Ubuntu – Nvidia drivers problem on Kubuntu 18.04

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nvidia drivers on my kubuntu 18.04 dont work.
I have tried apt install nvidia-driver-396 and apt install nvidia-driver-390.

nvidia x server settings is installed, but wont even open.

Changing drivers in driver management from nouveau to nvidia also doesnt work.

My GPU:

Nvidia Geforce mx150 2gb

Best Answer

First try to remove whatever you've installed:

sudo apt remove --purge nvidia-*

Then add the graphics drivers repository (for the latest Nvidia drivers):

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:graphics-drivers

Then try to let Kubuntu install the drivers:

 sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

Reboot, see if it worked.

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You might need to have Direct Rendering Manager Kernel Mode Setting enabled on system boot.
NVIDIA driver's PRIME Synchronization support relies on DRM-KMS, which is disabled by default.
Find more comprehensive information in the discussion on the NVIDIA GPU Unix Graphics forum.

Execute sudo nano /etc/default/grub and add the parameter nvidia-drm.modeset=1 to the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. Save the change you've made and run sudo update-grub.
Restart the Ubuntu operating system, and now everything should work properly, right as expected.

Drivers – How to Install Nvidia 387 Drivers on Kubuntu 18.04

There aren't any nvidia-387 packages in the default 18.04 repos. The closest match to nvidia-387 in 18.04 can be installed as follows:

sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall # installs nvidia-driver-390   
sudo reboot

When installing an Nvidia proprietary graphics driver, it is not necessary to uninstall the nouveau open source graphics driver. The two graphics drivers can be installed alongside each other allowing the open source graphics driver to be used as a fallback alternative in case there is a problem using the proprietary graphics driver.

The autoinstall command of ubuntu-drivers installs drivers that are appropriate for automatic installation including their dependencies.

There also isn't a package named nvidia-390 in the default Ubuntu 18.04 repositories as the results of apt show nvidia-390 shows:

$ apt show nvidia-390
Package: nvidia-390
State: not a real package (virtual)
N: Can't select candidate version from package nvidia-390 as it has no candidate
N: Can't select versions from package 'nvidia-390' as it is purely virtual
N: No packages found

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