What to do if the recommend way to install the latest driver in the System Settings
> Software and updates
or Ubuntu software
FAILS?
e.g. what most answers in How do I install the Nvidia drivers? and many others aims at.
What to do if the recommend way to install the latest driver in the System Settings
> Software and updates
or Ubuntu software
FAILS?
e.g. what most answers in How do I install the Nvidia drivers? and many others aims at.
No exact details provided, as the details may change with time - the intention here is to keep this answer relevant as long as possible:
ESC
, hold SHIFT
-key or whatever action makes the grub boot menu appear, select the latest recovery mode.fsck
and network
options in the menu before launching a root shell
(those are menu alternatives in recovery mode!). wget <link>
. http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/
to create a direct link) bash NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.31.run --uninstall
ordpkg --list | grep -i nvidia
and use apt / apt-get to purge relevant portions of what is listed.bash NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.50.run --install
reboot
and press ENTER