Thanks, but I am not sure if that can still be helpful for the analysis, because in the meantime I got the nvidia drivers running properly. What finally got me there was these commands: ubuntu-drivers devices ubuntu-drivers autoinstall apt install nvidia-dkms-510 update-initramfs -k all -u and a reboot. it could be that the first two are not needed when properly selecting the nvidia drivers in the GUI drivers tool, but it appears to me the dkms part is missing in the GUI tool just as in the CLI version, and without that the drivers are not running for me. here's the debug output: $ ubuntu-drivers debug === log messages from detection === DEBUG:root:Skipping check for rtl8812au-dkms since it does not depend on video abi DEBUG:root:Skipping check for open-vm-tools-desktop since it does not depend on video abi DEBUG:root:Skipping check for rtl8821ce-dkms since it does not depend on video abi DEBUG:root:Skipping check for bcmwl-kernel-source since it does not depend on video abi DEBUG:root:Skipping check for oem-qemu-meta since it does not depend on video abi DEBUG:root:_get_db_name: output ID_PCI_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Display controller ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=VGA compatible controller ID_PCI_INTERFACE_FROM_DATABASE=VGA controller ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=NVIDIA Corporation ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] DEBUG:root:_get_db_name(/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0, pci:v000010DEd00001F91sv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00): vendor "NVIDIA Corporation", model "TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]" DEBUG:root:_get_db_name: output ID_PCI_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Display controller ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=VGA compatible controller ID_PCI_INTERFACE_FROM_DATABASE=VGA controller ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=NVIDIA Corporation ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] DEBUG:root:_get_db_name(/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0, pci:v000010DEd00001F91sv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00): vendor "NVIDIA Corporation", model "TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]" DEBUG:root:_get_db_name: output ID_PCI_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Display controller ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=VGA compatible controller ID_PCI_INTERFACE_FROM_DATABASE=VGA controller ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=NVIDIA Corporation ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] DEBUG:root:_get_db_name(/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0, pci:v000010DEd00001F91sv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00): vendor "NVIDIA Corporation", model "TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]" DEBUG:root:_get_db_name: output ID_PCI_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Display controller ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=VGA compatible controller ID_PCI_INTERFACE_FROM_DATABASE=VGA controller ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=NVIDIA Corporation ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] DEBUG:root:_get_db_name(/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0, pci:v000010DEd00001F91sv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00): vendor "NVIDIA Corporation", model "TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]" DEBUG:root:_get_db_name: output ID_PCI_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Display controller ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=VGA compatible controller ID_PCI_INTERFACE_FROM_DATABASE=VGA controller ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=NVIDIA