Can't install nvidia-detect

[akikanju]

Hello,
I have installed the elrepo as direct here : http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php

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rpm --import https://www.elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org

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yum install https://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-8.1-1.el8.elrepo.noarch.rpm

But I still cannot install nvidia-detect

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yum install nvidia-detect

Gives:

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Error: Unable to find a match: nvidia-detect

Please does anyone knows what I am doing wrong.
Thank you

[MartinR]

I normally have elrepo and epel enabled. To look for nvidia stuff I tried

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# yum --enablerepo=elrepo-testing --enablerepo=elrepo-extras --enablerepo=epel-playground --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel list \*nvidia\*

with the following results:

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Available Packages
kmod-nvidia.x86_64                                                   440.59-1.el8_1.elrepo                                           elrepo-testing
nvidia-x11-drv.x86_64                                                440.59-1.el8_1.elrepo                                           elrepo-testing
nvidia-x11-drv-libs.i686                                             440.59-1.el8_1.elrepo                                           elrepo-testing
nvidia-x11-drv-libs.x86_64                                           440.59-1.el8_1.elrepo                                           elrepo-testing
pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu.x86_64                                           4.3.2-2.el8                                                     AppStream

so I would assume it is not yet available in C8 - unless anyone knows better!

[TrevorH]

I have asked the ELRepo guys about this but looking at the output from the dnf list, I think I can already see why it's not there. There are no other kmod-nvidia packages for el8 other than the current one. There are no older "legacy" packages there so there's not a great deal of point in having nvidia-detect when there's only one choice of driver package. It could still be useful to tell you "sorry, your card isn't supported by $current. Bad luck"

[akikanju]

Thank you. I tried run the command given by @MartinR to enable elrepo and epel. I get the same output.
Please what can I do to install Nvidia driver?

[TrevorH]

Run dnf repolist and if ELRepo is not listed there then you need to go back and install it properly as it's not installed. If it is listed then you need to yum install kmod-nvidia as there are no legacy packages for older cards in CentOS 8. If your card is one of the older ones that's no longer supported by the current driver as listed on the nvidia.com web page then you will be unable to use kmod-nvidia at all on CentOS 8 as your card will not be supported by the current driver.

[akikanju]

Thank you.

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#dnf repoplist

gives me:

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CentOS-8 - AppStream                            6.1 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS-8 - Base                                 8.8 kB/s | 3.8 kB     00:00    
CentOS-8 - Extras                               3.8 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
ELRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux Repositor 3.4 kB/s | 2.9 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 -  23 kB/s |  33 kB     00:01    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64   42 kB/s |  33 kB     00:00    
repo id         repo name                                                 status
AppStream       CentOS-8 - AppStream                                      5,107
BaseOS          CentOS-8 - Base                                           2,110
elrepo          ELRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux Repository - el8       70
epel            Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64            5,066
epel-modular    Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64        0
extras          CentOS-8 - Extras                                             9

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yum install kmod-nvidia

is still unable to find a match

[TrevorH]

elrepo-testing is disabled by default and kmod-nvidia is in there, presumably pending feedback from users that it works correctly.

[akikanju]

Great thanks, it is now installed and my driver is there.

Just for newbies, like me stumbling on this, the command I used to install it:

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yum --enablerepo=elrepo-testing install kmod-nvidia

Then I now see my driver

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lspci | grep 'NVIDIA\|VGA'

Thanks a lot @TrevorH

[TrevorH]

If it is working for you then I am sure that ELRepo would appreciate knowing that. It might make it move from -testing to the main repo so would be easier to find for everyone else.

[scottro]

FWIW, I'm finding Elrepo's NVidia drivers working well with a low end GT 710 card. (I had been using rpmfusion and only realized that elrepo, which I used through CentOS-7, had drivers available for CentOS-8.)

(And I did drop Phil a quick email to let him know)