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mvrk
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NVIDIA Driver 340.32

Hi,

I've just updated the NVIDIA driver on my ESXi, and now it doesn't detected my card:

~ # nvidia-smi -L

Unable to determine the device handle for gpu 0000:01:00.0: Unknown Error

Also if i do a lspci i get this error:

~ # lspci

/usr/share/hwdata/driver.pciids.d/nvidia.ids: line 394 improperly formatted(1)

parsing problem: vendors 9 nvendor 2136 devices 441 ndevid 24083

Failed to build PCI tables

Anyone with the same problem?

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smithar
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Could you please let me know the ESXi version that you are using and the NVIDIA driver that is installed on the host ?

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What GPU and host do you have?

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mvrk
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ESXi 5.5u2

NVIDIA Driver Version: 340.32

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mvrk
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GPU is a an NVIDIA GTX 480 modified into a Quadro 6000.

With previous driver version (NVIDIA Driver Version: 319.65) it detects ok:

~ # nvidia-smi

Sun Sep 14 23:27:46 2014      

+------------------------------------------------------+                      

| NVIDIA-SMI 5.319.65   Driver Version: 319.65         |                      

|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |

| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |

|===============================+======================+======================|

|   0  Quadro 6000         Off  | 0000:01:00.0     N/A |                  N/A |

| 45%   71C  N/A     N/A /  N/A |        4MB /  1535MB |     N/A      Default |

+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

                                                                              

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

| Compute processes:                                               GPU Memory |

|  GPU       PID  Process name                                     Usage      |

|=============================================================================|

|    0            Not Supported                                               |

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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smithar
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Thanks a lot for providing the additional information. As per my understanding NVIDIA Driver Version 340.32 is not supported yet. NVIDIA Driver Version 319.65 is supported

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elgwhoppo
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If it is truly unsupported, where can we verify supported driver configurations for vSGA and vDGA with nvidia grid cards?

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vzverev
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yes, it was my case too.

just removed annoinng line in

/usr/share/hwdata/driver.pciids.d/nvidia.ids

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mvrk
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What line did you removed?

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vzverev
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line 394 as shown in error message.

cd /usr/share/hwdata/driver.pciids.d

/usr/share/hwdata/driver.pciids.d # lspci > /dev/null

/usr/share/hwdata/driver.pciids.d/nvidia.ids: line 394 improperly formatted(1)

parsing problem: vendors 91 nvendor 2155 devices 1810 ndevid 24491

Failed to build PCI tables

/usr/share/hwdata/driver.pciids.d # cp nvidia.ids nvidia.ids_

/usr/share/hwdata/driver.pciids.d # sed -ie "/1140/d" nvidia.ids

/usr/share/hwdata/driver.pciids.d # lspci > /dev/null

/usr/share/hwdata/driver.pciids.d # diff nvidia.ids_ nvidia.ids

--- nvidia.ids_

+++ nvidia.ids

@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@

        10c3  NVIDIAGeForce 8400GS

        10c5  NVIDIAGeForce 405

        10d8  NVIDIANVS 300

-       1140  NVIDIAGeForce 610M/GeForce 620M/GeForce 705M/GeForce 710A/GeForce 710M/GeForce 720M/GeForce 810M/GeForce 820M/GeForce GT 620M/GeForce GT 625M/GeForce GT 630M/GeForce GT 710M/GeForce GT 720A/GeForce GT 720M/GeForce GT620M/GeForce GT625M/GeForce GT720M/NVS 5200M

        1180  NVIDIAGeForce GTX 680

        1183  NVIDIAGeForce GTX 660 Ti

        1184  NVIDIAGeForce GTX 770

/usr/share/hwdata/driver.pciids.d # cp nvidia.ids_ nvidia.ids

/usr/share/hwdata/driver.pciids.d # lspci > /dev/null

/usr/share/hwdata/driver.pciids.d/nvidia.ids: line 394 improperly formatted(1)

parsing problem: vendors 91 nvendor 2155 devices 1810 ndevid 24491

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Alistar
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Hello there,

removing this huge line makes lspci work again:

1140  NVIDIAGeForce 610M/GeForce 620M/GeForce 705M/GeForce 710A/GeForce 710M/GeForce 720M/GeForce 810M/GeForce 820M/GeForce GT 620M/GeForce GT 625M/GeForce GT 630M/GeForce GT 710M/GeForce GT 720A/GeForce GT 720M/GeForce GT620M/GeForce GT625M/GeForce GT720M/NVS 5200M


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gregorcy
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I asked VMware support if the 340 driver was now supported.  It now is for 5.5 but I still get the lspci error.

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According to our Hardware compatibility list. The correct driver version for ESXi 5.5 is 340.32.

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=vsga&productid=35666&deviceCategory=vsga&details=1&releases=271&gpuDeviceModels=GRID%20K2&partners=68&page=1&display_interval=10&sortColumn=Partner&sortOrder=Asc

NVIDIA have certified the 340.32 driver for use with ESXi 5.5.

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mvrk
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The problem with 340.32 is that no longer detects my Quadro 6000.

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