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title: Disable Nouveau driver and install NVIDIA cuda driver on Ubuntu Linux
tags: [NVIDIA]

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tags: NVIDIA
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# Disable Nouveau driver and install NVIDIA cuda driver on Ubuntu Linux
###### tags: NVIDIA

## HW Equipment 
Hardware System: Leveno Legion y530 15ich
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, kernel 5.8.0
GPU: NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1050

## SOP
download .run installing driver file at: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

gcc must be installed
```javascript=
sudo apt get install gcc
```
create a file: 
```javascript=
$ sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
```

in blacklist-nouveau.conf
```javascript=
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
```
save the file and exit

final: 
```javascript=
$ sudo update-initramfs -u
$ sudo reboot
```
After restarting, we can use the following command to confirm whether Nouveau has stopped working:
```javascript=
lsmod | grep nouveau
```
If nothing is printed, then congratulations! You have disabled Nouveau's kernel driver. Now we can try again to see if we can install Nvidia's official driver!

make it excutable 
```javascript=
$ chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03.run //make it executable
```
installing nvidia driver
```javascript=
$ ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03.run //name of file may be different, depends on the version which you download from
```

in .run, there're some warnings, just choose continue installing item and finish the installing procedure

and

```javascript=
$ reboot
```

after reboot, press nvidia-smi to see the driver is OK or not

```javascript=
$ nvidia-smi
```
**This pic is Just of Reference:**
![](https://i.imgur.com/BNon8Xv.png)
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## source: 
1. https://clay-atlas.com/blog/2020/02/11/linux-chinese-note-nvidia-driver-nouveau-kernel/
2. https://askubuntu.com/questions/841876/how-to-disable-nouveau-kernel-driver