ubuntu 18.10 installer fails for GeForce GTX 1050 when updating driver while installing

[Christians]

18.10 64 bit Ubuntu installer creates an unusable system that freezes within a minute, or freezes instantly upon starting any graphics intensive applications like Firefox or gnome-activities.
I have a GeForce GTX 1050.

How to reproduce:

* Install image, while enabling updates and third party software.
* Graphics freezes as described above and in https://askubuntu.com/questions/1105037/18-10-new-install-freezes-with-intel-pipe-update-end-i915-atomic-update-fail
* The system freezes even in recovery mode, where the text is overwritten and garbled quickly.

How to work around:

* During install disable network and disable any update of drivers and software.
* Upon restart the graphics will freeze again, but recovery options do work this time.
* Plug in LAN cable, start in recovery mode, enable networking, then drop into root.

    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
    sudo apt install nvidia-driver-390

    see https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-linux-install-nvidia-driver-latest-proprietary-driver/

Now graphics will work. I then switched to using the NVIDIA driver using "Software & Updates".

[Christians (script-vollbio)]

It seems my issue is described here

https://itsfoss.com/fix-ubuntu-freezing/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=boot_issue_with_nvidia_manjaro_linux_install_vs_codes_open_source_version_and_more&utm_term=2019-04-10