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I am trying to install latest NVDIA graphics drivers on the ASUS zenbook 14, running Ubuntu 19.04. I am following this tutorial: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-linux-install-nvidia-driver-latest-proprietary-driver/

According to the window of the software updater, the driver is there:

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But when I am checking the status of the driver, I get:

giulio@giulio-ZenBook-UX431FN:~$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

PS. Grub is on nomodeset.

How can I get the driver installed?

I am posting the edit of the following commands:

giulio@giulio-ZenBook-UX431FN:~$ sudo ubuntu-drivers devices
[sudo] password for giulio: 
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00001D12sv00001043sd00001EBEbc03sc02i00
vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
model    : GP108M [GeForce MX150]
driver   : nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-418 - distro non-free recommended
driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin


giulio@giulio-ZenBook-UX431FN:~$ mokutil --sb-state
SecureBoot enabled

giulio@giulio-ZenBook-UX431FN:~$ test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo "Legacy(bios)"
efi

giulio@giulio-ZenBook-UX431FN:~$ sudo lshw -c video 
  *-display UNCLAIMED       
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: Intel Corporation
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:400-3ff memory:6012000000-6012ffffff memory:4000000000-400fffffff ioport:4000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
  *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: 3D controller
       product: GP108M [GeForce MX150]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:600-5ff memory:80000000-80ffffff memory:6000000000-600fffffff memory:6010000000-6011ffffff ioport:3000(size=128) memory:81000000-8107ffff


giulio@giulio-ZenBook-UX431FN:~$  dkms status
nvidia, 418.56, 5.0.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed


giulio@giulio-ZenBook-UX431FN:~$ echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
x11

giulio@giulio-ZenBook-UX431FN:~$ lspci -knn | grep -A 3 -E "(VGA|3D)"
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (Whiskey Lake) [8086:3ea0]
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. UHD Graphics 620 (Whiskey Lake) [1043:1ebe]
    Kernel modules: i915
00:04.0 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem [8086:1903] (rev 0b)
--
01:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation GP108M [GeForce MX150] [10de:1d12] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GP108M [GeForce MX150] [1043:1ebe]
    Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Sandisk Corp Device [15b7:5003] (rev 01)

lsmod | grep nvidia gives no output.

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giulio
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  • Disable Secure Boot in UEFI settings. –  May 06 '19 at 08:46
  • And, of course remove the nomodeset parameter. –  May 06 '19 at 13:29
  • Apparently, it not solved my issue. Using insecure boot + quiet-splash instead of nomeodeset bring me to the old blank screen issue, despite the driver apparently installed. Running with the insecure boot and with nomodeset has another problem: basically the system starts with a 4:3 screen instead of 16:9 and it blocks on a black screen with only a white underscore sign at upper left corner – giulio May 06 '19 at 17:36
  • Possible duplicate of My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it? –  May 06 '19 at 17:38
  • Shall I try this? https://askubuntu.com/questions/36930/is-a-nvidia-geforce-with-optimus-technology-supported-by-ubuntu – giulio May 06 '19 at 17:52
  • Is there a way to have an external monitor working while using nomodeset? – giulio May 06 '19 at 18:09
  • Please edit your question and post output of the following commands: 1. sudo ubuntu-drivers devices 2. mokutil --sb-state 3. test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo "Legacy(bios)" 4. sudo lshw -c video 5. dkms status 6. lsmod | grep nvidia 7. echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE and 8 lspci -knn | grep -A 3 -E "(VGA|3D)" – Marmayogi May 07 '19 at 01:31
  • @giulio, check this link, it may help you – singrium May 07 '19 at 09:42
  • Please disable secure boot. Nvidia will not work with secure boot enabled. Please reach BIOS setup screen by pressing del key and disable secured boot. – Marmayogi May 07 '19 at 10:33
  • Did you use nomodeset in /etc/default/grub file? Check with this command cat /etc/default/grub | grep -i GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT. Also note that display UNCLAIMED is there for both intel and nvidia in the output of command sudo lshw -c video. That is why nvidia-smi command is failing. BTW, what is the output of command lsmod | grep nouveau – Marmayogi May 07 '19 at 10:39
  • Yes, I am using nomodeset. The output of the command you mentioned is literally nothing: giulio@giulio-ZenBook-UX431FN:~$ lsmod | grep nouveau giulio@giulio-ZenBook-UX431FN:~$ – giulio May 07 '19 at 15:33
  • @giulio did you disable secured boot? After disabled, run command mokutil --sb-state to verify that its is disabled. After installing drivers, you don't need nomodeset. After removing it, you need to run sudo update-grub again followed by reboot. After ubuntu login, run command nvidia-smi and check the result. – Marmayogi May 07 '19 at 15:52
  • I tried the full operation mentioned, but as I was saying, after all I get a black screen with only a white underscore sign at upper left corner after the grub and after the system tries to load – giulio May 07 '19 at 15:56
  • Did you install Nvidia using command line? – Marmayogi May 07 '19 at 16:02
  • No, by the software updater – giulio May 07 '19 at 16:29
  • Let us continue this discussion in chat. – Marmayogi May 07 '19 at 16:42

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The driver is probably installed, but the Nvidia adapter isn't enabled.

Enable it by running:

sudo prime-select nvidia

Then log out and log in again. The adapter should now be enabled and nvidia-smi should work.

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