NVidia driver not working Ubuntu18.04

Laptop - Lenovo thinkpad P52 uname -a

Linux ivan-ThinkPad-P52 5.1.3-050103-generic #201905161442 SMP Thu May 16 18:44:30 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

sudo lshw -c video

 *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: GP107GLM [Quadro P1000 Mobile] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 version: a1 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0 resources: irq:160 memory:a3000000-a3ffffff memory:60000000-6fffffff memory:70000000-71ffffff ioport:2000(size=128) memory:a4080000-a40fffff
*-display description: VGA compatible controller product: Intel Corporation vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 logical name: /dev/fb0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb configuration: depth=32 driver=i915 latency=0 mode=1920x1080 visual=truecolor xres=1920 yres=1080 resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:400-3ff irq:158 memory:604a000000-604affffff memory:4000000000-400fffffff ioport:3000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff

/etc/default/grub

# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=! acpi_osi='Windows2009'"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

sudo ubuntu-drivers devices

== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001CBBsv000017AAsd0000225Fbc03sc00i00
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
driver : nvidia-driver-410 - third-party free
driver : nvidia-driver-418 - third-party free
driver : nvidia-driver-396 - third-party free
driver : nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free
driver : nvidia-driver-430 - third-party free recommended
driver : nvidia-driver-415 - third-party free
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin

I tried installing drivers (multiple versions) using this tutorial

I also tried using ubuntu-drivers autoinstall and removing any drivers before using sudo apt purge nvidia* (I ensured none drivers were there when typed dpkg -l | grep nvidia)

If I have Hybrid graphics enabled in BIOS, I can see valid nvidia-smi output, however laptor uses integrated graphics card Intel® UHD Graphics 630 (Coffeelake 3x8 GT2)

If I set Discrete graphics card, the nvidia-smi returns

NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

and also in nvidia-settings I see only blank page. How should I please set up nvidia driver?

1 Answer

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The manual installation of nvidia drivers worked for me. I hope it helps you! See: Installing NVIDIA drivers for Ubuntu 18.04 – moosee333 May 22 at 1:45