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I have ubuntu 14.04 and nvidia 660m. I have read several similar questions but non of them solved my problem. My problem is that either CUDA does not detect my gpu or I cannot login to ubuntu after reboot. Here's what I've done:

I used the xorg-edgers ppa to install the drivers via apt.

sudo apt-get install nvidia-352

Then I downloaded the same driver version from nvidia website and installed it because I read that I need the nividia's .run file to install cuda. Although it showed me that the pre-installation script failed, I forced it to install. And everything went fine and CUDA detected my gpu. (Without installing nvidia's .run file, CUDA fails to detect my gpu).

However, after rebooting, I could not pass the login screen any more. To resolve it, I followed the instructions in this question (uninstalling the .run file and uninstalling all nvidia drivers and reinstalling via ppa again) and I was able to login. However, now CUDA does not detect my gpu anymore. I tried reinstalling the .run file and the same happens. I can use CUDA just before I reboot and after reboot, I can't login.

How can I make CUDA work with NVIDIA?

Thanks

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  • Please use CUDA from repository and then you can install the existing driver in 14.04 or latest via Graphics PPA. Make sure nvidia-modprobe is installed to make CUDA detect your GPU. Install nvidia-modprobe and reboot. Jul 4, 2016 at 15:49
  • It didn't work. It doesn't detect my driver. CUDA only detects the driver when I install the driver from the .run file. However, if I do that, I get stuck at login screen.
    – CentAu
    Jul 5, 2016 at 16:56
  • modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:809 kmod_module_insert_module() could not find module by name='nvidia' modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Function not implemented
    – CentAu
    Jul 5, 2016 at 16:57
  • I got it to work finally. Found the answer from here: codeyarns.com/2015/09/25/how-to-install-cuda-7-5-on-ubuntu
    – CentAu
    Jul 5, 2016 at 19:21

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No answer about login issue. But to install cuda 7.5 you could use :

https://github.com/NVIDIA/DIGITS/blob/digits-3.0/docs/UbuntuInstall.md#repository-access 
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  • This didn't solve my problem.
    – CentAu
    Jul 5, 2016 at 16:45

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