Nvidia-smi “NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn’t communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure …”

Hi,

I was reading so many forums in here and tried so many ways… no luck…
I got my new laptop with RTX4070 last week, I don’t mind to reinstall the whole ubuntu. what is the proper way to setup so that “nvidia-smi” will give me a proper response?

What setting in Bios? (I can’t set non-UFEI nor non-secure boot…) (I can not find the alternative of UFEI. And if I disable the secure boot, the ubuntu does not boot up…)
Ubuntu setup (click 3rd-party software? Where is it? Can I enable it after the setup?)
Install sequence? driver, cuda, cDnn, pytorch… Mine shall be 525? Can I install 530? I have tried to remove all driver and ask the Ubuntu Software/Update to set up the driver for me, still not working…

Thx

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Hi,

Here is more info. Thx

(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/11/lto-wrapper
OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none:amdgcn-amdhsa
OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 11.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-11/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --prefix=/usr --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-11 --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --enable-libphobos-checking=release --with-target-system-zlib=auto --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --enable-cet --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-11-xKiWfi/gcc-11-11.3.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-11-xKiWfi/gcc-11-11.3.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-build-config=bootstrap-lto-lean --enable-link-serialization=2
Thread model: posix
Supported LTO compression algorithms: zlib zstd
gcc version 11.3.0 (Ubuntu 11.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ cc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=cc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/11/lto-wrapper
OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none:amdgcn-amdhsa
OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 11.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-11/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,m2 --prefix=/usr --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-11 --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --enable-libphobos-checking=release --with-target-system-zlib=auto --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --enable-cet --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none=/build/gcc-11-xKiWfi/gcc-11-11.3.0/debian/tmp-nvptx/usr,amdgcn-amdhsa=/build/gcc-11-xKiWfi/gcc-11-11.3.0/debian/tmp-gcn/usr --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-build-config=bootstrap-lto-lean --enable-link-serialization=2
Thread model: posix
Supported LTO compression algorithms: zlib zstd
gcc version 11.3.0 (Ubuntu 11.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ sudo ubuntu-drivers list
[sudo] password for nvidia: 
nvidia-driver-525, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-525-generic-hwe-22.04)
nvidia-driver-530, (kernel modules provided by nvidia-dkms-530)
nvidia-driver-525-open, (kernel modules provided by linux-modules-nvidia-525-open-generic-hwe-22.04)
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ sudo ubuntu-drivers install
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers", line 513, in <module>
    greet()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1128, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1053, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1659, in invoke
    return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 1395, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 754, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/decorators.py", line 84, in new_func
    return ctx.invoke(f, obj, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 754, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers", line 413, in install
    command_install(config)
  File "/usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers", line 187, in command_install
    UbuntuDrivers.detect.nvidia_desktop_pre_installation_hook(to_install)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UbuntuDrivers/detect.py", line 839, in nvidia_desktop_pre_installation_hook
    with_nvidia_kms = version >= 470
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'version' referenced before assignment
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ 


Hi

I have tried " sudo apt install nvidia-driver-525 nvidia-dkms-525"
and save the MOK key during bootup, still has this problem…

(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ nviidia-smi
Command 'nviidia-smi' not found, did you mean:
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-390 (390.157-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-418-server (418.226.00-0ubuntu5~0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-450-server (450.216.04-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-470 (470.161.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-470-server (470.161.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-510 (510.108.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-515 (515.86.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-515-server (515.86.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.2)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-525-server (525.85.12-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-510-server (510.47.03-0ubuntu3)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-525 (525.85.05-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
Try: sudo apt install <deb name>
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-525
Failed to initialize NVML: Driver/library version mismatch
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ 

