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    [Graphics] Install new Nvidia graphics drivers using commandline

    Hi,

    I'm having troubles manually installing the newest Nvidia drivers.

    How I do it:
    - downloading the .run file from the Nvidia site
    - Going into Console mode (Ctrl + Alt + F1)
    - running the drivers file
    - Install fails: Kernel module is still loaded

    So my assumption is that plasma is still running in the background and "preventing" the installation. Unfortunately I'm stuck because i couldn't find out how to kill the plasma task.

    PC specs:

    CPU: AMD ryzen 7
    GPU: Nvidia gtx 1050
    RAM: 16 GB
    KDE plasma version: 5.9.5
    Kubuntu version: Kubuntu 17.04 64bit
    Kernel version: 4.10.0-33-generic

    Thank you for your help
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    Most of us don't use the driver from the nVidia site as they require manual re-installation every time there is a kernel update. We use the drivers in one of the repositories. Using the Ubuntu supplied drivers and dkms packaging allows the update utility to auto-install the drivers to each new kernel as it's installed. If you use this PPA:

    https://launchpad.net/~graphics-driv...ive/ubuntu/ppa

    you'll get the latest driver within a week or two of nvidia releasing them and has the benefit of being packaged for us. Currently it supplies the same version that you have.

    However, if you insist on taking the hard road, the answer to your question is to kill the display manager - sddm. Try "sudo service sddm stop" before using the .run file.

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      Oschunluver: +1

      That's what I did and my nvidia-371 is working fantastic on this Acer-V771G. It has a mobo Intel HD3000 GPU which is the primary and the NVidia Gt 650M is the secondary. However, there is no setting in the BIOS to make the GT650M the primary GPU. No problem. The nvidia-371 driver makes it the primary during the install and my laptop is running the GT650M all the time.
      "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
      – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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        Thank you so much for your answers.

        I added now the ppa. By the time when I was writing the post the system drivers application unfortunately only gave me the 375.66 version.
        But with the ppa I'm getting newer drivers.
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