Problem after installing Nvida driver

[YellowPages]

Hello,

When installing nvidia-driver-390 everything becomse super big and then linux runs in software rendering mode and keeps crashing and reloading. Goes away once I uninstall the driver. I have a gtx 970.

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System:
  Host: rasmus-All-Series Kernel: 4.15.0-45-generic x86_64 bits: 64 
  compiler: gcc v: 7.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.0.9 
  Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Z97-A v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2401 date: 04/24/2015 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4790K bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Haswell rev: 3 L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 63995 
  Speed: 2492 MHz min/max: 800/4400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2401 2: 2402 
  3: 2404 4: 2396 5: 2404 6: 2401 7: 2402 8: 2400 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nouveau 
  v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: nouveau 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: NV124 v: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.2 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-45-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
  port: f040 bus ID: 00:19.0 
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.90 TiB used: 17.32 GiB (0.6%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST3000DM001-1ER166 size: 2.73 TiB 
  temp: 32 C 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37120G size: 111.79 GiB 
  temp: 27 C 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Extreme size: 58.43 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 109.04 GiB used: 17.32 GiB (15.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nouveau temp: 32 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 gpu: nouveau fan: 807 
Info:
  Processes: 248 Uptime: 28m Memory: 15.61 GiB used: 1.70 GiB (10.9%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.19 
  inxi: 3.0.27 

[Pjotr]

Try the nvidia-410 (long-lived branch) by means of the reputable graphics-drivers PPA:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... a.html#ID1
(item 1)

If the nvidia-410 doesn't work well enough, try the nvidia-415.

[YellowPages]

Try the nvidia-410 (long-lived branch) by means of the reputable graphics-drivers PPA:
https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... a.html#ID1
(item 1)

If the nvidia-410 doesn't work well enough, try the nvidia-415.

Hi,

Thank you for helping. I installed 410, however, the issue still occurs where everything is big, and cinnamon crashes and put in render mode. I also tried 415, but same there.

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System:
  Host: rasmus-All-Series Kernel: 4.15.0-45-generic x86_64 bits: 64 
  compiler: gcc v: 7.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.0.9 
  Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Z97-A v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2401 date: 04/24/2015 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-4790K bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Haswell rev: 3 L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 64004 
  Speed: 2402 MHz min/max: 800/4400 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2402 2: 2400 
  3: 2400 4: 2397 5: 2403 6: 2401 7: 2401 8: 2400 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] vendor: ZOTAC driver: N/A 
  bus ID: 01:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: fbdev,nouveau 
  unloaded: modesetting,vesa resolution: 1024x768~76Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 7.0 256 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.2 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-45-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
  port: f040 bus ID: 00:19.0 
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.84 TiB used: 17.77 GiB (0.6%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST3000DM001-1ER166 size: 2.73 TiB 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37120G size: 111.79 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 109.04 GiB used: 17.76 GiB (16.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Info:
  Processes: 248 Uptime: 4m Memory: 15.61 GiB used: 1.23 GiB (7.9%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.19 
  inxi: 3.0.27 

[Pjotr]

If it's a desktop: with what kind of cable did you connect your display to your computer?

[YellowPages]

If it's a desktop: with what kind of cable did you connect your display to your computer?

It appears that my graphics card has given up sadly. Started getting more issues after this. It wouldn't let me boot up the PC at all, nor into bios as long as my HDMI or display port we're connected to the graphics card, and everything was pixels. Everything worked once I plugged into the CPU and removed the graphics card.

Sorry for wasting your time!

[Pjotr]

That's OK. Thanks for reporting the cause!