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Installing NVIDIA drivers on a realtime Linux (PREEMPT-RT)
# Tested on Ubuntu 16.04 and X11, 2019
# 1. Download NVIDIA driver as a .run file
# 2. Stop X-Server
sudo service lightdm stop
# 3. Blacklist Nouveau driver
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
# Insert into file:
# blacklist nouveau
# options nouveau modeset=0
# 4. Update kernel initramfs
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo reboot # I'm not sure if needed
# 5. Install driver!
sudo IGNORE_PREEMPT_RT_PRESENCE=1 bash <*>.run # Insert downloaded .run file
# 6. Reboot
sudo reboot
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ynrng commented May 15, 2024

Succeed on 5.15.0-rt17 with ubuntu 20.04.6 . I hesitated when it popped out saying "GUI has better supporting installation versions." Thank you.

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Oct19 commented May 25, 2024

It worked on Ubuntu 22.04 RT with NVIDIA 535

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