nvidia-smi No devices were found on KVM VM
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OS - Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
RAM - 8GB
GPU - Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
Laptop - Acer Predator Helio 300
Secure Boot - Disabled
I followed KVM : GPU Passthrough guide to launch VM that should use GPU.
Updated grub config
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="intel_iommu=on iommu=pt rd.driver.pre=vfio-pci video=efifb:off"
Added VFIO modules
veeru@ghost:~$ cat /etc/initram-fs/modules
vfio
vfio_iommu_type1
vfio_pci
vfio_virqfd
veeru@ghost:~$ lspci -nn | grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] [10de:1c8c] (rev a1)
veeru@ghost:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf
options vfio-pci ids=10de:1c8c
options vfio-pci disable_vga=1
After reboot I verified IOMMU is enabled by running below commands
veeru@ghost:~$ dmesg | grep -E "DMAR|IOMMU"
[ 0.000000] ACPI: DMAR 0x0000000089CEB000 0000A8 (v01 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT 00000002 1025 00040000)
[ 0.000000] DMAR: IOMMU enabled
[ 0.004000] DMAR: Host address width 39
[ 0.004000] DMAR: DRHD base: 0x000000fed90000 flags: 0x0
---- OUTPUT REMOVED -------
veeru@ghost:~$ dmesg | grep -i vfio
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-42-generic root=UUID=d4aa9af4-beb0-4da2-969c-3e41e01f335b ro intel_iommu=on iommu=pt rd.driver.pre=vfio-pci video=efifb:off quiet splash vt.handoff=1
---- OUTPUT REMOVED -----
Switched X to use Intel CPU
Started VM with virt-install and installed OS
sudo virt-install
--name vm1
--memory 2028
--disk path=/home/veeru/ubuntu14-HD.img,size=30
--vcpus 2
--os-type linux
--os-variant ubuntu16.04
--network bridge=virbr0
--graphics none
--console pty,target_type=serial
--location /home/veeru/Downloads/ubuntu-16.04.5.iso --force
--extra-args 'console=ttyS0,115200n8 serial'
--host-device 01:00.0
--features kvm_hidden=on
--machine q35
After login to VM, I installed nvidia drivers with ubuntu-drivers autoinstall and did apt update && apt upgrade.
Inside VM, I'm able run below commands and check outputs
veeru@ubuntu:~$ lspci | grep -i nvidia
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1c8c (rev a1)
veeru@ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep -i nvidia
nvidia_uvm 675840 0
nvidia_drm 49152 0
nvidia_modeset 860160 1 nvidia_drm
nvidia 13164544 2 nvidia_modeset,nvidia_uvm
drm_kms_helper 155648 1 nvidia_drm
drm 364544 3 drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm
veeru@ubuntu:~$ ls -l /dev/nvidia*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 0 Dec 13 02:33 /dev/nvidia0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 255 Dec 13 02:33 /dev/nvidiactl
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 246, 0 Dec 13 02:33 /dev/nvidia-uvm
But it looks like VM is not using GPU
veeru@ubuntu:~$ nvidia-smi
No devices were found
I see some similar issue and mailing list like
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/847649/cuda-setup-and-installation/nvidia-smi-quot-no-devices-were-found-quot-error-/
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-virtualization/2017-January/005119.html
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
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OS - Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
RAM - 8GB
GPU - Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
Laptop - Acer Predator Helio 300
Secure Boot - Disabled
I followed KVM : GPU Passthrough guide to launch VM that should use GPU.
