NVIDIA SMI error: NVIDIA SMI has failed because it could't communicate with the NVIDIA driver complete record

ASUS hard rock notebook ,winsows10 Install under version ubuntu20.04 Build dual system .

• Catalog

  One 、 Prepare one 8G The empty USB disk

  Two 、 download ubuntu20.04 Mirror image

  3、 ... and 、 Prepare to allocate disk space to the new system 50G above

  Four 、  After installation, install the supported version of the graphics card

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  One 、 Prepare an empty u disc , Format as empty

• Two 、 To download ubuntu： Input ubuntu The address of the official website , Find... At the top Download Click on the version 20.04 LTS download

• Get Ubuntu | Download | Ubuntu

  3、 ... and 、 For the new system , Allocate hardware storage space

1. Turn on the administration of this PC , Disk management , Find a disk with larger space , Try not to use the tray , Just choose the back plate .

2. Select the disk to set , Right click the mouse to set

Rufus - Easily create USB Startup disk

Rufus Is a can help format and create a bootable USB Flash drive tools , such as USB Portable disc , Memory stick and so on .

It will be very useful in the following scenarios ：

• You need to put some guiding ISO Image of format （Windows,Linux,UEFI etc. ） Create as USB When installing the disk
• When you need to use a device without an operating system installed
• You need to get from DOS System swipe BIOS Or other firmware
• When you need to run a very low-level tool

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Oh , by the way ,Rufus also Very fast , such as , In from ISO Image creation Windows 7 USB When installing the disk , He compared UNetbootin,Universal USB Installer perhaps Windows 7 USB download tool About fast 2 times . Of course , Creating Linux To guide USB The equipment is also faster . (1)
The bottom of the page also lists some roughly Rufus Supported by ISO Mirror image . (2)

Release Notes :: CUDA Toolkit Documentation (nvidia.com)

Table 3. CUDA Toolkit and Corresponding Driver Versions

CUDA Toolkit	Toolkit Driver Version
	Linux x86_64 Driver Version	Windows x86_64 Driver Version
CUDA 11.7 GA	>=515.43.04	>=516.01
CUDA 11.6 Update 2	>=510.47.03	>=511.65
CUDA 11.6 Update 1	>=510.47.03	>=511.65
CUDA 11.6 GA	>=510.39.01	>=511.23
CUDA 11.5 Update 2	>=495.29.05	>=496.13
CUDA 11.5 Update 1	>=495.29.05	>=496.13
CUDA 11.5 GA	>=495.29.05	>=496.04
CUDA 11.4 Update 4	>=470.82.01	>=472.50
CUDA 11.4 Update 3	>=470.82.01	>=472.50
CUDA 11.4 Update 2	>=470.57.02	>=471.41
CUDA 11.4 Update 1	>=470.57.02	>=471.41
CUDA 11.4.0 GA	>=470.42.01	>=471.11
CUDA 11.3.1 Update 1	>=465.19.01	>=465.89
CUDA 11.3.0 GA	>=465.19.01	>=465.89
CUDA 11.2.2 Update 2	>=460.32.03	>=461.33
CUDA 11.2.1 Update 1	>=460.32.03	>=461.09
CUDA 11.2.0 GA	>=460.27.03	>=460.82
CUDA 11.1.1 Update 1	>=455.32	>=456.81
CUDA 11.1 GA	>=455.23	>=456.38
CUDA 11.0.3 Update 1	>= 450.51.06	>= 451.82
CUDA 11.0.2 GA	>= 450.51.05	>= 451.48
CUDA 11.0.1 RC	>= 450.36.06	>= 451.22
CUDA 10.2.89	>= 440.33	>= 441.22
CUDA 10.1 (10.1.105 general release, and updates)	>= 418.39	>= 418.96
CUDA 10.0.130	>= 410.48	>= 411.31
CUDA 9.2 (9.2.148 Update 1)	>= 396.37	>= 398.26
CUDA 9.2 (9.2.88)	>= 396.26	>= 397.44
CUDA 9.1 (9.1.85)	>= 390.46	>= 391.29
CUDA 9.0 (9.0.76)	>= 384.81	>= 385.54
CUDA 8.0 (8.0.61 GA2)	>= 375.26	>= 376.51
CUDA 8.0 (8.0.44)	>= 367.48	>= 369.30
CUDA 7.5 (7.5.16)	>= 352.31	>= 353.66
CUDA 7.0 (7.0.28)	>= 346.46	>= 347.62

NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NIVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

The main thing here is Note that there is a password setting process when installing dual systems , There is no screenshot saved here. I will have a chance to resend it in the future , Remember to confirm the device restart selection in the future, and then no error will be reported ,boot The startup item was not found on ASUS , Let me modify it online boot Start thinking this step doesn't work on this computer .

An all Blue interface appears at boot . Press any key when , Select the second term , That's change Secure Boot The state of , Then follow the prompts to Disable fall , then boot Just fine .（ Said a piece of nonsense , I believe what I see here is wrong ）

Wrong operation , You need to find out the safe startup interface again , This can be done with the following command ：

sudo apt install mokutil
sudo mokutil --disable-validation
reboot

  Enter the password you just set , If you forget your password, it's over