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Got Ubuntu 16.04, bought a MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X, connected it to PCI, lights on, but actually I dont know how to install and use it.

Last time I installed the Cuda package, I ended up in a login loop and had to reinstall Ubuntu.

The CD that came with the GPU seems to contain only Win-Drivers. Has anyone the same or pretty similar GPU and can tell me how to install or where is a tutorial for this?

Thank you.

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  • this tutorial seems pretty old... the official nvidia installation guide seems too complicated for me unfortunately
    – PortWein
    Apr 18, 2018 at 18:39
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    That tutorial still works fine. Just open a terminal window and copy and paste each of the lines from the first answer. You will probably want to change the line about the actual installation of the driver to sudo apt install nvidia-396
    – Terrance
    Apr 18, 2018 at 18:58
  • You mean instead of "sudo apt-get install nvidia-370"? So I dont have to take all these hundreds of terminal commands from the nvidia guide?
    – PortWein
    Apr 18, 2018 at 20:10
  • I am sorry, I was talking about the steps in the link above of How do I install the Nvidia drivers.
    – Terrance
    Apr 18, 2018 at 22:57
  • I dont understand what I have to do, even if I read this blog you forwarded me to... it's still not working. :(
    – PortWein
    Apr 23, 2018 at 20:30

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  1. Add the Official Graphic Cards PPA

     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
 sudo apt-get update

  2. Check which Nvidia Driver Version is the latest: Go to https://www.geforce.com/drivers and pick your GPU, check which one is the non-beta. Today the version is 390.

  3. Leave the X server: Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 it should give you a black screen asking you to log in. After logging in, shut down the x-server with

     sudo service lightdm stop

  4. Install your Nvidia Driver

     sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-390

  5. Reboot your PC

     sudo reboot
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  • Alt-F1 doesnt get me into the black screen but seach-mode...
    – PortWein
    Apr 18, 2018 at 21:11
  • Now I got the black screen but I forgot my PW in the grub menu as well so I cant leave the x server from the "normal" terminal, can I ? :(
    – PortWein
    Apr 18, 2018 at 21:22
  • @PortWein Alt+F7 should return you back to the GUI.
    – Terrance
    Apr 18, 2018 at 22:57
  • @PortWein Can you update your question with the output of the commands?
    – Seraf
    Apr 20, 2018 at 13:38
  • @ Seraf How can I see this outputs? Thanks for caring
    – PortWein
    Apr 21, 2018 at 20:39
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After I ran 

sudo apt-get install nvidia-390

before 

sudo service lightdm stop

in the UNIX-terminal, I ended up in some kind of messy loop. So I purged nvidia-390 with

apt-get remove --purge nvidia-390

Then I opened tty1 (Ctrl+Alt+F1), ran the 2 commands again and rebooted.

Any more adjustments to make?

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