# nvidia-x86 on balena **URL:** \ **Category:** Product support\ **Tags:** support\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/nvidia-x86-on-balena/361438 "2022-08-22T11:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ngmartins\_FF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@ngmartins\_FF](https://forums.balena.io/u/ngmartins_FF)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/nvidia-x86-on-balena/361438/1 "2022-08-22T11:22:44Z")
Hello. I am trying to build a setup that allows me to have graphical output on x86 devices using NVIDIA cards. I searched a bit and I ended up in this [GitHub thread](https://github.com/balena-io-examples/nvidia-x86). I was trying to just run the provided examples but my GPU container is not working. It fails to unload the nouveau module: `rmmod: ERROR: Module nouveau is in use`. Then it also fails to load the driver modules: ```auto insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /nvidia/driver/nvidia.ko: No such device insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /nvidia/driver/nvidia-modeset.ko: Unknown symbol in module insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /nvidia/driver/nvidia-uvm.ko: Unknown symbol in module NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running. ``` I am running in circles on the internet trying to get somewhere without success yet. Any help would be very welcome. Thanks, Nuno ---
**Author:** ![ngmartins\_FF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@ngmartins\_FF](https://forums.balena.io/u/ngmartins_FF)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/nvidia-x86-on-balena/361438/2 "2022-08-22T11:28:17Z")
Some additional information about things I’ve already tried: - Unloading the nouveau driver usually requires a system reboot. - Based on [this thread](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1150155/unknown-symbol-in-module-but-what-symbol) - I tried doing it by including a `blacklist-nouveau.conf` in `/etc/modprobe.d/` with the content: ```auto blacklist nouveau options nouveau modeset=0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![nitish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/34f0e0/32.png) [@nitish](https://forums.balena.io/u/nitish)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/nvidia-x86-on-balena/361438/3 "2022-08-22T13:10:00Z")
Hi @ngmartins-ff, Welcome to balena forum. I have limited knowledge on the GPU setup above, but we had a similar thread sometime back where the blacklisting/blocking of nouveau driver was done successfully and a dockerfile is shared for the same. Ref: [blacklist drivers in host OS - #25 by jgordon](https://forums.balena.io/t/blacklist-drivers-in-host-os/163437/25) Also, I have pinged some of our folks who have been involved with the `nvidia-x86 on balena` to see if they have seen something similar. Let us know if the above blocking steps make a difference. Regards, Nitish ---
**Author:** ![ngmartins\_FF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@ngmartins\_FF](https://forums.balena.io/u/ngmartins_FF)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/nvidia-x86-on-balena/361438/5 "2022-08-22T14:58:40Z")
Hi @nitish. Thanks a lot for your response. Looking into the post you shared I managed to fix the issue I was experiencing. Thanks a lot. Now my GPU container is running ok. I suggest updating the git project in order to make it functional. Now I will move forward and try to use the driver from another app. ---
**Author:** ![alanb128](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/alanb128/32/2839_2.png) [@alanb128](https://forums.balena.io/u/alanb128)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/nvidia-x86-on-balena/361438/6 "2022-08-22T20:10:33Z")
Just to add in here that I have been unable to reproduce any issues unloading the nouveau drivers, but I only have access to one Nvidia GPU and x86 setup - there are many other varieties though and they could act differently. The link that my colleague has provided (which we also include in the `entry.sh` script) is worth a try. It has a slight variation on this project’s method of unloading the driver and hopefully it works for you. Let us know how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![ngmartins\_FF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@ngmartins\_FF](https://forums.balena.io/u/ngmartins_FF)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/nvidia-x86-on-balena/361438/8 "2022-08-23T10:20:46Z")
[quote=“alanb128, post:6, topic:361438”] Let us know how it goes. [/quote] Hello @alanb128. The link shared above helped me to unload the module and move forward: Stop plymouth service used for splash screen display did the trick for me. ---
**Author:** ![alanb128](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/alanb128/32/2839_2.png) [@alanb128](https://forums.balena.io/u/alanb128)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/nvidia-x86-on-balena/361438/9 "2022-08-23T17:03:11Z")
Glad it worked out @ngmartins-ff, thanks for letting us know. I updated the documentation on the repo to point people to that post if they run into trouble.