My goal:
1. install Proxmox 9.1 on Dell Precision T7820 (64GB RAM, Intel Xeon 5218, NVIDIA P620)
2. use NVIDIA drivers
3. install desktop GUI
Step 1: Install Proxmox
First, It's good idea to configure BIOS:
- Enable Intel VT-d (for IOMMU); needed in case I'll use GPU passthrough
- Enable and choose UEFI boot, because it supports >4TB discs and is needed for GPU passthrough
- Disable Secure Boot, as it mess with NVIDIA drivers
Boot from USB, run install. And I was getting blank screen.
I had to add the nomodeset Kernel Parameter, as described here:
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Installation#nomodeset_kernel_param
Finish install, reboot.
Step 2: Configure repos
That can be done from web UI:
- Datacenter -> NODE -> Updates -> Repositories
- disable CEPH and ENTERPRISE
- add PROXMOX NO-SUBSCRIPTION
use SSH to login and run:
# install latest updates:
apt update
apt upgrade -y
Step 3: install nvidia drivers
After reboot, I have this kernel version, your version may be a bit different:
uname -a
Linux t7820 6.17.4-1-pve
At this point, ideally we would run:
apt install nvidia-driver (do NOT run this)
But that will install drivers version 550, which is incompatible with kernel 6.17.4
Go to NVIDIA website and find link to latest version:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/
download and run it:
Install will have few warnings and prompts: Click Yes / Next / ok / ...
After it's done, you should have system with nvidia drivers:
Step 4 (optional): install Desktop GUI
Related wiki: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Developer_Workstations_with_Proxmox_VE_and_X11
1. install Proxmox 9.1 on Dell Precision T7820 (64GB RAM, Intel Xeon 5218, NVIDIA P620)
2. use NVIDIA drivers
3. install desktop GUI
Step 1: Install Proxmox
First, It's good idea to configure BIOS:
- Enable Intel VT-d (for IOMMU); needed in case I'll use GPU passthrough
- Enable and choose UEFI boot, because it supports >4TB discs and is needed for GPU passthrough
- Disable Secure Boot, as it mess with NVIDIA drivers
Boot from USB, run install. And I was getting blank screen.
I had to add the nomodeset Kernel Parameter, as described here:
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Installation#nomodeset_kernel_param
Finish install, reboot.
Step 2: Configure repos
That can be done from web UI:
- Datacenter -> NODE -> Updates -> Repositories
- disable CEPH and ENTERPRISE
- add PROXMOX NO-SUBSCRIPTION
use SSH to login and run:
# install latest updates:
apt update
apt upgrade -y
Step 3: install nvidia drivers
Code:
# create this file to prevent other drivers from interfering with NVIDIA drivers:
nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-videos.conf
# add these 3 lines to it:
blacklist nvidiafb
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
# save by pressing CTRL-O
# exit by pressing CRTL-X
update-initramfs -u -k all
reboot nowAfter reboot, I have this kernel version, your version may be a bit different:
uname -a
Linux t7820 6.17.4-1-pve
At this point, ideally we would run:
But that will install drivers version 550, which is incompatible with kernel 6.17.4
Go to NVIDIA website and find link to latest version:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/
download and run it:
Code:
wget https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/580.119.02/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-580.119.02.run
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-580.119.02.run
./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-580.119.02.runInstall will have few warnings and prompts: Click Yes / Next / ok / ...
After it's done, you should have system with nvidia drivers:
Code:
lspci -nnk | grep -A 2 -i nvidia
0000:d5:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GP107GL [Quadro P620] [10de:1cb6] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:1264]
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
Code:
nvidia-smi
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.119.02 Driver Version: 580.119.02 CUDA Version: 13.0 |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
| 0 Quadro P620 Off | 00000000:D5:00.0 Off | N/A |
| 36% 45C P0 N/A / N/A | 0MiB / 2048MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| No running processes found |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+Step 4 (optional): install Desktop GUI
Related wiki: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Developer_Workstations_with_Proxmox_VE_and_X11
Code:
apt install mate-desktop-environment chromium lightdm
adduser <newusername>
reboot now
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