Failed to query NVIDIA devices. Please ensure that the NVIDIA device files (/dev/nvidia*) exist
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
This error has been logged since a while into journalctl (affect 361, 367, and possibly the others too)
journalctl | grep nvidia-persistenced
nvidia-
nvidia-
nvidia-
nvidia-
nvidia-
nvidia-
nvidia-
nvidia-
nvidia-
oem@u64:~$ grep 117 /etc/passwd; lsb_release -a; uname -a
avahi-autoipd:
nvidia-
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu Yakkety Yak (development branch)
Release: 16.10
Codename: yakkety
Linux u64 4.7.0-0-generic #3-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 2 17:34:31 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
oem@u64:~$ ls -ld /dev/nvidia*; file /dev/nvidia*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 0 Aug 10 04:48 /dev/nvidia0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 255 Aug 10 04:48 /dev/nvidiactl
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 254 Aug 10 06:48 /dev/nvidia-modeset
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 247, 0 Aug 10 04:48 /dev/nvidia-uvm
/dev/nvidia0: character special (195/0)
/dev/nvidiactl: character special (195/255)
/dev/nvidia-
/dev/nvidia-uvm: character special (247/0)
Already discussed:
https:/
and affect other distro
https:/
error source: https:/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: nvidia-361 (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.7.0-0-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Wed Aug 10 08:54:58 2016
SourcePackage: nvidia-
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
affects: | nvidia-graphics-drivers-361 (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: xenial |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.