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[ubuntu24.04] only install required driver packages #186

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@tariq1890 tariq1890 commented Jan 11, 2025

This PR moves away from the approach of installing the driver metapackage and purging the unneeded components in favour of just installing the necessary packages to get the nvidia-driver-daemonset running.

Dpkg output after running this container

# dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
ii  libnvidia-cfg1-550-server:amd64                  550.127.08-0ubuntu0.24.04.1       amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-compute-550-server:amd64               550.127.08-0ubuntu0.24.04.1       amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-550-server-6.8.0-51-generic 6.8.0-51.52+1                     amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 6.8.0-51
ii  linux-objects-nvidia-550-server-6.8.0-51-generic 6.8.0-51.52+1                     amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 6.8.0-51 (objects)
ii  linux-signatures-nvidia-6.8.0-51-generic         6.8.0-51.52+1                     amd64        Linux kernel signatures for nvidia modules for version 6.8.0-51-generic
ii  nvidia-compute-utils-550-server                  550.127.08-0ubuntu0.24.04.1       amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
ii  nvidia-firmware-550-server-550.127.08            550.127.08-0ubuntu0.24.04.1       amd64        Firmware files used by the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-common-550-server                  550.127.08-0ubuntu0.24.04.1       amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-utils-550-server                          550.127.08-0ubuntu0.24.04.1       amd64        NVIDIA Server Driver support binaries

NOTE: libnvidia-cfg1-550-server:amd64 is needed to get nvidia-persistenced to run successfully. As per the syslogs the persistenced binary looks for the libnvidia-cfg1.so1 file

@tariq1890 tariq1890 force-pushed the u2404-precompiled-2 branch from 117f021 to 262e279 Compare January 11, 2025 01:21
@tariq1890 tariq1890 force-pushed the u2404-precompiled-2 branch from 262e279 to cabfcda Compare January 11, 2025 01:46
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