Corporation ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] DEBUG:root:_get_db_name(/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0, pci:v000010DEd00001F91sv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00): vendor "NVIDIA Corporation", model "TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]" DEBUG:root:_get_db_name: output ID_PCI_CLASS_FROM_DATABASE=Display controller ID_PCI_SUBCLASS_FROM_DATABASE=VGA compatible controller ID_PCI_INTERFACE_FROM_DATABASE=VGA controller ID_VENDOR_FROM_DATABASE=NVIDIA Corporation ID_MODEL_FROM_DATABASE=TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] DEBUG:root:_get_db_name(/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0, pci:v000010DEd00001F91sv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00): vendor "NVIDIA Corporation", model "TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]" DEBUG:root:Skipping check for rtl8812au-dkms since it does not depend on video abi DEBUG:root:Skipping check for open-vm-tools-desktop since it does not depend on video abi DEBUG:root:Skipping check for rtl8821ce-dkms since it does not depend on video abi DEBUG:root:Skipping check for bcmwl-kernel-source since it does not depend on video abi DEBUG:root:Skipping check for oem-qemu-meta since it does not depend on video abi DEBUG:root:Loading custom detection plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/arm-gles.py DEBUG:root:plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/arm-gles.py return value: None DEBUG:root:Loading custom detection plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/sl-modem.py DEBUG:root:plugin /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/detect/sl-modem.py return value: None === modaliases in the system === acpi:PNP0C14: wmi:86CCFD48-205E-4A77-9C48-2021CBEDE341 acpi:PNP0C0D: platform:thinkpad_hwmon platform:eisa wmi:85D2E869-365A-4ACE-A4D3-CD692B1698A0 wmi:8F4D3679-749E-4479-9B16-C62601FD25F0 platform:microcode platform:snd-soc-dummy platform:intel_rapl_msr platform:Fixed MDIO bus acpi:USBC000:PNP0CA0: wmi:7364651A-132F-4FE7-ADAA-40C6C7EE2E3B wmi:51F5230E-9677-46CD-A1CF-C0B23EE34DB7 wmi:7EEF04FF-4328-447C-B5BB-D449925D538D wmi:74F1EBB6-927A-4C7D-95DF-698E21E80EB5 wmi:6A4B54EF-A5ED-4D33-9455-B0D9B48DF4B3 wmi:2651D9FD-911C-4B69-B94E-D0DED5963BD7 wmi:98479A64-33F5-4E33-A707-8E251EBBC3A1 wmi:8ADB159E-1E32-455C-BC93-308A7ED98246 acpi:ACPI000C: platform:rtc-efi wmi:05901221-D566-11D1-B2F0-00A0C9062910 wmi:A6FEA33E-DABF-46F5-BFC8-460D961BEC9F wmi:2BC49DEF-7B15-4F05-8BB7-EE37B9547C0B platform:thinkpad_acpi input:b0019v17AAp5054e4101-e0,1,4,5,k71,72,73,78,8C,8E,90,94,98,9C,9E,AB,AD,BE,BF,C2,CD,D4,D9,E0,E1,E3,E4,EC,ED,EE,F0,174,176,1BC,1BD,1BE,1D2,1DB,1DC,1E5,246,250,27A,ram4,lsfw3, platform:coretemp platform:regulatory acpi:PNP0C0E: platform:efivars wmi:7FF47003-3B6C-4E5E-A227-E979824A85D1 wmi:7430019A-DCE9-4548-BAB0-9FDE0935CAFF wmi:FCB424F1-075A-4E0E-BFC4-62F3E71771FA wmi:E2BE5EE3-42DA-49DB-8378-1F5247388202 input:b0011v0001p0001eAB54-e0,1,4,11,14,k71,72,73,74,75,76,77,79,7A,7B,7C,7D,7E,7F,80,8C,8E,8F,9B,9C,9D,9E,9F,A3,A4,A5,A6,AC,AD,B7,B8,B9,D9,E2,ram4,l0,1,2,sfw serio:ty01pr00id00ex00 acpi:INT3400: wmi:1F13AB7F-6220-4210-8F8E-8BB5E71EE969 platform:pcspkr platform:vboxdrv pci:v000017A0d00009755sv000017AAsd000022A8bc08sc05i01 pci:v00008086d00001911sv000017AAsd000022A8bc08sc80i00 pci:v00008086d0000A30Esv000017AAsd000022A8bc06sc01i00 acpi:PNP0C09: acpi:INT3403: acpi:PNP0C0A: acpi:ACPI0003: acpi:LEN0100: acpi:LEN0268: acpi:PNP0800: acpi:PNP0103: acpi:PNP0C04: pci:v00008086d000015ECsv000017AAsd0000229Fbc0Csc03i30 usb:v1D6Bp0002d0517dc09dsc00dp01ic09isc00ip00in00 usb:v05E3p0626d0654dc09dsc00dp03ic09isc00ip00in00 usb:v1D6Bp0003d0517dc09dsc00dp03ic09isc00ip00in00 pci:v000010DEd00001F91sv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00 