uninstall all nvidia packages
download runfile 495.29.05 https://http.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/495.29.05/ 28
install that with option -b
immediately afterwards, uninstall it again with option --uninstall
run
dpkg -l |grep nvidia
and
ls -l /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/*nvidia* /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcuda*
again to make sure really no nvidia package or file is installed anymore.
however, now the following error arise:
❯ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI couldn't find libnvidia-ml.so library in your system. Please make sure that the NVIDIA Display Driver is properly installed and present in your system.
Please also try adding directory that contains libnvidia-ml.so to your system PATH.
I’m posting some of the things I saw from the other link - but if I need to start a new thread let me know.
❯ sudo dpkg -l | grep nvidia
ii libnvidia-compute-525:amd64 525.78.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package
ii libnvidia-container-tools 1.12.0-1 amd64 NVIDIA container runtime library (command-line tools)
ii libnvidia-container1:amd64 1.12.0-1 amd64 NVIDIA container runtime library
rc linux-modules-nvidia-510-5.13.0-30-generic 5.13.0-30.33~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.13.0-30
rc linux-modules-nvidia-510-5.13.0-35-generic 5.13.0-35.40~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.13.0-35
rc linux-modules-nvidia-510-5.13.0-37-generic 5.13.0-37.42~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.13.0-37
rc linux-modules-nvidia-510-5.13.0-39-generic 5.13.0-39.44~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.13.0-39
rc linux-modules-nvidia-510-5.15.0-48-generic 5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-48
rc linux-modules-nvidia-510-5.15.0-50-generic 5.15.0-50.56~20.04.1+1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-50
rc linux-modules-nvidia-510-5.15.0-52-generic 5.15.0-52.58~20.04.1+1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-52
rc linux-modules-nvidia-510-5.15.0-53-generic 5.15.0-53.59~20.04.1+1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-53
rc linux-modules-nvidia-510-5.15.0-56-generic 5.15.0-56.62~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-56
rc linux-objects-nvidia-510-5.13.0-30-generic 5.13.0-30.33~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.13.0-30 (objects)
rc linux-objects-nvidia-510-5.13.0-35-generic 5.13.0-35.40~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.13.0-35 (objects)
rc linux-objects-nvidia-510-5.13.0-37-generic 5.13.0-37.42~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.13.0-37 (objects)
rc linux-objects-nvidia-510-5.13.0-39-generic 5.13.0-39.44~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.13.0-39 (objects)
rc linux-objects-nvidia-510-5.15.0-48-generic 5.15.0-48.54~20.04.1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-48 (objects)
rc linux-objects-nvidia-510-5.15.0-50-generic 5.15.0-50.56~20.04.1+1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-50 (objects)
rc linux-objects-nvidia-510-5.15.0-52-generic 5.15.0-52.58~20.04.1+1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-52 (objects)
rc linux-objects-nvidia-510-5.15.0-53-generic 5.15.0-53.59~20.04.1+1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-53 (objects)
rc linux-objects-nvidia-510-5.15.0-56-generic 5.15.0-56.62~20.04.1+1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-56 (objects)
rc linux-objects-nvidia-525-5.15.0-56-generic 5.15.0-56.62~20.04.1+1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-56 (objects)
rc nvidia-compute-utils-525 525.60.11-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities
ii nvidia-container-toolkit 1.12.0-1 amd64 NVIDIA Container toolkit
ii nvidia-container-toolkit-base 1.12.0-1 amd64 NVIDIA Container Toolkit Base
rc nvidia-dkms-525 525.60.11-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package
rc nvidia-kernel-common-525 525.60.11-0ubuntu0.20.04.2 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module
rc nvidia-prime 0.8.16~0.20.04.2 all Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
rc nvidia-settings 470.57.01-0ubuntu0.20.04.3 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
libnvidia-compute (which provides libnvidia-ml) is version 525.78.01 while the rest of the driver is version 525.60.11. Please remove and reinstall the driver in version 525.78.01