# Ubuntu 22.04 clean install fails to detect RTX 4060Ti

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**Category:** Linux\
**Created:** [August 31, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ubuntu-22-04-clean-install-fails-to-detect-rtx-4060ti/305253 "2024-08-31T06:27:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ubuntu-22-04-clean-install-fails-to-detect-rtx-4060ti/305253/1 "2024-08-31T06:27:34Z")

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I have a desktop system (bought February 2024) with the following:

- Intel Core i7-12700KF 3600 1700
- MSI PRO B760-P DDR4 II
- I3D 16GB D6 RTX 4060 Ti Twin X2

It used to run fine, using Debian 12 and some Nvidia drivers (can’t see the version anymore I think it was during an upgrade from 525.147.05-7~deb12u1 to 535.183.01-1~deb12u1, the system got unresponsive after an "apt update & apt upgrade, and I’ve been going downhill since :( and I ultimately declared my Debian installation broken beyond repair and decided to do a clean install of something else.

Tried several installs of Ubuntu 24.04 and Ubuntu 22.04 (also Lubuntu and Kubuntu), but none were successful.  
The attempts with 24.04 resulted in a system that does not even show a login, and only sporadically allows me to switch to a TTY (Ctrl-Alt-F2 etc. do not respond, and if I get to the tty there is a 3 to 5 second delay for each keypress; once logged in to the tty, gnome process is hogging all of the cpu). Scouring the internet for solutions has not resolved the issues yet.

With 22.04 and 24.04 I tried different drivers (535 and 535-open and 545 from ubuntu-drivers, the .run downloaded from Nvidia with the -m=kernel\_open), and tried different kernels (6.5, 6.8, 5.15) (but I am not experienced with that, so may not have tried in the correct ways; ran into gcc issues with version differences 11 or 12 being the default).

To confirm there are no hardware issues, I installed Windows 11 and there Blender works fine, and recognises the GPU with CUDA and OptiX acceleration.

Where can I find clear instructions on how to set up Debian/Ubuntu on my system with GPU acceleration (I am using Blender and need either the OptiX or CUDA or both support)?

What I did most recently:

- download the Ubuntu ISO for 22.04
- create USB boot stick (using balenaEtcher on a Mac)
- run the installer, chosing the option for additional drivers
- for 22.04 this results in a system where the Nvidia driver is not loaded: nvidia-smi returns ‘No devices were found’

I am attaching the nvidia-bug-report that is generated on my latest clean install of Ubuntu 22.04.  
[nvidia-bug-report.log.gz](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/uploads/short-url/bdb6NeffeLgPMTHoghFxqXrD7ey.gz) (117.7 KB)

Before trying again the `apt remove --purge "*nvidia*" && apt install linux-headers-generic && apt install nvidia-dkms-NNN && apt install nvidia-driver-NNN` I hope someone can point me to instructions that have worked for my setup.

Looking forward to tips or solutions (it’s been a month of trial-and-error).

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**Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ubuntu-22-04-clean-install-fails-to-detect-rtx-4060ti/305253/2 "2024-08-31T06:31:19Z")

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Additional info:  
`lspci` reports:  
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 2803 (rev a1)

and `lspci -v -s 01:00.0`  
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 2803 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])  
Subsystem: InnoVISION Multimedia Ltd. Device 1903  
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16, IOMMU group 10  
Memory at 80000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]  
Memory at 4000000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16G]  
Memory at 4400000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]  
I/O ports at 4000 [size=128]  
Expansion ROM at 81000000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=512K]  
Capabilities:   
Kernel driver in use: nvidia  
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia\_drm, nvidia

Now I ran `sudo update-pciids`, and then the `lspci -v -s 01:00.0` command returns:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation AD106 [GeForce RTX 4060 Ti] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])  
Subsystem: InnoVISION Multimedia Ltd. Device 1903  
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16, IOMMU group 10  
Memory at 80000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]  
Memory at 4000000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16G]  
Memory at 4400000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]  
I/O ports at 4000 [size=128]  
Expansion ROM at 81000000 [virtual] [disabled] [size=512K]  
Capabilities:   
Kernel driver in use: nvidia  
Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia\_drm, nvidia

