I tried with 5.12 but did not worked for me. To support the latest driver, kernel version 5.8 is not enough. Make sure your installed version matches this version.įor Me, the correct one was 460.84 instead of 460.80. I installed the version of nvidia-driver 460.80 which was the latest version Ubuntu 20.04 provides and it seems that it is not supported by kernel version 5.8 which comes with Ubuntu 20.04.įirst of all check which driver version is supported for your system from Nvidia official website. In my case, when I was installing the driver from Software & Updates(Additional Drivers Tab). How to install Nvidia driver for RTX 30 series.

It will show a terminal with root access. Run ubuntu from advance Options in recovery mode. Once Stuck on the black screen or logo screen. Nomodeset option does not work to run Ubuntu in most cases and is only useful to bypass loading the video driver.

Disable Secure boot from BIOS settings(ESC key)(Required step).ĭisable fast boot from BIOS (Not required).

Following are my observations for a successful installation.

Ubuntu 20.04 nvidia driver