On 4/9/21 11:43 AM, Phil Perry wrote: > On 09/04/2021 16:40, R C wrote: >> >> On 4/9/21 9:24 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: >>> On 4/7/21 6:44 PM, R C wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> >>>> I am running Centos/RHEL 8 on a Dell precision M6800/6700 with a: >>>> NVIDIA >>>> Corporation GK104GLM [Quadro K3100M] >>>> >>>> >>>> Is there a driver for that one? or am I stuck with nouveaux ? >>>> >>> The kernel included in CentOS-8 (the last time I tested it), did not >>> properly build and run the proprietary NVIDIA drivers .. neither did the >>> same kernel in RHEL. >> >> I found out, trying to install the driver, the NVIDIA installer was >> complaining. (I was pointed to where the latest driver for it was, by >> Nvidia (which surprised me a bit that they were still maintaining it >> actually, at least it's the impression I have) >> > > The GK104GLM [Quadro K3100M] _should_ be supported by the latest NVIDIA > driver (currently v460.67) on el8. I say _should_ as I'm not 100% sure. > I'm assuming your device is as below (check the device IDs with 'pci -nn'): > > [10de:11b6] NVIDIA Corporation GK104GLM [Quadro K3100M] > > That device was previously listed as supported: > > https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/410.66/README/supportedchips.html > > > but I can't find it listed on the currently supported chipset's page, > hence my doubt: > > https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/460.67/README/supportedchips.html > > > I'd be interested to know which driver version NVIDIA pointed you towards? > >>> >>> What I did was shift my workstation install to the elrepo kernel-ml >>> kernels (you might want kernel-lt .. it is latest long term kernel). I >>> can then build the latest NVIDIA drivers for my graphics card and use >>> them. >>> >>> http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-ml >>> http://elrepo.org/tiki/kernel-lt >>> >>> I have no issues using the elrepo kernels .. those guys and gals are >>> outstanding. All the stuff they do is great. >>> >>> My card is a 1080ti .. so I have not tried building for Quadro 3100M .. >>> but if NVIDIA has a linux driver for that, then it should build using >>> the elrepo kernels. >>> >>> Phil Perry can tell us if the NVIDIA drivers they carry actually now >>> work for EL8 .. i stopped trying it after I switched kernels as they >>> don't carry drivers on elrepo for the kernel-ml or kernel-lt and I just >>> rebuild the official NVIDIA drivers manually after every kernel update. >> >> That was sort of my plan, to see and wait if things would work with >> later kernels. Fr now my desktop seems to be working ok-ish. When my >> desktop is up for over 10-12 hrs, there seem to be some flickering, >> windows that 'switch' focus etc, and at times the gnome desktop flat >> out crashes (the machine keeps running, but no gnome. >> > > Assuming it is supported by the latest v460.67 driver, and the above > omission is a mistake, ELRepo have a driver (kmod-nvidia) which should > work with the el8 distro kernel. > > As Johnny says above, if you use a different kernel, such as those from > elrepo, you will need to install the driver directly from NVIDIA. > Thanks Phil. I MIGHT try shifting back to the main CentOS kernel and see if they have fixed the issue I was having loading NVIDIA drivers. If I ever have any spare time on my hands :)