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Got Ubuntu 16.04, bought a MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X, connected it to PCI, lights on, but actually I dont know how to install and use it.

Last time I installed the Cuda package, I ended up in a login loop and had to reinstall Ubuntu.

The CD that came with the GPU seems to contain only Win-Drivers. Has anyone the same or pretty similar GPU and can tell me how to install or where is a tutorial for this?

Thank you.

PortWein
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  1. Add the Official Graphic Cards PPA

     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
 sudo apt-get update

  2. Check which Nvidia Driver Version is the latest: Go to https://www.geforce.com/drivers and pick your GPU, check which one is the non-beta. Today the version is 390.

  3. Leave the X server: Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 it should give you a black screen asking you to log in. After logging in, shut down the x-server with

     sudo service lightdm stop

  4. Install your Nvidia Driver

     sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-390

  5. Reboot your PC

     sudo reboot
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Seraf
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After I ran 

sudo apt-get install nvidia-390

before 

sudo service lightdm stop

in the UNIX-terminal, I ended up in some kind of messy loop. So I purged nvidia-390 with

apt-get remove --purge nvidia-390

Then I opened tty1 (Ctrl+Alt+F1), ran the 2 commands again and rebooted.

Any more adjustments to make?

PortWein
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