Updated grub config
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="intel_iommu=on iommu=pt rd.driver.pre=vfio-pci video=efifb:off"
Added VFIO modules
veeru@ghost:~$ cat /etc/initram-fs/modules
vfio
vfio_iommu_type1
vfio_pci
vfio_virqfd
veeru@ghost:~$ lspci -nn | grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] [10de:1c8c] (rev a1)
veeru@ghost:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf
options vfio-pci ids=10de:1c8c
options vfio-pci disable_vga=1
After reboot I verified IOMMU is enabled by running below commands
veeru@ghost:~$ dmesg | grep -E "DMAR|IOMMU"
[ 0.000000] ACPI: DMAR 0x0000000089CEB000 0000A8 (v01 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT 00000002 1025 00040000)
[ 0.000000] DMAR: IOMMU enabled
[ 0.004000] DMAR: Host address width 39
[ 0.004000] DMAR: DRHD base: 0x000000fed90000 flags: 0x0
---- OUTPUT REMOVED -------
veeru@ghost:~$ dmesg | grep -i vfio
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-42-generic root=UUID=d4aa9af4-beb0-4da2-969c-3e41e01f335b ro intel_iommu=on iommu=pt rd.driver.pre=vfio-pci video=efifb:off quiet splash vt.handoff=1
---- OUTPUT REMOVED -----
Switched X to use Intel CPU
Started VM with virt-install and installed OS
sudo virt-install
--name vm1
--memory 2028
--disk path=/home/veeru/ubuntu14-HD.img,size=30
--vcpus 2
--os-type linux
--os-variant ubuntu16.04
--network bridge=virbr0
--graphics none
--console pty,target_type=serial
--location /home/veeru/Downloads/ubuntu-16.04.5.iso --force
--extra-args 'console=ttyS0,115200n8 serial'
--host-device 01:00.0
--features kvm_hidden=on
--machine q35
After login to VM, I installed nvidia drivers with ubuntu-drivers autoinstall and did apt update && apt upgrade.
Inside VM, I'm able run below commands and check outputs
veeru@ubuntu:~$ lspci | grep -i nvidia
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1c8c (rev a1)
veeru@ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep -i nvidia
nvidia_uvm 675840 0
nvidia_drm 49152 0
nvidia_modeset 860160 1 nvidia_drm
nvidia 13164544 2 nvidia_modeset,nvidia_uvm
drm_kms_helper 155648 1 nvidia_drm
drm 364544 3 drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm
veeru@ubuntu:~$ ls -l /dev/nvidia*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 0 Dec 13 02:33 /dev/nvidia0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 255 Dec 13 02:33 /dev/nvidiactl
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 246, 0 Dec 13 02:33 /dev/nvidia-uvm
But it looks like VM is not using GPU
veeru@ubuntu:~$ nvidia-smi
No devices were found
I see some similar issue and mailing list like
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/847649/cuda-setup-and-installation/nvidia-smi-quot-no-devices-were-found-quot-error-/
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-virtualization/2017-January/005119.html
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
virtualbox virtual-machine gpu nvidia-graphics-card nvidia-geforce
asked Dec 18 '18 at 9:07
VeerendraVeerendra
1561212
It's obviously there. Maybe nvidia-smi is not the correct tool to use. Why don't you try just using it? What's your use case?
– HackSlash
Dec 26 '18 at 22:49
@HackSlash Well I want to run kubernetes on the VM i.e. the containers should use GPU
– Veerendra
Dec 27 '18 at 10:23
Right, but what is the application? What is actually using the GPU? Can you just run it? Test it?
– HackSlash
Dec 31 '18 at 17:06
add a comment |
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2
2
OS - Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
RAM - 8GB
GPU - Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
Laptop - Acer Predator Helio 300
Secure Boot - Disabled
I followed KVM : GPU Passthrough guide to launch VM that should use GPU.
