NVIDIA graphic card GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design NOT detected by Ubuntu 18.04.2

I am running Ubuntu 18.04.2 in VirtualBox.

Please Help with Getting my NVIDIA graphic card and drivers under the Additional Drivers tab.

I have an MSI GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design; I have tried to install nvidia driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.31 on Ubuntu 18.04.2, but it failed. I have used:

pipe@alassane:~/Downloads$ chmod +x ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.31.run
pipe@alassane:~/Downloads$ sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.31.run

and got the following screenshot:

Also, when I open my Ubuntu Software and Updates, I do not see my NVIDIA graphic card. Here is what appears under the Additional Drivers tab:

Here is my system info :

1 Answer

You are running Ubuntu in VirtualBox. Instead of installing Nvidia drivers, enable 3D acceleration in the machine display properties and install Guest Additions from the machine menu.

Virtual machines can't use Nvidia proprietary drivers.