pci:v000010DEd000010FAsv000017AAsd0000229Fbc04sc03i00 hdaudio:v10DE0094r00100100a01 input:b0000v0000p0000e0000-e0,5,kramlsfw6,8, acpi:INT3450: pci:v00008086d00001903sv000017AAsd000022A8bc11sc80i00 pci:v00008086d0000A360sv000017AAsd000022A8bc07sc80i00 mei::4d448e0e-51d3-4d3a-88b0-710c3519bae0:00: mei::3c4852d6-d47b-4f46-b05e-b5edc1aa440e:01: mei::dba4d603-d7ed-4931-8823-17ad585705d5:01: mei::05b79a6f-4628-4d7f-899d-a91514cb32ab:02: mei::082ee5a7-7c25-470a-9643-0c06f0466ea1:00: mei::bb875e12-cb58-4d14-ae93-8566183c66c7:01: mei::42b3ce2f-bd9f-485a-96ae-26406230b1ff:01: mei::309dcde8-ccb1-4062-8f78-600115a34327:01: mei::55213584-9a29-4916-badf-0fb7ed682aeb:01: mei::8e6a6715-9abc-4043-88ef-9e39c6f63e0f:01: mei::8c2f4425-77d6-4755-aca3-891fdbc66a58:01: mei::cea154ea-8ff5-4f94-9290-0bb7355a34db:00: mei::fbf6fcf1-96cf-4e2e-a6a6-1bab8cbe36b1:01: mei::b638ab7e-94e2-4ea2-a552-d1c54b627f04:01: mei::f908627d-13bf-4a04-b91f-a64e9245323d:01: mei::12f80028-b4b7-4b2d-aca8-46e0ff65814c:01: mei::5565a099-7fe2-45c1-a22b-d7e9dfea9a2e:01: pci:v0000C0A9d00005407sv0000C0A9sd00000100bc01sc08i02 pci:v00008086d0000A324sv000017AAsd000022A8bc0Csc80i00 pci:v00008086d0000A328sv000017AAsd000022A8bc07sc80i00 platform:idma64 platform:dw-apb-uart pci:v00008086d00002723sv00008086sd00000080bc02sc80i00 pci:v00008086d0000A348sv000017AAsd000022A0bc04sc03i80 hdaudio:v14F11F86r00100100a01 input:b0000v0000p0000e0000-e0,5,kramlsfw2, input:b0000v0000p0000e0000-e0,5,kramlsfw4, pci:v00008086d00003E20sv000017AAsd000022A8bc06sc00i00 pci:v00008086d0000A379sv000017AAsd000022A8bc11sc80i00 pci:v00008086d0000A368sv000017AAsd000022A8bc0Csc80i00 pci:v0000144Dd0000A808sv0000144Dsd0000A801bc01sc08i02 pci:v00008086d0000A36Fsv000017AAsd000022A8bc05sc00i00 pci:v00008086d000015BBsv000017AAsd0000229Fbc02sc00i00 pci:v00008086d00003E9Bsv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00 pci:v00008086d0000A36Dsv000017AAsd000022A8bc0Csc03i30 usb:v06CBp00BDd0000dcFFdsc10dpFFicFFisc00ip00in00 usb:v8087p0029d0001dcE0dsc01dp01icE0isc01ip01in00 usb:v8087p0029d0001dcE0dsc01dp01icE0isc01ip01in01 usb:v05E3p0610d0654dc09dsc00dp01ic09isc00ip00in00 usb:v17EFp6009d0122dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc01ip01in00 hid:b0003g0000v000017EFp00006009 input:b0003v17EFp6009e0110-e0,1,4,11,14,k71,72,73,74,75,77,79,7A,7B,7C,7D,7E,7F,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,8A,8C,8E,96,98,9E,9F,A1,A3,A4,A5,A6,AD,B0,B1,B2,B3,B4,B7,B8,B9,BA,BB,BC,BD,BE,BF,C0,C1,C2,F0,ram4,l0,1,2,sfw usb:v17EFp6009d0122dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc00ip00in01 input:b0003v17EFp6009e0110-e0,1,2,4,11,k71,72,73,74,8A,8B,8E,8F,90,94,98,A3,A4,A5,A6,AE,BE,BF,CD,D4,E0,E1,E3,EC,EE,110,111,112,117,11B,11D,11E,174,1B6,r0,1,am4,l7,sfw usb:v046DpC52Bd2411dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc01ip02in01 hid:b0003g0001v0000046Dp0000C52B usb:v046DpC52Bd2411dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc00ip00in02 hid:b0003g0102v0000046Dp00004096 input:b0003v046Dp4096e0111-e0,1,2,4,k110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,11A,11B,11C,11D,11E,11F,r0,1,6,8,B,C,am4,lsfw usb:v046DpC52Bd2411dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc01ip01in00 usb:v056Ap51A0d0003dc00dsc00dp00ic03isc00ip00in00 hid:b0003g0101v0000056Ap000051A0 input:b0003v056Ap51A0e0111-e0,1,3,4,k140,141,14A,14B,14C,ra0,1,18,1A,1B,28,m0,lsfw input:b0003v056Ap51A0e0111-e0,1,3,k14A,ra0,1,2F,35,36,39,mlsfw usb:v13D3p56BAd6905dcEFdsc02dp01ic0Eisc02ip01in03 usb:v13D3p56BAd6905dcEFdsc02dp01ic0Eisc02ip01in01 usb:v13D3p56BAd6905dcEFdsc02dp01ic0Eisc01ip01in02 input:b0003v13D3p56BAe6905-e0,1,kD4,ramlsfw usb:v13D3p56BAd6905dcEFdsc02dp01ic0Eisc01ip01in00 usb:v058Fp9540d0120dc00dsc00dp00ic0Bisc00ip00in00 pci:v00008086d0000A323sv000017AAsd000022A8bc0Csc05i00 platform:iTCO_wdt i2c:rmi4_smbus