Stuck trying to intall nvidia-390 [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS]

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I have been trying to work with TensorFlow on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Unfortunately I’ve encountered several issues trying to get everything ready. My current one is installing nvidia-390

sudo apt-get install nvidia-390

It starts installing normally until it just stops. This is the part I got stuck:

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Adding new user `nvidia-persistenced' (UID 121) with group `nvidia-persistenced' ...
Not creating home directory `/nonexistent'.
Setting up libxnvctrl0:amd64 (396.24-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Setting up libnvidia-common-390 (390.59-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Setting up libnvidia-encode-390:amd64 (390.59-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Setting up mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 (18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up nvidia-settings (396.24-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Setting up nvidia-utils-390 (390.59-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Setting up nvidia-dkms-390 (390.59-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
INFO:Enable nvidia
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
Loading new nvidia-390.59 DKMS files...
Building for 4.15.0-22-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 4.15.0-22-generic
Generating a new Secure Boot signing key:
Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key
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writing new private key to '/var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv'
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I’ve left it for hours and it just won’t go. I’ve interrupted it before, but it created more problems I had to reinstall Ubuntu.

Has anybody encountered the same issue?
I’ve been following these steps: Installing Tensorflow GPU on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | by Taylor Denouden | Medium

Thank you!

Full output:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gcc-8-base:i386 libbsd0:i386 libc6:i386 libffi6:i386 libgcc1:i386
  libgl1:i386 libglvnd0:i386 libglx0:i386 libnvidia-cfg1-390
  libnvidia-common-390 libnvidia-compute-390 libnvidia-compute-390:i386
  libnvidia-decode-390 libnvidia-decode-390:i386 libnvidia-encode-390
  libnvidia-encode-390:i386 libnvidia-fbc1-390 libnvidia-fbc1-390:i386
  libnvidia-gl-390 libnvidia-gl-390:i386 libnvidia-ifr1-390
  libnvidia-ifr1-390:i386 libvdpau1 libwayland-client0:i386
  libwayland-server0:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386
  libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxnvctrl0 mesa-vdpau-drivers
  nvidia-compute-utils-390 nvidia-dkms-390 nvidia-driver-390
  nvidia-kernel-common-390 nvidia-kernel-source-390 nvidia-prime
  nvidia-settings nvidia-utils-390 pkg-config screen-resolution-extra
  vdpau-driver-all xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390
Suggested packages:
  glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386 libvdpau-va-gl1 nvidia-vdpau-driver
  nvidia-legacy-340xx-vdpau-driver
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gcc-8-base:i386 libbsd0:i386 libc6:i386 libffi6:i386 libgcc1:i386
  libgl1:i386 libglvnd0:i386 libglx0:i386 libnvidia-cfg1-390
  libnvidia-common-390 libnvidia-compute-390:i386 libnvidia-decode-390
  libnvidia-decode-390:i386 libnvidia-encode-390 libnvidia-encode-390:i386
  libnvidia-fbc1-390 libnvidia-fbc1-390:i386 libnvidia-gl-390
  libnvidia-gl-390:i386 libnvidia-ifr1-390 libnvidia-ifr1-390:i386 libvdpau1
  libwayland-client0:i386 libwayland-server0:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386
  libxcb1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxnvctrl0 mesa-vdpau-drivers
  nvidia-390 nvidia-compute-utils-390 nvidia-dkms-390 nvidia-driver-390
  nvidia-kernel-common-390 nvidia-kernel-source-390 nvidia-prime
  nvidia-settings pkg-config screen-resolution-extra vdpau-driver-all
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libnvidia-compute-390 nvidia-utils-390
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Setting up mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 (18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up nvidia-settings (396.24-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Setting up nvidia-utils-390 (390.59-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
Setting up nvidia-dkms-390 (390.59-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
INFO:Enable nvidia
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
Loading new nvidia-390.59 DKMS files...
Building for 4.15.0-22-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 4.15.0-22-generic
Generating a new Secure Boot signing key:
Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key
................................................................................................................................+++
..+++
writing new private key to '/var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv'
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I suspect it’s waiting for a password for the generated private key but fails to show the password prompt. This should be reported to ubuntu.
Try to enter a password twice blindly.
For a workaround you would have to disable secure boot in bios and reinstall.

3

Thanks @generix! Your “type password blindly” solution worked for me and I mentioned this at Bug #1775526 “package linux-image-4.15.0-22-generic 4.15.0-22.24...” : Bugs : linux package : Ubuntu

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+1 Bug #1775526 “package linux-image-4.15.0-22-generic 4.15.0-22.24...” : Bugs : linux package : Ubuntu

Helped, entered password 4 times and its worked.

5

Just to add another possible solution. The posted solution of typing the password blindly did not work for me. What worked was pressing ESC four times. The installation then finished successfully.

6

It didn’t work for me…
I’ve tried several times #2 and #5 and still frozen on this message:

Loading new nvidia-390.48 DKMS files…
Building for 4.15.0-23-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 4.15.0-23-generic
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What am I doing wrong?

regards.

7

daniziz1991, you’re stuck at a different point. Please try a newer driver from the ubuntu graphics ppa:
[url]https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa[/url]

8

Hi generix… same ¿?

update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
INFO:Enable nvidia
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
Loading new nvidia-396.24.02 DKMS files…
Building for 4.15.0-23-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 4.15.0-23-generic

I see a higher version of the driver (396.24) but it still stucks at same point…

Any idea why?

9

It is not the same step. The question asks about betting stuck on the writing the private key stage - you are not even getting there and are stuck on build. Are you currently trying to install a fresh driver directly form Nvidia or ppa? Is it first install or have you tried installing the drivers previously and interrupted the installation process for example?

10

Hi mmalenta,

Ive tried to install drivers from ubuntu packages, and my last try is from a ppa (as generix told me). It always stuck at same point and it leaves my dkpg in use and i have to reboot and make a purge to clean it all.

Ive come here from this thread: drivers - dkpg "diversion" error after trying to install nvidia-340 - Ask Ubuntu thats why i thought it was the same point… my bad.

regards,

11

daniziz1991, please run
dmesg > dmesg.txt
and attach that to your post. Hovering the mouse over an existing post will reveal a paperclip icon.

12

@mmalenta, @daniziz1991: Disable secure boot on the BIOS configuration and you’ll be fine.

13

Just tried to install 390.67-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 - and got hit by both problems mentioned here: They’re not identical, of course - but very much related.

I was first hit by the problem mentioned by the OP in #1. After a long wait, I gave up and closed the terminal window running the install.

However, in order to do anything useful on my machine after that, I had to run ‘dpkg --reconfigure -a’, and I was then struck by the problem mentioned above in #6.

Disabling secure boot solved the problem - the drivers finally installed by running ‘dpkg --reconfigure -a’ and freed dpkg/apt etc. to do other useful tasks. But at the same time, it created another issue - a security issue.

I managed to install VMware Workstation with custom build drivers using secure boot - there must be a way to install the Nvidia drivers as well whilst preserving secure boot?

Regards,
Lars

14

+1 - this is redic.

entered password 4 times and it made it through for me. Would just hang indefinitely.

15

On Ubuntu the “invisible password” issue was reported on Launchpad as bug [url]https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dkms/+bug/1781001[/url] and has been fixed by a stable release update on July 23rd. You should definitely not be seeing this problem on any up-to-date systems, including anything installed using 18.04.1 media.
Can you tell if you’re still seeing this problem on a fully up to date 18.04 or 18.10 (development release)

Thanks!