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nvidia drivers reinstall for Ubuntu 20.04

nvidia drivers reinstall for Ubuntu 20.04

  1. Login as root
sudo -s
  1. Purge all nvidia packages:
apt-get purge *nvidia*
apt autoremove
  1. Detect your nvidia device using:
ubuntu-drivers devices
  1. Install recommended drivers:
ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
  1. Reboot
reboot && exit
  1. Check nvidia device:
nvidia-smi
  1. Install docker support (optional)
distribution=$(. /etc/os-release;echo $ID$VERSION_ID) \
      && curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/gpgkey | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg \
      && curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/$distribution/libnvidia-container.list | \
            sed 's#deb https://#deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-container-toolkit-keyring.gpg] https://#g' | \
            sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-container-runtime
sudo -s
echo "{
"max-concurrent-downloads": 4,
"runtimes": {
        "nvidia": {
            "path": "/usr/bin/nvidia-container-runtime",
            "runtimeArgs": []
        }
    }
}" > /etc/docker/daemon.json
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fgerard commented May 31, 2024

This have saved mi life many times !!

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Thank you! It saved my life either :)

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fgerard commented Jul 17, 2024 via email

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