Install Nvidia Driver On CentOS 7.1

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I’m trying to install the nvidia driver on CentOS 7.1. I see instructions to remove nouveau and disable the kernel module. When I create this file and put this options in:

disable-nouveau.conf

blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0

and reboot, and run the nvidia installer again, it says nouveau kernel driver is installed. How do I disable the nouveau kernel driver in 7.1? Is it different than in 7.0?

Thanks,

-wes

11 thoughts on - Install Nvidia Driver On CentOS 7.1

  • What instructions? If you use the nvidia drivers from elrepo.org, it will automatically set up the xorg and kernel command line config.


    Jonathan Billings

  • I used this to start:

    sudo yum install epel-release

    but yum list|grep nvidia doesn’t show anything in epel.

    -wes

  • —– Original Message —–
    | | >>> I’m trying to install the nvidia driver on CentOS 7.1. I see
    | >>> instructions to remove nouveau and disable the kernel module. When
    | >>
    | >> What instructions? If you use the nvidia drivers from elrepo.org, it
    | >> will automatically set up the xorg and kernel command line config.
    | >>
    | >
    | >
    | > I used this to start:
    | >
    | > sudo yum install epel-release
    | >
    | > but yum list|grep nvidia doesn’t show anything in epel.
    |
    | EPEL is not elrepo …
    |
    |
    | http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php

    You can also use the CUDA repo to get the latest nVidia drivers. Both ELRepo and CUDA set the values for you.


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  • Yes. I’m looking at that site now and added it and now I’m getting several items with yum list|grep nvidia.

    Thanks,

    -wes

  • Thanks all for the nvidia tips (especially elrepo.org). I have the nvidia driver installed and working on 7.1!

    -wes

  • Yes, once you have the elrepo repository configured, the general procedure is:

    yum install nvidia-detect

    then:

    yum install $(nvidia-detect)

    then reboot and you should be good to go :-)

    The second command will automatically install the correct nvidia driver packages for your device.