Questions tagged [gpu]
Questions related to the the Graphics Processing Unit itself. Questions about graphics cards can be found in the [graphics] tag.
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Cannot use PC while crypto-mining on Ubuntu: works great on windows though
I have an RTX 2080, and I can mine Ethereum with 37-40 MH/s on windows 10, while using the PC for mundane tasks, browsing, even able to play video games too (in this case, the hashrate drops to 10MH/s ...
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Can you run Compute Benchmark (GPU) using Geekbench 5 on 20.04?
I would like to benchmark test my CPU and GPU. I have installed GB5 and successfully run the CPU testing from the command line using ./geekbench5. I was wondering if I could also run the GPU testing ...
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Battery life way shorter in Ubuntu than Windows
I have a Samsung Expert X50 NP350XBE-XH3BR with an Intel Core i7-8565U, iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 620 and a dGPU Nvidia GeForce MX110. My machine comes originally with Windows 10, but I switched to ...
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Why don't the Nvidia official instructions to install CUDA 11 on Ubuntu 16.04 work?
I am following the Nvidia official instructions to install CUDA 11 on Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS x64 don't work:
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
wget
http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/...
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Using Kubuntu to accelerate FFmpeg using Nvidia GPU
I’ve installed Kubuntu so that I can run FFmpeg to join a large number of tiff files into a video. The tiffs are produced by a video enhance program that exports each frame of the video as a tiff.
I’...
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How to diagnose crash/reboots under heavy load?
I have recently upgraded my PC to a relatively new (but bought used) motherboard and a relatively new (also bought used) CPU (AMD Ryzen 5 3600) but kept the graphics card in (Radeon R9 270x). I did a ...
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Monitoring the temperature of Nvidia RTX 30** VRAM?
Working with Ubuntu 20.04, is it possible to get any info about the temperature of the VRAM for a Nvidia graphic card (30** series)?
The command nvidia-smi does not give this specific datum. For ...
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eGPU Nvidia - fallen off the bus and is not responding to commands
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 on a Lenovo X13 with Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER in the Thunderbolt cabinet Asus XG Station Pro.
The BIOS and Thunderbolt firmware is upgraded to the latest version and the ...
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GPU usage utility
I'm trying to see how much my GPU is being used on my AMD iGPU, I tried Radeontop but this didn't work so I'm wondering if there's any utility that can show me GPU usage on an 4900hs.
(radeontop didn'...
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Out of memory: Killed process
I got from dmesg
Out of memory: Killed process 24502 (python) total-vm:19568804kB, anon-rss:14542148kB, file-rss:4kB, shmem-rss:0kB, UID:1000 pgtables:31232kB oom_score_adj:0
How can I increase the ...
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amdgpu uninstall, mesa reinstall
I recently installed the amdgpu-pro drivers for use with blender GPU render.
After the experiment I removed the driver (with ./amdgpu-install --uninstall).
After a reboot I could no longer log in ...
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Problems with gpu rendering
Problems with gpu rendering.
A game (forgeofempires.com) has some visual errors.
Background image gets random black lines/pixels.
screenshot: https://ibb.co/P15z4t1
Text disappears/gets unreadable/...
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How to check the GPU temperature without installing vcgencmd
I would like to check the GPU temperature in my Ubuntu machine. I have searched online where they have mentioned using vcgencmd.
But instead of using vcgencmd or installing any plugins is there a way ...
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trouble installing AMD graphics drivers on Ubuntu20.04LTS
Good day everyone. I have an issue with my computer graphics drivers.
I would like to use opencl for developement purposes and such.
However, I have an old computer with a Richland [Radeon HD 8670D ...
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mouse problems after nvidia-xconfig --cool-bits=4
nvidia-xconfig --enable-all-gpus
nvidia-xconfig --cool-bits=4
from forums.developer.nvidia.com worked with my dual titan rtx on Ubuntu 18. This allows me to manually set the fan speed using NVIDIA X ...
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NVIDIA prime-select on-demand never utilizes the GPU
nvidia-smi:
Fri Jan 15 17:52:29 2021
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| NVIDIA-SMI 460.32.03 Driver Version: 460.32.03 CUDA Version: 11.2 ...
