NVIDIA : Install Graphic Driver2024/06/21

	If your Computer has NVIDIA Graphic cards, Install NVIDIA Graphic Driver to improve Graphics related performance.
[1]	Disable [nouveau] driver that is loaded by default as generic graphic driver.

root@dlp:~#

lsmod | grep nouveau

nouveau              3096576  0
mxm_wmi                12288  1 nouveau
drm_gpuvm              45056  1 nouveau
drm_exec               16384  2 drm_gpuvm,nouveau
gpu_sched              61440  1 nouveau
drm_display_helper    253952  1 nouveau
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 nouveau
video                  73728  1 nouveau
wmi                    32768  3 video,mxm_wmi,nouveau
drm_ttm_helper         12288  3 bochs,drm_vram_helper,nouveau
ttm                   114688  3 drm_vram_helper,drm_ttm_helper,nouveau

root@dlp:~#

vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf

# add to last line (create new if it does not exist)

blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

root@dlp:~#

update-initramfs -u

root@dlp:~#

reboot

[2]	NVIDIA Driver is provided on Ubuntu official repository. Before installing, make sure the Driver Version for your Graphic Card on NVIDIA official site below. ⇒ https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en

# confirm the cards on your computer

root@dlp:~#

lspci | grep VGA

00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Device 1234:1111 (rev 02)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060] (rev a1)

# install the driver for your card

root@dlp:~#

apt -y install nvidia-driver-550-server

# verify installation to show Graphic cards' status

root@dlp:~#

nvidia-smi

Fri Jun 21 01:53:00 2024
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 550.90.07              Driver Version: 550.90.07      CUDA Version: 12.4     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060        Off |   00000000:05:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| 30%   40C    P0             35W /  170W |       1MiB /  12288MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                              GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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