Setting Up for Linux Desktops

Procedure
1 Disable and blacklist the default NVIDIA Nouveau driver.
a Edit the grub.conf le.
For RHEL 6, the le is /boot/grub/grub.conf.
RHEL Version Command
6
sudo vi /boot/grub/grub.conf
b Add the rdblacklist=nouveau line at the end of the kernel options.
c Edit the blacklist.conf le.
sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
d Add the following line anywhere in the blacklist.conf le.
blacklist nouveau
2 Restart the virtual machine.
The display has a changed look and feel.
3 (Optional) Verify that the Nouveau driver is disabled.
/sbin/lsmod | grep nouveau
If the grep search does not return any results, the Nouveau driver is disabled.
4 Download the NVIDIA driver from the NVIDIA Driver Downloads site.
Select the appropriate driver version from the NVIDIA drop-down menus:
Option Description
Product Type
GRID
Product Series
GRID Series
Product
Select the version (such as GRID K2) that is installed on the ESXi host.
Operating System
Linux 64-bit or Linux 32-bit
5 Open a remote terminal to the virtual machine, or switch to a text console by typing Ctrl-Alt-F2, log in
as root, and run the init 3 command to disable X Windows.
6 Install additional components that are required for the NVIDIA driver.
sudo yum install gcc-c++
sudo yum install kernel-devel-$(uname -r)
sudo yum install kernel-headers-$(uname -r)
7 Add an executable ag to the NVIDIA driver package for vDGA.
chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-version.run
8 Start the NVIDIA installer.
sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-version.run
9 Accept the NVIDIA software license agreement and select Yes to automatically update the X
conguration seings.
What to do next
Install Horizon Agent on the Linux virtual machine. See “Install Horizon Agent on a Linux Virtual
Machine,” on page 41.
Setting Up Horizon 7 for Linux Desktops
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