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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1841827 Title: Install of linux-modules-nvidia requires a reboot before nvidia-smi recognizes driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules/+bug/1841827/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
