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How can I force install nvidia-driver-440 in Ubuntu 20.04.2

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I'm having problems uxing nvidia-driver-460 with my 2x GeForce 1080Ti cards with Ubuntu 20.04.2 (black screen after boot). It was fine with 440... How can I force install / downgrade to 440 and pin the version?

I tried to purge nvidia* and ran the below but 460 ended up being installed instead.

sudo apt install nvidia-driver-440

Now I've purged all Nvidia drivers and fell back onto default X.org drivers...

Thanks.

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answered 3 Years ago hical · Accepted Answer

I figured this out myself. Posting just in case if someone needs to do this... or for my future self...

I went here and downloaded the latest 450 driver.

Since I was using default X.org / Nouveau driver, Nvidia wouldn't let me install the driver by running the script, following here.

I then went to Additional Drivers and selected nvidia-drivers-390 in the menu. This worked, and I was able to boot with Nvidia driver without black screen.

I updated grub following this to boot into terminal mode.

I then ran the installation script for 450 to finally install the driver... After that, revert back to booting into X-windows directly. Reboot.

Finally back to where I was a few days ago, without black screens... As of this moment, I'll definitely wait for some version after 460.84 to try Ubuntu's default nvidia drivers...