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Quick Start Guide

Install NVIDIA 390.157 on modern Linux kernels in 5 minutes.

1. Prerequisites

# Check kernel (need 6.2+)
uname -r

# Install required packages
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r) \
    pkg-config libglvnd-dev curl

2. Installation

# Download driver
wget https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/390.157/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.157.run

# Run installer
chmod +x install_nvidia_patches.sh
./install_nvidia_patches.sh

# Reboot
sudo reboot

3. Verification

nvidia-smi

Expected output:

NVIDIA-SMI 390.157        Driver Version: 390.157
GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC
...

Troubleshooting

Installation failed?

sudo tail -50 /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/make.log

Driver not loading?

# Blacklist nouveau
echo "blacklist nouveau" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo reboot

Supported Hardware

Fermi (2010-2012): Tesla M2090/M2070, GTX 480/580/470/460
Kepler (2012-2014): Tesla K80/K40/K20, GTX 780/770/760/680/670/660

Full compatibility list

Next Steps

CUDA Development

wget https://developer.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.1/Prod/local_installers/cuda_9.1.85_387.26_linux
sudo sh cuda_9.1.85_387.26_linux --silent --toolkit --samples

GPU Monitoring

watch -n1 nvidia-smi

Installation time: ~5 minutes
Supported kernels: 6.2 - 6.15+