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GPU crashes randomly
This week my gpu crashes randomly, at first i had PopOS and it started crashing, then i moved to Manjaro - crash, now I am with Ubuntu and it is still the same - crash.One thing I noticed about crash ...
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Fixing GPU hang caused by i915 driver
Ran updates on my laptop recently, and after rebooting, my laptop started behaving weirdly. After I logged in, the screen started flickering, and as soon as I opened a window (the application menu ...
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Display weirdness after update, PC unusable
Please forgive me if this is already covered somewhere, I'm using the Stack exchange app on my phone because my PC is unusable.
Today, I ran the usual updates Ubuntu provides me with, but when I ...
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Hybrid Graphics Mode issue with Alacritty
Up until yesterday I used Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my Dell Precision 5530. I just upgraded to 20.10 and most of the stuff works as expected. I don't want my computer to run on performance mode so I ...
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/usr/bin/time for Nvidia GPU utilization of program
Is there a command-line program like /usr/bin/time that can report on Nvidia GPU utilization of a program?
I'd like to get something like the following, that also includes GPU time (seconds), Percent ...
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I fear my GPU might be broken. How can I test my dedicated GPU in Ubuntu? DRI_PRIME=1 not working
I would like to test my dedicated graphics card on my ubuntu partition, but I can't run anything with it. It just defaults to the Intel Graphics Card, instead of my AMD Radeon M360. The graphics card ...
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Ubuntu netboot USB not appearing on iMac Startup manager
Apologies if this question is inappropriate for this forum I am not sure whether I should be on the Apple or Ubuntu StackExchange.
I am trying to turn an iMac mid 2010 21.5" into a home server by ...
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Run docker container inside LXC with GPU
I have a GPU application docker image. Now I want to run that docker container with GPU support inside an LXC container but I am unable to do so.
The way I run is this:
lxc launch ubuntu plex -c ...
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Issues installing anything after failed AMDGPU driver install
Im having some issues since a failed install of the AMD GPU drivers from AMD's website.
I ran the AMDGPU-PRO-INSTALL script and it failed with errors (i am unable to reproduce this at this time)
I ...
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GPU-Detalis of Ubuntu Desktop certified hardware (Pre-installed by manufacturer) [duplicate]
I'm interested in Ubuntu Desktop certified hardware (Pre-installed by manufacturer) with NVIDIA GPUs.
Is there a way to download a list of certified hardware including the GPU model (details like GPU-...
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Impossible to install Nvidia driver for Ubuntu 18.04
Sorry, I have to put logs in the comments but askubuntu sees them as spam.
I have integrated Intel and Nvidia GeForce940MX and it's impossible to install drivers for it.
I got:
ubuntu-drivers devices
(...
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Desktop freeze and then reboot itself, happens randomly
Have upgrade a desktop with a few hardware a while ago, and it starts randomly(After a few hours of using) completely frozen a few seconds and then reboot itself.
It probably not an OS problem:
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Using Intel integrated graphics for display and NVIDIA GPU for CUDA 11.1 on Ubuntu 20.04
(I am aware that questions about doing this specific task have already been answered numerous time here. However there doesn't seem to have much information for this specific version of Ubuntu, and ...
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ASUS PN50 AMD RYZEN 5 4500U - Graphic Drivers
I have installed Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS on my Asus ASUS PN50 AMD RYZEN 5 4500U with integrated Radeon Vega 7 Graphics.
I have noticed the graphics drivers are not functioning properly - I can't adjust ...
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ubuntu install failed detect the available gpus and deal with any system changes. dell 5820 i9 [duplicate]
I have a new Dell 5820 i9 workstation. I am trying to load ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso with USB drive.
The installation fails at:
ubuntu install failed detect the available gpus and deal with ...
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Ubuntu only detects 6 GB out of 8GB RAM
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 and my laptop has 8 GB ram but I'm only able to 6gm of it in ubuntu. Also, I'm not able to get a proper driver for my Nvidia GTX 1650. What shall I do?
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How can I limit GPU usage for every process?
I'm trying to switch over back to Linux (as my primary OS at least) and one thing that's annoying now is mining etherium.
On Windows even with 99% GPU usage everything runs perfectly fine and I can ...
