Dkms - Tag - 栗悟饭のspace https://blog.zayx.me/tags/dkms/ Dkms - Tag - 栗悟饭のspace Hugo -- gohugo.ioenFri, 01 Nov 2024 00:40:03 +0800 Solution to cuda driver failure after kernel update https://blog.zayx.me/2024/11/01/solution-to-cuda-driver-failure-after-kernel-update/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:40:03 +0800 xxxx https://blog.zayx.me/2024/11/01/solution-to-cuda-driver-failure-after-kernel-update/ after a recent kernel update (presumably automatic via unattended-upgrades), cuda functionality on my server ceased functioning. the primary symptom was the following error when running nvidia-smi:

NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn‘t communicate with the NVIDIA driver ...

this indicates a mismatch between the installed nvidia driver and the current kernel version. the solution involves using dkms (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) to rebuild the nvidia driver against the new kernel.

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