Updated grub config
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="intel_iommu=on iommu=pt rd.driver.pre=vfio-pci video=efifb:off"
Added VFIO modules
veeru@ghost:~$ cat /etc/initram-fs/modules
vfio
vfio_iommu_type1
vfio_pci
vfio_virqfd
veeru@ghost:~$ lspci -nn | grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] [10de:1c8c] (rev a1)
veeru@ghost:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf
options vfio-pci ids=10de:1c8c
options vfio-pci disable_vga=1
After reboot I verified IOMMU is enabled by running below commands
veeru@ghost:~$ dmesg | grep -E "DMAR|IOMMU"
[ 0.000000] ACPI: DMAR 0x0000000089CEB000 0000A8 (v01 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT 00000002 1025 00040000)
[ 0.000000] DMAR: IOMMU enabled
[ 0.004000] DMAR: Host address width 39
[ 0.004000] DMAR: DRHD base: 0x000000fed90000 flags: 0x0
---- OUTPUT REMOVED -------
veeru@ghost:~$ dmesg | grep -i vfio
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-42-generic root=UUID=d4aa9af4-beb0-4da2-969c-3e41e01f335b ro intel_iommu=on iommu=pt rd.driver.pre=vfio-pci video=efifb:off quiet splash vt.handoff=1
---- OUTPUT REMOVED -----
Switched X to use Intel CPU
Started VM with virt-install and installed OS
sudo virt-install
--name vm1
--memory 2028
--disk path=/home/veeru/ubuntu14-HD.img,size=30
--vcpus 2
--os-type linux
--os-variant ubuntu16.04
--network bridge=virbr0
--graphics none
--console pty,target_type=serial
--location /home/veeru/Downloads/ubuntu-16.04.5.iso --force
--extra-args 'console=ttyS0,115200n8 serial'
--host-device 01:00.0
--features kvm_hidden=on
--machine q35
After login to VM, I installed nvidia drivers with ubuntu-drivers autoinstall and did apt update && apt upgrade.
Inside VM, I'm able run below commands and check outputs
veeru@ubuntu:~$ lspci | grep -i nvidia
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1c8c (rev a1)
veeru@ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep -i nvidia
nvidia_uvm 675840 0
nvidia_drm 49152 0
nvidia_modeset 860160 1 nvidia_drm
nvidia 13164544 2 nvidia_modeset,nvidia_uvm
drm_kms_helper 155648 1 nvidia_drm
drm 364544 3 drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm
veeru@ubuntu:~$ ls -l /dev/nvidia*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 0 Dec 13 02:33 /dev/nvidia0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 255 Dec 13 02:33 /dev/nvidiactl
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 246, 0 Dec 13 02:33 /dev/nvidia-uvm
But it looks like VM is not using GPU
veeru@ubuntu:~$ nvidia-smi
No devices were found
I see some similar issue and mailing list like
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/847649/cuda-setup-and-installation/nvidia-smi-quot-no-devices-were-found-quot-error-/
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-virtualization/2017-January/005119.html
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
virtualbox virtual-machine gpu nvidia-graphics-card nvidia-geforce
asked Dec 18 '18 at 9:07
VeerendraVeerendra
1561212
OS - Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
RAM - 8GB
GPU - Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti
Laptop - Acer Predator Helio 300
Secure Boot - Disabled
I followed KVM : GPU Passthrough guide to launch VM that should use GPU.
Updated grub config
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="intel_iommu=on iommu=pt rd.driver.pre=vfio-pci video=efifb:off"
Added VFIO modules
veeru@ghost:~$ cat /etc/initram-fs/modules
vfio
vfio_iommu_type1
vfio_pci
vfio_virqfd
veeru@ghost:~$ lspci -nn | grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] [10de:1c8c] (rev a1)
veeru@ghost:~$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/vfio.conf
options vfio-pci ids=10de:1c8c
options vfio-pci disable_vga=1
After reboot I verified IOMMU is enabled by running below commands
veeru@ghost:~$ dmesg | grep -E "DMAR|IOMMU"
[ 0.000000] ACPI: DMAR 0x0000000089CEB000 0000A8 (v01 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT 00000002 1025 00040000)
[ 0.000000] DMAR: IOMMU enabled
[ 0.004000] DMAR: Host address width 39
[ 0.004000] DMAR: DRHD base: 0x000000fed90000 flags: 0x0
---- OUTPUT REMOVED -------
veeru@ghost:~$ dmesg | grep -i vfio
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-42-generic root=UUID=d4aa9af4-beb0-4da2-969c-3e41e01f335b ro intel_iommu=on iommu=pt rd.driver.pre=vfio-pci video=efifb:off quiet splash vt.handoff=1
---- OUTPUT REMOVED -----
Switched X to use Intel CPU
Started VM with virt-install and installed OS
sudo virt-install
--name vm1
--memory 2028
--disk path=/home/veeru/ubuntu14-HD.img,size=30
--vcpus 2
--os-type linux
--os-variant ubuntu16.04
--network bridge=virbr0
--graphics none
--console pty,target_type=serial
--location /home/veeru/Downloads/ubuntu-16.04.5.iso --force
--extra-args 'console=ttyS0,115200n8 serial'
--host-device 01:00.0
--features kvm_hidden=on
--machine q35
After login to VM, I installed nvidia drivers with ubuntu-drivers autoinstall and did apt update && apt upgrade.
