# Nvidia nsight system gui is not able to do profiling

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvidia-nsight-system-gui-is-not-able-to-do-profiling/293419>\
**Category:** Profiling Linux Targets\
**Created:** [May 20, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvidia-nsight-system-gui-is-not-able-to-do-profiling/293419 "2024-05-20T06:06:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![dipshi.s](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@dipshi.s](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/dipshi.s)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvidia-nsight-system-gui-is-not-able-to-do-profiling/293419/1 "2024-05-20T06:06:53Z")

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hi, while i am trying to setup Nvidia Nsight Systems [GUI version - 2024.3.1] in my ubuntu 22.04, the tool is unable to do profiling.

please let me know for any suggestions. Thanks .

 ![Screenshot from 2024-05-17 13-31-56](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/original/4X/0/0/0/0002ceabc2bb4915779fbdbb3502772283d17976.png)

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**Author:** ![hwilper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/hwilper/32/14043_2.png) [@hwilper](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/hwilper)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvidia-nsight-system-gui-is-not-able-to-do-profiling/293419/2 "2024-05-20T15:49:47Z")

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Are you running as a user that has execute permissions where Nsys is installed? I have not seen this before.