So I’m getting really annoyed with bricking my Ubuntu install trying to install Nvidia drivers. I downloaded the Nvidia 415.xx driver (latest one) and when I try and install it I just end up at a purple screen and Ubuntu never boots. I tried doing it via the additional drivers thing but that’s an older version. Also that older version gives me the same issue. After I reboot my PC Linux tries to boot but gets stuck. I don’t even see the boot loader menu pop up.
Additionally, I believe there is a flag you can set in grub called ‘nomodeset’ that will prevent drivers from loading if your trying to troubleshoot driver related issues.