Reboot (because of updates that were run), nvidia driver still fails. From the kern.log:

```auto
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.000739] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.000751] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.000752] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.000755] nvidia: module license taints kernel.
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.051123] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 235
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.051127] 
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.051955] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: VGA decodes changed: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.083649] workqueue: drm_fb_helper_damage_work hogged CPU for >10000us 8 times, consider switching to WQ_UNBOUND
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.095716] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 535.183.01 Sun May 12 19:39:15 UTC 2024
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.107401] nvidia-modeset: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms 535.183.01 Sun May 12 19:31:08 UTC 2024
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.113065] intel_tcc_cooling: Programmable TCC Offset detected
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.119063] [drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Loading driver
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.123261] intel_rapl_msr: PL4 support detected.
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.123299] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain package
Aug 31 09:10:40 borg kernel: [4.123302] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain core
Aug 31 09:10:41 borg kernel: [4.150842] loop8: detected capacity change from 0 to 8
Aug 31 09:10:41 borg kernel: [4.167867] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic Mass-Storage 1.11 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Aug 31 09:10:41 borg kernel: [4.167975] sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Aug 31 09:10:41 borg kernel: [4.176704] RTL8226B_RTL8221B 2.5Gbps PHY r8169-0-300:00: attached PHY driver (mii_bus:phy_addr=r8169-0-300:00, irq=MAC)
Aug 31 09:10:41 borg kernel: [4.342831] r8169 0000:03:00.0 enp3s0: Link is Down
Aug 31 09:10:41 borg kernel: [4.432318] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Media removed, stopped polling
Aug 31 09:10:41 borg kernel: [4.432558] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Aug 31 09:10:41 borg kernel: [4.593407] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x25:0x40:1468)
Aug 31 09:10:41 borg kernel: [4.593519] NVRM: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0
Aug 31 09:10:41 borg kernel: [4.593960] [drm:nv_drm_load [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Failed to allocate NvKmsKapiDevice
Aug 31 09:10:41 borg kernel: [4.594595] [drm:nv_drm_probe_devices [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Failed to register device
Aug 31 09:10:41 borg kernel: [4.767604] nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols nvUvmInterfaceDisableAccessCntr from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint.
Aug 31 09:10:41 borg kernel: [4.786651] nvidia-uvm: Loaded the UVM driver, major device number 511.

```

Generated a new bugreport:  
[nvidia-bug-report.log.gz](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/uploads/short-url/whZtYi58DZkGElMQxq1YYb5i43z.gz) (124.3 KB)

UEFI/BIOS settings:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/original/4X/f/3/f/f3fc8a9efbd8317512c3211bb96b623a9e5dc3af.jpeg)  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/original/4X/f/6/6/f666faa0360ae27b5ef1226adcb6cb804521c0b0.jpeg)

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**Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ubuntu-22-04-clean-install-fails-to-detect-rtx-4060ti/305253/3 "2024-09-01T08:22:45Z")

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Yesterday I did a bios upgrade (from 1.40 to 1.70 - E7E29IMS.170), which activated secure boot again. Disabled secure boot, restarting the system did not solve any issues.

Then tried downgrading to kernel 5.15 ( **don’t do this** , it eventually locked up my system during startup, regardless of the grub choice I made; booting in 5.15 or 6.8 failed, even in recovery mode; I did a fresh install again after the following attempts):

- apt install linux-image-generic linux-headers-generic
- apt remove --autoremove linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04
- ubuntu-drivers install nvidia:535-open
- this started to ask for MOK key setup (in hindsight this was caused by the BIOS upgrade that activated secure boot without me noticing it)
- drivers install failed
- apt remove --purge “nvidia\*”
- ubuntu-drivers install nvidia:535-open
- reboot
- MOK key install dialog popped up (maybe I should have rebooted earlier, to complete this?)
- boot 5.15 kernel → screen freezes up (also in recovery mode)
- boot 6.8 kernel → screen freezes up (also in recovery mode)
- deactivate secure boot in UEFI
- boot in any kernel with ant without recovery mode: screen freezes up, no options to switch to a tty - crtl-Fn nor Ctrl-Alt-Fn work)
- RIP the system, perform a new install from USB.

After clean install, no nvidia drivers active (of course, been there :) ).

- update-pciids
- nvidia-smi reports “No devices were found”
- kern.log shows same output as posted in my original report
- nvidia-bug-report.sh output attached here:

[nvidia-bug-report.log.gz](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/uploads/short-url/vqHidGJudruuhDKazoAj9vTkBUW.gz) (118.3 KB)

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**Post date:** [September 2, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ubuntu-22-04-clean-install-fails-to-detect-rtx-4060ti/305253/4 "2024-09-02T09:05:47Z")

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Some progress.  
Starting point: clean install of Ubuntu 22.04 - uses kernel 6.8.0-40-generic (`uname -r`).

```auto
$ uname -a
Linux borg 6.8.0-40-generic #40~22.04.3-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jul 30 17:30:19 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

```

- `sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers`
- `sudo apt update`
- check which drivers are now available: `ubuntu-drivers devices`
  - for me lists 550, 555, and 560 drivers in several options (open and proprietary) among others

- switch to console (Ctrl-Meta-Alt-F3), login, `sudo -i`
- stop X: `systemctl stop display-manager`
- purge all nvidia drivers: `apt remove --purge "^nvidia*"`
- `ubuntu-drivers install nvidia:555-open`
- reboot
- after login, open terminal and run `nvidia-smi`, output:

```auto
$ nvidia-smi
Mon Sep 2 10:58:48 2024       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 555.58.02 Driver Version: 555.58.02 CUDA Version: 12.5 |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A |
| 0% 34C P8 5W / 165W | 321MiB / 16380MiB | 1% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
                                                                                         
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 1823 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 183MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 2001 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 122MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

```

This is promising.

The post that got me on the right track: [How to Install Nvidia Drivers on Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04, or 20.04 - LinuxCapable](https://linuxcapable.com/install-nvidia-drivers-on-ubuntu-linux/) (Method 3)

Edit: I can confirm that Blender recognises the card as a CUDA and OptiX capable render target. All’s good.

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/ubuntu-22-04-clean-install-fails-to-detect-rtx-4060ti/305253/5 "2024-09-16T09:06:29Z")

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