Nvidia drivers installed but not detected

...$ sudo lshw -c display

*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GP108 [GeForce GT 1030]
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:39 memory:fb000000-fbffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:e0000000-e1ffffff ioport:f000(size=128) memory:fc000000-fc07ffff

NB...

Latency SHOULD BE 0....secure boot is DISABLED...

....~$ mokutil --sb-state
SecureBoot disabled

....~$ lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia_uvm 1212416 0
nvidia_drm 69632 3
nvidia_modeset 1200128 1 nvidia_drm
nvidia 35487744 2 nvidia_uvm,nvidia_modeset
drm_kms_helper 307200 1 nvidia_drm
drm 618496 7 drm_kms_helper,nvidia,nvidia_drm

Follows steps here...

....[HOW TO] Install the latest Nvidia driver on Zorin OS 16 & Pop! OS 21.04

BTW this is useless...as specify somewhere else...

sudo bash -c "echo options nouveau modeset=0 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"

Blacklisting nouveau driver is enough..I did it anyway

....~$ sudo bash -c "echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
....~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
....blacklist nouveau
....options nouveau modeset=0

But Zorin Panel (Setting) shows llvmpipe activated for graphics...

So...nvidia is installed..loaded..but not used....

Any idea somebody ?

I have a 1030 Nvidia Card (a Zotac card). I can't stand nvidia drivers as they always caused problems for me in Zorin 15. I use Nouveau and am happy with what it does. If however you are a gamer, then you may need the nVidia drivers. harvey337 recently posted some interesting material on graphics drivers which I did not know about - perhaps wait for him to respond.

Thanks. I was always happy with nvidia cards and drivers in the past (Ubuntu 20.04, POP-OS) and I was expecting them to work like a charm....

In a near future the nvidia drivers will be incorporated into the kernel as recently Nvidia has gone Open Source. When? I don't know. I guess a lot of work is needed.

Finally i solved the problem and saw a vast speed improvement. I am talking about terminal programs using gpu..such as Kitty..(I am using it) or image display. Open source drivers are not doing as well as nvidia drivers.

I did...

dkms was already installed.
build-essential libglvnd-dev pkg-config were already installed.

systemctl set-default multi-user.target (for next reboot with only a console)
reboot
login with userid and password (NO graphic..)
sudo apt remove --purge ^nvidia-.*
sudo apt autoremove
cd to my home download directory
file.name.of.nvidia.software.run as downloaded before is here an example, your mileage can change..
chmod +x for file.name.of.nvidia.software.run downloaded previously from nvidia site
sudo ./file.name.of.nvidia.software.run
reply yes
sudo -h
systemctl set-default graphical.target
reboot

It works...

Setting..about..shows nvidia is now active. nvidia application is also installed.

Thanks anyway

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