After upgrading to nvidia-driver-555-open and Ubuntu 24.10 daily builds, as soon as I launch nvidia-smi, my RAM usage (not VRAM) goes to 99% with nvidia-smi using all the available memory and taking forever to actually display the stats
It looks like there’s a problem with the nvidia-driver-555-open on Ubuntu 24.10 daily builds. Here are a few things you can try:
Update Everything: Make sure your system and drivers are up to date.
Revert the Driver: If the issue started after updating, try going back to an older, stable version of the NVIDIA driver.
Reinstall the Driver: Completely remove the current driver and reinstall it:
sudo apt-get remove --purge ‘^nvidia-.*’
sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-XXX
Replace XXX with the version number you want to install.
Check Logs: Look for errors related to NVIDIA by running:
dmesg | grep nvidia
or check /var/log/syslog.
Run Memory Test: Make sure your RAM is working properly using memtest86.
Ask for Help: If none of these work, try asking on NVIDIA forums or contacting their support.
These steps should help identify and fix the issue with nvidia-smi using all your RAM.
Run
sudo mv /usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-persistenced.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-persistenced.service.disabled
I had same issue and it will may fixes your issue.
Without the workaround when I run nvidia-smi
I get 100% usage in 1 core as RAM slowly fills up to 100%. Is there a safe workaround which doesn’t involve disabling Chapter 27. Using the nvidia-persistenced Utility, it seems like it could have unintended side-effects.
Filling up ram to 100% is a crazy bug.