docker: Error response from daemon: could not select device driver "" with capabilities: [-CodePudding

I followed the instructions to install the nvidia-docker2 from the official documentation https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/install-guide.html

Whenever I run their test example:

sudo docker run --rm --gpus all nvidia/cuda:11.6.2-base-ubuntu20.04 nvidia-smi

I still get the error:

docker: Error response from daemon: could not select device driver "" with capabilities: [[gpu]]. 3

I rebooted but still no effect.

I am on Ubuntu 22.04 with my nvidia drivers updated. Nvidia-smi works on the machine but not working using docker

CodePudding user response：

you need to restart the docker daemon :

sudo systemctl restart docker

if the problem still occurs install the nvidia-container-toolkit then restart docker daemon.

CodePudding user response：

Unfortunately I was not able to "Fix" properly the issue so I purge all docker package and all nvidia container packages and reinstalled everything and now it works!!

Good old methods work fine :)