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I know there are a ton of nvidia driver-related questions, but I tried everything I could find and none worked.

I am using an ASUS ROG GL752VW, core i7 6700HQ, nvidia GTX 960M 4GB GDDR5. I first installed Windows 10 and left ~200GB for my linux OS.

  1. Created Ubuntu 14.04 Live-USB with rufus
  2. Tried to boot from the live USB. Did not work, had to enable nomodeset from the advanced boot options, because it stuck at Starting CUPS printing spooler/server [ OK ] (solution from here.
  3. After successfully installed, tried installing the drivers apt-get install nvidia-current
    • After reboot, stuck in a login loop (after inserting correct password, screen would go back to login)
    • Uninstalled the drivers apt-get remove --purge nvidia-*
  4. Tried add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa and installing the newer drivers (latest is 378)
    • Again, same thing happened
    • Uninstalled them once again
  5. Tried this, this, this and this. Nothing worked, same issue.
  6. Tried several different drivers (304, 170, 358, 367, 285 and more), with no result.

I also had a GTX 950M laptop and it was working perfectly with nvidia-367 driver.

Could it be a problem with the actual card? If so, has anyone managed to get it working on an UNIX system?

Thanks in advance.

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  • Disable Secure Boot in BIOS. – Pilot6 Mar 05 '17 at 17:37
  • Secure Boot was already disabled, I checked that before installing. – Alex Mar 05 '17 at 17:37
  • What is your linux architecture? x64 or x86? What linux specificaly are you trying to use? As far as I can see on nvidia site, your GPU is supported only on x86 architecture. Take a look at NVIDIA drivers operating systems list currently supporting your GPU here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en. As far as I remember I had issues installing Ubuntu on my PC next to Windows. I can't recall what I did to resolve it but I think I checked what specific version of Ubuntu is supporting NVIDIA drivers and it turned out that Ubuntu 15.04 worked for me. – jedi Mar 05 '17 at 17:57
  • You installed the wrong drivers. `nvidia-current` install an old extended support driver which is NOT compatible with brand new(ish) hardware like the GTX960M. Also, why 14.04? For your hardware 16.04 or 16.10 has much better support. @jedi - Please delete your comment. It's wrong, misleading and you shouldn't be using outdated releases let alone recommend it. –  Mar 05 '17 at 18:53
  • @jedi I am using Ubuntu 14.04 x64. As I just checked the nvidia website, the driver 375.39 for Linux x64 supports GTX 960M. – Alex Mar 05 '17 at 19:01
  • sudo apt-get cache search nvidia-* Install the latest available. @CelticWarrior, I did not say I recommend using outdated version of Ubuntu. Take it easy, boy. I just gave an example. What's wrong and missleading in my comment in your opinion? – jedi Mar 05 '17 at 19:07
  • @CelticWarrior I initially used nvidia-current as it was the first instruction I came up to. But after it did not work, I also tried newer drivers, including the supposedly supported 375. I originally wanted to install openai gym, and I read some posts about how it has some problems running on 16.04 / 16.10. I will try to do a dist-upgrade and then try installing the drivers again. But as I read on several posts, it will most likely fail to solve this problem. – Alex Mar 05 '17 at 19:10
  • @jedi As I said in the OP, I tried installing the latest (which is 378), without any success. – Alex Mar 05 '17 at 19:11
  • @jedi 32-bit or 64-bit makes no difference; it may for very old drivers that had 32bit versions only. NOT the case here. GTX960M work with the following versions only: 361, 367, 370, 375 and 378. It's THAT simple. Nowe compare this with your ramblings above. Do you still think is helpful and not misleading? If so you need a serious reality check. –  Mar 05 '17 at 19:14
  • @Alex The question now is *how* have you installed all those versions and whether or not you purged the installed version before trying a new one. –  Mar 05 '17 at 19:15
  • @CelticWarrior I did `apt-get remove --purge nvidia*` before installing any new version, then used `apt-get install nvidia-`. – Alex Mar 05 '17 at 19:35
  • Really? Aren't you forgetting about the PPA you added (newer versions aren't available at the repositories for 14.04)? So, which one? –  Mar 05 '17 at 19:40

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