Why Does Nvidia Driver Download Fail

I've tried a few things like purging and reinstalling the driver or using an older one , with no luck. I've also tried downloading and running the .run driver from the nvidia website but it failed to install.

I had the same issue and a combination of these posts worked for me:

How to inspect the currently used Nvidia driver version and switch it to another alternative?

How do I know which NVIDIA driver I need?

I did the following:

apt-cache search nvidia | grep -P '^nvidia-(driver-)?[0-9]+\s'

This gave me a list of several drivers, so I went installing one by one, until I got to the right one;

sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-XXX

Why Does Nvidia Driver Download Fail

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After that, I could see my nVidia GPU in both hardinfo, dkms status and ubuntu-drivers devices (something I couldn't before).

However, nvidia-settings and nvidia-smi didn't work (which meant that the driver wasn't properly loaded).

DKMS should be installed automatically once you install the nvidia driver using Software&Updates or using apt. Installing the non-dkms driver version requires manual intervention. Please post the output of

dkms status

Otherwise, it might be that the nvidia driver is installed but not added to the initrd:

-mint-nvidia-driver-loads-with-startx-but-not-on-initial-startup/168262/2

I was having a similar issue on my debian machine. Whenever the kernel is updated, the nvidia driver fails to load. I created a script that automates the process of downloading the latest driver and installing it afterwards. You can find it here: GitHub - BdN3504/nvidia-driver-update

I do have secure boot enabled and have had with the nvidia drivers for quite some time so the key is properly loaded into bios and should have been included in the modules when they were built and installed.

My conclusion is that even though the system upgrade did build and install the kmod-nvidia package, it failed with corrupted modules that would not load or it failed to properly sign the modules so secure boot prevented loading the nvidia drivers.

I have a fresh install of 39 beta on a testing partition. Secure boot is off. X11 session. When the beta first came out, the newest Nvidia driver loaded fine, but at some point after an update (not sure if it was a ststem or Nvidia update), the drivers failed to load with the error message you mentioned. Downgrading to Nvidia 470 worked,

Unless you are using a gpu that was no longer supported when nvidia upgraded the drivers to the 495 (and newer) versions it seems strange that you should have needed to downgrade to the nvidia 470 driver.

True mostly.

However, if the user has the nvidia 470xx drivers installed it will not pull the updates to the nvidia drivers since the 470xx driver package is designed to not upgrade to the latest (currently 535).

Note that it seems mandatory when updating kernel and/or nvidia drivers that the user wait at least 3 to 5 minutes after the upgrade or install completes before performing a reboot. Without the delay the new driver modules may not be properly built and installed

Having trouble downloading graphics drivers with Nvidia GeForce Experience or its other tools? Have you tried installing the downloaded drivers only to find that they do not follow your directions? If so, you may not be able to fully utilize the powerful graphics card you've purchased for hundreds of dollars from Nvidia. Why does this happen?

Nvidia drivers fail to install due to interference from Windows security protection or an antivirus app protecting your device, using an outdated Nvidia GeForce client, downloading an incompatible driver that is not supported by your graphics card, having a physical connection issue, or having an outdated operating system.

Firstly, you should ensure that antivirus or Windows Defender doesn't interfere with the drivers' installation. Disabling them is the best way to accomplish this. Not sure how to disable Windows built-in security? Check out our guide on how to disable Windows Defender.

Your Nvidia drivers may also fail to install if you're trying to install incompatible drivers. Every graphics card requires a different driver. Hence, the Nvidia client will simply give up if the driver you are trying to install does not match your hardware.

The NVIDIA graphics driver on this PC is several versions out of date, so I went to upgrade it due to an unrelated issue. I went to the NVIDIA website, downloaded the 64-bit Windows 10 driver for the GT 720 GPU. I ran the installation as you normally would only to be met with the error "NVIDIA Installer Failed", and it told me the "Graphics Driver" failed to install.

This is the first thing I tried, I restarted the computer, waited a while, and then I ran the NVIDIA driver installer, I selected "Custom Install", and then I ticked the "Clean Install" checkbox. This failed in the same way as before. Note, I also tried "Run[ning the updater] As Administrator".

