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ubuntu packaging nvidia driver

Overview

Packaging templates for Ubuntu based Linux distros to build NVIDIA driver packages.

The main branch contains this README. The control and .install files can be found in the appropriate 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04 branches.

Overview
Deliverables
Prerequisites
Related
- NVIDIA modprobe
- NVIDIA settings
See also
- RHEL driver
- SUSE driver
Contributing

Deliverables

This repo contains the template files used to build the following DEB packages:

note: flavor is the first . delimited field in the driver version, ex: 460 in 460.32.03

Ubuntu 18.04 or Ubuntu 20.04

- libnvidia-cfg1-${flavor}
- libnvidia-common-${flavor}
- libnvidia-compute-${flavor}
- libnvidia-decode-${flavor}
- libnvidia-encode-${flavor}
- libnvidia-extra-${flavor}
- libnvidia-fbc1-${flavor}
- libnvidia-gl-${flavor}
- libnvidia-ifr1-${flavor}
- nvidia-compute-utils-${flavor}
- nvidia-dkms-${flavor}
- nvidia-driver-${flavor}
- nvidia-headless-${flavor}
- nvidia-headless-no-dkms-${flavor}
- nvidia-kernel-common-${flavor}
- nvidia-kernel-source-${flavor}
- nvidia-utils-${flavor}
- xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-${flavor}

Ubuntu 16.04

- libcuda1-${flavor}
- nvidia-libopencl1-${flavor}
- nvidia-opencl-icd-${flavor}
- nvidia-${flavor}
- nvidia-${flavor}-dev

Additional GRID packages

- libnvidia-grid-${flavor}
- nvidia-grid-utils-${flavor}

Prerequisites

Clone this git repository:

Supported branches: 16.04, 18.04 & 20.04

git clone -b ${branch} https://github.com/NVIDIA/ubuntu-packaging-nvidia-driver
> ex: git clone -b 18.04 https://github.com/NVIDIA/ubuntu-packaging-nvidia-driver

Download a NVIDIA driver runfile:

TRD location: https://us.download.nvidia.com/tesla/ (not browsable)

ex: https://us.download.nvidia.com/tesla/460.32.03/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.32.03.run
UDA location: https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/

ex: https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/460.56/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-460.56.run

CUDA runfiles: cuda_${toolkit}_${driver}_linux.run are not compatible.

However a NVIDIA driver runfile can be extracted intact from a CUDA runfile:

sh cuda_${toolkit}_${driver}_linux.run --tar mxvf
> ex: sh cuda_11.2.1_460.32.03_linux.run --tar mxvf

ls builds/NVIDIA-Linux-${arch}-${driver}.run
> ex: ls builds/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_460.32.03.run

Install build dependencies

note: these are only needed for building not installation

# Packaging
apt-get install debhelper devscripts dpkg-dev

nvidia-modprobe
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/ubuntu-packaging-nvidia-modprobe
nvidia-settings
- https://github.com/NVIDIA/ubuntu-packaging-nvidia-settings

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md

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Networking and System Stability Issues After Installing NVIDIA Drivers on Ubuntu 23.04

Issue:
I encountered severe networking and system stability issues after attempting to install NVIDIA drivers on my Ubuntu 23.04 machine. The problems manifested as follows:

Loss of Ethernet Connection: After installing the NVIDIA drivers from the Ubuntu apt store and rebooting, the system lost its ability to connect to the internet via Ethernet. Despite the cable being connected and functional before the driver installation, the connection was not reestablished.
System Freeze and Unresponsiveness: Upon rebooting and restoring the Ethernet connection through a BIOS reset, the system experienced freezing and became unresponsive after a short period. This freeze occurred even with minimal usage, making the system unusable.
Failure to Reboot: Subsequent attempts to reboot the system proved unsuccessful. The system did not recover and became unresponsive, leading to an inability to use the PC.

Steps to Reproduce:

Install NVIDIA drivers from the Ubuntu apt store on Ubuntu 23.04.
Reboot the system.

Expected Behavior:

Successful installation of NVIDIA drivers without affecting network connectivity or causing system instability.

Actual Behavior:

Loss of Ethernet connection, system freeze, and subsequent failure to reboot.

Environment:

Operating System: Ubuntu 23.04
NVIDIA Drivers
Machine: AMD® Ryzen 5 2600 six-core processor × 12, NV138, 16 GB RAM

Additional Information:

BIOS reset was required to restore Ethernet connection, but the issues persisted.
System became unresponsive after a short period of use post-driver installation.

Note:
Due to the severity of the issues encountered, I had to install a new OS (Ubuntu 20.04) to regain functionality on my machine.

Thank you for addressing this matter promptly.

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