My goals are to leverage DeepStream, GXF, TensorRT, and all the new stuff for robotics.
I am getting stuck on the Splash screen when installing the driver 565 for the RTX 4090 on Ubuntu 22.04. Below is a detailed step by step on how to install it.
The Driver 550 works but doesnt support what I need, the 560 doesnt work at all, and the 565 I had limited success and recently installs doesnt work at all.
| Distribution | Kernel | Default GCC | GLIBC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 22.04.z (z <= 4) LTS | 6.5.0-27 | 12.3.0 | 2.35 |
The latest kernel version is 6.8.0-51 (at least at the moment)
You can verify by running the following command:
uname -r
Should output something like:
kernel 6.8.0-51-generic
Make sure you have secure boot disabled:
mokutil --sb-state
PART 1
Install GCC version 12.3.0
Step 1 - gcc-12 should already be installed, but if it isn’t, you can install it or reinstall it by running:
sudo apt-get install -y -qq gcc-12
or
sudo apt install --reinstall gcc-12
Step 2 - Show the location of the packages
dpkg -L <package name>
dpkg -L gcc-12
Step 3 - update the link for gcc to go to the gcc-12 binary
sudo ln -s -f /usr/bin/gcc-12 /usr/bin/gcc
Verify the version:
gcc --version
PART 2
Install GLIBC 2.35
Check the current GLIBC version
ldd --version
PART 3
Installing kernel 6.5.0-27
Step 1 - List the available images and headers, …
sudo apt list linux*-6.5.0-27-generic* | grep -v 'nvidia\|tools'
Step 2 - Use the package manager to install
sudo apt install -y linux-headers-6.5.0-27-generic linux-image-6.5.0-27-generic linux-modules-6.5.0-27-generic linux-modules-extra-6.5.0-27-generic
Step 3 - prevent them from being updated
sudo apt-mark hold linux-headers-6.5.0-27-generic linux-image-6.5.0-27-generic linux-modules-6.5.0-27-generic linux-modules-extra-6.5.0-27-generic
PART 4
Rollback Kernel to 6.5.0-27
Step 1 - Run update Grub to list all available kernels:
sudo update-grub
Step 2 - Run the following command to get the exact line to use in /etc/default/grub:
grep 'menuentry \|submenu ' /boot/grub/grub.cfg | cut -f2 -d "'"
Step 3 - Change the GRUB_DEFAULT option in /etc/default/grub from
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
# Change to
GRUB_DEFAULT="Advanced options for Ubuntu>Ubuntu, with Linux 6.5.0-41-generic"
Step 4 - Update Grub again:
sudo update-grub
Step 5 - Reboot the machine to start using the new kernel:
sudo reboot now
Step 6 - Verify the current kernel:
uname -r
PART 5
Installing X11 and removing Nouveau
Needless to say that we must get rid of that heresy called Wayland, nouveau must go as well.
Show if a Service is Active or Inactive
systemctl show -p ActiveState --value x11-common
Make sure Wayland is disabled
sudo vim /etc/gdm3/custom.config
Uncomment this line
WaylandEnable=false
Make sure nouveau is disabled
lsmod | grep nouveau
If you see an output like this
nouveau 1949696 0
mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau
video 49152 1 nouveau
i2c_algo_bit 16384 2 mgag200,nouveau
ttm 106496 2 drm_vram_helper,nouveau
drm_kms_helper 184320 4 mgag200,nouveau
drm 491520 6 drm_kms_helper,drm_vram_helper,mgag200,ttm,nouveau
wmi 32768 5 wmi_bmof,dell_smbios,dell_wmi_descriptor,mxm_wmi,nouveau
Then run the following to disable Nouveau
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
EOF
Regenerate the kernel initramfs:
sudo update-initramfs -u
Now Reboot
sudo reboot now
Part 6
Downloading and Installing Nvidia Drivers
You get the whatever drivers are for you GPU
You can double check
lspci |grep -E "VGA|3D"
Appendix A. Supported NVIDIA GPU Products
https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/550.90.07/README/supportedchips.html
chmod 755 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-560.35.03.run
Needless to say u should go into TTY and stop your GDM service before running the following:
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-560.35.03.run --no-cc-version-check
Stop GDM
sudo service gdm stop
sudo service lightdm stop
sudo pkill -9 Xorg