On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 10:53:35AM -0700, Wenyan Hu wrote: > Hi Team, > > Google's GPU driver installation no longer works for Debian images since > 08/23/2023. > > Google is using > https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/gpus/install-drivers-gpu#installation_scripts > to > install GPU drivers on Debian images. It executes scripts as > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-gpu-installation/main/linux/install_gpu_driver.py > . >
Maybe take that up with Google - their script and their engineers to fix? > Now for the latest images, if running scripts as below: > > ``` > $ apt-cache search linux-headers | grep -i $(uname -r) > $ apt update > $apt install -y linux-headers-5.10.0-24-cloud-amd64 > software-properties-common pciutils gcc make dkms > ``` > After running `apt update`, we find the package > linux-headers-5.10.0-24-cloud-amd64 no longer exists, which results in the > `apt install linux-headers-5.10.0-24-cloud-amd64` failure. > apt update and then apt upgrade, maybe, to bring the system up to date rather than just updating the list of available packages? > It seems after the `apt update`, the index somehow no longer points to > linux-headers-5.10.0-23-cloud-amd64 and linux-headers-5.10.0-24-cloud-amd64. > > I know it would work if we (1) not do `apt update`, or (2) install newer > kernel packages. If you *only* do apt update, nothing has changed. > But for (1), the apt update is required for our other package > installations, (2) the kernel package update needs VM rebooting. > This is always likely to be the case: if you do a kernel package update you *should* reboot to the new kernel, since this is likely to have fixed security or other problems. > It is now blocking my team's image release and product functionality > because we need the GPU driver installation without VM rebooting. > As above, you will need to reboot the VM eventually. > Could you please prioritize the issue and provide some tips or support? > This is an end user support and information list: we can't provide an immediate fix to the issue. I would have suggested the debian cloud image team if I hadn't already suggested taking this up with Google. > Thanks, > Wenyan With every good wish, Andy Cater
