Getting Information on Nvidia GPU on CentOS 7

# lspci | grep -i --color 'vga\|3d\|2d'
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA G200e [Pilot] ServerEngines (SEP1) (rev 42)
86:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP102GL [Quadro P6000] (rev a1)

# lshw -class display
 *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: MGA G200e [Pilot] ServerEngines (SEP1)
       vendor: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: 42
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=mgag200 latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:d3000000-d3ffffff memory:d4a10000-d4a13fff memory:d4000000-d47fffff memory:d4a00000-d4a0ffff
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: GP102GL [Quadro P6000]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:86:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: iomemory:3df0-3def iomemory:3df0-3def irq:320 memory:ec000000-ecffffff memory:3dfe0000000-3dfefffffff memory:3dff0000000-3dff1ffffff ioport:c000(size=128) memory:ed000000-ed07ffff

Nvidia Downloads Site

From the Information, Download the Drivers from Nvidia Download Page

Yum Install Libraries and Dependencies

# yum group install "Development Tools"
# yum install kernel-devel
# yum install epel-release
# yum install dkms

Disable Noveau Drivers

Disable nouveau driver by changing the configuration /etc/default/grub file. Add the nouveau.modeset=0 into line starting with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX. This will disable the noveau driver after the reboot.

GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)"
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet nouveau.modeset=0"
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

Modifying the Grub.cfg

For BIOS User,

# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-957.5.1.el7.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-957.5.1.el7.x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-86f557f292e5492aa7ac0bf1cb2670b0
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-0-rescue-86f557f292e5492aa7ac0bf1cb2670b0.img
done

For UEFI User

# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.cfg

Switch CentOS from GUI to Text Mode

First switch to Text Mode

# systemctl isolate multi-user.target

Installing the Nvidia Driver on CentOS 7

# bash NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-*

Reboot the System

# reboot

Finally, run the command nvidia-settings to check and configure

# nvidia-settings

References

• How to install the NVIDIA drivers on CentOS 7 Linux
• How to understand nvidia-settings save configuration options?