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Today i installed a new "mobile" Ubuntu version on my new usb-stick. But I encountered several problems during the installation especially when it comes to graphics driver.

My system:

> i7-5820K
> gtx 1070
> 16gb ddr4 ram
> asrock x99 extreme4 motherboard
> sandisk extreme 3.0 64gb usb stick (~185mb write/~200mb read)

What did i do? And what happened?

  1. I downloaded the Ubuntu gnome 16.10 iso
  2. I installed it on a second usb stick (with rufus.exe)
  3. I booted from the usb stick
  4. I installed Ubuntu gnome on the first usb stick mentioned above (note: i did not select "install 3rd party software during the installation" and "install updates during installation")
  5. I booted my system from the usb stick
  6. Now I wanted to install the graphics driver for my gtx-1070. So I pressed the WIN key and typed in "Software & Update". After lunching the application I went to the tab "Additional drivers" -> clicked on the driver for my gtx-1070 -> and then on "apply".
  7. The drivers installed an I rebooted the system
  8. After starting the system again it left me with an loading screen that crashed after about two minutes
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So how did I fix my problems?

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+F1
  2. Log into the terminal
  3. Update the system apt-get update and apt-get upgrade and after that just to be sure update-grub
  4. Reboot the system
  5. Now do step 1 and 2 again
  6. Now remove all not working nvidia drivers apt-get purge nvidia-*
  7. Not lets add the repository with the drivers we need add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
  8. Now update again apt-get update
  9. Then install the actual driver apt-get install nvidia-375 (or instead of 375 the newest version of the driver)
  10. Reboot
  11. Still doesn't work?
  12. Do step 1 and 2 again
  13. Install lightdm instead of gdm3 by typing apt-get install lightdm
  14. Now you should be able to choose between lightdm and gdm3. Select lightdm and press OK
  15. Run update-grub and reboot again
  16. The first start will take a while (in my case about three minutes)

These were the steps that I did and they worked for me.

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