Hi,

Here is the Software and Updates window

Hi,

I tried to remove 530 driver, but still no luck…

(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
ii  libaccinj64-11.5:amd64                     11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA ACCINJ Library (64-bit)
ii  libcublas11:amd64                          11.7.4.6~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA cuBLAS Library
ii  libcublaslt11:amd64                        11.7.4.6~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA cuBLASLt Library
ii  libcudart11.0:amd64                        11.5.117~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Runtime Library
ii  libcufft10:amd64                           11.1.1+~10.6.0.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1      amd64        NVIDIA cuFFT Library
ii  libcufftw10:amd64                          11.1.1+~10.6.0.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1      amd64        NVIDIA cuFFTW Library
ii  libcuinj64-11.5:amd64                      11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUINJ Library (64-bit)
ii  libcupti-dev:amd64                         11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface development files
ii  libcupti-doc                               11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                all          NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface documentation
ii  libcupti11.5:amd64                         11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface runtime library
ii  libcurand10:amd64                          11.1.1+~10.2.7.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1      amd64        NVIDIA cuRAND Library
ii  libcusolver11:amd64                        11.3.2.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA cuSOLVER Library
ii  libcusolvermg11:amd64                      11.3.2.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA cuSOLVERmg Library
ii  libcusparse11:amd64                        11.7.0.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA cuSPARSE Library
ii  libnppc11:amd64                            11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives core runtime library
ii  libnppial11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Arithmetic and Logic
ii  libnppicc11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Color Conversion
ii  libnppidei11:amd64                         11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Data Exchange and Initialization
ii  libnppif11:amd64                           11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Filters
ii  libnppig11:amd64                           11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Geometry transforms
ii  libnppim11:amd64                           11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Morphological operations
ii  libnppist11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Statistics
ii  libnppisu11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Support
ii  libnppitc11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Threshold and Compare
ii  libnpps11:amd64                            11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives for signal processing runtime library
ii  libnvidia-cfg1-525:amd64                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-common-525                       525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
rc  libnvidia-compute-510:amd64                510.108.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1             amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-525:amd64                525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-525:i386                 525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA libcompute package
rc  libnvidia-compute-530:amd64                530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-decode-525:amd64                 525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-decode-525:i386                  525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-egl-wayland1:amd64               1:1.1.9-1.1                             amd64        Wayland EGL External Platform library -- shared library
ii  libnvidia-encode-525:amd64                 525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-encode-525:i386                  525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-extra-525:amd64                  525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-525:amd64                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-525:i386                    525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-gl-525:amd64                     525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-gl-525:i386                      525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-ml-dev:amd64                     11.5.50~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) development files
ii  libnvjpeg11:amd64                          11.5.4.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA JPEG library (nvJPEG)
ii  libnvrtc-builtins11.5:amd64                11.5.119~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        CUDA Runtime Compilation (NVIDIA NVRTC Builtins Library)
ii  libnvrtc11.2:amd64                         11.5.119~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        CUDA Runtime Compilation (NVIDIA NVRTC Library)
ii  libnvtoolsext1:amd64                       11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA Tools Extension Library
ii  libnvvm4:amd64                             11.5.119~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA NVVM Library
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-525-5.19.0-35-generic 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.19.0-35
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-525-generic-hwe-22.04 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Extra drivers for nvidia-525 for the generic-hwe-22.04 flavour
ii  linux-objects-nvidia-525-5.19.0-35-generic 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.19.0-35 (objects)
ii  linux-signatures-nvidia-5.19.0-35-generic  5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Linux kernel signatures for nvidia modules for version 5.19.0-35-generic
ii  nvidia-compute-utils-525                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
rc  nvidia-compute-utils-530                   530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
ii  nvidia-cuda-dev:amd64                      11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development files
ii  nvidia-cuda-gdb                            11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Debugger (GDB)
ii  nvidia-cuda-toolkit                        11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development toolkit
ii  nvidia-cuda-toolkit-doc                    11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         all          NVIDIA CUDA and OpenCL documentation
ii  nvidia-dkms-525                            525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
rc  nvidia-dkms-530                            530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
ii  nvidia-driver-525                          525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage
ii  nvidia-kernel-common-525                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
rc  nvidia-kernel-common-530                   530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-source-525                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA kernel source package
ii  nvidia-opencl-dev:amd64                    11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL development files
ii  nvidia-prime                               0.8.17.1                                all          Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii  nvidia-profiler                            11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
ii  nvidia-settings                            530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-utils-525                           525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  nvidia-visual-profiler                     11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA Visual Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
ii  screen-resolution-extra                    0.18.2                                  all          Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel
ii  sdkmanager                                 1.9.2-10884                             amd64        NVIDIA SDK Manager
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-525              525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia-
ii  libnvidia-cfg1-525:amd64                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-common-525                       525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
rc  libnvidia-compute-510:amd64                510.108.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1             amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-525:amd64                525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-525:i386                 525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA libcompute package
rc  libnvidia-compute-530:amd64                530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-decode-525:amd64                 525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-decode-525:i386                  525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-egl-wayland1:amd64               1:1.1.9-1.1                             amd64        Wayland EGL External Platform library -- shared library
ii  libnvidia-encode-525:amd64                 525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-encode-525:i386                  525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-extra-525:amd64                  525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-525:amd64                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-525:i386                    525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-gl-525:amd64                     525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-gl-525:i386                      525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-ml-dev:amd64                     11.5.50~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) development files
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-525-5.19.0-35-generic 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.19.0-35
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-525-generic-hwe-22.04 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Extra drivers for nvidia-525 for the generic-hwe-22.04 flavour
ii  linux-objects-nvidia-525-5.19.0-35-generic 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.19.0-35 (objects)
ii  linux-signatures-nvidia-5.19.0-35-generic  5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Linux kernel signatures for nvidia modules for version 5.19.0-35-generic
ii  nvidia-compute-utils-525                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
rc  nvidia-compute-utils-530                   530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
ii  nvidia-cuda-dev:amd64                      11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development files
ii  nvidia-cuda-gdb                            11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Debugger (GDB)
ii  nvidia-cuda-toolkit                        11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development toolkit
ii  nvidia-cuda-toolkit-doc                    11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         all          NVIDIA CUDA and OpenCL documentation
ii  nvidia-dkms-525                            525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
rc  nvidia-dkms-530                            530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
ii  nvidia-driver-525                          525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage
ii  nvidia-kernel-common-525                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
rc  nvidia-kernel-common-530                   530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-source-525                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA kernel source package
ii  nvidia-opencl-dev:amd64                    11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL development files
ii  nvidia-prime                               0.8.17.1                                all          Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii  nvidia-profiler                            11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
ii  nvidia-settings                            530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-utils-525                           525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  nvidia-visual-profiler                     11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA Visual Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
ii  screen-resolution-extra                    0.18.2                                  all          Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-525              525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge '^nvidia-compute-530.*'
[sudo] password for nvidia: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package ^nvidia-compute-530.*
E: Couldn't find any package by glob '^nvidia-compute-530.*'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex '^nvidia-compute-530.*'
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge '^nvidia-dkms-530.*'
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'nvidia-dkms-530' for regex '^nvidia-dkms-530.*'
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  nvidia-dkms-530*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 228743 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for nvidia-dkms-530 (530.30.02-0ubuntu1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu13.1) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.19.0-35-generic
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge '^nvidia-kernel-commom-530.*'
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package ^nvidia-kernel-commom-530.*
E: Couldn't find any package by glob '^nvidia-kernel-commom-530.*'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex '^nvidia-kernel-commom-530.*'
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
ii  libaccinj64-11.5:amd64                     11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA ACCINJ Library (64-bit)
ii  libcublas11:amd64                          11.7.4.6~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA cuBLAS Library
ii  libcublaslt11:amd64                        11.7.4.6~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA cuBLASLt Library
ii  libcudart11.0:amd64                        11.5.117~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Runtime Library
ii  libcufft10:amd64                           11.1.1+~10.6.0.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1      amd64        NVIDIA cuFFT Library
ii  libcufftw10:amd64                          11.1.1+~10.6.0.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1      amd64        NVIDIA cuFFTW Library
ii  libcuinj64-11.5:amd64                      11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUINJ Library (64-bit)
ii  libcupti-dev:amd64                         11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface development files
ii  libcupti-doc                               11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                all          NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface documentation
ii  libcupti11.5:amd64                         11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface runtime library
ii  libcurand10:amd64                          11.1.1+~10.2.7.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1      amd64        NVIDIA cuRAND Library
ii  libcusolver11:amd64                        11.3.2.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA cuSOLVER Library
ii  libcusolvermg11:amd64                      11.3.2.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA cuSOLVERmg Library
ii  libcusparse11:amd64                        11.7.0.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA cuSPARSE Library
ii  libnppc11:amd64                            11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives core runtime library
ii  libnppial11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Arithmetic and Logic
ii  libnppicc11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Color Conversion
ii  libnppidei11:amd64                         11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Data Exchange and Initialization
