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I'd be glad if someone could help me out. I'm running 22.04.1 on a notebook with Nvidia GTX1650. I tried changing the Nvidia driver from 510 to 515 in the "Additional Drivers" GUI. The change failed, probably due to temporary internet disconnect, I tried it a couple of more times, it failed again, until I tried to play it safe and switch to the noveau driver. However, at that point I got stuck with the option "Continue using a manually installed driver". I reviewed this previous string in depth: Not able to change the Nvidia driver in ubuntu 20.04, but couldn't find an answer applicable to my scenario.

E.g. when I try

sudo ubuntu-drivers install

I get

  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers", line 513, in <module>
    greet()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1128, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1053, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1659, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1395, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 754, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/decorators.py", line 84, in new_func
    return ctx.invoke(f, obj, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 754, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers", line 413, in install
    command_install(config)
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers", line 187, in command_install
    UbuntuDrivers.detect.nvidia_desktop_pre_installation_hook(to_install)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 839, in nvidia_desktop_pre_installation_hook
    with_nvidia_kms = version >= 470
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'version' referenced before assignment

If I try

sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

I get nearly identical output

    Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers", line 513, in <module>
    greet()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1128, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1053, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1659, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1395, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 754, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/decorators.py", line 84, in new_func
    return ctx.invoke(f, obj, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 754, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers", line 432, in autoinstall
    command_install(config)
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers", line 187, in command_install
    UbuntuDrivers.detect.nvidia_desktop_pre_installation_hook(to_install)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 839, in nvidia_desktop_pre_installation_hook
    with_nvidia_kms = version >= 470
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'version' referenced before assignment

And when I try removing all Nvidia packages:

sudo dpkg -P $(dpkg -l | grep nvidia-driver | awk '{print $2}')

I get

dpkg: error: --purge needs at least one package name argument

But I can't find out which argument is the correct one.

So to sum up, seems like I'm stuck with the integrated UHD Graphics at the moment, unable to use my Nvidia. Settings > About: enter image description here

Any ideas on how I can get a valid Nvidia driver installed again?

Vasko_B
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1 Answers1

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I connected to a more stable network, then ran:

sudo apt install nvidia-driver-470

This installed the somewhat older 470 driver. Now the Continue using a manually installed driver is gone in the Additional Drivers GUI, and the other options are active, not grayed out.

Vasko_B
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  • It worked for me too.. the only difference is that I had to use driver version 390, which is the latest version available for my old nvidia laptop video card NVS 4200M. sudo apt install nvidia-driver-390 Thank you ! – Asim Ali Oct 30 '22 at 03:37
  • This worked for me too, but after installing 470 I installed 525. For whichever reason, if I try to change driver in the GUI I just get an "X" pop up. However, now I have the latest driver. – mic Dec 03 '22 at 18:22