[INFO]: Finished with code: 256 , [ERROR]: Install of driver component failed

Accelerated Computing CUDA CUDA Setup and Installation
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hey thanks for your valuable post can you please elaborate the driver installation method from the mid if error occur at the same time.

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I checked /var/log/nvidia-installer.log but this file does not exist at all, and /var/log/nvidia/ is an empty folder. The specific information is in myquension. Can you help me? Yes, thank you

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You are installing in a WSL environment. There is no driver install in a WSL environment, which is why you can’t find various log files. You should follow the instructions here

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But how can I close this server. I also wanna give it a try but don’t know what cli instruction to use

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@codeguyross , I had the same issue during my installation, this is the way I fixed it:

  1. A NVIDIA kernel module is this case nvidia-drm is already loaded, in my case I stopped the display manager and turn off the graphical interface executing sudo systemctl stop gdm or pressing Ctrl + Alt + F3 (another combination could be Ctrl + Shift + F3) this will take you to a text-based login screen.

  2. Log in with your username and password

  3. execute sudo rmmod nvidia-drm nvidia-modeset nvidia , this will unload the NVIDIA modules

  4. check if any modules are still loaded: lsmod | grep nvidia

  5. run the CUDA installation again, in my case: sudo sh cuda_12.6.1_560.35.03_linux.run

  6. the installer is most likely located in the folder Downloads , so you can execute sudo sh ./Downloads/cuda_12.6.1_560.35.03_linux.run

  7. run nvcc --version and nvidia-smi to see if you installed everything correctly

  8. turn on the graphical interface Ctrl + Alt + F2 or Ctrl + Shift + F2 or executing sudo reboot

I hope this can be helpful