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Run update commands
Code Block language java theme Emacs yum -y update && yum -y upgrade
Note (1/8/19): At this time, it will take me to '3.10.0-957.1.3.el7.x86_64' on my next reboot.
Note (8/12/19): If coming from an update, it will take me to a release just prior to latest until you update 'kernel-devel'Reboot system
Code Block language java theme Emacs reboot
Install this
Code Block language java theme Emacs yum install kernel-devel epel-release # I selected 'GNOME Display' with 'Development tools' during the CentOS installation. If you did not select 'Development tools', use the next command yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
Add 'nouveau.modeset=0' at the end of 'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=' in the default GRUB
Code Block language java theme Emacs nano /etc/default/grub GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)" GRUB_DEFAULT=saved GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet nouveau.modeset=0" GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
Apply GRUB configuration changes
Code Block language java theme Emacs grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/centos/grub.cfg
Reboot system, again...
Code Block language java theme Emacs reboot
Download NVIDIA driver '.run' file from NVIDIA's website into root directory
Code Block language java theme Emacs wget NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64* [make sure you obtain the correct one for your system..., do not blindly copy this] chmod +x NVIDIA*
Use 'init 3' to disable Xorg server
Code Block language java theme Emacs init 3
Run NVIDIA driver '.run' file
Code Block language java theme Emacs ./NVIDIA* # 'Yes' to install NVIDIA's 32-bit compatibility libraries # 1st option, or 'do not install' or 'continue', when it complained about 'an incomplete installation of libglvnd was found' # 'no' to running the 'nvidia-xconfig utility'.
Validate NVIDIA driver installation using 'nvidia-smi'
Code Block language java theme Emacs [root@localhost ~]# nvidia-smi Tue Jan 8 19:37:28 2019 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 410.93 Driver Version: 410.93 CUDA Version: 10.0 | |-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | |===============================+======================+======================| | 0 GeForce GTX 108... Off | 00000000:17:00.0 Off | N/A | | 14% 40C P0 54W / 250W | 0MiB / 11178MiB | 4% Default | +-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Processes: GPU Memory | | GPU PID Type Process name Usage | |=============================================================================| | No running processes found | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Note: If it does not see the NVIDIA devices, you may need to reboot the system.
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