Nvidia isn't listed on graphics

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Hi, I'm having problems with my Nvidia graphic card.
I'm using Zorin OS 17 Core.
The problem is that the graphic isn't listed on graphics in settings and nvidia-msi throw NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
Also Nvidia Xserver settings isn't showing my graphic card.

  • The drivers are installed from the software update section.
  • Secure boot is disabled.
  • lspci command shows nvidia graphic card.
  • shw -C video also shows nvidia.
sudo lshw -C video
  *-display
       description: 3D controller
       product: GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: /dev/fb0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress cap_list fb
       configuration: depth=32 latency=0 mode=1920x1080 visual=truecolor xres=1920 yres=1080
       resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:610-60f memory:81000000-81ffffff memory:6000000000-60ffffffff memory:6100000000-6101ffffff ioport:4000(size=128) memory:82000000-8207ffff
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       logical name: /dev/fb0
       version: 01
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
       configuration: depth=32 driver=i915 latency=0 resolution=1920,1080
       resources: iomemory:610-60f iomemory:400-3ff irq:139 memory:6102000000-6102ffffff memory:4000000000-400fffffff ioport:5000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff memory:4010000000-4016ffffff memory:4020000000-40ffffffff

lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i "nvidia"
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile]
	Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau
02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Kingston Technology Company, Inc. Device 500c (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Kingston Technology Company, Inc. Device 500c

ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd000025A2sv00001462sd0000132Ebc03sc02i00
vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
model    : GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile]
driver   : nvidia-driver-550-open - third-party non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-545-open - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-550 - third-party non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-525-open - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-525-server - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-535 - distro non-free recommended
driver   : nvidia-driver-545 - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-525 - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-535-server - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-470 - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-535-server-open - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-470-server - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-535-open - distro non-free
driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin

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Thanks in advance.
Sorry for my English, I'm not native.

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In terminal, please run

sudo apt update && sudo apt install nvidia-driver-545

Or, for the 3050, you might prefer

sudo apt update && sudo apt install nvidia-driver-550

If you see no errors, reboot and test.
If you do see errors, please relay them here in this thread.

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Thank you so much! That fixed it.
I hope you have a nice day!

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