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nvidia-smi Failed to initialize NVML: Driver/library version mismatch NVML library version: 535.247

nvidia-smi Failed to initialize NVML: Driver/library version mismatch NVML library version: 535.247

Alternative title: "Help I upgraded my Debian/Ubuntu Linux server and now my expensive GPU does not work, at all, why is that? Also I don't want to reboot. How can I fix this without rebooting?" Faced with the following error: $ nvidia-smi Failed to initialize NVML:

qemu-system-x86 Creating an idempotent VM with SSH enabled via cloud-init and qemu monitor enabled over tcp

qemu-system-x86 Creating an idempotent VM with SSH enabled via cloud-init and qemu monitor enabled over tcp

GitHub - chrisjsimpson/qemu-system-x86_64-bootstrap-me-an-ubuntu-vm-idempotentContribute to chrisjsimpson/qemu-system-x86_64-bootstrap-me-an-ubuntu-vm-idempotent development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHubchrisjsimpson The above repo is the result of needing/wanting to be able to quickly bootstrap an Ubuntu VM in an idempotent way. This is especially useful for validating setups/bootstraps of lower level

How to write a systemd unit service file

How to write a systemd unit service file

Remind me how to write a systemd serive and the required steps/Unit file. Say you want to run rqlite (any program you want to run as a service) as a systemd service. Step one - always check if the maintainer(s) of your program already ship / document a systemd

incus bulk delete snapshots

incus bulk delete snapshots

Incus in an excellent system container, application container, and virtual machine manager (see https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/) which allows you to schedule regular snapshots of instances. If, like me, you like to test these systems. I created a snapshot schedule to snapshot instances every minutes (yes, extreme) but you can

git list previous branch

git list previous branch

In git, how do I go back to the previous branch I was just on? I've got a memory of a fish and easily forget which branch I was on previously- how do I switch back? Also, is it true fish have short memories and what if they&

How can I create a minimal NodeJS script. mjs? What's that?

How can I create a minimal NodeJS script. mjs? What's that?

TIL .mjs is a thing, since when? When running my script (e.g. node myscript.js ) I see the error "SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module", why? I write a lot of Python, and I'm used to (like in bash) writing quick little scripts

What is a 'cost function' in Machine Learning / ML

What is a 'cost function' in Machine Learning / ML

I don't really know, deeply what a cost functino is in Machine Learning. Let's learn it. All quotes are from the excellent "Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, and TensorFlow, 1st Edition" unless otherwise stated. In "Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, and TensorFlow, 1st

Engineering Principles & Values

thinking fast and slow

Engineering Principles & Values

A work in progress. (started ~2022 and sat in draft state for far to long) so I've decided to publish and intend to revisit. Empathy for learning Code is never the challenge. Well-rested comfortable people who feel emotionally safe have solved every problem I’ve put in front

FastHTML getting started & comparison with Flask

FastHTML getting started & comparison with Flask

FastHTML is built on-top of the popular python libraries starlette, and uvicorn. FastHTML introduces Python types for common HTML elements integrated with HTMX which means you don't need to write html templates directly, and save a lot of time (in theory). It's like traditional HTML, meets

Deleting files "Cannot be removed because it is not empty" Error (Solved)

Deleting files "Cannot be removed because it is not empty" Error (Solved)

Struggling to delete a persistent file? We were facing the same problem! In our case, we encountered this issue while working with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and Python and we wanted to delete a folder. If you're here just for the solution, here's what you

Installing WireGuard VPN on Windows

Installing WireGuard VPN on Windows

Step 1: WireGuard download the Wireguard Windows installer Step 2: Run the installation file and the installation should automatically complete Step 3: Once the WireGuard client opens upon installation, you'll need to add tunnels to start using WireGuard. 💡What are tunnels? They are used to create a virtual

Windows containers how to...not?

Windows containers how to...not?

Things to know about Windows Containers This started as an initial research into Windows Containers. My initial impression was not fantastic, left wanting. * "Windows requires the host OS version to match the container OS version" (src) * This is in stark constrast compared to Linux containers, where you can

How to Create a Table of Contents on Ghost

How to Create a Table of Contents on Ghost

You know what's scary? Ghosts. You know what's even scarier? Not having a table of contents on your blog posts on Ghost! That's why I'm going to show you how to make one in just a few easy steps. No coding required, no ghost hunting needed. Just follow me and you'll be fine.

