Hello,
When executing nvidia-smi instruction, I get this message:
pavel@ALABAMA:~$ 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.
Here is what actually installed:
pavel@ALABAMA:~$ dpkg -l | grep nvidia
ii libnvidia-cfg1-418:amd64 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii libnvidia-common-418 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 all Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
rc libnvidia-compute-390:amd64 390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package
rc libnvidia-compute-390:i386 390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 i386 NVIDIA libcompute package
ii libnvidia-compute-418:amd64 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package
ii libnvidia-decode-418:amd64 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii libnvidia-encode-418:amd64 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii libnvidia-fbc1-418:amd64 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii libnvidia-gl-418:amd64 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii libnvidia-ifr1-418:amd64 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Inband Frame Readback runtime library
rc nvidia-compute-utils-390 390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities
ii nvidia-compute-utils-418 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities
rc nvidia-dkms-390 390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package
ii nvidia-dkms-418 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package
ii nvidia-driver-418 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA driver metapackage
rc nvidia-kernel-common-390 390.116-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module
ii nvidia-kernel-common-418 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module
ii nvidia-kernel-source-418 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA kernel source package
ii nvidia-modprobe 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 Load the NVIDIA kernel driver and create device files
ii nvidia-prime 0.8.8.2 all Tools to enable NVIDIA's Prime
ii nvidia-settings 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii nvidia-utils-418 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-418 418.87.00-0ubuntu1 amd64 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
And here is my NVIDIA card:
pavel@ALABAMA:~$ lspci -v | grep 3D
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] (rev a1)
Any suggestions ?
Thanks.
Pavel