Nsight Compute cannot work on wsl2

[lvz]

Hi, I’ve encountered an issue with NCU. The details are as follows:

Therefore, I checked the versions of the CUDA driver, NCU, CUDA Toolkit, and Windows as follows:
CUDA driver：
NVIDIA-SMI 570.137 Driver Version: 572.90 CUDA Version: 12.8
NCU：
NVIDIA (R) Nsight Compute Command Line Profiler
Copyright (c) 2018-2025 NVIDIA Corporation
Version 2025.1.1.0 (build 35528883) (public-release)

cuda-toolkits: 12.8 update 1
windows: 11
libxcb-cursor0: the newest version (0.1.1-4ubuntu1)
I didn’t notice any problems. Is there still something I can do to help solve it？

[veraj]

Hi, @lvz

Sorry for the issue you met.
The linux driver in CUDA 12.8 update 1 is 570.124.06
The windows driver in CUDA 12.8 update 1 is 572.61.
This seems different with your ENV. So maybe cause the issue.

As we just have a CUDA 12.9 Update 1 released, can you upgrade to check again ? Thanks ! CUDA Toolkit 12.9 Update 1 Downloads | NVIDIA Developer

[lvz]

Thanks for your reply! However, I’m a bit confused. I just checked the CUDA Toolkit version 12.9 Update 1, and I saw the following in the release notes:

My CUDA driver version 572.90 on WSL2 meets the requirements of CUDA 12.8 Update 1, but is not compatible with CUDA 12.9 Update 1. So, do I also need to upgrade to CUDA Toolkit 12.9 Update 1?

[veraj]

Hi, @lvz

Suggest you to update driver on Windows to 576.57 firstly.
And then enter into WSL, to update cuda toolkit to 12.9 update 1. Note you don’t need to install driver in WSL

[lvz]

Hi, @veraj
My GPU is a GeForce RTX 5060, so I checked the latest version of the CUDA driver on the Official GeForce Drivers | NVIDIA website, as shown below:
Driver Version: 576.52 - Release Date: 2025-5-19
Now, are there any other ways to upgrade my CUDA driver from version 572.90 to version 576.57?

[veraj]

You can download CUDA Toolkit 12.9 Update 1 Downloads | NVIDIA Developer

[lvz]

@veraj Thanks for your help! It solved my issue.