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ubuntu:gpu:nouveau:blacklist_the_nouveau_driver

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Ubuntu - GPU - Nouveau - Blacklist the Nouveau driver

To prevent the host OS from loading the built-in nouveau driver for NVIDIA GPUs.



Blacklist the nouveau driver

sudo bash -c "echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"
sudo bash -c "echo options nouveau modeset=0 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"

NOTE: An alternative way to do this is to create the file /etc/modprobe.d/60-blacklist-nouveau.conf:

/etc/modprobe.d/60-blacklist-nouveau.conf
blacklist nouveau

Confirm the content of the newly created modeprobe file blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf

cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf

returns:

blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

Udate kernel initramfs

sudo update-initramfs -u

Reboot the system

sudo reboot
ubuntu/gpu/nouveau/blacklist_the_nouveau_driver.1747842390.txt.gz · Last modified: 2025/05/21 15:46 by peter

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