How do I enable nvidia-persistenced.service?

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I'm trying to install CUDA on my Ubuntu Budgie 17.10, with a GTX 1060. I'm stuck on this part of the instructions:

http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html#power9-setup

I've pasted the example into the specified file. When I try to run

sudo systemctl enable nvidia-persistenced

I get:

The unit files have no installation config (WantedBy, RequiredBy, Also, Alias
settings in the [Install] section, and DefaultInstance for template units).
This means they are not meant to be enabled using systemctl.
Possible reasons for having this kind of units are:
1) A unit may be statically enabled by being symlinked from another unit's
   .wants/ or .requires/ directory.
2) A unit's purpose may be to act as a helper for some other unit which has
   a requirement dependency on it.
3) A unit may be started when needed via activation (socket, path, timer,
   D-Bus, udev, scripted systemctl call, ...).
4) In case of template units, the unit is meant to be enabled with some
   instance name specified.

For reference, here's the exact content of my file:

[Unit] 
Description=NVIDIA Persistence Daemon
Wants=syslog.target 

[Service] 
Type=forking
PIDFile=/var/run/nvidia-persistenced/nvidia-persistenced.pid
Restart=always
ExecStart=/usr/bin/nvidia-persistenced --verbose
ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -rf /var/run/nvidia persistenced 

[Install] 
WantedBy=multi-user.target

I don't know anything about these files, which is why I'm just copying and pasting - so I'd be happy if you could tell me what's wrong!

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 28 '18 at 13:22

6

I may be a little late, but I hope this helps others with this.

From what I understand, you do NOT have a POWER9 system, not unless your system is a supercomputer.

According to this link and that.

Being a Linux rookie, I too was stuck on this for a long time.

Hope I helped.

edited Sep 28 '18 at 13:22

abu_bua

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answered Sep 28 '18 at 12:25

Kappasenpai

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '18 at 10:40

0

You may want to reload systemd manager configuration first after making changes.

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Then you can try to enable/start the service.

answered Apr 23 '18 at 10:40

aasril

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 11 '24 at 20:07

I know this was an old question. Just want to share my experience. I was installing CUDA 12.2.2 today and met this problem during post-installation.

I got the "inactive" response at first, then tried reboot the system. Then it turned "active". I guess it's because I installed some drivers which only would work after reboot.

Hope can help others who have similar situations.

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 06 '25 at 11:17

You can check to see if the daemon is running:

$ sudo systemctl status nvidia-persistenced
● nvidia-persistenced.service - NVIDIA Persistence Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nvidia-persistenced.service; static)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2025-04-06 06:53:47 EDT; 22min ago
   Main PID: 1389 (nvidia-persiste)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 76498)
     Memory: 948.0K
        CPU: 3ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/nvidia-persistenced.service
             └─1389 /usr/bin/nvidia-persistenced --user nvidia-persistenced --no-persistence-mode --verbose

How do I enable nvidia-persistenced.service?

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