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I'm having problems logging in to 19.10, and following some suggestions (e.g. ubuntu-18-04-stuck-in-login-loop-with-missing-xauthority-file), ubuntu-drivers devices shows nvidia-driver-390 as recommended driver

When I sudo apt install_nvidia-driver-390 it fails enter image description here

And trying sudo apt --fix-broken_install fails enter image description here

How can I get this sorted? Thanks.

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  • Don't post pictures of your screen. Edit your question and copy in the commands and output, using proper formatting.
    – Organic Marble
    Feb 9, 2020 at 12:12
  • @OrganicMarble When I boot in recovery mode, I do not know how to copy-n-paste; the video driver is broken, the cursor doesn't work, and the usual copy commands seem absent. Maybe you could suggest how to copy the commands and output, so anyone else in the same predicament (maybe me in a few hours) knows how to comply.
    – brewmanz
    Feb 10, 2020 at 2:00
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    I missed you were in recovery mode! Understand now. I was finding it hard to read the last screen especially on my tablet last night; looks better on a real device. Anyway, check this out: askubuntu.com/q/1067183/243321
    – Organic Marble
    Feb 10, 2020 at 2:06
  • @OrganicMarble thanks for that link; yes it looks like the same issue.
    – brewmanz
    Feb 10, 2020 at 2:12

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Looks like this is a bug with Ubuntu. package libnvidia-gl-390 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: new libnvidia-gl-390:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2 (NOT FIXED)

The workaround I did was #5, Yuri's improvement of Alexandre's suggestion

Try

# for FILE in $(dpkg-divert --list | grep nvidia-340 | awk '{print $3}'); do echo $FILE; done

first and choose the correct number for substring {print $3}

For example for Russian locale it will be $2:

# for FILE in $(dpkg-divert --list | grep nvidia-340 | awk '{print $2}'); do dpkg-divert --remove $FILE; done

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