It seems that this bug is an old one, and a really persistent one, as has been reported by several users. It was also reported that the bug has been resolved in patch updates, but, somehow, I am still facing the same problem!

Machine: MSI GV62 7RD
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz × 8
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050/PCIe/SSE2
Operating System: Ubuntu 18.10
Kernel: 4.18.0-15-generic

Sorry about the limited details, but I am not Ubuntu expert (not a novice either).

I am filing this bug report as I was asked to file a new bug report.

Also, please note that I have already tried all the workarounds to this problem available on the internet (including disabling the Secure Boot from the BIOS as well completely purging and reinstalling the nvidia-driver-390), but nothing worked till now!

Expecting the Ubuntu team to resolve this soon.

With best regards,
Abbas.

Edit: Found the latest driver, but couldn't install it!

After looking at Nvidia's official website, I found out that the latest driver they have release is 410.93. After downloading the .run file, I proceeded as follows:

1. Purged all Nvidia packages, including nouveau, as well as xorg.


2. Made the .run file executable.


3. Stopped the gdm service.



4. Tried to install it. Got stuck here:
   




5. Reinstalled all the dependencies of the driver package, as described here.



6. Repeated steps 3 & 4. Got the same response.

The installer gets stuck at 5% infinitely until the terminal window is forcibly closed.

Any idea what's going on?

Details!

Every time I run the installer (.run file), I get this prompt:

The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! Are you sure you want to continue?

Does this hold any significance?

Found the culprit!

Although I had all the dependencies installed already, as mentioned earlier, something definitely wasn't right! With this thought, I rechecked each of the dependencies through the commands mentioned on the same page. What I found was glibc could not be found, even when I had the latest version installed. I researched the internet and found that I am not the first one facing this issue, and the NVIDIA driver is not the first package making this mistake.

Actually, the NVIDIA driver was looking for glibc in

/lib/

While it was installed in

/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

So, I solved the problem by creating a simlink, using the following command.

# ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so /lib/libc.so.6

This allowed the installation to proceed beyond the 5% mark (where it was stuck, as reported in my last update).

A bigger problem!

Well, the driver installation proceeds beyond the 5% mark, but this doesn't lead to a happy ending! The installer concludes with the following message:

ERROR! Unable to load the 'nvidia-drm' kernel module.
Installation Failed!

And..... I haven't been able to find a solution to this, yet!

Reply to heynnema's reply #2

I even tried the latest version (418.43) and that also fails with the exact same message.

A good news!

I think it must be reported that I do not see any pkcs #7 messages at the startup anymore. Though I am not sure which of my experiments cured it!

Another attempt

I even tried the latest NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-418.56.run.

I would also like to mention that I am trying to install the drivers in rescue.target in order to avoid any conflicts with the running applications.

This time, the ERROR: Unable to load the 'nvidia-drm' kernel module message was accompanied with a bit more detail.

[227.245253] CPU4: Core temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)

[227.245255] CPU4: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)

[227.245258] CPU6: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)

[227.245260] CPU5: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)

[227.245260] CPU1: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)

[227.245261] CPU2: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)

[227.245262] CPU7: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)

[227.245263] CPU3: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)

[227.245264] CPU0: Package temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled (total events = 1)

It would be really great if someone could help me with this NVIDIA driver installation!

Best Regards,
Abbas.