- sudo vim /etc/default/grub # to change “quiet splash” to “quiet nosplash”
- sudo update-grub
- reboot
- (Press ESC)
- Select ubuntu recovery mode, enable networking, then root terminal.
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers (if you haven’t already)
- sudo apt purge nvidia* (if you tried installing already)
- sudo apt install nvidia-418 (nvidia-430 doesn’t work with lightdm yet)
- You may need to sudo systemctl stop lightdm
- nvidia-smi (check your version is correct)