Hi, I currently have Ubuntu 24.04. I had my GPU a 3070 Nvidia working fine on asus x299 Motherboard only a few hours ago. I did a nvidia sudo apt update and it stopped working. I ended up purging my nvidia drivers, and can now only access my PC via SSH from another computer. I cannot remote in via any desk and monitor won’t work on 3070 HDMI, and my motherboard has no display port. nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (2.5 MB)
I tried installing nvidia drivers via apt version 550. it installs. When I type :
anon@anon-System-Product-Name:~$ dkms status
nvidia/550.67, 6.5.0-41-generic, x86_64: installed
sudo lshw -C display - I get nothing (it is as if it cannot see the GPU at all)
anon@anon-System-Product-Name:~$ 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.
Any help would be appreciated. It was literally working 5 hours ago, i have not touched the PC at all, and now I have borked the drivers somehow.
Does it seem strange that every command I google to try and show the GPU hardware, the result is blank? Shouldn’t the GPU hardware show that it exists even without any drivers installed?
I worry that while stuffing around I may have stuffed the default graphics driver, as well as the Nvidia ones. So I am really not sure where to go from here. All the guides I see say that ubuntu can find the correct nvidia packages, however it cannot oven see the GPU.
Also, it should be noted I was running version 510 (Installed via the GUI in 3rd party apps) before I borked it, and purged everything. I have now installed 550 as it said it is newer and is compatible with my 3070.
If anyone could help trouble shoot this or knows why linux wont even give me a display even on default driver, please let me know. Or if there is any way to restore defaults or even Nvidia, so I can get a display and not have to do it through ssh.
The driver is fine, the gpu is simply gone. Please shutdown, remove power cord, let it uncharge for 30 minutes, then check if the gpu returns, possibly also reseating it in its slot.
Wow Thank you so much, I can’t believe that is all it was. It must have been the powering down and disconnecting that saved the day. I guess that provides a a proper reset.
I feel like a real dumbarse that that is all it was. Thank you for your time
One lesson learnt anyway is that regardless of drivers installed, Ubuntu should be able to see the hardware with sudo lshw -C display - I . Thanks again