Instructions for Ubuntu 14.04

1) Update necessary packages used for Ubuntu

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8. Run this command as root user, just do it...

service lightdm stop

or

systemctl stop lightdm.service

If Ubuntu 16.04, it is 'service lightdm stop' instead

9. Install NVIDIA driver

./NV *tab key to fill in rest*

Re-installing drivers (Ubuntu 16.x)

1. Download '.run' driver from NVIDIA site, or use '.run' driver in '/home' folder

2. Exit GUI and stop all NVIDIA-related services; perform the following commands in text/console mode

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   ##To stop the GUI, used command: systemctl stop lightdm

   
   

3. Run '.run' file as root

Re-installing drivers (If using NVIDIA-docker) (Ubuntu 16.x)

1. Download '.run' driver from NVIDIA site, or use '.run' driver in '/home' folder

2. Exit GUI and stop all NVIDIA-related services; perform the following commands in text/console mode

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   ##To stop the GUI, used command: systemctl stop lightdm ##To stop the docker digits, use: docker stop <docker ID>

   
   

3. Run '.run' file as root

Example of looking Docker container ID

##Use command 'docker ps -a' to list docker IDs

spc@u09292017001:~$ docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                 COMMAND              CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                              NAMES
4ddbe2048db6        nvidia/digits         "python -m digits"   10 minutes ago      Up 10 minutes       0.0.0.0:5000->5000/tcp, 6006/tcp   digits-640594574-0
1d070d81dbcb        portainer/portainer   "/portainer"         11 minutes ago      Up 11 minutes       0.0.0.0:9000->9000/tcp             portainer-304854449-0
spc@u09292017001:~$

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