Overview
This article walks the installer through the process of upgrading NVIDIA drivers from a previous install. In working through the installation, references will be made as appropriate to provide context.System Parameters/Versions:
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Base OS:
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Amazon Linux 2023:
ami-05576a079321f21f8 - Rocky 8.10
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Amazon Linux 2023:
Upgrade NVIDIA Drivers
Step 1: Update base OS
Each base OS has different package updates.- Amazon Linux 2023:
# update OS
dnf check-release-update
sudo dnf update -y
- Rocky 8:
# update system
dnf update -y
Step 2: Update Driver
Each base OS has different package requirements.- Amazon Linux 2023:
# update kernel
sudo dnf install -y dkms kernel-devel kernel-modules-extra
# enable dkms for the drivers
sudo systemctl enable --now dkms
# add nvidia repo
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/amzn2023/x86_64/cuda-amzn2023.repo
# clean cache
sudo dnf clean expire-cache
# optional, lilt available driver packages
dnf module list nvidia-driver
# because a prevous install exisits, need to reset and enable new driver
sudo dnf module reset -y nvidia-driver
sudo dnf module enable -y nvidia-driver:570-dkms
# install driver
sudo dnf module install -y nvidia-driver:570-dkms
- Rocky 8:
# extra required packages
sudo dnf -y install epel-release
# get rhel/rocky OS current version
export cur_ver="rhel$(rpm -E %rhel)"
# install cuda-toolkit
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/$cur_ver/x86_64/cuda-$cur_ver.repo
# optional, lilt available driver packages
dnf module list nvidia-driver
# because a prevous install exisits, need to reset and enable new driver
sudo dnf module reset -y nvidia-driver
sudo dnf module enable -y nvidia-driver:570-dkms
# install nvidia driver
sudo dnf -y module install nvidia-driver:570-dkms
Step 3: Reboot
Necessary for new settings and drivers to be applied.# reboot to complete install
reboot
Step 4: Verify new Driver
Verify that the NVIDIA drivers were correctly installed.nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI 570.124.06 Driver Version: 570.124.06 CUDA Version: 12.8 |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA A10G Off | 00000000:00:16.0 Off | 0 |
| 0% 23C P8 9W / 300W | 1MiB / 23028MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| 1 NVIDIA A10G Off | 00000000:00:17.0 Off | 0 |
| 0% 23C P8 12W / 300W | 1MiB / 23028MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| 2 NVIDIA A10G Off | 00000000:00:18.0 Off | 0 |
| 0% 23C P8 9W / 300W | 1MiB / 23028MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| 3 NVIDIA A10G Off | 00000000:00:19.0 Off | 0 |
| 0% 24C P8 10W / 300W | 1MiB / 23028MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| 4 NVIDIA A10G Off | 00000000:00:1A.0 Off | 0 |
| 0% 23C P8 16W / 300W | 1MiB / 23028MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| 5 NVIDIA A10G Off | 00000000:00:1B.0 Off | 0 |
| 0% 24C P8 10W / 300W | 1MiB / 23028MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| 6 NVIDIA A10G Off | 00000000:00:1C.0 Off | 0 |
| 0% 23C P8 13W / 300W | 1MiB / 23028MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| 7 NVIDIA A10G Off | 00000000:00:1D.0 Off | 0 |
| 0% 24C P8 13W / 300W | 1MiB / 23028MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| No running processes found |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+