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RuntimeError: The NVIDIA driver on your system is too old

ID: cuda/cuda-driver-insufficient

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90%Fix Rate
90%Confidence
50Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
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Root Cause

Installed CUDA toolkit requires a newer GPU driver. Driver must meet minimum version for CUDA.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 95% success Update GPU driver: apt install nvidia-driver-545 or download from nvidia.com 
    ubuntu-drivers autoinstall  # or: apt install nvidia-driver-545

    Sources: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-toolkit-release-notes/index.html#id5

  2. 90% success Check the CUDA/driver compatibility matrix to find minimum driver version 
    Check the CUDA/driver compatibility matrix to find minimum driver version

    Sources: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-toolkit-release-notes/index.html#id5

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Reinstall CUDA toolkit 80% fail

    CUDA toolkit is fine — the GPU driver needs updating

  2. Downgrade PyTorch to match old driver 55% fail

    Old PyTorch misses important features and bug fixes

Error Chain

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