Nvidia Driver Not running on Ubuntu 18.04 with linux kernel 5.4.0-74

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I am having multiple problems getting my Nvidia driver to run on ubuntu 18.04. I currently had a setup working and after a reboot it seems like my nvidia drivers are not running. I tried to factory reset and re-install everything from scratch but had no luck either.

I have dual boot with windows and secure boot disabled.

I have tried multiple options from online and have gotten none to work.

Here are some outputs which may be usefull

pc@pcUbuntu:~$ whereis nvidia
nvidia: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nvidia /usr/lib/nvidia /usr/share/nvidia /usr/src/nvidia-460.80/nvidia

pc@pcUbuntu:~$ sudo lspci -v | grep -A 10 VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1e84 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8708
	Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 255
	Memory at a3000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Memory at 90000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at a0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
	I/O ports at 3000 [size=128]
	Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
	Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
	Capabilities: [78] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00

pc@pcUbuntu:~$ dkms status
nvidia, 460.80, 5.4.0-74-generic, x86_64: installed

pc@pcUbuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux pcUbuntu 5.4.0-74-generic #83~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 11 16:01:00 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

pc@pcUbuntu:~$ 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.

nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (117.0 KB)

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Nvidia any update on this ? I tried re-installing ubuntu multiple times over the past few days and had no luck. I attempted with Ubuntu 20 and everything worked super smoothly.

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As an update. I tried this again;

  • Reformatted PC and installed latest Ubuntu 18.04.05
  • Upon bootup installed Nvidia drivers (sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-460, I also tried 465 and recommended)
  • Rebooted my PC
  • Freezes during startup
  • Went into advanced settings, and booted with older linux kernel, but obviously Nvidia driver did not load this time. However I was at least able to bootup.
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Still no answer from Nvidia …

Upon further investigation, i realized that when my drivers are installed I am unable to boot using display port. If I switch to HDMI I can bootup.