Insert

blacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
alias nouveau off
alias lbm-nouveau off

into

etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

and reboot, before installing the NVidia driver. Worked for me on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

16.04 How To

Insert

blacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
alias nouveau off
alias lbm-nouveau off

into

etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

and reboot, before installing the NVidia driver. Worked for me on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

You can also try to insert

blacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
alias nouveau off
alias lbm-nouveau off

into

etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

and reboot, before installing the NVidia driver. Worked for me on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Insert

blacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
alias nouveau off
alias lbm-nouveau off

into

etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

and reboot, before installing the NVidia driver. Worked for me on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.