An error was reported by the counter measurement library. failed to prepare kernel for profiling

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Hi, I use ncu --mode=launch executeble to profile metrics, but got this error when connected to nsight compute UI:
Can't parse message of type "NV.Profiler.ProfilerConfigurationMessage" because it is missing required fields: Configs[2].Option, Configs[3].Option

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When I click Profile kernel button, it told me that ‘An error was reported by the counter measurement library. Failed to prepare kernel for profiling.’
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And details page shows:

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Can anyone help to solve this problem?

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Hi, @hyaloids

Is it only happens when you attach to the app ?
Can you profile directly in NCU GUI, using interactive profile ?

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Hi, I’m a sudo user, when I use ncu command to get ncu-rep file and got this error:

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Please delete /tmp/nsight-compute-lock and try again. Thanks !

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It works! Thanks a lot!

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Good to know ! Thanks for the reply !