommended one you find when searching for Linux drivers for your GPU. That means there is something wrong here, I’ll notify the right people.

Regarding the driver installation itself, reread my last bullet-point above.

And then check 390.157 driver no longer works with kernel 6.5+

You try to run kernel version 6.8, probably Ubuntu 24.04? That will simply not work.

I am sorry.