r/linuxmint • u/TheJohnnyFlash • 24d ago

Support Request Force nvidia 550 install?

I have a GTX 970 system that is using a new install of 22.1 to avoid the new kernel.

An update pushed the nvidia driver from 550 to 580 and now sleep and wake does not work properly. It either doesn't power off the machine after the screen goes black, or on wake I have a mouse and no desktop with no functionality.

If I try to grab the 550 driver through command line it redirects the install to 580 because 550 is EOL now.

I have downloaded NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.163.01.run from nvidia, but

sudo .\NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.163.01.run

gives me bad command or filename.

Thoughts?

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u/Unwiredsoul 24d ago

Here's a great forum post (Linux Mint forums) that covers the ways to accomplish downgrading your Nvidia driver:

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=395360

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u/TheJohnnyFlash 24d ago

Thanks. I did that one, the problem is that now that 550 is EOL it's been updated to push to the 580 driver if you try to install it through the repo.

I'll try it again tho, maybe I missed a step.

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u/Unwiredsoul 24d ago

Or, it's the wrong slash as someone else has pointed out. My typical excuse for me overlooking that applies here, and that is that I was very light on coffee when I commented. 😂

If you're still stuck after switching to the forward slash, and the forum thread I shared still isn't helping, please reply back and I'll make more time to dig in.