# Unable to install Nvidia driver on RL8.9: ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module 'nvidia.ko'

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**Created:** [April 8, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/unable-to-install-nvidia-driver-on-rl8-9-error-unable-to-load-the-kernel-module-nvidia-ko/13516 "2024-04-08T18:52:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/unable-to-install-nvidia-driver-on-rl8-9-error-unable-to-load-the-kernel-module-nvidia-ko/13516/3 "2024-04-08T19:49:37Z")

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I followed the procedure here:

> [@Nvidia Drivers on Rocky Linux](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/nvidia-drivers-on-rocky-linux/12366):
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> Preface An nvidia gpu is one of the common chips in use on almost all operating system platforms. It is generally common for users to install Rocky Linux (or any other Enterprise Linux) or Fedora Linux and then want to install the drivers. There are many guides online and most are conflicting or have information that may not even be needed for the general user. The goal of this post is to provide the general recommendations and instructions for installing the nvidia driver on a Rocky Linux syst…

and am still getting this:

# nvidia-smi

NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn’t communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

Looks like nouveau is still loading? Which is a problem.

# lsmod | grep -i nouv

nouveau 2478080 0  
mxm\_wmi 16384 1 nouveau  
wmi 32768 2 mxm\_wmi,nouveau  
i2c\_algo\_bit 16384 1 nouveau  
drm\_display\_helper 155648 1 nouveau  
video 53248 1 nouveau  
drm\_ttm\_helper 16384 2 vmwgfx,nouveau  
ttm 81920 3 vmwgfx,drm\_ttm\_helper,nouveau  
drm\_kms\_helper 184320 5 vmwgfx,drm\_display\_helper,nouveau  
drm 602112 8 vmwgfx,drm\_kms\_helper,drm\_display\_helper,drm\_ttm\_helper,ttm,nouveau

# lsmod | grep -i Nvidia

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