serio:ty05pr00id00ex00 input:b0011v0002p000Ae0000-e0,1,2,k110,111,112,r0,1,amlsfw input:b001Dv06CBp0000e0000-e0,1,3,k110,145,14A,14D,14E,14F,ra0,1,18,2F,30,31,34,35,36,37,39,3A,mlsfw i2c:ee1004 cpu:type:x86,ven0000fam0006mod009E:feature:,0000,0001,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,000B,000C,000D,000E,000F,0010,0011,0013,0015,0016,0017,0018,0019,001A,001B,001C,001D,001F,002B,0034,003A,003B,003D,0068,006A,006B,006C,006D,006F,0070,0072,0074,0075,0076,0078,0079,007C,0080,0081,0082,0083,0084,0085,0086,0087,0088,0089,008B,008C,008D,008E,008F,0091,0093,0094,0095,0096,0097,0098,0099,009A,009B,009C,009D,009E,00C0,00C5,00C8,00E1,00E3,00E7,00F0,00F1,00F3,00F5,00F9,00FA,00FB,00FE,00FF,0100,0101,0102,0103,0104,0111,0120,0121,0123,0125,0127,0128,0129,012A,012D,012E,0132,0133,0134,0137,0139,0140,0141,0142,0143,0164,0165,01C0,01C1,01C2,01C4,01C5,01C6,01C7,01C8,01C9,01CA,01CD,0249,024A,024B,025A,025B,025C,025D,025F dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrN2OET55W(1.42):bd12/06/2021:br1.42:efr1.23:svnLENOVO:pn20QV00CEGE:pvrThinkPadX1Extreme2nd:rvnLENOVO:rn20QV00CEGE:rvrSDK0T08861WIN:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone:skuLENOVO_MT_20QV_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPadX1Extreme2nd: acpi:LNXSYSTM: acpi:LNXSYBUS: acpi:LNXCPU: acpi:INT3394:PNP0C02: input:b0019v0000p0005e0000-e0,5,kramlsfw0, acpi:NTC0702:MSFT0101: input:b0019v0000p0003e0000-e0,1,k8E,ramlsfw acpi:PNP0A08:PNP0A03: acpi:LEN0402:PNP0F13: acpi:INT3F0D:PNP0C02: acpi:PNP0C02: acpi:PNP0B00: acpi:PNP0100: acpi:PNP0000: acpi:LEN0071:PNP0303: acpi:LNXPOWER: input:b0019v0000p0006e0000-e0,1,kE0,E1,E3,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,ramlsfw acpi:PRP00001:PNP0A05: acpi:PNP0C01: input:b0019v0000p0001e0000-e0,1,k74,ramlsfw === matching driver packages === nvidia-driver-470: installed: available: 470.103.01-0ubuntu2 [distro] non-free modalias: pci:v000010DEd00001F91sv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00 path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation model: TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] support level: LTSB nvidia-driver-450-server: installed: available: 450.172.01-0ubuntu3 [distro] non-free modalias: pci:v000010DEd00001F91sv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00 path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation model: TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] support level: LTSB nvidia-driver-510-server: installed: available: 510.47.03-0ubuntu3 [distro] non-free modalias: pci:v000010DEd00001F91sv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00 path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation model: TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] support level: PB nvidia-driver-418-server: installed: available: 418.226.00-0ubuntu4 [distro] non-free modalias: pci:v000010DEd00001F91sv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00 path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation model: TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] support level: LTSB nvidia-driver-470-server: installed: available: 470.103.01-0ubuntu2 [distro] non-free modalias: pci:v000010DEd00001F91sv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00 path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation model: TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] support level: LTSB nvidia-driver-510: installed: 510.60.02-0ubuntu1 available: 510.60.02-0ubuntu1 (auto-install) [distro] non-free modalias: pci:v000010DEd00001F91sv000017AAsd000022A8bc03sc00i00 path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 vendor: NVIDIA Corporation model: TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] support level: PB On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 4:25 PM Sebastien Bacher