NVDIA

GPU/NVDIA Commands

• lspci -k | grep -A 3 -i 'VGA\|3D controller' → list the graphic adapters
• nvcc --version →` version of nvidia cuda compiler — if not installed then Cuda Toolkit not installed
• nvidia-smi → NVIDIA System Management Interface
• watch -n 0.5 nvidia-smi → monitor gpu usage (update every 0.5 seconds)
• nvidia-settings → launch NVIDIA Control Panel
• tail -f /var/log/gpu-manager.log
• glxgears → simple MESA OpenGL demo program that shows rotating gears and prints frame rates

Setup & Troubleshoot

• phoenixNAP, How to Install Nvidia Drivers on Ubuntu
• How to properly setup intel and nvidia GPUs on Ubuntu
• nvidia, Chapter 35. PRIME Render Offload → the ability to have an X screen rendered by one GPU, but choose certain applications within that X screen to be rendered on a different GPU
• nvidia forum, Ubuntu 20.04 does not use Nvidia GPU
• NVIDIA Studio
• ask Ubuntu, Not able to change the Nvidia driver in ubuntu 20.04