After an upgrade of the Linux graphics driver from a Debian package, the driver is not loaded into the VM

Description

After the NVIDIA vGPU software graphics driver for Linux is upgraded from a Debian package, the driver is not loaded into the VM.

Workaround

Use one of the following workarounds to load the driver into the VM:

• Reboot the VM.

• Remove the nvidia module from the Linux kernel and reinsert it into the kernel.

  1. Remove the nvidia module from the Linux kernel.

     $ sudo rmmod nvidia
     

  2. Reinsert the nvidia module into the Linux kernel.

     $ sudo modprobe nvidia
     

Status

Not a bug

Ref. #

200748806