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GPU AMD RX 5500 GT ubuntu 20.04 ocacionally not recognized
I have installed the drivers for my AMD GPU in Ubuntu 20.04. But when I reboot the system sometimes it does not recognized the GPU. When I go to Settings>>About I don't see the right name of the ...
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How to get rid of CUDA out of memory without having to restart the machine?
Is there a hack in Ubuntu 20.04 to get rid of the following CUDA out of memory error without having to restart the machine?
RuntimeError: CUDA out of memory. Tried to allocate 40.00 MiB (GPU 0;
7.80 ...
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Problem while installing cuda toolkit in ubuntu 18.04
After following all the instructions in CUDA Toolkit 11.1 Downloads,
the last instruction
sudo apt-get -y install cuda
doesn't work for me.
Terminal shows this message:
The following packages have ...
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Prevent /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg from using GPU Memory in Ubuntu 20.04 Server
On an fresh Ubuntu 20.04 Server machine with 2 Nvidia GPU cards and i7-5930K, running nvidia-smi shows that 170 MB of GPU memory is being used by /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg.
Since this system is being used ...
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Geforce 820M Black screen after installing Legacy Drivers
is there any way to make Nvidia 820m working in ubuntu? I tried all versions from 14.04 and ending with 20.04. I tried drivers starting with 340xx and ending with 390xx. None are working. For example ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 AMD [free] radeon driver blank 2nd screen
Running a older HD8570D gpu that has a display port and vga on Ubunutu 20.04. At boot up both monitors respond, logo appears on both, but when the desktop comes up, VGA monitor goes into power save ...
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How/Can I use Nvidia GPU in Handbrake?
system configuration
intel i5 9300H
nvidia 1650(m)
ubuntu 20.04
gnome 3.3
nvidia driver 450
Recently I tried to crop and re-encode a video to x265 using Handbrake .
I switched to Nvidia on demand in ...
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Can't Change GPU Driver (Additional Drivers)
When I open Software & Updates, I am told that I am using a "manually installed driver" (which is apparently not proprietary):
I'm not too sure why Ubuntu is telling me this, as I ...
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NVIDIA product number: how to read it?
Though the question seems stupid, I'm ignorant about this; how to read the name of my NVIDIA graphics card?
I used lshw -c display :
*-display
description: VGA compatible ...
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Run a command while other process runs [closed]
I think this question must have been asked before but I haven't been able to find an answer.
I am training a neural net on a server with CentOS 7. I am using Linux screens. On one particular screen I ...
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How can i force software to use the correct GPU?
i have a laptop with 2 GPUs
intel and NVIDIA GTX . i use 3d software obviuosly i would like to use the powerful one which is nvidia ,
however it keep using intel hd graphics
and i already selected ...
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screen flickers after upgrading to 20.04
I did a distro upgrade to 20.04. Right after rebooting, the screen started flickering and it won't stop. The flickering starts right after booting, before the desktop comes up. Everything else works, ...
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Can "Snap" packages use the GPU?
Pretty straightforward - can "Snap" packages use the dedicated (NVIDIA) GPU in my laptop?
For example, if I download a game via a "Snap" package (e.g. "SuperTuxKart"), ...
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On Ubuntu and in hardware is it possible to extend GPU DRAM with CPU RAM
I am doing machine learning on an Nvidia 2080TI GPU using PyTorch. It has 11GB of DRAM and I have 32GB of CPU RAM. I have to carefully tune my batch to fit inside 11GB. Using CUDA unified memory I ...
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Odyssey of Ubuntu 20.04 on Dell XPS13 laptop / eGPU Razor Core X / Nvidia GTX 1660 SUPER/ external Dell display
Obviously I am a noob ubuntu user so please forgive any terrible mistakes I might do or required knowledge I might not have :D
The expected behavior
I have an laptop Dell XPS13 running a recently ...
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Need help to clean up all unwanted nvidia drivers
I'm relatively new using Ubuntu and I'm trying to understand those drivers and GPUs.
I need to install the nvidia 390 in my Ubuntu 20.04. But it seems to have a lot of other drives installed by me, I'...
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Unable to alter amd GPU and Mem clocks and voltages in Ubuntu 20.04
After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, I was no longer able to tweak my clock and voltage settings for my Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Pulse or for my Sapphire Radeon RX 580 Nitro+ SE. ...