ii  libnppif11:amd64                           11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Filters
ii  libnppig11:amd64                           11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Geometry transforms
ii  libnppim11:amd64                           11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Morphological operations
ii  libnppist11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Statistics
ii  libnppisu11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Support
ii  libnppitc11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Threshold and Compare
ii  libnpps11:amd64                            11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives for signal processing runtime library
ii  libnvidia-cfg1-525:amd64                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-common-525                       525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
rc  libnvidia-compute-510:amd64                510.108.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1             amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-525:amd64                525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-525:i386                 525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA libcompute package
rc  libnvidia-compute-530:amd64                530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-decode-525:amd64                 525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-decode-525:i386                  525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-egl-wayland1:amd64               1:1.1.9-1.1                             amd64        Wayland EGL External Platform library -- shared library
ii  libnvidia-encode-525:amd64                 525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-encode-525:i386                  525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-extra-525:amd64                  525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-525:amd64                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-525:i386                    525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-gl-525:amd64                     525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-gl-525:i386                      525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-ml-dev:amd64                     11.5.50~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) development files
ii  libnvjpeg11:amd64                          11.5.4.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA JPEG library (nvJPEG)
ii  libnvrtc-builtins11.5:amd64                11.5.119~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        CUDA Runtime Compilation (NVIDIA NVRTC Builtins Library)
ii  libnvrtc11.2:amd64                         11.5.119~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        CUDA Runtime Compilation (NVIDIA NVRTC Library)
ii  libnvtoolsext1:amd64                       11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA Tools Extension Library
ii  libnvvm4:amd64                             11.5.119~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA NVVM Library
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-525-5.19.0-35-generic 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.19.0-35
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-525-generic-hwe-22.04 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Extra drivers for nvidia-525 for the generic-hwe-22.04 flavour
ii  linux-objects-nvidia-525-5.19.0-35-generic 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.19.0-35 (objects)
ii  linux-signatures-nvidia-5.19.0-35-generic  5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Linux kernel signatures for nvidia modules for version 5.19.0-35-generic
ii  nvidia-compute-utils-525                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
rc  nvidia-compute-utils-530                   530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
ii  nvidia-cuda-dev:amd64                      11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development files
ii  nvidia-cuda-gdb                            11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Debugger (GDB)
ii  nvidia-cuda-toolkit                        11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development toolkit
ii  nvidia-cuda-toolkit-doc                    11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         all          NVIDIA CUDA and OpenCL documentation
ii  nvidia-dkms-525                            525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
ii  nvidia-driver-525                          525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage
ii  nvidia-kernel-common-525                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
rc  nvidia-kernel-common-530                   530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-source-525                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA kernel source package
ii  nvidia-opencl-dev:amd64                    11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL development files
ii  nvidia-prime                               0.8.17.1                                all          Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii  nvidia-profiler                            11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
ii  nvidia-settings                            530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-utils-525                           525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  nvidia-visual-profiler                     11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA Visual Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
ii  screen-resolution-extra                    0.18.2                                  all          Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel
ii  sdkmanager                                 1.9.2-10884                             amd64        NVIDIA SDK Manager
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-525              525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge '^nvidia-compute-530.*'
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package ^nvidia-compute-530.*
E: Couldn't find any package by glob '^nvidia-compute-530.*'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex '^nvidia-compute-530.*'
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge '^libnvidia-compute-530.*'
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'libnvidia-compute-530' for regex '^libnvidia-compute-530.*'
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libnvidia-compute-530*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 228743 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for libnvidia-compute-530:amd64 (530.30.02-0ubuntu1) ...
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge '^nvidia-kernel-common-530 .*'
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package ^nvidia-kernel-common-530 .*
E: Couldn't find any package by glob '^nvidia-kernel-common-530 .*'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex '^nvidia-kernel-common-530 .*'
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge '^nvidia-kernel-common-530.*'
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'nvidia-kernel-common-530' for regex '^nvidia-kernel-common-530.*'
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  nvidia-kernel-common-530*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 228743 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for nvidia-kernel-common-530 (530.30.02-0ubuntu1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu13.1) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.19.0-35-generic
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge '^nvidia-compute-utils-530.*'
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'nvidia-compute-utils-530' for regex '^nvidia-compute-utils-530.*'
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  nvidia-compute-utils-530*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 228743 files and directories currently installed.)
Purging configuration files for nvidia-compute-utils-530 (530.30.02-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.20-2ubuntu4.1) ...
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
ii  libaccinj64-11.5:amd64                     11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA ACCINJ Library (64-bit)
