NVIDIA-SMI has failed in Ubuntu 18.04

Graphics / Linux Linux
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Hi

I have updated my OS and tried to update my Nvidia drivers and toolkit following these commands:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1077061/how-do-i-install-nvidia-and-cuda-drivers-into-ubuntu

However, when I try nvidia-smi, I get the error below. Can anyone help to figure out what is going on and how it can be fixed?

The error:

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 (76.7 KB)

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Please run nvidia-bug-report.sh as root and attach the resulting .gz file to your post. Hovering the mouse over an existing post of yours will reveal a paperclip icon.
[url]https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1043347/announcements/attaching-files-to-forum-topics-posts/[/url]

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Thanks for answer, I have run the nvidia-bug-report.sh and have attached the file. Thanks.

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Looks like you somehow lost your gcc so the kernel module can’t be compiled. Please reinstall it using
sudo apt install gcc
and check that it’s there
gcc -v
Then purge and reinstall the nvidia driver. Afterwards, don’t install cuda, instead use
sudo apt install cuda-toolkit-10-0
otherwise you would overwrite the driver with an older version.

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I do have gcc on my machine it. it is in etc folder. when I try to gcc -v, it tells me command gcc not found but can be installed with: sudo apt install gcc.

When I try to execute sudo apt install gcc, it tells me that the gcc is already the newest version.

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/etc is a config folder only. Reinstall gcc using
sudo apt install --reinstall gcc

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nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (75.5 KB)
I have the same problem, but ubuntu 20.04.
actually, I want to run steam`s games on the nvidia gpu, but linux run them only by integrated Intel HD Graphics. (I have laptop)