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| author | Munyoki Kilyungi | 2025-09-01 15:05:27 +0300 |
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| committer | Pjotr Prins | 2026-01-05 11:12:10 +0100 |
| commit | 591e2c5a0173273c87500afa4298a4e3f871ac25 (patch) | |
| tree | baa1c26094e3acda0e49875116888ec1246a5675 /topics/systems/linux | |
| parent | 9fc32f0b5ebdd2bd9ee622f779fc064513da19c4 (diff) | |
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Add topic on setting up nvidia drivers.
Signed-off-by: Munyoki Kilyungi <me@bonfacemunyoki.com>
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diff --git a/topics/systems/linux/adding-nvidia-drivers-penguin2.gmi b/topics/systems/linux/adding-nvidia-drivers-penguin2.gmi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5d0fb26 --- /dev/null +++ b/topics/systems/linux/adding-nvidia-drivers-penguin2.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +# GPU Graphics Driver Set-Up + +Tux02 has the Tesla K80 (GK210GL) GPU. For machine learning, we want the official proprietary NVIDIA drivers. + +## Installation + +* Debian 12 moved NVIDIA driver into the non-free-firmware repo. Add the following to "/etc/apt/sources.list" and run "sudo apt update": + +``` +deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware +``` + +* Make sure the correct kernel headers are installed: + +``` +sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r) +``` + +* Install "nvidia-tesla-470-driver"⁰ (The NVIDIA line-up of programmable "Tesla" devices, used primarily for simulations and large-scale calculations, also require separate driver packages to function correctly compared to the consumer-grade GeForce GPUs that are instead targeted for desktop and gaming usage)¹: + +``` +sudo apt install nvidia-tesla-470-driver nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs +``` + +* Black list nouveau since it conflicts with NVIDIA's driver, and regenerate the initramfs "sudo update-initramfs -u": + +``` +echo "blacklist nouveau" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf +echo "options nouveau modeset=0" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf +``` + +* Reboot and test the nvidia drivers: + +``` +sudo reboot +nvidia-smi + +# optional if you want to use nvidia-cuda-toolkit +sudo apt install nvidia-cuda-dev nvidia-cuda-toolkit +``` + +## References + +=> ⁰ https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/470.129.06/README/supportedchips.html Nvidia 470.129.06 Supported Chipsets. +=> ¹ https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Tesla_Drivers Debian Tesla Drivers. +=> ² https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers/Configuration NVIDIA Proprietary Driver: Configuration. |