# Kernel 5.4 & NVIDIA driver installation **URL:** https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kernel-5-4-nvidia-driver-installation/6349 **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support **Created:** [June 19, 2022, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kernel-5-4-nvidia-driver-installation/6349 "2022-06-19T08:05:38Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 7
### Author: ![chlowden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@chlowden](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/chlowden) #### Post date: [June 19, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kernel-5-4-nvidia-driver-installation/6349/7 "2022-06-19T15:38:25Z")
I don’t find the driver in the list for Rocky 8. For me, it should be there as it was in Centos 7.9 but if it is, it is hiding from me. I find the stex.ko driver in the 5.4 kernel list below, which is why I have hope. [https://centos.pkgs.org/8/elrepo-kernel-x86\_64/kernel-lt-core-5.4.199-1.el8.elrepo.x86\_64.rpm.html](https://centos.pkgs.org/8/elrepo-kernel-x86_64/kernel-lt-core-5.4.199-1.el8.elrepo.x86_64.rpm.html) This is a bit of an old subject but I got lost in a rabbit hole of kernel versions when updates appeared. So this time, as I am not a linux master, I want to keep as close to the roadmap as possible. > [@Mounting Promise Pegasus - Stex.ko driver](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/mounting-promise-pegasus-stex-ko-driver/6012): > > Hello I have a Promise Pegasus 2-R disk box that runs on Thunderbolt 2. I have had it connected to a Dell 7530 workstation on Centos 7.7 for a few years and all works fine. Having taken the leap to Rocky, I can no longer mount the box. It shows up as in the Thunderbolt preferences but there is no sign of it the disk list. It seems that there is a driver called Stex.ko that has been in the centos kernels for many years but I cannot find it in the Rocky Kernel. I found a copy of it in on an o… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/kernel-5-4-nvidia-driver-installation/6349)._