Reinstall nvidia gpu driver on Ubuntu system

1. Uninstall the original driver

sudo apt remove *cuda*
sudo apt remove *nvidia*
sudo /usr/bin/nvidia-uninstall
sudo dpkg -l | grep ^rc | cut -d' ' -f3 | sudo xargs dpkg --purge
sudo rm -rf ~/.cuda-license-*
sudo apt purge nvidia-cuda-toolkit
sudo apt remove nvidia-driver-*
sudo apt purge nvidia-*

2. Disable nouveau driver

Modify /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf, it is best to add the following code

blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

Execute the command sudo update-initramfs -u
after restarting lsmod | grep nouveau. If no display is displayed, the disablement is successful.

3. Download and install the driver

download

sudo wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/11.7.0/local_installers/cuda_11.7.0_515.43.04_linux.run

Install

sudo sh cuda_11.7.0_515.43.04_linux.run
Enter acceptto confirm

and select InstallInstall

Check

nvcc -V

nvidia-smi

other

Docker runs specified runtime=nvidia and reports an error
unknown or invalid runtime name: nvidia

Possible Causes

Not Installednvidia-container-runtime

solution

Perform installation nvidia-container-runtime
sudo apt install nvidia-container-runtime
Modify/etc/docker/daemon.json

{
    
    
    "registry-mirrors": [
        "https://docker.mirrors.ustc.edu.cn",
        "https://hub-mirror.c.163.com",
        "https://registry.docker-cn.com"
    ],
    "runtimes": {
    
    
        "nvidia": {
    
    
            "args": [],
            "path": "nvidia-container-runtime"
        }
    }
}

Restart docker

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart docker