I’ve tried to follow so many forums to get my nvidia driver to work on my Ubuntu setup on an old dell desktop I added a 3060 card to.
I’ve attached the bug log:
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (3.2 MB)
A few relevant outputs:
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sudo lshw -C display
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:4000(size=128) memory:bf280000-bf2fffff
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
logical name: /dev/fb0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
configuration: depth=32 driver=i915 latency=0 resolution=1920,1080
resources: irq:141 memory:be000000-beffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:3000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff -
sudo 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 nvidia-detector
nvidia-driver-550 -
sudo insmod nvidia
insmod: ERROR: could not load module nvidia: No such file or directory -
sudo dkms status
evdi/1.14.7, 6.8.0-51-generic, x86_64: installed -
sudo dpkg -l
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grep nvidia
ii libnvidia-cfg1-550:amd64 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii libnvidia-common-550 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 all Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
ii libnvidia-compute-550:amd64 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package
ii libnvidia-compute-550:i386 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 i386 NVIDIA libcompute package
ii libnvidia-decode-550:amd64 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii libnvidia-decode-550:i386 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 i386 NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii libnvidia-egl-wayland1:amd64 1:1.1.13-1build1 amd64 Wayland EGL External Platform library – shared library
ii libnvidia-egl-wayland1:i386 1:1.1.13-1build1 i386 Wayland EGL External Platform library – shared library
ii libnvidia-encode-550:amd64 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii libnvidia-encode-550:i386 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 i386 NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii libnvidia-extra-550:amd64 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii libnvidia-fbc1-550:amd64 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii libnvidia-fbc1-550:i386 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 i386 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii libnvidia-gl-550:amd64 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii libnvidia-gl-550:i386 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 i386 NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii linux-modules-nvidia-550-6.8.0-51-generic 6.8.0-51.52+1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 6.8.0-51
ii linux-modules-nvidia-550-generic-hwe-24.04 6.8.0-51.52+1 amd64 Extra drivers for nvidia-550 for the generic-hwe-24.04 flavour
ii linux-objects-nvidia-550-6.8.0-51-generic 6.8.0-51.52+1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 6.8.0-51 (objects)
ii linux-signatures-nvidia-6.8.0-51-generic 6.8.0-51.52+1 amd64 Linux kernel signatures for nvidia modules for version 6.8.0-51-generic
ii nvidia-compute-utils-550 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities
ii nvidia-driver-550 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA driver metapackage
ii nvidia-firmware-550-550.120 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 Firmware files used by the kernel module
ii nvidia-kernel-common-550 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module
ii nvidia-kernel-source-550 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA kernel source package
ii nvidia-prime 0.8.17.2 all Tools to enable NVIDIA’s Prime
ii nvidia-settings 510.47.03-0ubuntu4 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii nvidia-utils-550 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii screen-resolution-extra 0.18.3 all Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel
ii xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-550 550.120-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver