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* Minor editorial and trademark/branding changes.

Signed-off-by: DougTW <doug.martin@intel.com>

* Fixed file directive. Made grammatical change suggested by puneetse.

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* Fixed heading markup requested by mvincerx.

Signed-off-by: DougTW <doug.martin@intel.com>
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.. _nvidia:
Install NVIDIA Drivers
######################
Install NVIDIA\* Drivers
########################
NVIDIA is a manufacture of graphics processing units (GPU), also known as
NVIDIA manufactures graphics processing units (GPU), also known as
graphics cards.
NVIDIA devices on Linux have two popular device driver options: the opensource
drivers from the `nouveau project`_ or the proprietary drivers published by
NVIDIA. The nouveau drivers are built into the |CL-ATTR| kernel and are loaded
automatically at system boot if a compatible card is detected.
NVIDIA devices on Linux\* have two popular device driver options: the
opensource drivers from the `nouveau project`_ or the proprietary drivers
published by NVIDIA. The nouveau drivers are built into the |CL-ATTR|
kernel and are loaded automatically at system boot if a compatible card
is detected.
These instructions show how to use the proprietary NVIDIA drivers which
These instructions show how to use the proprietary NVIDIA drivers, which
require a manual installation.
.. warning::
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ Prerequisites
*************
* A |CL| system with a desktop installed
* A NVIDIA device installed
* An NVIDIA device installed
Install DKMS
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ Disable the nouveau Driver
==========================
The proprietary NVIDIA driver is incompatible with the nouveau driver and
needs to be disabled before installation can continue.
must be disabled before installation can continue.
#. Disable the nouveau driver by creating a blacklist file under
:file:`/etc/modprobe.d` and reboot.
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ needs to be disabled before installation can continue.
#. Reboot the system and log back in. It is normal for the graphical
environment to not start with no NVIDIA driver loaded.
environment not to start without the NVIDIA driver loaded.
@@ -119,11 +120,11 @@ Configure Alternative Software Paths
The NVIDIA installer will be directed to install files under
:file:`/opt/nvidia` as much as possible to keep its contents isolated from the
rest of the |CL| system files under :file:`/usr`. The dynamic linker and X
server will need to be configured to use the content under
server must be configured to use the content under
:file:`/opt/nvidia`.
#. Configure the dynamic linker to look for and cache shared libraries under
#. Configure the dynamic linker to look for and to cache shared libraries under
:file:`/opt/nvidia/lib` and :file:`/opt/nvidia/lib32` in addition to the
default paths.
@@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ Install the NVIDIA Drivers
is loaded. Return to the working terminal and log back in if necessary.
#. Validate the nvidia kernel modules are loaded.
#. Confirm that the NVIDIA kernel modules are loaded.
.. code-block:: bash
@@ -233,10 +234,10 @@ Updating the NVIDIA drivers follows the same steps as initial installation,
however the desktop environment must first be stopped so that the drivers are
not in use.
#. Follow the steps in `Download the NVIDIA Drivers for Linux`_ section to get
the latest NVIDIA drivers.
#. Follow the steps in the `Download the NVIDIA Drivers for Linux`_ section
to get the latest NVIDIA drivers.
#. Temporarily set the default boot target to the *multi-user* which is
#. Temporarily set the default boot target to the *multi-user*, which is
a non-graphical runtime.
.. code-block:: bash
@@ -245,9 +246,9 @@ not in use.
#. Reboot the system and log back in. It is normal for the graphical
environment to not start.
environment not to start.
#. Follow the steps in `Install the NVIDIA Drivers`_ section to update
#. Follow the steps in the `Install the NVIDIA Drivers`_ section to update
the NVIDIA drivers. This installation will overwrite the previous NVIDIA
drivers and files.
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ not in use.
#. Reboot the system and log back in.
#. Trigger a flatpak update which will download the runtime corresponding
with the new NVIDIA drivers for flatpak apps requiring it.
with the new NVIDIA drivers for the flatpak apps that require it.
.. code-block:: bash
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ Uninstalling the NVIDIA Drivers
*******************************
The NVIDIA drivers and associated software can be uninstalled and nouveau
driver restored by:
driver restored with the instructions in this section.
#. Remove the :file:`modprobe.d` file that prevents nouveau from loading.
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ driver restored by:
sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/disable-nouveau.conf
#. Remove the :file`xorg.conf.d` file that adds a search path for X modules.
#. Remove the :file:`xorg.conf.d` file that adds a search path for X modules.
.. code:: bash