NVIDIA on Linux

Install Proprietary Driver

The default Nouveau driver works just well enough to get a desktop, installing the proprietary driver unlocks the full GPU capabilities.

Arch BasedDebian BasedFedora BasedRHEL

sudo pacman -S nvidia-open-dkms

sudo apt install nvidia-open-kernel-dkms nvidia-driver

sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda

<nowiki> sudo dnf install --nogpgcheck https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpm

sudo dnf install --nogpgcheck https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %rhel).noarch.rpm

sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda </nowiki

Extra Free Performance

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf 

Add

options nvidia NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable=1 \  
   NVreg_DynamicPowerManagement=0x02 \ 
   NVreg_InitializeSystemMemoryAllocations=1 \ 
   NVreg_RegistryDwords=RMIntrLockingMode=1 \ 
   NVreg_EnableResizableBar=1 

Don’t Allow GPU to Stay at Maximum Power While Running Tasks

This will allow the graphics card to run at lower speeds while doing things that use CUDA, such as video decoding

sudo nano /etc/environment

Add

CUDA_DISABLE_PERF_BOOST=1

X11 Tweaks

sudo nano  /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/01-nvidia.conf

Add

Section "ServerFlags" 
       # Only applicable if you're using older Xlibre (<25.0.0.16), safe to remove otherwise 
       Option "IgnoreABI" "true" 
       # Increase the max clients allowed, this helps prevent your system being unable to launch apps
       Option "MaxClients" "2048" 
       # Will improve performance when it's fully supported.
       Option "Debug" "dmabuf_capable" 
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