I cannot make my Nvidia card work on a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
. I’m using a Dell XPS 15 9510.
I attach some command outputs:
$ 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.
$ uname -a
Linux XPS-15-9510 5.11.0-25-generic #27~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 13 17:41:23 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ cat /etc/*release*
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS"
VERSION_ID="20.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=focal
UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal
$ apt list --installed *xorg*
Listing... Done
xorg-docs-core/focal,focal,now 1:1.7.1-1.1 all [installed,automatic]
xorg/focal,now 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-core/focal-updates,now 2:1.20.11-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-input-all/focal,now 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-input-libinput/focal,now 0.29.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-input-wacom/focal,now 1:0.39.0-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-legacy/focal-updates,now 2:1.20.11-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-video-all/focal,now 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu/focal,now 19.1.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-video-ati/focal,now 1:19.1.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev/focal,now 1:0.5.0-1ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-video-intel/focal,now 2:2.99.917+git20200226-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/focal,now 1:1.0.16-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-video-qxl/focal,now 0.1.5+git20200331-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-video-radeon/focal,now 1:19.1.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-video-vesa/focal,now 1:2.4.0-2 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-video-vmware/focal,now 1:13.3.0-3 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg/focal,now 1:7.7+19ubuntu14 amd64 [installed,automatic]
$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i "VGA"
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a60 (rev 01)
DeviceName: Onboard - Video
Subsystem: Dell Device 0a61
I also attach the report: nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (101.8 KB)
Does anyone have any suggestion?