Ubuntu 18.04.4 with nvidia-driver-440 freezing screen

Question

So I just had quite often random freezing screens with nvidia-driver-440 with ubuntu desktop environment and dkm3 or sddm manager. How should I solve this? It's very disturbing as I can't even get log for this because of the freezing screen.

output of lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display':

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1e81 (rev a1)
    Subsystem: eVga.com. Corp. Device 3183
    Kernel driver in use: nvidia
    Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia

I use CUDA 10.2 so only nvidia 440+ can be used... not that I don't want the long-term driver.

Please [edit] your question and add output of lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' terminal command. — Pilot6, Feb 10 '20 at 19:55
@Pilot6 done editing... what does it look like? Problems with nouveau? Should I blacklist it? — Kai Yang, Feb 11 '20 at 03:51
There is no need to blacklist nouveau. It can only make it worse. — Pilot6, Feb 11 '20 at 09:15
@Pilot6 just my device number, not that much of a secret... the point is, rn my ubuntu freezes after average 20 minutes from starting up — Kai Yang, Feb 11 '20 at 18:54
We need to check that you installed the correct driver for your device, but you keep it in secret )) — Pilot6, Feb 11 '20 at 18:55

fefff · Answer 1 · 2020-02-11T03:39:01.660

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You can try reading this answer: How do I install the Nvidia drivers?

I had the same problem for weeks. Unfortunately, the only way to use Ubuntu for me was to change from the Nvidia driver to Intel. You can do it with: sudo prime-select intel

edited Feb 11 '20 at 03:39

answered Feb 10 '20 at 23:21

fefff

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I know, but I need CUDA... – Kai Yang Feb 11 '20 at 03:49
you can try: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa and then sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-driver-440 – fefff Feb 13 '20 at 01:27
I already added the ppa some time ago, but the issue still appeared – Kai Yang Feb 13 '20 at 04:35

Ubuntu 18.04.4 with nvidia-driver-440 freezing screen

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