- Start your Linux server in text mode. GUI mode will give an error while uninstalling the Nouveau driver or installing the NVIDIA driver.
- Remove Nouveau driver: Open /etc/default/grub in text editor [vi] and add the following option to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX
modprobe.blacklist=nouveau
- On root shell, execute the following command to build the /boot/grub2/grub.cfg as follows:
grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg [BIOS servers]
grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/seimaxim/grub.cfg [UEFI servers]
- Reboot Linux server.
- Install NVIDIA driver: Download NVIDIA driver from the NVIDIA website. Use YUM to install the following dependencies.
yum install gcc make kernel-headers kernel-devel acpid libglvnd-devel pkgconfig libglvnd-glx libglvnd-opengl
- Build initramfs: Backup current initramfs.
mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img
- Install new initramfs.
dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
At this point, a server reboot is required. After the server comes up, check if the NVIDIA driver module is loaded.
