Isaac Sim ui crash

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GPU Information

  • Model: RTX4060
  • Driver Version: 13.2 CUDA

Topic Description

Detailed Description

When I run isaacsim command in my local machine, the isaac ui cannot work and throw UI crashed error

Steps to Reproduce

  1. run isaacsim in local

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Additional Information

What I’ve Tried

I think this issue didn’t happen before but when I did some system update, this issue has happened. But If I run some rl train tasks with headless mode, the task can work well. It looks like a UI crash but I don’t know the reason

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Hi @tingma997,

Since this started after a system update, the most likely cause is that your GPU driver was updated to 595.58.03, which is a known incompatibility with Isaac Sim 5.1. We’ve seen multiple reports of crashes with this driver version (#568 , #586 , Forum #366918
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Please check your driver version:

  nvidia-smi | head -3

If it shows 595.58.03, downgrade to 580.x (the validated driver for Isaac Sim 5.1):

  sudo apt install nvidia-driver-580

Or if using the .run installer, get it from the Unix Driver Archive (Unix Drivers | NVIDIA).

This explains why headless mode still works (it uses less of the rendering/display stack) while the GUI crashes.

Also note: the ]system requirements ](Isaac Sim Requirements — Isaac Sim Documentation) list RTX 4080 as the minimum GPU. Your RTX 4060 (8GB) is below spec, which may cause additional issues with VRAM-intensive workflows — but the crash itself is almost certainly the driver.