Updating nVidia drivers over SSH?

[Doward]

Is there a way to update the WebDriver via SSH (Terminal)?

Accidently updated my 5,1 last night (970GTX) and just trying to avoid swapping the old 285GT back in...

Thanks!

 

[DearthnVader]

Is there a way to update the WebDriver via SSH (Terminal)?

Accidently updated my 5,1 last night (970GTX) and just trying to avoid swapping the old 285GT back in...

Thanks!

Assuming you don't have the Webdriver downloaded to the Target Mac, and assuming you want the WebDriver for 10.12.4:

SSH in and:

curl -O http://us.download.nvidia.com/Mac/Quadro_Certified/367.15.10.45f01/WebDriver-367.15.10.45f01.pkg

Then install as such:

sudo Installer -pkg WebDriver-36* -target /

Don't forget to set your NVRam proper for Sierra, if you don't have it already:

sudo nvram nvda_drv=1

And reboot

sudo shutdown -r now

 

[Silencio]

Screen sharing / VNC is also fully functional without the web drivers installed, if you have it already turned on on the client side.

 

[DearthnVader]

Screen sharing / VNC is also fully functional without the web drivers installed, if you have it already turned on on the client side.

Seems some users are having issues with Screen Sharing and 10.12.4 and unflashed nvidia cards, results in a blank screen in the viewer.

 

[xactoman]

10.12.4 has a pre-boot call for logging into your icloud account. With that prompt active, you can't login via screen sharing. So, in order to upgrade, you need to install a mac compatible video card to get past this installer prompt. How do I know? experience

 

[ActionableMango]

10.12.4 has a pre-boot call for logging into your icloud account. With that prompt active, you can't login via screen sharing. So, in order to upgrade, you need to install a mac compatible video card to get past this installer prompt. How do I know? experience

I believe that you experienced this, but I wonder if most people did not? There must be a ton of people on here using web-driver only Nvidia GPUs, so if this was a widespread experience, I'd expect a lot more people complaining and asking for help.