Re: module nvidia not found / amd64 jessie

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 03:27:26PM +0000, Francesco Pietra wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> Following update/upgrade with amd64 jessie, the 2 GTX 680 are seen by the
> graphical package VMD, however, "nvidia -smi" does not respond. The GTX are
> used in the absence of X-server, for number crunching.
> 
> I rerun upgrading at no help.
> 
> # modinfo nvidia
>  ERROR: module nvidia not found

modinfo nvidia-current perhaps?

Do you have linux-headers-`uname -r` installed (as in matching your
current kernel)?  If not, you won't have a module built.

-- 
Len Sorensen

> # dpkg -l | grep nvidia
> root@gig64:/home/francesco# dpkg -l | grep nvidia
> ii  glx-alternative-nvidia                0.5.1
> amd64        allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider
> ii  libegl1-nvidia:amd64                  340.46-3
>  amd64        NVIDIA binary EGL libraries
> ii  libgl1-nvidia-glx:amd64               340.46-3
>  amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL libraries
> ii  libnvidia-compiler:amd64              340.46-3
>  amd64        NVIDIA runtime compiler library
> ii  libnvidia-eglcore:amd64               340.46-3
>  amd64        NVIDIA binary EGL core libraries
> ii  libnvidia-ml1:amd64                   340.46-3
>  amd64        NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) runtime library
> ii  nvidia-alternative                    340.46-3
>  amd64        allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider
> ii  nvidia-cuda-dev                       6.0.37-4
>  amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development files
> ii  nvidia-cuda-doc                       6.0.37-4
>  all          NVIDIA CUDA and OpenCL documentation
> ii  nvidia-cuda-gdb                       6.0.37-4
>  amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Debugger (GDB)
> ii  nvidia-cuda-toolkit                   6.0.37-4
>  amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development toolkit
> ii  nvidia-detect                         340.46-3
>  amd64        NVIDIA GPU detection utility
> ii  nvidia-driver                         340.46-3
>  amd64        NVIDIA metapackage
> ii  nvidia-installer-cleanup              20131102+2
>  amd64        cleanup after driver installation with the nvidia-installer
> ii  nvidia-kernel-common                  20131102+2
>  amd64        NVIDIA binary kernel module support files
> ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms                    340.46-3
>  amd64        NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS source
> ii  nvidia-libopencl1:amd64               340.46-3
>  amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL ICD Loader library
> ii  nvidia-modprobe                       340.46-1
>  amd64        utility to load NVIDIA kernel modules and create device nodes
> ii  nvidia-opencl-common                  340.46-3
>  amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL driver
> ii  nvidia-opencl-dev:amd64               6.0.37-4
>  amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL development files
> ii  nvidia-opencl-icd:amd64               340.46-3
>  amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL installable client driver (ICD)
> ii  nvidia-profiler                       6.0.37-4
>  amd64        NVIDIA Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
> ii  nvidia-settings                       340.46-2
>  amd64        tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
> ii  nvidia-smi                            340.46-3
>  amd64        NVIDIA System Management Interface
> ii  nvidia-support                        20131102+2
>  amd64        NVIDIA binary graphics driver support files
> ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver:amd64             340.46-3
>  amd64        Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix - NVIDIA driver
> ii  nvidia-visual-profiler                6.0.37-4
>  amd64        NVIDIA Visual Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
> ii  nvidia-xconfig                        340.46-1
>  amd64        X configuration tool for non-free NVIDIA drivers
> ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia             340.46-3
>  amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
> root@gig64:/home/francesco#
> 
> I can't remember which nvidia driver was operating before these problems.
> 
> # uname -a
>  3.16-3-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.5-1 x86 64
> 
> cpu family : 6
> model : 62
> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4930K CPU @ 3.40GHz
> stepping : 4
> microcode : 0x416
> cpu MHz : 1237.546
> cache size : 12288 KB
> 
> 
> Thanks for advice
> 
> francesco pietra