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layout: wiki
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title: InstallNvidiaDriver
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permalink: /wiki/InstallNvidiaDriver/
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---
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Nvidia proprietary driver installation
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The NVIDIA proprietary driver works **much** more stable than nouveau, so it's good idea to install it. But this is somehow complicated: First - download it from nvidia.com site. Here "NVIDIA-Linux-x86\_64-260.19.44.run" is used. Copy it to dom0. Every next step is done in dom0.
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See [this page](/wiki/CopyToDomZero) for instruction on how to transfer files to Dom0 (where there is normallyno networking).
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**WARNING**: Nvidia doesn't sign their files. To make it worse, you are forced to download them over a plaintext connection. This means there are virtually dozens of possibilities for somebody to modify this file and provide you with a malicious/backdoored file. You should realize that installing untrusted files into your Dom0 is really a bad idea. Perhaps it might be a better idea to just get a new laptop with integrated Intel GPU? You have been warned, anyway.
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Userspace components
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Install libraries, Xorg driver, configuration utilities. This can by done by nvidia-installer:
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``` {.wiki}
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./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-260.19.44.run --ui=none --no-x-check --keep --no-nouveau-check
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```
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Kernel module
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You will need:
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- nvidia kernel module sources (left from previous step)
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- kernel-devel package installed
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- gcc, make, etc
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This installation must be done manually, because nvidia-installer refused to install it on Xen kernel. Firstly ensure that kernel-devel package installed all needed files. This should consists of:
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- */usr/src/kernels/2.6.34.1-12.xenlinux.qubes.x86\_64*
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- */lib/modules/2.6.34.1-12.xenlinux.qubes.x86\_64/build* symlinked to the above directory
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- */usr/src/kernels/2.6.34.1-12.xenlinux.qubes.x86\_64/arch/x64/include/mach-xen* should be present (if not - take it from kernel sources)
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If it is not true - correct it manually. To build kernel module, enter *NVIDIA-Linux-x86\_64-260.19.44/kernel* directory and execute:
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``` {.wiki}
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IGNORE_XEN_PRESENCE=1 CC="gcc -DNV_VMAP_4_PRESENT -DNV_SIGNAL_STRUCT_RLIM" make -f Makefile.kbuild
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mv /lib/modules/2.6.34.1-12.xenlinux.qubes.x86_64/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko /lib/modules/2.6.34.1-12.xenlinux.qubes.x86_64/extra/
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```
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Ignore error while inserting nvidia.ko (at the end of make phase). Now you should disable nouveau:
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``` {.wiki}
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cat /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-disable.conf
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# blacklist isn't enough...
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install nouveau /bin/true
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```
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Configure Xorg
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After all, you should configure Xorg to use nvidia driver. You can use *nvidia-xconfig* or do it manually:
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``` {.wiki}
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X -configure
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mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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# replace Driver in Device section by "nvidia"
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```
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