Automatic build and install of the Nvidia kernel module/driver using Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS).
Red Hat based systems ship with an nvidia-compatible graphics kernel module, and user space X11 driver) called nouveau. Keeping this default configuration is recommended because nouveau is supported by Red Hat and is provided with each new kernel update.
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$ ls -l /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/410.78/2.6.32-754.10.1.el6.x86_64/x86_64 total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root bin 4096 Jan 17 02:22 log drwxr-xr-x 2 root bin 4096 Jan 17 02:22 module |
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References:
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DKMS
- See the dkms manual page, using the command: 'man dkms'
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support
- https://github.com/dell/dkms
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