Nvidia GPU on Ubuntu 22.04

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Nvidia GPU on Ubuntu 22.04

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Prerequisites
• Prepare the System
• Install the GPU Driver
• Questions and Feedback

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Introduction

We show the steps to install the Nvidia driver of a GPU card on either bare metal or full VM Ubuntu 22.04.

Prerequisites

You need to reserve a dedicated GPU node on the ThreeFold Grid.

Prepare the System

• Update the system

  dpkg --add-architecture i386
  apt-get update
  apt-get dist-upgrade
  reboot
  

• Check the GPU info

  lspci | grep VGA
  lshw -c video
  

Install the GPU Driver

• Download the latest Nvidia driver
  • Check which driver is recommended

    apt install ubuntu-drivers-common
    ubuntu-drivers devices
    

  • Install the recommended driver (e.g. with 535)

    apt install nvidia-driver-535
    

  • Reboot
• Check the GPU status

  nvidia-smi
  

Questions and Feedback

If you have any questions, you can ask the ThreeFold community for help on the ThreeFold Forum or on the ThreeFold Farmers Chat on Telegram.