Install driver for GTX 1070?
I want to install the latest driver for my GTX 1070 (my monitor flickers sometimes and I think this might be because I never installed a proper driver).
Since NVIDIA supports Linux driver I downloaded the latest driver for my card at https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us.
I made the file executable and stated it from terminal
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.93.run
However, I can't install it. It shows me the folloing message:
The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! Are you sure you want to continue?
When I enter yes, I get the following error:
How can I fix it?
THis is the log file:
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' creation time: Fri Jan 25 15:49:58 2019 installer version: 410.93
PATH: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin
nvidia-installer command line: ./nvidia-installer
Unable to load: nvidia-installer ncurses v6 user interface
Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface -> Detected 8 CPUs online; setting concurrency level to 8. -> Installing NVIDIA driver version 410.93. -> Running distribution scripts executing: '/usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install'... -> done. -> The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! Are you sure you want to continue? (Answer: Continue installation) ERROR: The Nouveau kernel driver is currently in use by your system. This driver is incompatible with the NVIDIA driver, and must be disabled before proceeding. Please consult the NVIDIA driver README and your Linux distribution's documentation for details on how to correctly disable the Nouveau kernel driver. -> For some distributions, Nouveau can be disabled by adding a file in the modprobe configuration directory. Would you like nvidia-installer to attempt to create this modprobe file for you? (Answer: No)
I'm not sure if it matters, but I did apt-get upgrade before and haven't restarted yet.
First remove any nvidia packages you might have had laying around
sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
Add the repository to your repo list
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers
And update
sudo apt-get update
Then enter the following
ubuntu-drivers devices
in terminal which gives the following output:
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001B81sv00001462sd00003302bc03sc00i00
vendor : NVIDIA Corporation
model : GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070]
driver : nvidia-driver-410 - third-party free
driver : nvidia-driver-396 - third-party free
driver : nvidia-driver-415 - third-party free recommended
driver : nvidia-driver-390 - third-party free
driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin
Now one may take the recommended driver from the list and installs it by
sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-415
Credits to j-money for 80% of this answer
If you want to install the nvidia driver from the repos (unfortuanatley it doesn't seem to be as easy as I wanted it to be... :( )
First remove any nvidia packages you might have had laying around
sudo apt-get purge nvidia*
Add the repository to your repo list
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers
And update
sudo apt-get update
Install the latest nvidia driver
sudo apt-get install nvidia-XXX