NVIDIA seems have some trouble displaying the configuration

The window looks blank:


jari@ENVY-17:/var/log$ more nvidia-installer.log
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Sat Apr 4 22:09:30 2020
installer version: 440.64

PATH: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/u
sr/local/games:/snap/bin

nvidia-installer command line:
./nvidia-installer

Unable to load: nvidia-installer ncurses v6 user interface

Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface
-> Detected 8 CPUs online; setting concurrency level to 8.
-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 440.64.
-> Running distribution scripts
executing: '/usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install'...
-> done.
-> The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! Are you sure you want to continue? (Answer: Abort installation)
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.
log' for details. You may find suggestions on fixing installation problems in t
he README available on the Linux driver download page at http://www.nvidia.com.

Personally, I never use the nvidia drivers - they cause more issues than they solve (for me any how).

Agreed, and Linus Torvalds also agrees.

jari@ENVY-17:~$ psensor
[2020-04-05T05:38:28] [ERR] nvctrl: Failed to retrieve NVIDIA information.

I'd advise you switch to Nouveau and chill.

I agree. Use the Noveau drivers. In some cases, with very old computers, Nvidia drivers give superior performance, but those are a small minority.

Can I install the driver file: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.82.run in this Zorin OS 15.2?
Ref:
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverR ... 9360/en-us