Inside VM, I'm able run below commands and check outputs
veeru@ubuntu:~$ lspci | grep -i nvidia
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1c8c (rev a1)
veeru@ubuntu:~$ lsmod | grep -i nvidia
nvidia_uvm 675840 0
nvidia_drm 49152 0
nvidia_modeset 860160 1 nvidia_drm
nvidia 13164544 2 nvidia_modeset,nvidia_uvm
drm_kms_helper 155648 1 nvidia_drm
drm 364544 3 drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm
veeru@ubuntu:~$ ls -l /dev/nvidia*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 0 Dec 13 02:33 /dev/nvidia0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 255 Dec 13 02:33 /dev/nvidiactl
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 246, 0 Dec 13 02:33 /dev/nvidia-uvm
But it looks like VM is not using GPU
veeru@ubuntu:~$ nvidia-smi
No devices were found
I see some similar issue and mailing list like
https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/847649/cuda-setup-and-installation/nvidia-smi-quot-no-devices-were-found-quot-error-/
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-virtualization/2017-January/005119.html
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
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It's obviously there. Maybe nvidia-smi is not the correct tool to use. Why don't you try just using it? What's your use case?
– HackSlash
Dec 26 '18 at 22:49
@HackSlash Well I want to run kubernetes on the VM i.e. the containers should use GPU
– Veerendra
Dec 27 '18 at 10:23
Right, but what is the application? What is actually using the GPU? Can you just run it? Test it?
– HackSlash
Dec 31 '18 at 17:06
add a comment |
It's obviously there. Maybe nvidia-smi is not the correct tool to use. Why don't you try just using it? What's your use case?
– HackSlash
Dec 26 '18 at 22:49
@HackSlash Well I want to run kubernetes on the VM i.e. the containers should use GPU
– Veerendra
Dec 27 '18 at 10:23
Right, but what is the application? What is actually using the GPU? Can you just run it? Test it?
– HackSlash
Dec 31 '18 at 17:06
It's obviously there. Maybe nvidia-smi is not the correct tool to use. Why don't you try just using it? What's your use case?
– HackSlash
Dec 26 '18 at 22:49
It's obviously there. Maybe nvidia-smi is not the correct tool to use. Why don't you try just using it? What's your use case?
– HackSlash
Dec 26 '18 at 22:49
@HackSlash Well I want to run kubernetes on the VM i.e. the containers should use GPU
– Veerendra
Dec 27 '18 at 10:23
@HackSlash Well I want to run kubernetes on the VM i.e. the containers should use GPU
– Veerendra
Dec 27 '18 at 10:23
Right, but what is the application? What is actually using the GPU? Can you just run it? Test it?
– HackSlash
Dec 31 '18 at 17:06
Right, but what is the application? What is actually using the GPU? Can you just run it? Test it?
– HackSlash
Dec 31 '18 at 17:06
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It's obviously there. Maybe nvidia-smi is not the correct tool to use. Why don't you try just using it? What's your use case?
– HackSlash
Dec 26 '18 at 22:49
@HackSlash Well I want to run kubernetes on the VM i.e. the containers should use GPU
– Veerendra
Dec 27 '18 at 10:23
Right, but what is the application? What is actually using the GPU? Can you just run it? Test it?
– HackSlash
Dec 31 '18 at 17:06