Hello, i've searched many forums but didn't quite manage to find the problem i have. I built my first HomeLab recently and have the following main specs:
- AsRock B650D4U-2L2T/BCM
- AMD EPYC 4345P
- Nvidia RTX 5060

Ever since setting up my Server around a week ago i couldn't detect my GPU fully.

The device doesn't show up in Plex when i try to choose a device for transcoding.

lspci shows my GPU:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GB206 [GeForce RTX 5060]

01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GB206 High Definition Audio Controller

But nvidia-smi doesn't find the device:
root@Tower:~# nvidia-smi

No devices were found

root@Tower:~#

GPU Statistics shows the GPU:

But in the Dashboard, it only says "PCI Bus Utilization":


Nvidia Driver does have the Open Source version that is required for 50XX cards, but the device is not found:

Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong or why this doesn't work?

Have you bound it to vfio in system devices? If bound to vfio Nvidia driver will not be able to see the card. Within Plex you also need to enable Nvidia runtime and the device in the template.

lspci -ks 0000:01:00.0 should show the driver on the card?

No i've not bound it in system devices, no checkmarks for:

IOMMU group 13:				[10de:2d05] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GB206 [GeForce RTX 5060] (rev a1)
				[10de:22eb] 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GB206 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

Here the output from the terminal:
root@Tower:~# lspci -ks 0000:01:00.0

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GB206 [GeForce RTX 5060] (rev a1)

Subsystem: CardExpert Technology Device f331

Kernel driver in use: nvidia

Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia

root@Tower:~#

I've not yet changed anything in regards for transcoding in Plex since i'm failing to get the device recognized in the driver plugin or fully visible in the GPU Statistic Dashboard

3 minutes ago, ElementG8 said:

No i've not bound it in system devices, no checkmarks for:

IOMMU group 13:				[10de:2d05] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GB206 [GeForce RTX 5060] (rev a1)
				[10de:22eb] 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GB206 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)

Here the output from the terminal:
root@Tower:~# lspci -ks 0000:01:00.0

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GB206 [GeForce RTX 5060] (rev a1)

Subsystem: CardExpert Technology Device f331

Kernel driver in use: nvidia

Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia

root@Tower:~#

I've not yet changed anything in regards for transcoding in Plex since i'm failing to get the device recognized in the driver plugin or fully visible in the GPU Statistic Dashboard

I think the version of the driver you have does not support 50xx series cards. Try the latest driver.

The NVIDIA 580.95.05 driver supports a wide range of GPUs, including the latest Blackwell (RTX PRO), Ada Lovelace (RTX 40 Series/Ada), and Ampere (A-Series, RTX A-series) architectures, plus older professional Quadro RTX, Tesla (T, V, P-Series), and some GeForce cards, offering features like YCbCr 4:2:2 HDMI support for Blackwell and Coherent Driver-Based Memory Management for GB200 platforms. 

According to this post: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/98978-plugin-nvidia-driver/ I have to use the open source driver, which is 580.95.05.

I had the latest version installed before (v590.44.01) and this didn't work eighter.
Or should i just try the Productions or New Feature branches?

Try the production one, But may be worth posting in the Nvidia plugin thread if that does not work.

Does look like you do need the open source one.

Well i try it later when no one uses my server, i think this requires a restart.
I might have to delete and reinstall the plugin, i can't download the driver right now.. the error massage also shows a wrong version number, i click the Production Branch but it shows the New Feature Braches number, weird:

+==============================================================================
| WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING
|
| Don't close this window with the red 'X' in the top right corner until the 'DONE' button is displayed!
|
| WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING - WARNING
+==============================================================================

----------------Downloading Nvidia Driver Package v575.64.05-----------------
---------This could take some time, please don't close this window!------------

---------------Can't download Nvidia Driver Package v575.64.05----------------

I would post on the nvidia plugin support thread. If it is not working correctly with the open source one.

Alright thank you!

Hi all, not sure if this is still accurate but here what I found/did with the help of a few guys here and also with some "googling" and "AI-ing":
Download and install open source drivers --> this will make your GPU visible in the Nvidia plugin (after a reboot of unraid)
something similar to that (depends on your hardware)
Nvidia Info:

Nvidia Driver Version: 580.95.05

Open Source Kernel Module: Yes

Installed GPU(s):
0:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
01:00.0
GPU-b32d6ac9-279d-a08d-3b52-cff3ee94d7f7

Then you need to ensure that Plex container is using the Nvidia GPU (I am using the offical Plex APP - not the linuxserver version - but should not make any difference I believe)

under the Docker settings of your plex you need to add the following:

Extra Parameters: --gpus '"device=0"'
BUT: and this was my learning - this was not enough ...
you need to put 2 envrionment variables into your docker container, I named them Nvidia 1 and 2 with the following parameters:
Nvidia 1
Key: NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES
Value: 0 #DeviceID of your GPU#

Nivida 2
Key: NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES
Value: video,compute,utility

#video = NVENC/NVDEC#
#compute = CUDA (HDR Tonemapping)#
#utility = Monitoring / internes Tooling#

After that you need to apply the changes and then stop and start the container.
If you check then on the container (console)

ls /dev | grep nvidia

you should see something like that:
nvidia-uvm
nvidia-uvm-tools
nvidia0
nvidiactl

Once you force transcoding on your Plex you can check with nvidia-smi on your console of Plex and you should then also be able to see that it is working
Under Plex Settings / Transcoder you should also now see 2 entries "Auto" and your "Nvidia RTX 5060"

Hope this helps if somebody experiences the same issues and frustration I had ;-) and also hope I could give something back to this great forum and the great people here always trying to help!