# Nvidia driver update 9.0 -\> 9.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [November 29, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051 "2022-11-29T04:53:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tortuga](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/tortuga)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/1 "2022-11-29T04:53:11Z")
My machine failed to upgrade the nvidia driver correctly for the 9.1 kernel from 9.0 I am using 470 series (my card is deprecated on the newer drivers) - this worked perfectly in 9.0 When i rebooted into 9.1 - stated that it had to revert to nouveau as nvidia module could not load - I checked akmod and nvidia drivers are installed. I rebooted into 9.0 kernel and it still worked as previously with the nvidia driver Do I have to uninstall akmod and reinstall? Any other suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/2 "2022-11-29T08:26:30Z")
Hi, Yes, I’ve had this exact same problem with Fedora when upgrading from 36 to 37 for example. I had to remove all the akmod-nvidia stuff, plus any other kmod-nvidia stuff that might be installed. Then reboot, and reinstall akmod-nvidia or akmod-nvidia-470xx package. It should then work after this on reboot. TBH it should have worked, but perhaps there is a conflict in packages that are installed. ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/3 "2022-11-29T13:09:14Z")
NVidia drivers packaged by whom? I know that ELRepo does not build kmod-nvidia for el9 and negativo17 nor NVidia’s own repo do not have legacy. So, RPMfusion or ?? (I will need the 470 eventually.) ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/4 "2022-11-29T16:19:19Z")
@jlehtone yes I believe rpmforge for RL9 and higher using the akmod packages. ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/5 "2022-11-29T16:27:28Z")
RPMforge (aka RepoForge) is different, and now dead project. Saw the _RPM Fusion_ packages, akmods and all. Versions 340xx, 470xx, and current. On OP topic, what would make the akmod to fail to build on boot and how to diagnose/avoid that? ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/6 "2022-11-29T16:50:26Z")
Lol sorry I meant rpmfusion. ---
**Author:** ![dali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@dali](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/dali)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/7 "2022-11-29T17:21:35Z")
Check the logs in /var/cache/akmods/, might give you a hint. ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/8 "2022-11-29T17:43:24Z")
> [@jlehtone](#): > > On OP topic, what would make the akmod to fail to build on boot and how to diagnose/avoid that? I’ve actually wondered this same thing. I experienced it twice, recently when upgrading FC36 to FC37. Now I’m not sure if the distro upgrade process is involved in it or not. However that said, I believe I might have also messed it up the first time I experienced it, as I found I also had kmod-nvidia packages also installed. From when I fixed it again recently, like a week or so ago after upgrading I removed all the nvidia stuff, and then just installed akmod-nvidia to get it back again. For some reason it failed to build. I didn’t dig further to find out why. Time will tell if it occurs again during the next distro upgrade in about 6 months or so. So, I could have caused it myself due to installing unnecessary kmod packages that might have caused a conflict. If it occurs again, I’ll have to dig deeper in the logs and find out why. I thought a `dnf reinstall` would help, but it seems only a completely remove and install will work. At least when I’ve gone through it twice anyhow. Since RL9 release and elrepo not making nvidia packages, I believe the way forward now is to use the rpmfusion repositories. ---
**Author:** ![toracat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/toracat/32/68_2.png) [@toracat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/toracat)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/9 "2022-11-29T18:37:02Z")
I suppose the procedure requires the kernel-devel package. There is a known issue: [https://bugs.rockylinux.org/view.php?id=1123](https://bugs.rockylinux.org/view.php?id=1123) Building kernel modules is problematic until the fixed version becomes available. ---
**Author:** ![label](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@label](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/label)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/10 "2022-11-29T21:33:34Z")
`5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1.0.1.x86_64` addresses the kernel-devel issue. ---
**Author:** ![tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tortuga](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/tortuga)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/11 "2022-12-02T11:25:16Z")
thank all of you for the terrific input and community effort!! please note that the latest kernel update did fix the issue: sudo dnf update sudo dnf reinstall nvidia-driver-470 reboot this time it worked like a charm best ---
**Author:** ![desercat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/desercat/32/1192_2.png) [@desercat](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/desercat)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/12 "2022-12-29T10:37:26Z")
OK educate me: I am currently stuck using the nouveau nvidia driver. No matter how many times I have tried to install the nvidia driver/s it has lead to _disaster_. I have _TRIED_ to do it via kmod-nvidia, now I hear about something called “akmod-nvidia”. Does “akmod-nvidia” replace “kmod-nvidia”? Which repo di I need to enable?? Any articles on how to get Nvidia to work on RL 8.7 using “akmod-nvidia”?? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, D’ Cat ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/13 "2022-12-29T15:05:16Z")
> [@desercat](#): > > Any articles on how to get Nvidia to work on RL 8.7 While this thread is about el9, the major driver sources: RPM Fusion and NVidia’s own yum repository each do have instructions for el8 too. Furthermore, ELRepo does have NVidia drivers for el8 (but not for el9). [https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA](https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA) > **[CUDA Installation Guide for Linux](https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html#driver-installation)** > > The installation instructions for the CUDA Toolkit on Linux. ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-driver-update-9-0-9-1/8051/14 "2023-08-25T03:29:47Z")