Driver Installation - Nvidia Tesla S2050 Installation Manual

dRIVER INSTALLATION

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drIVer INsTallaTION
This section contains the instructions to install
the software drivers within a Linux environment.
In addition to the NVIdIA drivers located on the
Installation Cd included with your computing
board, the drivers can be downloaded from the
NVIdIA web site at www.nvidia.com.
The driver follows a unified architecture model in
which a single driver set is used for all supported
NVIdIA GPUs. Your previous NVIdIA unified
driver may not support your Tesla board. In that
case, you will need to install the drivers from the
Cd or download from www.nvidia.com.
Driver Installation
before you begin the installation, you should exit the X server and
close all OpenGL applications (it is possible that some OpenGL
applications persist even after the X server has stopped). You should
also set the default run level on your system such that it will boot to
a VGA console and not directly to X. doing so will make it easier to
recover if there is a problem during the installation process.
Note: Refer to readme.txt located at /usr/share/doc/NVIdIA_
GLX-1.0/REAdME.txt for more detailed information regarding
the linux driver installation.
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