I was trying to install the nvidia drivers - first time, everything went fine. I could access the nvidia-settings and switch graphic cards. But after a system update I now have lost access to nvidia-settings (throwing an error):
ERROR: NVIDIA driver is not loaded
ERROR: Unable to load info from any available system
So I tried to:
- Switch between driver versions & Nouveau
- Manually install nVidia drivers from site and block Nouveau drivers
- Remove everything and install again
For now I am at the point where I started, but I noticed that there is an error while trying to install nvidia-410 recommended drivers or dpkg-reconfigure them:
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/nvidia-dkms-410.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.15.0-38-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/410.73/build/make.log for more information.
What should I do now to make nvidia-settings working - or - simply switch my gpu permanently to nvidia?
UPDATE
Weird, but downgrading to nvidia version 390 works fine. Any version above is still unavailable for install
UPDATE 2
I cannot place the make.log content as it was removed with the driver. For anyone trying to downgrade their drivers, I followed these steps. Please note that in step eight I have chosen 390 nvidia drivers. Also, dpkg-reconfigure was used on nvidia-dkms and xservice-xorg but I can't tell if that was necessary. There is also a bug on launchpad, but with another version of drivers I guess.
