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Installing NVIDIA drivers on a realtime Linux (PREEMPT-RT)
# Tested on Ubuntu 16.04 and X11, 2019
# 1. Download NVIDIA driver as a .run file
# 2. Stop X-Server
sudo service lightdm stop
# 3. Blacklist Nouveau driver
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
# Insert into file:
# blacklist nouveau
# options nouveau modeset=0
# 4. Update kernel initramfs
sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo reboot # I'm not sure if needed
# 5. Install driver!
sudo IGNORE_PREEMPT_RT_PRESENCE=1 bash <*>.run # Insert downloaded .run file
# 6. Reboot
sudo reboot
@hwmanager
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it worked on the same setting, Ubuntu 22.04 with 5.15.0-1081-realtime kernel and nvida-535. thx bro

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