CentOS 8 disable nouveau and install NVIDIA driver
Dowaload driver from https://www.nvidia.com.tw/Download/index.aspx?lang=tw ( if file name is NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.50.run) 1. remove nouveau driver $ su - $ dnf remove xorg-x11-driver-nouveau* 2. disable grub load module (option) add rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau in /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX variable make grub2 config for efi boot or mbr boot sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2-efi.cfg sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg 3. add contents # generated by nvidia-installer blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ in /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf and /usr/lib/modprobe.d/nvidia-installer-disable-nouveau.conf 4. chmod 755 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.50.run ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-430.50.run 5. Follow their(NVIDIA) instruction guide. 6. startx and open terminal $ nvidia-smi