ii  libcublas11:amd64                          11.7.4.6~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA cuBLAS Library
ii  libcublaslt11:amd64                        11.7.4.6~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA cuBLASLt Library
ii  libcudart11.0:amd64                        11.5.117~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Runtime Library
ii  libcufft10:amd64                           11.1.1+~10.6.0.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1      amd64        NVIDIA cuFFT Library
ii  libcufftw10:amd64                          11.1.1+~10.6.0.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1      amd64        NVIDIA cuFFTW Library
ii  libcuinj64-11.5:amd64                      11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUINJ Library (64-bit)
ii  libcupti-dev:amd64                         11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface development files
ii  libcupti-doc                               11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                all          NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface documentation
ii  libcupti11.5:amd64                         11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface runtime library
ii  libcurand10:amd64                          11.1.1+~10.2.7.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1      amd64        NVIDIA cuRAND Library
ii  libcusolver11:amd64                        11.3.2.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA cuSOLVER Library
ii  libcusolvermg11:amd64                      11.3.2.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA cuSOLVERmg Library
ii  libcusparse11:amd64                        11.7.0.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA cuSPARSE Library
ii  libnppc11:amd64                            11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives core runtime library
ii  libnppial11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Arithmetic and Logic
ii  libnppicc11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Color Conversion
ii  libnppidei11:amd64                         11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Data Exchange and Initialization
ii  libnppif11:amd64                           11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Filters
ii  libnppig11:amd64                           11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Geometry transforms
ii  libnppim11:amd64                           11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Morphological operations
ii  libnppist11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Statistics
ii  libnppisu11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Support
ii  libnppitc11:amd64                          11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Threshold and Compare
ii  libnpps11:amd64                            11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives for signal processing runtime library
ii  libnvidia-cfg1-525:amd64                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-common-525                       525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
rc  libnvidia-compute-510:amd64                510.108.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1             amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-525:amd64                525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-compute-525:i386                 525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-decode-525:amd64                 525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-decode-525:i386                  525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii  libnvidia-egl-wayland1:amd64               1:1.1.9-1.1                             amd64        Wayland EGL External Platform library -- shared library
ii  libnvidia-encode-525:amd64                 525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-encode-525:i386                  525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii  libnvidia-extra-525:amd64                  525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-525:amd64                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-525:i386                    525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-gl-525:amd64                     525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-gl-525:i386                      525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              i386         NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-ml-dev:amd64                     11.5.50~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) development files
ii  libnvjpeg11:amd64                          11.5.4.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1              amd64        NVIDIA JPEG library (nvJPEG)
ii  libnvrtc-builtins11.5:amd64                11.5.119~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        CUDA Runtime Compilation (NVIDIA NVRTC Builtins Library)
ii  libnvrtc11.2:amd64                         11.5.119~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        CUDA Runtime Compilation (NVIDIA NVRTC Library)
ii  libnvtoolsext1:amd64                       11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA Tools Extension Library
ii  libnvvm4:amd64                             11.5.119~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA NVVM Library
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-525-5.19.0-35-generic 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.19.0-35
ii  linux-modules-nvidia-525-generic-hwe-22.04 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Extra drivers for nvidia-525 for the generic-hwe-22.04 flavour
ii  linux-objects-nvidia-525-5.19.0-35-generic 5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.19.0-35 (objects)
ii  linux-signatures-nvidia-5.19.0-35-generic  5.19.0-35.36~22.04.1                    amd64        Linux kernel signatures for nvidia modules for version 5.19.0-35-generic
ii  nvidia-compute-utils-525                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
ii  nvidia-cuda-dev:amd64                      11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development files
ii  nvidia-cuda-gdb                            11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Debugger (GDB)
ii  nvidia-cuda-toolkit                        11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development toolkit
ii  nvidia-cuda-toolkit-doc                    11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         all          NVIDIA CUDA and OpenCL documentation
ii  nvidia-dkms-525                            525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
ii  nvidia-driver-525                          525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA driver metapackage
ii  nvidia-kernel-common-525                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-source-525                   525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA kernel source package
ii  nvidia-opencl-dev:amd64                    11.5.1-1ubuntu1                         amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL development files
ii  nvidia-prime                               0.8.17.1                                all          Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii  nvidia-profiler                            11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
ii  nvidia-settings                            530.30.02-0ubuntu1                      amd64        Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-utils-525                           525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  nvidia-visual-profiler                     11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                amd64        NVIDIA Visual Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
ii  screen-resolution-extra                    0.18.2                                  all          Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel
ii  sdkmanager                                 1.9.2-10884                             amd64        NVIDIA SDK Manager
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-525              525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1              amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ 

