Kali Linux 1.0.7 kernel 3.14 install NVIDIA driver kernel Module CUDA and Pyrit – CUDA, Pyrit and Cpyrit-cuda

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In this guide, I will show how to install NVIDIA driver kernel Module CUDA, replace stock Pyrit, and install Cpyrit. The main problem with new Kali Linux 1.0.7 running Kernel 3.14 was that it broke Pyrit and cudaHashcat. When you try to run pyrit command, you get this errorERROR: could not insert ‘nvidia_uvm’: Invalid argument.  I will show how to install all the necessary drivers, modules and also fix this error. At the end of this guide, you will be able to use GPU acceleration for enabled applications such as cudaHashcat, Pyrit, crunch etc.

This guide replaces the old guides

1. How to Install NVIDIA Kernel Module CUDA and Pyrit in Kali Linux
2. Install proprietary NVIDIA driver on Kali Linux – NVIDIA Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver

This is part 2 of installing NVIDIA driver kernel Module CUDA and Pyrit on Kali Linux Driver series which was divided into two parts:

1. Kali Linux 1.0.7 kernel 3.14 – Install proprietary NVIDIA driver – NVIDIA Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver
2. Kali Linux 1.0.7 kernel 3.14 install NVIDIA driver kernel Module CUDA and Pyrit – CUDA, Pyrit and Cpyrit-cuda

You use the first guide to install NVIDIA Driver on Kali Linux. I would assume you followed the first guide and completed all steps there and would like to enable GPU acceleration, (cudahashcat, GPU pass through etc.) on your Kali Linux.

CUDA Toolkit

The NVIDIA® CUDA® Toolkit provides a comprehensive development environment for C and C++ developers building GPU-accelerated applications. The CUDA Toolkit includes a compiler for NVIDIA GPUs, math libraries, and tools for debugging and optimizing the performance of your applications. You’ll also find programming guides, user manuals, API reference, and other documentation to help you get started quickly accelerating your application with GPUs. You can read a lot more here in NVIDIA Developers official webpage:

CUDA Toolkit

Prerequisites

Following are the prerequisite before you start following this guide:

NOTE: This guide does not apply to VMWare, VirtualBox users. GPU Acceleration doesn’t work on Virtual environment.

Prerequisite 1: add Official Kali Linux repository.

I’ve added the correct Kali Official repositories and issued the following commands to update, upgrade and dist-upgrade my Kali Linux.

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get dist-upgrade -y

Prerequisite 2: Install proprietary NVIDIA driver on Kali Linux

I’ve installed the correct official proprietary NVIDIA driver on Kali Linux – NVIDIA Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver using the previous guide:

• Kali Linux 1.0.7 kernel 3.14 – Install proprietary NVIDIA driver – NVIDIA Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver

If you’ve completed both, move to next instruction.

Step 1: Install NVIDIA CUDA toolkit and openCL

At first we need to install NVIDIA CUDA toolkit and NVIDIA openCL

aptitude install nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-opencl-icd

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