GPU: Blacklisting drivers

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By default Linux may install and use the wrong driver for nvidia GPUs/ and Graphics Cards. These may need to be disabled before the NVidia driver can be installed.

Nvidia Will offer to attempt to balcklist them itself. This didn't work when I tried, but it may be worth attempting.

Disabling a driver

Blacklist the driver Centos

edit the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf: 

blacklist nouveau

edit /etc/grub.conf and add the following argument: 

rdblacklist=nouveau


Reboot the systems and install the Nvidia Driver.


List of know wrong Drivers

  • nouveau
  • nouveau
  • lbm-nouveau
  • nvidia-173
  • nvidia-96
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