Hi,
I am trying to install Cuda on my system.
I have a Dell XPS9560 laptop with an NVidia GeForce GTX Mobile GPU. My OS is Arch Linux 64-bit.
I tried to install Cuda 8 and then Cuda 9 but they both fail. I was able to narrow down the error using the deviceQuery utility from the samples:
$ ./deviceQuery
./deviceQuery Starting...
CUDA Device Query (Runtime API) version (CUDART static linking)
cudaGetDeviceCount returned 30
-> unknown error
Result = FAIL
My device is neither found or not found: an unknown error occurs. This message is not very helpful so I don’t know where to look for more information.
Here is the detected name of my GPU: GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
$ lspci | grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] (rev a1)
In the list of supported GPUs, only the “desktop” GeForce GTX 1050 GPU is listed, but a moderator confirmed the the laptop version is also supported and the list is not synced.
Here is my driver version with additional info: 387.34 (Package)
$ nvidia-smi -a
==============NVSMI LOG==============
Timestamp : Mon Dec 11 14:56:40 2017
Driver Version : 387.34
Attached GPUs : 1
GPU 00000000:01:00.0
Product Name : GeForce GTX 1050
Product Brand : GeForce
Display Mode : Disabled
Display Active : Disabled
Persistence Mode : Disabled
Accounting Mode : Disabled
Accounting Mode Buffer Size : 1920
Driver Model
Current : N/A
Pending : N/A
Serial Number : N/A
GPU UUID : GPU-d8675584-441c-45f0-59a6-db42d4cca53c
Minor Number : 0
VBIOS Version : 86.07.3E.00.1C
MultiGPU Board : No
Board ID : 0x100
GPU Part Number : N/A
Inforom Version
Image Version : N/A
OEM Object : N/A
ECC Object : N/A
Power Management Object : N/A
GPU Operation Mode
Current : N/A
Pending : N/A
GPU Virtualization Mode
Virtualization mode : None
PCI
Bus : 0x01
Device : 0x00
Domain : 0x0000
Device Id : 0x1C8D10DE
Bus Id : 00000000:01:00.0
Sub System Id : 0x07BE1028
GPU Link Info
PCIe Generation
Max : 3
Current : 3
Link Width
Max : 16x
Current : 16x
Bridge Chip
Type : N/A
Firmware : N/A
Replays since reset : 0
Tx Throughput : 0 KB/s
Rx Throughput : 0 KB/s
Fan Speed : N/A
Performance State : P0
Clocks Throttle Reasons
Idle : Not Active
Applications Clocks Setting : Not Active
SW Power Cap : Not Active
HW Slowdown : Not Active
HW Thermal Slowdown : Not Active
HW Power Brake Slowdown : Not Active
Sync Boost : Not Active
SW Thermal Slowdown : Not Active
FB Memory Usage
Total : 4041 MiB
Used : 0 MiB
Free : 4041 MiB
BAR1 Memory Usage
Total : 256 MiB
Used : 2 MiB
Free : 254 MiB
Compute Mode : Default
Utilization
Gpu : 2 %
Memory : 0 %
Encoder : 0 %
Decoder : 0 %
Encoder Stats
Active Sessions : 0
Average FPS : 0
Average Latency : 0
Ecc Mode
Current : N/A
Pending : N/A
ECC Errors
Volatile
Single Bit
Device Memory : N/A
Register File : N/A
L1 Cache : N/A
L2 Cache : N/A
Texture Memory : N/A
Texture Shared : N/A
CBU : N/A
Total : N/A
Double Bit
Device Memory : N/A
Register File : N/A
L1 Cache : N/A
L2 Cache : N/A
Texture Memory : N/A
Texture Shared : N/A
CBU : N/A
Total : N/A
Aggregate
Single Bit
Device Memory : N/A
Register File : N/A
L1 Cache : N/A
L2 Cache : N/A
Texture Memory : N/A
Texture Shared : N/A
CBU : N/A
Total : N/A
Double Bit
Device Memory : N/A
Register File : N/A
L1 Cache : N/A
L2 Cache : N/A
Texture Memory : N/A
Texture Shared : N/A
CBU : N/A
Total : N/A
Retired Pages
Single Bit ECC : N/A
Double Bit ECC : N/A
Pending : N/A
Temperature
GPU Current Temp : 42 C
GPU Shutdown Temp : 102 C
GPU Slowdown Temp : 97 C
GPU Max Operating Temp : 94 C
Memory Current Temp : N/A
Memory Max Operating Temp : N/A
Power Readings
Power Management : N/A
Power Draw : N/A
Power Limit : N/A
Default Power Limit : N/A
Enforced Power Limit : N/A
Min Power Limit : N/A
Max Power Limit : N/A
Clocks
Graphics : 1354 MHz
SM : 1354 MHz
Memory : 3504 MHz
Video : 1215 MHz
Applications Clocks
Graphics : N/A
Memory : N/A
Default Applications Clocks
Graphics : N/A
Memory : N/A
Max Clocks
Graphics : 1911 MHz
SM : 1911 MHz
Memory : 3504 MHz
Video : 1708 MHz
Max Customer Boost Clocks
Graphics : N/A
Clock Policy
Auto Boost : N/A
Auto Boost Default : N/A
Processes : None
I installed Cuda using the package manager: Cuda 9, Cuda 8
Thank you in advance for any help regarding my issue. I’d like to at least find a way to get a better description of the error to understand what went wrong.
