It affects me. Ubuntu Xenial (after upgrade from 14.04) lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. GT218 [GeForce 210] Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_340
glxinfo | grep OpenGL OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 210/PCIe/SSE2 OpenGL core profile version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.104 OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 3.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler OpenGL core profile context flags: (none) OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile OpenGL core profile extensions: OpenGL version string: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.104 OpenGL shading language version string: 3.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler OpenGL context flags: (none) OpenGL profile mask: (none) OpenGL extensions: OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 2.0 NVIDIA 340.104 340.104 OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.00 OpenGL ES profile extensions: journalctl -b -p 3 >01.txt -- Logs begin at nie 2018-06-24 09:06:54 CEST, end at nie 2018-06-24 09:19:18 CEST. -- cze 24 09:06:54 user1-945P-DS3 nvidia-persistenced[477]: Failed to query NVIDIA devices. Please ensure that the NVIDIA device files (/dev/nvidia*) exist, and that user 118 has read and write permissions for those files. The point is that I don't have any nvidia folder in /dev but somehow graphic card works. I only have there three files: nvidia-uvm, nvidia0, nvidiactl. All have 0 B size. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/1611635/+attachment/5156085/+files/Xorg.0.log.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1611635 Title: Failed to query NVIDIA devices. Please ensure that the NVIDIA device files (/dev/nvidia*) exist Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: This error has been logged since a while into journalctl (affect 361, 367, and possibly the others too) journalctl | grep nvidia-persistenced nvidia-persistenced[1067]: Started (1067) nvidia-persistenced[1067]: Failed to query NVIDIA devices. Please ensure that the NVIDIA device files (/dev/nvidia*) exist, and that user 117 has read and write permissions for those files. nvidia-persistenced[1067]: The daemon no longer has permission to remove its runtime data directory /var/run/nvidia-persistenced nvidia-persistenced[1067]: Shutdown (1067) nvidia-persistenced[1802]: Started (1802) nvidia-persistenced[1802]: Failed to unlink socket: No such file or directory nvidia-persistenced[1802]: Failed to unlink PID file: No such file or directory nvidia-persistenced[1802]: Shutdown (1802) nvidia-persistenced[2543]: Started (2543) oem@u64:~$ grep 117 /etc/passwd; lsb_release -a; uname -a avahi-autoipd:x:106:117:Avahi autoip daemon,,,:/var/lib/avahi-autoipd:/bin/false nvidia-persistenced:x:117:128:NVIDIA Persistence Daemon,,,:/:/sbin/nologin No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu Yakkety Yak (development branch) Release: 16.10 Codename: yakkety Linux u64 4.7.0-0-generic #3-Ubuntu SMP Tue Aug 2 17:34:31 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux oem@u64:~$ ls -ld /dev/nvidia*; file /dev/nvidia* crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 0 Aug 10 04:48 /dev/nvidia0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 255 Aug 10 04:48 /dev/nvidiactl crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 195, 254 Aug 10 06:48 /dev/nvidia-modeset crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 247, 0 Aug 10 04:48 /dev/nvidia-uvm /dev/nvidia0: character special (195/0) /dev/nvidiactl: character special (195/255) /dev/nvidia-modeset: character special (195/254) /dev/nvidia-uvm: character special (247/0) Already discussed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+question/271860 and affect other distro https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/934350/linux/nvidia-persistenced-failed-to-query-nvidia-devices-/ error source: https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia- persistenced/commit/4f78613588ea1db928e7264317adc810dc0eb10a ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: nvidia-361 (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.7.0-0.3-generic 4.7.0 Uname: Linux 4.7.0-0-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Aug 10 08:54:58 2016 SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-361 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/1611635/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp