Graphic driver on linux/ubuntu (nvidia/intel)

GPU Linux Nvidia GTX 1050Ti

Ref:

  • https://wiki.debian.org/HardwareVideoAcceleration
  • https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hardware_video_acceleration
  • //
  • http://lifestyletransfer.com/how-to-install-nvidia-gstreamer-plugins-nvenc-nvdec-on-ubuntu/
  • http://lifestyletransfer.com/how-to-install-gstreamer-vaapi-plugins-on-ubuntu/
  • https://tome.one/playing-10bit-hevc-videos-on-linux-with-nvidia-and-mpv.html

Get information

sudo lspci -vnn | grep VGA
sudo lshw -c video
sudo lshw -c display
  • => Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050ti 4GB - NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] - Pascal
  • => Info:
    • Spec (https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/geforce-gtx-1050-ti/specifications)

    • GeForce 10 Series (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/)

Install driver

  • Option 1: when install OS, or from Software & Updates

  • Option 2: Install CUDA
# https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/cuda-for-geforce-gtx-1050-ti/57928/3
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUDA#GPUs_supported

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

# Opt1: deb network
wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/cuda-ubuntu2004.pin
sudo mv cuda-ubuntu2004.pin /etc/apt/preferences.d/cuda-repository-pin-600
sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/7fa2af80.pub
sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/ /"

# Opt2: deb local
wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2004/x86_64/cuda-ubuntu2004.pin
sudo mv cuda-ubuntu2004.pin /etc/apt/preferences.d/cuda-repository-pin-600
wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/11.3.0/local_installers/cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-3-local_11.3.0-465.19.01-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-3-local_11.3.0-465.19.01-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-key add /var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2004-11-3-local/7fa2af80.pub

# Install CUDA (this will also install nvidia driver, so need to remove nvidia*)
sudo apt clean; sudo apt update; sudo apt purge cuda; sudo apt purge nvidia-*; sudo apt autoremove; sudo apt install cuda

Monitoring

# https://www.andrey-melentyev.com/monitoring-gpus.html
$ nvidia-smi 
Tue Jun 22 22:05:02 2021       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 460.80       Driver Version: 460.80       CUDA Version: 11.2     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                               |                      |               MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  GeForce GTX 105...  Off  | 00000000:01:00.0  On |                  N/A |
| 40%   43C    P0    N/A /  75W |    631MiB /  4031MiB |      4%      Default |
|                               |                      |                  N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+