ERROR: The Nouveau kernel driver is currently in use by your system.

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ERROR: The Nouveau kernel driver is currently in use by your system. This driver is incompatible with the NVIDIA driver, and must be disabled before proceeding. Please consult the NVIDIA driver README and your Linux distribution's documentation for details on how to correctly disable the Nouveau kernel driver.

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what is nouveau

nouveau (/nuːˈvoʊ/) 是一個自由及開放原始碼顯示卡驅動程式，是為Nvidia的顯示卡所編寫，也可用於屬於系統晶片的NVIDIA Tegra系列，此驅動程式是由一群獨立的軟體工程師所編寫，Nvidia的員工也提供了少許幫助。

how to close nouveau

# create a new config file
sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf
# write the blew string into the file
blacklist nouveau<br>options nouveau modeset=0
# update the config
sudo update-initramfs -u
# reboot
sudo update-initramfs -u<br>sudo reboot
# check nouveau
lsmod | grep nouveau

REF: https://clay-atlas.com/blog/2020/02/11/linux-chinese-note-nvidia-driver-nouveau-kernel/