When I run nvidia-smi, I get an output of “No devices were found“. I’ve tried using prime-select to specify nvidia graphics and rebooting, but it made no difference.
did you try blacklisting the nouveau driver?
And did you completely remove all drivers before trying to install a new one?
And did you unload all NVIDIA related kernel modules before uninstalling?
And did a reboot between all steps?
That README is pretty helpful; there were a few steps that I hadn’t seen before.
This time around, I made sure to blacklist the nouveau driver and close all OpenGL/graphics programs, including the GUI, before running the install script.
Between each attempt, I’ve been reinstalling Ubuntu to ensure a clean slate.
I rebooted after blacklisting nouveau and the other configuration steps. I also rebooted after the installer had finished and before enabling graphics again.
For some reason, I’m still getting a “No devices were found“ message.
Could this be because my computer has hybrid graphics enabled in the BIOS settings? After installing everything, I used nvidia prime-select to ensure that the Nvidia card was being used and then rebooted. Do I need to prime-select Nvidia before installation? Or do I need to switch to fully discrete graphics?
I’ve read that fully discrete graphics can break Windows, which I also have on my system. I can make the switch if necessary, but keeping hybrid graphics would be preferred.