Hi,

(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ nviidia-smi
Command 'nviidia-smi' not found, did you mean:
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-390 (390.157-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-418-server (418.226.00-0ubuntu5~0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-450-server (450.216.04-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-470 (470.161.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-470-server (470.161.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-510 (510.108.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-515 (515.86.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-515-server (515.86.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.2)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-525-server (525.85.12-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-510-server (510.47.03-0ubuntu3)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-525 (525.85.05-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
Try: sudo apt install <deb name>
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ sudo apt install nvidia-utils-525
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
nvidia-utils-525 is already the newest version (525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ cd Downloads/
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~/Downloads$ ls
cudnn-linux-x86_64-8.8.1.3_cuda12-archive  NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-525.89.02.run
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~/Downloads$ sudo apt install nvidia-utils-525
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
nvidia-utils-525 is already the newest version (525.89.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~/Downloads$ nviidia-smi
Command 'nviidia-smi' not found, did you mean:
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-390 (390.157-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-418-server (418.226.00-0ubuntu5~0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-450-server (450.216.04-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-470 (470.161.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-470-server (470.161.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-510 (510.108.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-515 (515.86.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-515-server (515.86.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.2)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-525-server (525.85.12-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-510-server (510.47.03-0ubuntu3)
  command 'nvidia-smi' from deb nvidia-utils-525 (525.85.05-0ubuntu0.22.04.1)
Try: sudo apt install <deb name>
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~/Downloads$ 

After reboot

(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ nvidia-smi
Failed to initialize NVML: Driver/library version mismatch
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  525.89.02  Wed Feb  1 23:23:25 UTC 2023
GCC version:  gcc version 11.3.0 (Ubuntu 11.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) (base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ nvidia-smi
Failed to initialize NVML: Driver/library version mismatch
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  525.89.02  Wed Feb  1 23:23:25 UTC 2023
GCC version:  gcc version 11.3.0 (Ubuntu 11.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 
(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ ubuntu-drivers devices
== /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 ==
modalias : pci:v000010DEd00002820sv00001D05sd00001273bc03sc00i00
vendor   : NVIDIA Corporation
driver   : nvidia-driver-530 - third-party non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-525 - distro non-free
driver   : nvidia-driver-525-open - distro non-free recommended
driver   : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau - distro free builtin

(base) nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ 


Hi @AK51,

Please read the following post and attach the nvidia-bug-report.log.gz file here

But my first guess would be that you would be best of by starting from scratch. By now you have so many mismatching libraries on your system that it will be very difficult to clean it up again.

The recommended way is to

  • first install Ubuntu and *do not chose 3rd party apps during initial installation.
  • After Ubuntu has booted properly with default Display support go into the 3rd party apps and install the 525 or 530 driver. Start with the normal packages, not the Open Kernel version
  • Follow the setup process and instructions exactly since it will guide you through the signing (MOK) process
  • Don’t forget to reboot as soon as this is done to make sure the singing goes through without issues!

After that you should have a properly working nvidia-smi result.

Only then should you look into how to install other libraries like the CUDA toolkit without the driver since that could cause issues.

Only install DKMS and/or the open kernel modules if you really plan on modifying them and know what you are doing.

Ideally whenever you update GPU drivers or packages touching them, start withour an X11 server running! Otherwise the kernel modules are in use and will not be updated.

I hope that helps.

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I cannot boot up my computer anymore. :(

Anyway, I reinstalled the Ubuntu, and erased everything (lucky it is just one day work)
disable secure boot
And click the third party option
The nvidia driver is right inside the “software and update” window. All I need is to select 525 and reboot. It is easy.
But why I can’t find a tutorial link in Nvidia website… that’s the question…
But thanks for your reply.
Cheers


nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ nvidia-smi
Mon Mar 27 21:51:56 2023       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 525.89.02    Driver Version: 525.89.02    CUDA Version: 12.0     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                               |                      |               MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce ...  Off  | 00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   44C    P0    N/A / 115W |      5MiB /  8188MiB |      0%      Default |
|                               |                      |                  N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                               
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                  |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                  GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                   Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A      1585      G   /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg                  4MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Install cuda 12.1 and reboot, ok. :>

nvidia@nvidia-Kuangshi16-Super-Series-GM6PX7X:~$ nvidia-smi
Mon Mar 27 22:20:11 2023       
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 530.30.02              Driver Version: 530.30.02    CUDA Version: 12.1     |
|-----------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                  Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf            Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                      |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+======================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 L...    On | 00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| N/A   42C    P8                3W / 115W|      6MiB /  8188MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                      |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                                         
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                            |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                            GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                             Usage      |
|=======================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A      1563      G   /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg                            4MiB |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Great to hear you were successful!

I am working on it, but it is actually not as easy as it seems. Because if the “easy” part which now worked for you does not work, I need to address that as well.

Thanks!

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