How to get the version of my nvidia driver?

Question

I tried using cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version but it says the file does not exist.

Is there any alternative way to do that?

I tried to look manually for that file, but I couldn't find it. I also searched for
it and still could not find it.

Any suggestions?

@HananN. That file is world-readable on my system, and you wouldn't get a "file does not exist" error if it wasn't — Michael Mrozek, Nov 30 '11 at 00:10
@Rev3rse: are you sure the nvidia module is loaded? Does it appear in `lsmod`? `dmesg|grep -i nvidia`? — Mat, Nov 30 '11 at 06:46
related: https://askubuntu.com/questions/774651/switching-between-nvdia-driver-versions-on-16-04, https://askubuntu.com/questions/335285/how-to-change-proprietary-video-driver-using-the-command-line — Charlie Parker, Jul 19 '21 at 20:37

Robert · Answer 1 · 2014-12-01T16:56:10.590

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Try to run the nvidia-smi command. It will give you information about your driver version, the cards you have in your system, etc. The advantage is that you do not need a GUI, and it is an altervative to modinfo nvidia.

edited Dec 01 '14 at 16:56

answered Dec 01 '14 at 15:47

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Is this actually a solution or a recommendation for the next step in troubleshooting? If the latter, it should be a comment. – HalosGhost Dec 01 '14 at 16:07
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It is nvidia's own management program, which should answer the original question. – Robert Dec 01 '14 at 16:58

elv · Answer 2 · 2011-11-29T22:26:08.550

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Ok.. first of all, what is this video card and what kernel module is loaded:

$ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -i "VGA"
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV41 [GeForce 6800 GS] (rev a2)
  Kernel driver in use: nvidia
  Kernel modules: nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb
$ _

So I do have nVidia graphics card with loaded kernel module - "nvidia". Let's see more about this driver, but search for the "version":

$ modinfo nvidia | grep version

Although you could just read a full output if ".. | grep version" returns no result:

$ modinfo nvidia

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answered Nov 29 '11 at 18:19

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I get no results on my nvidia system – Michael Mrozek Nov 29 '11 at 18:33
Because "could not find module"? Or "| grep version" returned nothing? – elv Nov 29 '11 at 22:34
Grep returned nothing; [this is the output of `modinfo nvidia` on my system](http://sprunge.us/DaQH) – Michael Mrozek Nov 30 '11 at 00:09

score 10 · Answer 3 · 2022-05-12T05:45:01.477

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Easiest way to isolate the NVidia Driver Version number alone is to run the following:

nvidia-smi --query-gpu=driver_version --format=csv,noheader

On my system this produces the following result:

andrew@ilium~$ nvidia-smi --query-gpu=driver_version --format=csv,noheader
510.60.02
andrew@ilium~$

edited May 12 '22 at 05:45

answered Jan 16 '18 at 23:51

That is assuming the `nvidia` driver is loaded, which might not be the case if the system is using a Bumblebee-type solution to power down the discrete GPU to save power... which woukd have been the way to do it back in 2011 when the question was written. – telcoM Feb 25 '21 at 00:26

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 11 '20 at 12:04

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You can also use nvidia-settings from command line:

$ nvidia-settings -q NvidiaDriverVersion

Attribute 'NvidiaDriverVersion' (neptune:0.0): 304.117

Use all to get the whole attribute list (verbose!)

$ nvidia-settings -q all

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answered Dec 01 '14 at 19:02

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Yours worked for Pop-OS. Thanks – Reza Taba Jul 24 '21 at 22:15

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 29 '11 at 22:08

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try nvidia-settings and on the Gui that open you should see the version number.

answered Nov 29 '11 at 22:08

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