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nvidia-smi
/usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe: unrecognized option: "-s"

ERROR: Invalid commandline, please run `/usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe --help` for usage information.

/usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe: unrecognized option: "-s"

ERROR: Invalid commandline, please run `/usr/bin/nvidia-modprobe --help` for usage information.

Tue Oct  6 22:37:24 2020      
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 450.80.02    Driver Version: 450.80.02    CUDA Version: 11.0     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                               |                      |               MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  GeForce GTX 166...  Off  | 00000000:01:00.0  On |                  N/A |
|  0%   49C    P8    17W / 125W |    547MiB /  5943MiB |     13%      Default |
|                               |                      |                  N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                               
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                  |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                  GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                   Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A      1215      G   /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg                 28MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1320      G   /usr/bin/gnome-shell               70MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      2951      G   /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg                198MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      3085      G   ...mviewer/tv_bin/TeamViewer        2MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      3086      G   /usr/bin/gnome-shell              137MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      3762      G   ...AAAAAAAAA= --shared-files       27MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      5431    C+G   ...al/lib/vmd/vmd_LINUXAMD64       74MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Any idea on what to do?

Adupa Vasista
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  • Probably a version conflict with the Nvidia supplied CUDA files (driver 450.80.02 et al) and the files from the standard repositories (drver 450.66, etc.). cuda 10.1 with driver 450.66 nvidia-smi does not need the nvidia-modprobe, it's not even on my system. – ubfan1 Oct 06 '20 at 23:14
  • @ubfan1 So, should I just upgrade the nvidia-driver. – Adupa Vasista Oct 07 '20 at 04:48
  • The source of your 450.80 driver should supply a compatible nvidia-modprobe too. Or use the Nvidia 450.66 supplied by the Ubuntu repositories (and if necessary the equivalent nvidia-modprobe, but since I don't have it, it may be optional). The main problem is that the Nvidia CUDA installs tend to have all sorts of dependencies that cause problems -- see this site for various solutions. I prefer to set my system up with its current supplied Nvidia drivers, and unpack the CUDA source where I want it, avoiding all package dependencies. – ubfan1 Oct 07 '20 at 05:02

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I also faced issue after updating my driver to 455.45.01, above instructions works, This would also solve the issue, without adding PPA.

wget http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64/nvidia-modprobe_455.45.01-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb

and then install with

sudo dpkg -i nvidia-modprobe_455.45.01-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
muru
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user1157663
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I had exactly the same problem after recent update to 450.80.2. In my case the following got the issue resolved:

  1. Add / enable PPA http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64
  2. sudo apt-get update
  3. Optionally verify candidates are available: sudo apt-cache policy nvidia-modprobe
  4. sudo apt-get install nvidia-modprobe=450.80.02-0ubuntu1
  5. Remove / disable PPA if you do not intend using it soon again.
Brian D
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Krzysztof Mierzejewski
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  • Unable to add the PPA in the first place. Any idea? – Adupa Vasista Oct 18 '20 at 19:56
  • Could you please elaborate on why you cannot add the repository? Some error message perhaps? In the meantime, you can try to follow official nvidia [installation guide for Ubuntu](https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html#ubuntu-installation): 3. Installing the CUDA public GPG key. – Krzysztof Mierzejewski Oct 19 '20 at 09:50
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    This would also solve the issue, without adding PPA. `wget http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64/nvidia-modprobe_455.45.01-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb` and then install with `sudo dpkg -i nvidia-modprobe_455.45.01-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb`. Obviously the correct version of modprobe for the nvidia driver you have installed. – Keivan Dec 11 '20 at 13:06
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Here is what worked for me (basically it is Keivan's comment on the accepted answer, but downloading using https instead of http).

# Change 'nvidia-modprobe_470.42.01-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb' below to the latest version at the time you execute (see the link to find it)    
wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64/nvidia-modprobe_470.42.01-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i nvidia-modprobe_470.42.01-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Giuseppe
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I got that same message trying to run 'nvidia-smi' after updating, but then about 5 minutes later...no error message. I'm thinking the GPU had to "warm up" or the persistence daemon hadn't fully started. Anyway, it "fixed itself" without my having to do anything.

Anne Salemme
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  • This is not really an answer, rather a opinion. Read [here](https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19074/when-should-i-answer-and-when-should-i-comment) for more infos when to comment and when to answer – kanehekili Oct 29 '20 at 20:58