ubuntu-nvidia-gpu-enablement SKILL.md skillA
ubuntu-nvidia-gpu-enablement from soulmachine/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add soulmachine/skills/ubuntu-nvidia-gpu-enablement@git:20260610.1c5c032Pins git:20260610.1c5c032 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- soulmachine/skills
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ubuntu-nvidia-gpu-enablement/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260610.1c5c032, committed Jun 10, 2026
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- 3
- License
- MIT
Enable NVIDIA GPUs on a Ubuntu server for compute/inference serving — install the open-kernel-module driver (required for Blackwell/Hopper), CUDA toolkit, turn on IOMMU (intel_iommu=on iommu=pt), set up nvidia-persistenced, and install/wire a container runtime (Docker + nvidia-container-toolkit, or the minimal CLI), then verify all GPUs, IOMMU groups, P2P, nvcc, and GPU containers. Use when asked to enable or set up NVIDIA GPUs, install the NVIDIA driver + CUDA on Ubuntu, install Docker +…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Ubuntu NVIDIA GPU Enablement Bring a fresh UEFI Ubuntu server with NVIDIA GPUs to a serving-ready state. Order matters: **driver → IOMMU cmdline → CUDA → persistence → container access → verify.** Driver and cmdline changes each need a reboot — batch them (Steps 1 + 2 reboot together). Run as a sudo user (over SSH is fine). [REFERENCE.md](REFERENCE.md) holds the *why*, GRUB/AMD variants, and troubleshooting. Boot-affecting steps are deliberate — keep BMC/console access as a fallback. ## Pre-flight - UEFI: `[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ]`. - Secure Boot: `mokutil --sb-state`. **If enabled**, DKMS modules need MOK enrollment at the console — plan for it or disable SB. (Off is typical with a custom bootloader; verify, don't assume.) - GPUs present: `sudo apt-get install -y pciutils && lspci -nn | grep -i nvidia`. Note the architecture. - Bootloader = GRUB or ZFSBootMenu? (decides where the cmdline lives — Step 2.) - Egress to `archive.ubuntu.com` (+ `nvidia.github.io` for the container repo). ## Step 1 — Driver (OPEN kernel module) ```bash sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-driver-580-server-open # example version ``` …
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How to install
mdr add soulmachine/skills/ubuntu-nvidia-gpu-enablement@sha256:fa4bf45f90a52a3bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260610.1c5c032, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 10, 2026.
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Source
soulmachine/skills · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4j4tuth4knyz4pdc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=soulmachine/skills/ubuntu-nvidia-gpu-enablement GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fa4bf45f90a52a3b9ffe0a2e50b7ee49f77c895b08a842197d291cd43aefd0b5
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.