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Broadcaster V17 requires a CUDA 12.1 and the driver version to be >= 535.  If you are upgrading from V16 to V17 you will have an older NVIDIA driver and will see an error like this on the Broadcaster Status page:

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and an error like the following on the Inputs page:

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You can search for NVIDIA driver downloads at https://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us or simply use the version in the example below.

Amazon Linux 2023 (AMI al2023-ami-2023.3.20240108.0-kernel-6.1-x86_64):

  1. Update the OS and install development tools:

Code Block
# dnf -y upgrade
# dnf -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
# dnf -y install kernel-modules-extra
  1. Retrieve and launch the correct installer for the architecture:

  • For X86 64-bit machines, install the following NVIDIA Linux driver:

Code Block
# wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/535.129.03/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
# chmod 777 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
# ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
  • On an ARM based machine with NVIDIA, download the following driver:

Code Block
# wget https://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/aarch64/535.129.03/NVIDIA-Linux-aarch64-535.129.03.run
# chmod 777 NVIDIA-Linux-aarch64-535.129.03.run
# ./NVIDIA-Linux-aarch64-535.129.03.run

Rocky Linux 9 Optimized for GCP (x86/64, x86_64 built on 20240111):

  1. Update the OS and install development tools:

Code Block
# dnf -y upgrade
# dnf -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
# dnf -y install vulkan-loader libglvnd-devel wget
  1. Reboot to load the latest kernel from the upgrade.

  2. Retrieve and launch the installer:

Code Block
# wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/535.129.03/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
# chmod 777 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
# ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
Info

Rocky Linux 9.4 requires driver version 550.54.14 or later.

Rocky Linux 9 – Free – x64 Gen2 on Azure (official image from Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation):

  1. Update the OS and install development tools:

Code Block
# dnf -y upgrade
# dnf -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
# dnf -y install vulkan-loader libglvnd-devel wget
  1. Reboot to load the latest kernel from the upgrade.

  2. Retrieve and launch the installer:

Code Block
# wget http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/535.129.03/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
# chmod 777 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
# ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.129.03.run
Info

Rocky Linux 9.4 requires driver version 550.54.14 or later.

To upgrade to a new version of the NVIDIA driver:

  1. Using the existing installer or any installer version use the --uninstall option.

  • For X86 64-bit machines

Code Block
# ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-xxx.xxx.xx.run –uninstall
  • On an ARM based machine with NVIDIA

Code Block
# ./NVIDIA-Linux-aarch64-xxx.xxx.xx.run --uninstall
  • Then reboot to load the kernel with the NVIDIA driver removed

  1. Retrieve and install the new version as described above.