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As of 2018-Dec, this process has only been tested on RHEL 6.  I believe the process should be very similar on CentOS 7 (or RHEL 7), but I haven't tested it myself yet.

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1. Find the nvidia graphics (video) model number.

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$ cd /var/tmp
$ curl -sLO 'http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/410.78/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.78.run'

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You can view the help info (optional) with this command (use -A to view "Advanced help options).  But just view the help options, don't run the installer yet.
$ /bin/sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-[version].run --help
$ /bin/sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-[version].run -A
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ksa@ksa-linux01 $ w
USER   TTY    FROM    LOGIN@   IDLE     JCPU   PCPU    WHAT
ksa    tty1   :0      Tue07    27:54m   0.00s  0.04s   pam: gdm-password
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If no one is logged in at ":0", or you get the OK to stop the graphical X server, then switch to runlevel 3:
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$ sudo /bin/sh ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-[version].run -a --dkms --run-nvidia-xconfig --no-questions
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bash
cat /etc/kernel/postinst.d/notify 
#!/bin/sh

cat <<EOF | mail -r unix-admin@slac.stanford.edu -s "$1 installed on `hostname`" ksa@slac.stanford.edu
New kernel was installed on `hostname` at `date`.

$1
$2
EOF

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Log file of automatic nvidia build:
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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:
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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