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== Disable Nouveau == | |||
Nouveau is a default kernel driver on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal for opensource display driver. To avoid potential confliction or issues with [[NVIDIA driver|Nvidia driver]], GPGPU system needs to disable nouveau.<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | |||
#Step 1, Blacklist Nvidia nouveau driver | |||
$sudo bash -c "echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf" | |||
$sudo bash -c "echo options nouveau modeset=0 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf" | |||
#Step 2, Confirm the content of blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf | |||
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf | |||
blacklist nouveau | |||
options nouveau modeset=0 | |||
#Step 3, update kernel initramfs | |||
$sudo update-initramfs -u | |||
#Step 4, Rebooting the system | |||
$sudo reboot | |||
#Step 5, check there is no more nouveau module, should no result from following command | |||
$lsmod | grep -i nouveau | |||
</syntaxhighlight>We can also remove nouveau package from the Ubuntu system<syntaxhighlight lang="bash"> | |||
#check nouveau package | |||
dpkg -l | grep -i nouveau | |||
#remove nouveau package | |||
sudo apt-get remove --purge libdrm-nouveau2 | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:41, 9 May 2024
Disable Nouveau
Nouveau is a default kernel driver on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal for opensource display driver. To avoid potential confliction or issues with Nvidia driver, GPGPU system needs to disable nouveau.
#Step 1, Blacklist Nvidia nouveau driver
$sudo bash -c "echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
$sudo bash -c "echo options nouveau modeset=0 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
#Step 2, Confirm the content of blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
#Step 3, update kernel initramfs
$sudo update-initramfs -u
#Step 4, Rebooting the system
$sudo reboot
#Step 5, check there is no more nouveau module, should no result from following command
$lsmod | grep -i nouveau
We can also remove nouveau package from the Ubuntu system
#check nouveau package
dpkg -l | grep -i nouveau
#remove nouveau package
sudo apt-get remove --purge libdrm-nouveau2