Ubuntu Server 22.04 Installing Nvidia drivers for an older card

I'm trying to setup Nvidia drivers on my headless ubuntu server box for my GeForce 9800 GT but I'm obviously missing something and need assistance.

I've tried following this guide https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/nvidia-drivers-installation but was stuck instantly as neither sudo ubuntu-drivers list --gpgpu or sudo ubuntu-drivers devices is returning any output.

Other guides https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-linux-install-nvidia-driver-latest-proprietary-driver/ suggested installing the nvidia-driver-550nvidia-dkms-550 packages and rebooting, which I did without success.

My understanding is that I would need the matching kernel module (nvidia-kernel-common-550-server) as well as the correct driver version (nvidia-driver-550-server) which are both installed. I rebooted several times just to be sure without any luck so far.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

$ sudo lshw -C display  *-display UNCLAIMED              description: VGA compatible controller       product: G92 [GeForce 9800 GT]       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation       physical id: 0       bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0       version: a2       width: 64 bits       clock: 33MHz       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list       configuration: latency=0       resources: memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f4000000-f5ffffff ioport:d000(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff  *-graphics       product: VESA VGA       physical id: 1       logical name: /dev/fb0       capabilities: fb       configuration: depth=32 resolution=640,480

$ uname -r5.15.0-113-generic

$ dkms statusnvidia-srv/550.90.07, 5.15.0-113-generic, x86_64: installed

$ nvidia-smiNVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

$ lspci | grep -i nvidia05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] (rev a2)

$ dpkg -l | grep nvidiaii  libnvidia-cfg1-550-server:amd64        550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration libraryii  libnvidia-common-550-server            550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA librariesrc  libnvidia-compute-390:amd64            390.157-0ubuntu0.22.04.2                    amd64        NVIDIA libcompute packagerc  libnvidia-compute-525:amd64            525.147.05-0ubuntu2.22.04.1                 amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package (transitional package)rc  libnvidia-compute-535:amd64            535.183.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                 amd64        NVIDIA libcompute packagerc  libnvidia-compute-550:amd64            550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA libcompute packageii  libnvidia-compute-550-server:amd64     550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA libcompute packageii  libnvidia-container-tools              1.15.0-1                                    amd64        NVIDIA container runtime library (command-line tools)ii  libnvidia-container1:amd64             1.15.0-1                                    amd64        NVIDIA container runtime libraryii  libnvidia-decode-550-server:amd64      550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime librariesii  libnvidia-encode-550-server:amd64      550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVENC Video Encoding runtime libraryii  libnvidia-extra-550-server:amd64       550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        Extra libraries for the NVIDIA Server Driverii  libnvidia-fbc1-550-server:amd64        550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime libraryii  libnvidia-gl-550-server:amd64          550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICDrc  nvidia-compute-utils-390               390.157-0ubuntu0.22.04.2                    amd64        NVIDIA compute utilitiesrc  nvidia-compute-utils-550               550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA compute utilitiesii  nvidia-compute-utils-550-server        550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA compute utilitiesii  nvidia-container-toolkit               1.15.0-1                                    amd64        NVIDIA Container toolkitii  nvidia-container-toolkit-base          1.15.0-1                                    amd64        NVIDIA Container Toolkit Baserc  nvidia-dkms-390                        390.157-0ubuntu0.22.04.2                    amd64        NVIDIA DKMS packagerc  nvidia-dkms-535                        535.183.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                 amd64        NVIDIA DKMS packagerc  nvidia-dkms-550                        550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA DKMS packageii  nvidia-dkms-550-server                 550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA DKMS packageii  nvidia-driver-550-server               550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA Server Driver metapackageii  nvidia-firmware-550-server-550.90.07   550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        Firmware files used by the kernel modulerc  nvidia-kernel-common-390               390.157-0ubuntu0.22.04.2                    amd64        Shared files used with the kernel modulerc  nvidia-kernel-common-525               525.147.05-0ubuntu2.22.04.1                 amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module (transitional package)rc  nvidia-kernel-common-535               535.183.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                 amd64        Shared files used with the kernel modulerc  nvidia-kernel-common-550               550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        Shared files used with the kernel moduleii  nvidia-kernel-common-550-server        550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        Shared files used with the kernel moduleii  nvidia-kernel-source-550-server        550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA kernel source packageii  nvidia-prime                           0.8.17.1                                    all          Tools to enable NVIDIA's Primeii  nvidia-settings                        510.47.03-0ubuntu1                          amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driverii  nvidia-utils-550-server                550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA Server Driver support binariesii  screen-resolution-extra                0.18.2                                      all          Extension for the nvidia-settings control panelii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-550-server   550.90.07-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                  amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

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