Ubuntu 16.04 doesn't seem to see my gtx 1060 gpu

Question

Hi :) I've recently bought a new PC with Palit GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Dual video card. Unfortunately, it seems like Ubuntu has some problems with it. When I type "sudo lshw -C display", I get this message:

 *-display UNCLAIMED
   description: VGA compatible controller
   product: NVIDIA Corporation
   vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
   physical id: 0
   bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
   version: a1
   width: 64 bits
   clock: 33MHz
   capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller cap_list
   configuration: latency=0
   resources: memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:e000(size=128) memory:f7000000-f707ffff

  *-display
   description: VGA compatible controller
   product: Sky Lake Integrated Graphics
   vendor: Intel Corporation
   physical id: 2
   bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
   version: 06
   width: 64 bits
   clock: 33MHz
   capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
   configuration: driver=i915_bpo latency=0
   resources: irq:124 memory:f5000000-f5ffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:f000(size=64)

and when I go to "Additional drivers", I get this: Unknown: Unknown. The device is using an alternative driver.

Solution

Disable Secure Boot in BIOS. With Secure Boot enabled proprietary drivers will never load. Then run in a terminal

sudo apt purge 'nvidia.*'
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nvidia-367 nvidia-prime

The 367 driver is a recommended by Nvidia LTS driver.

Comments

[oldfred]

You probably need the ppa for very newest drivers. askubuntu.com/questions/813676/…

[Jecke]

And how do I get this ppa? I've written: ubuntu-drivers devices ... ubuntu-drivers devices | grep recommended ... sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-* ... sudo ubuntu-drivers devices ... sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall ... ubuntu-drivers devices ... sudo apt-add-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa ... ubuntu-drivers devices just as they said in the post You linked to, but that didn't change anything (by anything, I mean I still get the same messages as I described in the question). Sorry, I'm a linux newbie.

[Jecke]

In "Software & Updates", I've change "Download from:" from "Poland server" to "Main server" and something new appeared: s17.postimg.org/a0ycqs4e5/… still, VGA compatible controller appears as UNCLAIMED

[Jecke]

But this is super old. Ubuntu 10 and gtx 560? I would think something could change for the last 5 years. I'll try to follow the answers anyway

[Jecke]

I tried following these instructions. I used sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa and sudo apt-get install nvidia-367 ...and now nothing works. System boots normally, but when the login screen shoul appear, everything goes black and monitor goes into sleep mode... I've discovered that using ctrl+alt+f1 brings up terminal, but that's all. I think that nothing graphics-related works...

[Jecke]

I managed to restore graphics by removing installed nvidia drivers. Now I'm at the beginning again...

[You'reAGitForNotUsingGit]

Have you ran sudo apt-get upgrade and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade?

[Jecke]

yes; that didn't change anything. I have downloaded heaven benchmark and on high settings I get full 5 fps. Nvidia still shows as unclaimed and the driver is "using X.org X server..."

[oldfred]

Others have just connected to Intel video on motherboard to boot and then installed nVidia driver as above. Then reconnected to nVidia card and had it worked.

[Jeremiah Peschka]

nvidia-370 should support that card. It supports my 1080.

[Pilot6]

Disable Secure Boot and install the driver (367 or 370) they both should work.

[Jecke]

@Pilot6 could you tell me, step by step, how I should do that? I think I managed to install 367 and 370 before, and all it did was to delete all graphics on my pc, but I didn't do it with secure boot disabled, so maybe that will help.

[Pilot6]

See the answer.

[Jecke]

What does nvidia-prime do? I heard it's for laptops?

[Jecke]

ok, I somehow managed to disable secure boot (deleted all "keys" under the "Secure boot" option). I installed the drivers and what happened is what have happened each time before - after turning on the PC, it goes completely black, monitor goes into the sleep mode and the only thing I can do is enter the terminal by ctrl+alt+f1. Everything goes back to normal after I purge 'nvidia.*

[Pilot6]

Deleting keys is wrong. You need to disable Secure Boot option.

[Pilot6]

If you can't disable in BIOS, use mokutil.

[Jecke]

I did finally manage to disable it . But still, the installation of the drivers led to the same thing that every other time - black screen, no graphics, only ctrl+alt+f1 working.

[Pilot6]

No ideas then. I am keeping the answer so other people can see what you already tried.

[Dane Powell]

I think nvidia-prime is a tool that lets you switch between installed GPUs. Not specific to laptops that I can tell. Source: askubuntu.com/questions/661922/…

[Pilot6]

This is a bad solution because you will get a black screen after the first kernel upgrade.