Linux Nvidia Driver
From Leo's Notes
Last edited on 1 September 2022, at 06:12.
Manually Patching
On new kernels, the Nvidia driver will probably need to be patched even if it is the most recent driver.
To extract and apply a patch on the proprietary Nvidia drivers:
# ./nvidia.run -x
# cd NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.66
# patch -p1 -i ../linux-4.11.patch
## Run the installer like you normally would on the nvidia driver blob
# ./nvidia-installer
Looking at the advanced settings in the blob, there is a --apply-patch parameter which takes in a patch as well, but this only creates a custom .run file rather than applying the patch and then doing the install.
To make an updated version of the self-run .run file after applying the patch manually:
## Continuing from the steps above
# sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.66/makeself.sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.66 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.66.run "Patched for 4.11.0" ./nvidia-installer
Adding files to archive named "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.66.run"...
...
CRC: 3953819085
MD5: bbcb938a38cb7475bbbc55ff616d33cb
Self-extractible archive "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-375.66.run" successfully created.
If you get this error:
ERROR: this .run file is intended for the
Unknown-Unknown platform, but you appear to be
running on Linux-x86_64. Aborting installation.
You need to edit the makeself.sh script so that the platform and architecture is "Linux" and "x86_64".
Silent Install
./nvidia.run \
--no-x-check \
--silent \
--no-nouveau-check \
--disable-nouveau \
--run-nvidia-xconfig \
--opengl-headers \
--install-libglvnd \
--dkms -k `uname -r`
Patches