Table of Contents
1. Before NVIDIA drivers installation (CentOS Stream 9/8, Red Hat (RHEL) 9.0/8.5, Rocky Linux 8.5)
2. Install NVIDIA proprietary drivers on CentOS Stream 9/8, Red Hat (RHEL) 9.0/8.5, Rocky Linux 8.5 and disable the nouveau driver
3. Some Screenshots Using Different NVIDIA Cards and Drivers
4. Restore/Change/Update Plymouth After NVIDIA Drivers Installation (BIOS/UEFI Users)
5. CentOS Stream 9/8, Red Hat (RHEL) 9.0/8.5, Rocky Linux 8.5 Uninstall NVIDIA drivers and Enable Nouveau
4. Restore/Change/Update Plymouth After NVIDIA Drivers Installation (BIOS/UEFI Users)
Please let me know if it works or if you have some problems.
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4.1 Create /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf file
Create /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf with content “options nvidia_drm modeset=1”
echo "options nvidia_drm modeset=1" >> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
4.2 Create /etc/dracut.conf.d/nvidia.conf file
Create /etc/dracut.conf.d/nvidia.conf file with following content, note you need white spaces inside add_drivers and install_items:
add_drivers+=" nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm "
install_items+=" /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf "
4.3 Regenerate initramfs/initrd image(s)
dracut -f
If you want use default theme solar, then just reboot:
reboot
If you want some other plymouth theme then continue reading.
4.4 Check available Plymouth themes
## CentOS Stream, RHEL, Rocky Linux ##
dnf search plymouth-theme
========================= Name Matched: plymouth-theme =========================
plymouth-theme-solar.x86_64 : Plymouth "Solar" theme
plymouth-theme-charge.x86_64 : Plymouth "Charge" plugin
plymouth-theme-script.x86_64 : Plymouth "Script" plugin
plymouth-theme-breeze.x86_64 : Breeze theme for Plymouth
plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 : Plymouth "Spinner" theme
plymouth-theme-fade-in.x86_64 : Plymouth "Fade-In" theme
plymouth-theme-spinner.x86_64 : Plymouth "Spinner" theme
plymouth-theme-hot-dog.noarch : Plymouth Happy Hot Dog Theme
plymouth-theme-spinfinity.x86_64 : Plymouth "Spinfinity" theme
4.5 Install Plymouth and some Plymouth theme, example spinfinity
## CentOS Stream, RHEL, Rocky Linux ##
dnf install plymouth-theme-spinfinity
4.6 Setup spinfinity as default theme
plymouth-set-default-theme spinfinity
4.7 Regenerate initramfs/initrd image(s)
dracut -f
4.8 Reboot and check, is it working as it should be
reboot
Table of Contents
1. Before NVIDIA drivers installation (CentOS Stream 9/8, Red Hat (RHEL) 9.0/8.5, Rocky Linux 8.5)
2. Install NVIDIA proprietary drivers on CentOS Stream 9/8, Red Hat (RHEL) 9.0/8.5, Rocky Linux 8.5 and disable the nouveau driver
3. Some Screenshots Using Different NVIDIA Cards and Drivers
4. Restore/Change/Update Plymouth After NVIDIA Drivers Installation (BIOS/UEFI Users)
5. CentOS Stream 9/8, Red Hat (RHEL) 9.0/8.5, Rocky Linux 8.5 Uninstall NVIDIA drivers and Enable Nouveau
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