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2022-03-27 06:36:01 -0700 |
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How I fix this issue NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running |
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I had many driver installed I my virtual machine , so It was actually the reason why I was having the error.
To fix it I had first to remove all driver I have installed before using :
-sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*{:.language-clojure .highlight}
-sudo apt-get update{:.language-clojure .highlight}
-sudo apt-get autoremove{:.language-clojure .highlight}
After that I when a head and installed the latest version of it nvidia driver:
I did :
apt search nvidia-driver{:.language-clojure .highlight} To get the latest version of the driver After getting the latest version I installed it with :
Edit Sept 2021 : According to the last comment by @a-r-j you can install a couple of dependencies before
sudo apt install libnvidia-common-470{:.language-clojure .highlight}sudo apt install libnividia-gl-470{:.language-clojure .highlight}
Then you can move forward and install the driver.
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-470{:.language-clojure .highlight}
And after installing it I rebooted my machine and checked with :
nvidia-smi{:.language-clojure .highlight}
And tata ☄️
The results :
Ressources :
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-linux-install-nvidia-driver-latest-proprietary-driver/