Installation and Configuration Instructions

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. Minimum Requirements

Minimum Software Requirements

3. Selecting and Downloading the NVIDIA Packages for Your System

4. Installing the NVIDIA Driver

Before you Begin

Starting the Installer

Installing the Kernel Interface

Registering the NVIDIA Kernel Module with DKMS

Signing the NVIDIA Kernel Module

Adding Precompiled Kernel Interfaces to the Installer Package

Other Features of the Installer

5. Listing of Installed Components

6. Configuring X for the NVIDIA Driver

Using nvidia-xconfig to configure the X server

Manually Editing the Configuration File

Restoring the X Configuration after Uninstalling the Driver

7. Frequently Asked Questions

8. Common Problems

9. Known Issues

10. Allocating DMA Buffers on 64-bit Platforms

11. Specifying OpenGL Environment Variable Settings

12. Configuring Multiple Display Devices on One X Screen

13. Configuring GLX in Xinerama

14. Configuring Multiple X Screens on One Card

15. Support for the X Resize and Rotate Extension

RandR Support

RandR 1.1 Rotation Behavior

Output Properties

DisplayPort 1.2

Monitor Configuration Options

Known Issues

16. Configuring a Notebook

17. Using the NVIDIA Driver with Optimus Laptops

18. Programming Modes

19. Configuring Flipping and UBB

20. Using the /proc File System Interface

21. Configuring Power Management Support

Background

Overview

Preserve all video memory allocations

systemd Configuration

Exercising power management with systemd

Known Issues and Workarounds

22. PCI-Express Runtime D3 (RTD3) Power Management

Introduction

Supported Configurations

System Settings

Driver Settings

Video Memory Utilization Threshold

Procfs Interface For Runtime D3

Known Issues And Workarounds

Automated Setup

Reporting Issues

23. Using the X Composite Extension

24. Using the nvidia-settings Utility

25. NVIDIA Spectre V2 Mitigation

26. Using the nvidia-smi Utility

27. The NVIDIA Management Library

28. Using the nvidia-debugdump Utility

29. Using the nvidia-persistenced Utility

Background

Usage

Troubleshooting

Notes for Package Maintainers

30. Configuring SLI and Multi-GPU Mosaic

31. Configuring Frame Lock and Genlock

32. Configuring Depth 30 Displays

33. Offloading Graphics Display with RandR 1.4

34. PRIME Render Offload

35. Direct Rendering Manager Kernel Modesetting (DRM KMS)

Known Issues

36. Configuring External and Removable GPUs

37. NGX

38. OpenGL and Vulkan on Xwayland

39. GBM and GBM-based Wayland Compositors

40. Addressing Capabilities

41. GPUDirect RDMA Peer Memory Client

Background

Usage

Known Issues

42. GSP Firmware

43. NVIDIA Contact Info and Additional Resources

44. Acknowledgements