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This document describes how to install the nvidia kernel module with DKMS support, so a manual rebuild of the nvidia kernel module is no longer required for every new kernel.
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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