I have rebooted and started in text-only mode (by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2 before giving username/password), but I got the same error.īesides it, how do I 'know that my kernel supports module unloading'? Modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia_drm is in use. ~$ sudo lsof -e /run/user/1000/gvfs | grep nvidia-drmĪnd when I try to remove it, it says it's being used. Lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfsd-fuse file system /run/user/1000/gvfs When I try to find out who is using nvidia-drm (or nvidia_drm), I see nothing. If no GPU-based programs are running, you know that your kernel supports module unloading,Īnd you still receive this message, then an error may have occured that has corrupted an NVIDIA kernel module's usage count, for which the simplest remedy is to That may be using the GPU(s) before attempting to upgrade your driver. The NVIDIA Persistence Daemon), but this may also happen if your kernel was configured without support for module unloading. This may be because it is in use (for example, by an X server, a CUDA program, or ERROR: An NVIDIA kernel module 'nvidia-drm' appears to already be loaded in your kernel. NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.48.runĪs suggested, an error message appears. I've downloaded NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.48.run from here, but when I try to do sudo sh.

I'm trying to install the most up-to-date NVIDIA driver in Debian Stretch.

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