So after doing a little more digging: A modprobe -r nouveau will fix this. After issuing this command, an install does not require a reboot for nvidia-smi to find the driver.
We are planning on blacklisting the module in our cloud images to address this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-restricted-modules in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1841827 Title: Install of linux-modules-nvidia requires a reboot before nvidia-smi recognizes driver Status in linux-restricted-modules package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When installing linux-modules-nvidia-418-generic using apt, I expect the nvidia driver to be available immediately after the install completes. However, I must reboot before nvidia-smi returns driver information. AS a side note: sudo udevadm control --reload && sudo udevadm trigger does not cause the driver to appear before the reboot. I was testing this on Disco. System information found in attachment. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules/+bug/1841827/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
