Linux Installation - Nvidia TESLA C2050 Installation Manual

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DRIVER INSTALLATION

Linux Installation

While driver installation may be carried out using the enclosed installation
CD, it is recommended that the customer download the most recent drivers
available at www.nvidia.com
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.
1
Download the 32-bit or 64-bit Linux driver (the driver will have a
similar naming convention as.NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run
or NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run).
2
Change to the directory containing the downloaded fi le.
3
Run as root the NVIDIA-Linux*.run fi le downloaded in Step 1.
As the root user you can run the following executables:
cd download_directory
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-xxx-xx-xx.run or NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-xxx-xx-xx.run
The NVIDIA-Linux*.run fi le is a self-extracting archive. When
executed, it extracts the content of the archive and runs the contained
nvidia-installer utility, which provides an interactive interface to walk
you through the installation.
nvidia-installer will also install itself to /usr/bin/nvidia-installer
which may be used at some later time to uninstall drivers, auto
download updated drivers, etc.