Installation of Dell T7600 CentOS 7.6 Nvidia GPU Driver Make sure that the Dell T7600 is attached to a network. Install OS if required: Boot USB CentOS 7.6 distribution Use arrow keys to position to ‘Install CentOS 7’ Enter <Tab> Use arrow keys to insert at the end of boot command line: <space>nouveau.modeset=0<cr> Build CentOS 7.6 making sure that the network is enabled during the configuration phase Reboot making sure that the USB CentOS 7.6 distribution is removed Common procedure: At CentOS boot prompt enter <e> Use arrow keys to insert at end of line starting ‘linux16’: <space>nouveau.modeset=0 Enter <Ctrl+X> Log in, start a terminal window and become superuser Enter: yum -y update kernel-3.10.0-1160.11.1.el7.x86_64 Enter: cd /etc/default then edit the file grub Change: GRUB_DEFAULT=0 Append to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX before last “: <space>nouveau.modeset=0 Enter: grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Enter: grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/centos/grub.cfg Enter Browser and go to: www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html Download Nvidia Legacy Driver 390.138 and save * Reboot making sure the 1160.11 kernel is selected Log in, start a terminal window and become superuser Enter: yum -y groupinstall “Development Tools” Enter: yum -y install kernel-devel epel-release Enter: systemctl isolate multi-user.target Log in and become superuser Change directory to where the Nvidia driver was saved * Enter: sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-* and answer Yes/Overwrite to everything Reboot making sure that the 1160.11 kernel is selected The procedure is now complete To check the driver is installed correctly: Log in, start a terminal window and become superuser Enter: lshw – numeric -C display The configuration line should have: driver=nvidia nvidia-settings can now be used to change display settings Mark -----Original Message----- From: CentOS <centos-bounces at centos.org> On Behalf Of Anthony K Sent: 01 May 2021 06:57 To: centos at centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] [Slightly OT] video driver for NVIDIA Quadro On 1/5/21 3:53 pm, Anthony K wrote: > On 29/4/21 11:55 pm, R C wrote: >> ... >> I was able to build/compile the drivers with >> NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.73.01.run on 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3.x86_64, it >> gave me a warning about pkcfg, but no other warnings/errors and seem >> to install, however, after booting it still didn't use that driver, >> but the nouveau one ... Dang it - formatting destroyed again... Thunderbird - The bane of email on Linux... One more attempt: Not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison as I'm on Ubuntu, but just to show that Nvidia still supports this card (I'm on the same laptop - m6700 - though lower powered GPU). I have enabled Optimus in the BIOS and also installed bumblee for Optimus [1] support. $ ubuntu-drivers devices == /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 == modalias : pci:v000010DEd000011BEsv00001028sd0000153Fbc03sc00i00 vendor : NVIDIA Corporation model : GK104GLM [Quadro K3000M] driver : nvidia-driver-390 - distro non-free recommended driver : nvidia-340 - distro non-free driver : nvidia-driver-418-server - distro non-free driver : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin $ dpkg -l nvidia* *bee*| awk '/^(Des|\| Sta!|\||\+)/{print}; /^ii/{print}' Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-================================-========================-========== +++==-=============================================== ii bumblebee 3.2.1-22 amd64 NVIDIA Optimus support for Linux ii nvidia-compute-utils-390 390.141-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities ii nvidia-dkms-390 390.141-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package ii nvidia-driver-390 390.141-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA driver metapackage ii nvidia-kernel-common-390 390.141-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module ii nvidia-kernel-source-390 390.141-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA kernel source package ii nvidia-prime 0.8.15.3~0.20.04.1 all Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime ii nvidia-settings 440.82-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver ii nvidia-utils-390 390.141-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA driver support binaries [1]: http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/linux-driver-software-support-for-m6700.696804/ _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com