Ubuntu Server 20.04 - nvidia Quadro Drivers

[Mad Professor]

Good day all.

I am looking for some help and advice with regarding to the correct way to install the nvidia quadro drivers on Ubuntu Server 20.04.

I have a Whitebox server that I run lancache and Plex Media Server on.
Today I fitted an nvidia Quadro P600 to help plex with the transcoding.

I used "Ubuntu-drivers autoinstall" to install the drivers, but now the server keeps locking up and need a hard power cycle before I can get back into it.

This was on a clean install of Ubuntu Server 20.04, with Open-SSH and Docker added during the install.
curl, git, docker-compose, ubuntu-drivers-common, was installed via apt

I don't know if the locking up is hardware or software related, but I am pointing more towards software/drivers as the server did not start locking up until the drivers where installed.

I have tinkered with linux on and off over the years, but I am nothing more than a basic user.

Thanks for your time.
Best Regards.

 

[Cromulent]

Get the official drivers direct from Nvidia. There should be an Nvidia PPA available somewhere with the official Quadro drivers. Don't use the ones that come with Ubuntu.