# Ubuntu 22.04 boot up grey screen when Nvidia Driver is installed **URL:** \ **Category:** Linux\ **Created:** [February 10, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ubuntu-22-04-boot-up-grey-screen-when-nvidia-driver-is-installed/282454 "2024-02-10T18:31:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![felix67](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@felix67](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/felix67)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ubuntu-22-04-boot-up-grey-screen-when-nvidia-driver-is-installed/282454/1 "2024-02-10T18:31:17Z")
as the title suggest, as soon as I install a nvidia driver it only boots to a grey screen. If i purge the driver it boots again normal. Its a fresh ubuntu install with only a Ubuntu sdd connected. Hardware: RTX 3090 ASUS B760-I Drivers tried: 545 530 470 Weird thing is, when i go into recovery or press ctrl+alt+f2 while i see the grey screen nvidia-smi tells me the driver & cuda is working. I blacklisted nouveau. I updated Bios to newest version. I really do not know what i could do next, help would be appreciated. Bootparameters: nomodeset noplymouth none Logs for both parameters journalctl b -1 p err nvidia-smi nvidia-bug-report.log.gz upload failes, so: [nvidia-logs.zip - Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/file/d/10CThQ4GLQR5OWNtvKYUGXqhZFpc_AafW/view?usp=sharing) ---
**Author:** ![felix67](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@felix67](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/felix67)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ubuntu-22-04-boot-up-grey-screen-when-nvidia-driver-is-installed/282454/2 "2024-02-10T20:20:38Z")
nevermind - disconnected the second display. fml