I am having issues with installing nvidia drivers. I need them to be active on my laptop. Every attempt ends with black screen on boot up and need to revert to nouveau drivers. Here are some details from my machine:
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inxi -b
System:
Host: xyz-mint Kernel: 5.4.0-52-generic x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Cinnamon 4.6.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20 Ulyana
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20J60014MD v: ThinkPad T470p
serial: <superuser/root required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 20J60014MD v: SDK0J4xxx WIN
serial: <superuser/root required> UEFI: LENOVO v: R0FET53W (1.33 )
date: 07/17/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 60.7 Wh condition: 62.1/71.3 Wh (87%)
CPU:
Quad Core: Intel Core i7-7700HQ type: MT MCP speed: 3441 MHz
min/max: 800/3800 MHz
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] driver: nouveau v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1600x900~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V driver: e1000e
Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 42.11 GiB (8.8%)
Info:
Processes: 273 Uptime: N/A Memory: 31.11 GiB used: 1.79 GiB (5.7%)
Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.38