- Intel i7-6850K @ 3.60GHz
- GTX 1070
- Fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04
Note - did not encrypt home directory or xda drive
- No packages installed yet
- Enter Desktop after standard boot of Ubuntu - not in safe mode or TTY space - just standard desktop
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sudo apt-get remove nvidia* -
sudo apt-get autoremove -
sudo apt-get update -
sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic vim -
sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.confand add the following lines:blacklist nouveau blacklist lbm-nouveau options nouveau modeset=0 alias nouveau off alias lbm-nouveau off -
echo options nouveau modeset=0 | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-kms.conf -
sudo update-initramfs -u -
cd ~/Downloads/ -
wget us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/384.90/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.90.run -
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.90.run -
reboot -
Once rebooted, go into TTY1 (
CTRL+ALT+F1) and login -
In root directory:
mv ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.90.run ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.90.run -
sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm stop -
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.90.run(select yes to everything) -
Once finished
reboot -
To test run:
nvidia-smi- should show:NVIDIA-SMI 384.90at the top
Sources: AllAboutLinux.eu
Hi! Thank you for writing this. I found it very helpful while troubleshooting driver issues with my GTX 1070 during a Ubuntu 16.04.7 install. This Gist page was the 3rd result on Google when I searched ubunutu 16.04 driver for gtx 1070 ti just now.
Just wanted to point out that there's a small error in the markdown formatting which is causing removal of the line breaks within step 5. I created a modified fork which has whitespace inserted to ensure proper parsing by GitHub. Feel free to use it if you want to update this!