install/8_disable_nvidia_card.md

Disable the nvidia 'nouveau driver'

see

https://askubuntu.com/questions/841876/how-to-disable-nouveau-kernel-driver

just do:

According to the NVIDIA developer zone: Create a file

nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf

with the following contents:

blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

Regenerate the kernel initramfs:

sudo update-initramfs -u

and finally: reboot

shutdown -r now

Read more at: http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html#ixzz4rQODN0jy