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NVIDIA 580.82.07 driver released for Linux, the new Recommended Driver
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So quick question were you able to get to a command line when the driver wasn't recognizing your GPU?
not even that... it was just a solid unblinking cursor underscore, no prompt, no response to any input. had to boot from a usb drive and refresh the OS
Dang, that's rough. So I have not a clue why it would be doing that on a simple driver update unless the driver got corrupted. I would try booting directly to the command line next time if it happens again, maybe try booting the recovery partition. Sounds like you'd be able to get a terminal there and then you can use apt purge to remove and reinstall and see if that helps.
I've had to do the apt purge route myself for a few failed updates myself, mostly odd little application updates, and that clears up the issues.
Good luck!