== The problem ==
After upgrading to nvidia-driver-470
, our Cuda applications are not working, and nvidia-smi
is not finding any GPU device:
me@bimba:~$ nvidia-smi
No devices were found
The exact same issue happened on 2 separate PCs.
Previously we were using nvidia-driver-465
and it was working fine.
After upgrading to nvidia-driver-470, I couldn’t downgrade back to 465, because the 465 package in the apt repo is a transitional package for 470:
me@bimba:~$ apt show nvidia-driver-465
Package: nvidia-driver-465
Version: 470.57.02-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-470
APT-Sources: http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Description: Transitional package for nvidia-driver-470
In order to downgrade, I followed these nvidia instructions to add another apt repo which contains nvidia-driver-465
, and after the downgrade to 465 everything was working again.
== Nvidia Bug Report ==
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (534.1 KB)
== System information ==
- OS:
me@bimba:~$ uname -a
Linux bimba 5.4.0-80-generic #90~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 13 19:40:02 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
me@bimba:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
- GPU:
me@bimba:~$ lspci | grep -i VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] (rev a1)
- Installed Nvidia packages:
me@bimba:~$ apt list --installed | grep nvidia
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
libnvidia-cfg1-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-common-465/unknown,now 465.19.01-0ubuntu1 all [installed,auto-removable]
libnvidia-common-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 all [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-compute-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-decode-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-encode-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-extra-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-fbc1-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-gl-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
libnvidia-ifr1-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-compute-utils-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-dkms-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-driver-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed]
nvidia-kernel-common-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-kernel-source-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-prime/bionic-updates,bionic-updates,now 0.8.16~0.18.04.1 all [installed,automatic]
nvidia-settings/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
nvidia-utils-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470/unknown,now 470.57.02-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
== Questions ==
- Please let me know if any additional information is needed
- Why was nvidia-driver-465 removed from the
http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
apt repo and replaced with a 470 transitional package? - Most importantly - what should I do to make nvidia-driver-470 work?