Hi,
I have been struggling to install all of the software necessary to run cuDNN on my A100.
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 on a Super Micro motherboard (Supermicro MBD-X13SEI-F-O ATX Server Motherboard) with 128GB memory, and am looking to install CUDA 11.8, as recommended in the Nvidia documentation.
I believe that I’ve successfully installed MLNX_OFED and GDS (2 nvme drives) but seem to be stopped from moving forward since I can’t install the drivers for my A100.
I have been reading through several of these posts, but many of these are 5+ years old on previous versions of Linux and different PC manufacturers. So, it’s not clear to me what applies or what has been addressed.
When I run nvidia-smi, I simply receive the generic error message:
“NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn’t communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.”
At the end of this message are the repositories I am referencing.
I suspect that DKMS may be involved somehow, since when I run ‘dkms status’, I get the output:
(base) root@brian:~# dkms status
iser/23.07, 6.2.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
iser/23.07, 6.2.0-36-generic, x86_64: installed
isert/23.07, 6.2.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
isert/23.07, 6.2.0-36-generic, x86_64: installed
kernel-mft-dkms/4.25.0, 6.2.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
kernel-mft-dkms/4.25.0, 6.2.0-36-generic, x86_64: installed
knem/1.1.4.90mlnx2, 6.2.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
knem/1.1.4.90mlnx2, 6.2.0-36-generic, x86_64: installed
mlnx-nfsrdma/23.07, 6.2.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
mlnx-nfsrdma/23.07, 6.2.0-36-generic, x86_64: installed
mlnx-nvme/23.07, 6.2.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
mlnx-nvme/23.07, 6.2.0-36-generic, x86_64: installedError! Could not locate dkms.conf file.
File: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-fs/2.18.3/source/dkms.conf does not exist.
mlnx-ofed-kernel/23.07, 6.2.0-35-generic, x86_64: installed
mlnx-ofed-kernel/23.07, 6.2.0-36-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia/545.23.06: added
Could there be conflicts between 6.2.0-35-generic and 6.2.0-36-generic?
Can anyone suggest ways to resolve the above ‘Error!’, to check if my A100 is functioning correctly, ways to ensure my system has the correct files to compile the new drivers, or anything else that can get me past my configuration issues?
I’m excited to begin using this A100 but am amazed at just how difficult it has been to get the software configured.
Any help is appreciated and will be met with my undying gratitude,
Brian
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