Deep learning: Nvidia graphics card driver installation

guide

This article will introduce how to Ubuntuinstall the graphics card driver on the system.

1. Download the driver

Driver download ^[1]

Open the driver download link above, select the corresponding configuration according to your graphics card model, as shown in the figure below, and click Search.

download

After searching, click the download case below to download.

2. Install dependencies

sudo apt-get install libprotobuf-dev libleveldb-dev libsnappy-dev libopencv-dev libhdf5-serial-dev protobuf-compiler
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libboost-all-dev
sudo apt-get install libopenblas-dev liblapack-dev libatlas-base-dev
sudo apt-get install libgflags-dev libgoogle-glog-dev liblmdb-dev

If the installation fails, first perform pip3the upgrade update, and then repeat the above operations.

sudo apt-get install python3-pip

Update upgrade pip3:

sudo pip3 install --upgrade pip

3. Disable system default graphics driver

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
 
# 在文件末尾写入
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
 
# 保存后手动更新；
sudo update-initramfs -u
 
# 电脑重启，输入下列指令进行确认，若无输出，则禁用成功：
lsmod | grep nouveau

4. Configure environment variables

gedit command to open the configuration file

sudo gedit ~/.bashrc

write at the end

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

save updates

source ~/.bashrc

5. Uninstall the original driver

sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia*
sudo apt autoremove

6. Exit the GUI

Press and hold ctrl+alt+F1 (1-6 can be) to enter x-server

sudo service lightdm stop

If prompted unit lightdm.service not loaded

You need to install LightDm:

sudo apt install lightdm

After the installation is complete, an interface pops up, select lightdm, and then sudo service lightdm stop.

7. Install the driver

sudo chmod +x NVIDIA-……………….run*
sudo sh NVIDIA-……………….run* --no-opengl-files --no-x-check --no-nouveau-check 

# –no-opengl-files 不安装OpenGL文件
# –no-x-check 安装驱动时不检查X服务，非必需。
# –no-nouveau-check 安装驱动时不检查nouveau，此参数非必需，因为之前已经手动禁用了nouveau。

The options during installation are as follows:

1.The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! Are you sure you want to continue? 

“Yes”

2.Would you like to register the kernel module souces with DKMS? This will allow DKMS to automatically build a new module, if you install a different kernel later?

“No”

3.Nvidia’s 32-bit compatibility libraries?

“No”

4.Would you like to run the nvidia-xconfigutility to automatically update your x configuration so that the NVIDIA x driver will be used when you restart x? Any pre-existing x confile will be backed up. 

“Yes”

Mount the NVIDIA driver:

modprobe nvidia

Return to the graphical interface or restart the computer directly

sudo service lightdm start            #回到图形界面
sudo reboot now                       #重启

terminal input command

sudo nvidia-smi

References

[1]

Driver download: https://www.nvidia.cn/Download/index.aspx?lang=cn

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