Ubuntu – Problems installing Nvidia drivers, Ubuntu 15.04

Using Ubuntu 15.04 on a desktop that has onboard Intel graphics. Recently installed add-in card with Nvidia GeForce GT-730.

I'm unacquainted with Nvidia drivers and wasn't aware of the complexities…
After considerable trouble in trying to install nvidia proprietary drivers from the Nvidia web site, and losing my graphics capabilities in the process, I realized that isn't the right thing to do.

So I switched to the apt package in http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu. Installation of the most recent driver pacakge (sudo apt-get install nvidia-358) runs successfully and does not report any errors. However, after a reboot I still don't get the nvidia driver – it seems that the nouveau driver is still being used.

I have also tried earlier packages, the results are the same.

Here are some technical details…

Xorg.0.log contains the follwing lines which suggest an error:

[    27.573] (EE) [drm] KMS not enabled
[    27.573] (EE) No devices detected.
[    27.573] (==) Matched nvidia as autoconfigured driver 0
[    27.573] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 1
[    27.573] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[    27.573] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[    27.573] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[    27.573] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[    27.573] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    27.573] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia
[    27.573] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[    27.573] (II) Unloading nvidia
[    27.573] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
[    27.573] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[    27.573] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
[    27.573] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    27.573]    compiled for 1.17.1, module version = 1.0.11
[    27.573]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    27.573]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 19.0

I have /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-358_hybrid.conf which contains the following

# This file was installed by nvidia-358
# Do not edit this file manually

blacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
alias nouveau off
alias lbm-nouveau off

lspci -v | grep VGA outputs

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 [GeForce GT 730] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

glxinfo | grep -i vendor outputs

server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.

And here is the "Additional drivers" tab from "Software and Updates":

Any help would be greatly appreciated! let me know if more details are needed.

Edit: output of lspci -nnk | grep -A3 VGA

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 [GeForce GT 730] [10de:1287] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:850c]
01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller [10de:0e0f] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:850c]