PsiPlexServ Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I just installed but it says NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running. What do I need to do? Link to comment
saarg Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 2 hours ago, PsiPlexServ said: I just installed but it says NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running. What do I need to do? Did you also download the Nvidia build and reboot your server? Link to comment
PsiPlexServ Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 8 hours ago, saarg said: Did you also download the Nvidia build and reboot your server? Yep did that, tried restarting a couple times in fact. I'm thinking it's because the drivers are old but I don't see how to update them. Currently it has driver 440.44 Link to comment
Herbiewalker Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 6 hours ago, PsiPlexServ said: Yep did that, tried restarting a couple times in fact. I'm thinking it's because the drivers are old but I don't see how to update them. Currently it has driver 440.44 I just installed Unraid Nvidia and have the same problem. My drivers are 440.59 though not 440.44. I do have the same NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running. Link to comment
bytchslappa Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 22 hours ago, PsiPlexServ said: I just installed but it says NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running. What do I need to do? what card? Link to comment
PsiPlexServ Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 28 minutes ago, bytchslappa said: what card? 1050 ti Link to comment
bytchslappa Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 4 hours ago, PsiPlexServ said: 1050 ti The drivers in 6.8.3 will work fine with the 1050ti (i use one myself) - the drivers in 6.9.0 beta30 are better for current builds of Plex (if that is the use case) from terminal run lspci -k this will show the devices found - for example a 1050ti might come up like this in the list: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] (rev a1) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia_drm, nvidia If its not showing - either the card itself could be busted - the card might need a monitor or dummy hdmi installed - or the other I have seen that its not actually a 1050ti - but some wish/aliexpress/dodgy ebay special thats not actually a 1050ti oh and make sure you are not booting into GUI mode either Link to comment
itimpi Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 5 hours ago, PsiPlexServ said: 1050 ti You should also make sure that you have not set it up to be passed through to a VM as this would hide it from the drivers at the Unraid level (VM's provide their own drivers). Link to comment
Big Dan T Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 On 10/29/2020 at 8:13 PM, endiz said: To answer my own question, looks like plex now requires nvidia drivers 450.66 and up for NVENC to work. Looks like i'll have to wait for 6.9.0 to go stable before updating my drivers. Hi all, this is a real problem in plex for using an NVIDIA card for encoding (decoding work fine) is there anyway to update the drivers to 450.66 ? im Currently on 440.59 thanks all! D. Link to comment
Herbiewalker Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Big Dan T said: Hi all, this is a real problem in plex for using an NVIDIA card for encoding (decoding work fine) is there anyway to update the drivers to 450.66 ? im Currently on 440.59 thanks all! D. same, currently on 440.59.... Link to comment
ds679 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Big Dan T said: Hi all, this is a real problem in plex for using an NVIDIA card for encoding (decoding work fine) is there anyway to update the drivers to 450.66 ? im Currently on 440.59 thanks all! D. Yes...the Beta is currently using the updated drivers Link to comment
Big Dan T Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 9 hours ago, ds679 said: Yes...the Beta is currently using the updated drivers Bit of a silly question, but is there any rough ETA for a stable 6.9 release ? Link to comment
bytchslappa Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 23 hours ago, Big Dan T said: Hi all, this is a real problem in plex for using an NVIDIA card for encoding (decoding work fine) is there anyway to update the drivers to 450.66 ? im Currently on 440.59 thanks all! D. Go Beta 6.9 (have personally been using for beta 29 and beta 30 and its been stable for MY usage) or not run the unraid nvidia build and use this to build a kernel with the current drivers and a bunch of other stuff if you require it.. 1 Link to comment
K1ng0011 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 I have two questions. Anyone know if you can pass the nvidia GPU to the Channels DVR docker? Is is possible to pass the GPU to two separate docker containers at the same time or will that cause an issue? Link to comment
Scroopy Noopers Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 On 11/7/2020 at 3:37 AM, bytchslappa said: The drivers in 6.8.3 will work fine with the 1050ti (i use one myself) - the drivers in 6.9.0 beta30 are better for current builds of Plex (if that is the use case) from terminal run lspci -k this will show the devices found - for example a 1050ti might come up like this in the list: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] (rev a1) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia_drm, nvidia If its not showing - either the card itself could be busted - the card might need a monitor or dummy hdmi installed - or the other I have seen that its not actually a 1050ti - but some wish/aliexpress/dodgy ebay special thats not actually a 1050ti oh and make sure you are not booting into GUI mode either I'm seeing the correct output for my P400 but I'm still not able to get unraid nvidia to see my card VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107GL [Quadro P400] (rev a1) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GP107GL [Quadro P400] Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia_drm, nvidia I'm completely stumped as to why this isn't working for me. I just updated my BIOS to no avail. Link to comment
Conson Droppa Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 8:21 AM, K1ng0011 said: I have two questions. Anyone know if you can pass the nvidia GPU to the Channels DVR docker? Is is possible to pass the GPU to two separate docker containers at the same time or will that cause an issue? I can answer the second one. I don't know what Channels DVR is or have ever used it. You can pass the GPU to a VM "or" Docker(s). So yes, multiple supported dockers will work. I use my p2000 for Plex, unmanic, and foldingathome at the same time. Link to comment
CHBMB Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 @trurl Please lock this thread. Due to an unexpected announcement from @limetech this is no longer required. I'm quitting Unraid work. 2 13 Link to comment
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