Ubuntu 20.04 Installing Nvidia drivers
So I had a total disaster with "Bumblebee". I entered the above commands but they caused all sorts of weird responses resulting in me having to give up and just re-install a clean copy of ubuntu 20.04 (not the reinstall option but the replace install option).
So how did I fix it? Well I didn't use bumblebee and instead did this:
- From terminal I entered
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall - When I restarted, I got the login problem. So selected ctrl+alt+F4
- Entered
sudo apt-get purge nvidia* - Then
sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-440 - Then
sudo apt-get install sddm - Then
sudo dpkg-reconfigure sddm(I got an option for choosing gdm3 or sddm, I chose sddm) - Finally
reboot
This gave me a different login screen, BUT I could actually login and the nvidia driver was running (and its control panel properly activated).