I opened Windows Update to check for updates, since this can often fix failed driver installs. It said there was a NVIDIA driver update available, so began the update process. This failed with the error "0x80070003". I tried again, it failed again.

From device manager, I right clicked on the GPU, and clicked "Update Driver Software", I opted to browse for driver files, with "Check subfolders" checked, and navigated to C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\368.39\ and clicked "OK". This failed with "Code 28".

After discussions with nVidia, this was confirmed to be both repeatable and a driver bug by a technical rep. A bug report was submitted, but unfortunately I was informed nVidia doesn't have a dedicated OpenCL dev team, so a timeline on a fix can't be provided.

The cuda-installer.log file contains the log of the CUDA installer. The CUDA installer calls the driver installer. The driver installer logs detailed information in the nvidia-installer.log file. Not all of this information is recorded in the cuda-installer.log file, so when the driver installer fails, its necessary to inspect that file to get the most detailed information about why the driver install failed.

Suggestion: It would be nice in the future if the descriptive information about errors from nvidia-installer.log would appear at the console output in case of installation failure, instead of error codes as it is now.

Wow, I made it. I had to download kernel source and some devel packages listed here, and then, after booting to runlevel 3 with nomodeset, creating a conf file to blacklist nouveau (which was excessive, since the newly generated initrd already contained one (the conf file was probably generated after installing x11-video-nvidiaG05)) (also, I had to install dkms before doing anything else, thought it would solve all problems) and installing the driver from nvidia repo everything works like a charm.

I got it to work by using the kernel parameter nvidia.NVreg_OpenRmEnableUnsupportedGpus=1.

Source: (K)Ubuntu 22.10 not booting (kernel OOPS) for driver >450 with eGPU - #3 by generix - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums

I have a similar problem. I found that the last supported kernel for the NVIDIA 340 driver is 5.4 (The installation of the NVIDIA display driver 340 fails in Kubuntu 20.10 - Ask Ubuntu) not 5.8.

Now to my question: What is better downgrading the kernel or running the nouveau driver (which runs ok for my purposes)?

There are always problems of NVIDIA installer failed when we install NVIDIA graphics driver on Windows 10, such as "The Standard NVIDIA Graphics Driver Is Not Compatible with This Version of Windows".

Recently, we find that it's easier to encounter NVIDIA installer failed problem on Windows Version 1507 (RTM) (OS build 10240). Users even fail to install Nvidia graphics drivers using the original installer package from Nvidia official site. Therefore, Driver Booster users may meet this problem as well when updating Nvidia graphics drivers. We still find that NVIDIA installer failed problem occurs on Windows Version 1803 (OS build 17134) and above.

Many factors can cause NVIDIA installer failed problem, while system incompatibility is one most important factor. Other main factors include: 1. the system is running a program related to Nvidia installer in the background; 2. Windows Update is working; 3. Incompatibility among different driver types.

Please check if there is any antivirus program installed on the system after Windows Update is completed. Antivirus programs can influence the installation of graphics drivers. So you should close antivirus programs before starting to fix Nvidia installer failed.

The installer failed problem occurs on Windows Version 1803 (OS build 17134) and above mainly because of the incompatibility between NVIDIA Standard driver and DCH driver. To learn more about FAQs of NVIDIA Standard and DCH driver, you can go to NVIDIA official site: _id/4777

When you run the Nvidia Installer it creates an extraction folder where it extracts all the driver files before it installs them on your computer. When the installation fails that extraction folder remains undeleted with all the driver files. You can use that folder to manually install Nvidia drivers by following the installation steps given below.

Thanks for the information.

Based on the codes, it looks like 384.81 is still installed (at least nvidia-settings) and still contains config files. I would recommend to purge all drivers, and reinstall the latest (or desired) one.

I have the exact same problem. The GPU worked fine a few days ago. I started the instance again today and `nvidia-smi` displays that same error. It's like the driver disappeared. Did you have any luck figuring out what happened?

Once you upgrade to Windows 10, Windows Update will try to download and install GPU drivers in the background. The whole process may take you 5 to 10 minutes. If you try installing the NVIDIA drivers during the process, you probably receive the NVIDIA installer failed error. 006ab0faaa