If I want to get a website set up and some SEO done, what sort of figures would I be looking at?

If I want to get a website set up and some SEO done, what sort of figures would I be looking at?

"for reals though, if it's just a simple one page website, and to stick some keywords into google" ... "Without more information I'd question why not use Squarespace, Wix, WordPress? They are all adequate. We also sell small business web hosting with support. ... "

Terraform best practices - what I wish I'd learnt quicker

Terraform best practices - what I wish I'd learnt quicker

Terraform has a changed over the years (it's HCL syntax changed a lot from the early days breaking backward compatibility) and there's a few Terraform concepts which, for me, are worth holding front-and-centre to reduce pain when working with the tool. If you have existing cloud

A practical, detailed guide to Git branching strategy, issue creation and merging

A practical, detailed guide to Git branching strategy, issue creation and merging

Question: I would like to ask for an explanation about git best practices. Like git branching, naming branches etc Sidenote- why does all this matter & why should I care about issues, git and branching? Have you ever.. * Not had enough information about an issue/bug? * Struggled to find a

Email Hosting Alternative to 123 Reg in the UK

Email Hosting Alternative to 123 Reg in the UK

We were surprised to learn about 123 Reg closing down its Email Hosting Generation 1 Mailboxs. But this might be the big break you needed to take a look at other regional services that cater to your email needs. We’ve got just the thing for you. Karma Computing Email

DevOps with physical servers using Redfish Python api

DevOps with physical servers using Redfish Python api

Using the Redfish ('standard') REST api, you can command and control iDRAC enabled servers just like you would your software. Software continues to eat the world, and is coming for your hardware. Why do we not treat our physical servers as part of our DevOps / operations processes? I

How do I login ssh to an IPv6 server from an IPv4 internet connection?

How do I login ssh to an IPv6 server from an IPv4 internet connection?

Goals * Not everybody has an IPv6 address (see IPv6 adoption per country): * Given a valid account (ssh), allow a user on an IPv4 connection ssh to an IPv6 server running on an IPv6 host. Let's get tunnelling! * Critical goals: To the user, they should still be able to

Docker show container run arguments

Docker show container run arguments

Sometimes you want to see exactly how a container was started, and what command line arguments were passed to , and subsequently how they were interpreted by the container runtime engine. Emmanuel Frécon provides an excellent example of how to do exactly that: docker inspect \ --format "$(curl -s https://gist.

Using systemd-nspawn containers with publicly routable ips (IPv6 and IPv4) via bridged mode for high density testing whilst balancing tenant isolation

Using systemd-nspawn containers with publicly routable ips (IPv6 and IPv4) via bridged mode for high density testing whilst balancing tenant isolation

If you're tight for time and want to build this right away see the "Tutorial" heading for how to setup systemd-nspawn with bridge mode and public ip addressing. There's also an accompanying systemd-nspawn repo with a scripted process to deploy everything in this article

Setup an IPv6 connection over IPv4 via Wireguard VPN (How to get IPv6 when you only have an IPv4 internet connection)

Setup an IPv6 connection over IPv4 via Wireguard VPN (How to get IPv6 when you only have an IPv4 internet connection)

If you don't have IPv6 at home, sometimes you want to be able to test IPv6 only services- you need to tunnel a IPv6 connection somehow from your IPv4 internet connection to a server which does have IPv6 enabled. You can achieve that by using a combination of:

IPv6 Only Web Services Becoming Commonplace

IPv6 Only Web Services Becoming Commonplace

IPv6 connectivity (native) continues to shoot up: This trend started as a slow "it won't happen" almost joke within the IT community with efforts such as the 2012 "World IPv6 launch days" The economic incentive for IPv6 is here now What we're

Transfering files from AWS S3 bucket to another AWS S3 bucket from another account.

Transfering files from AWS S3 bucket to another AWS S3 bucket from another account.

Scenario requirements: * Environment A: S3 bucket * Environment B: S3 bucket and EC2 : The EC2 is not necessary, aws cli can be installed locally. * AWS IAM user creation on both accounts with permissions: PowerUserAccess and AmazonS3FullAccess Create environment A S3 bucket Update S3 bucket permissions > Bucket policy { "Version"

Ansible password vault uses

Ansible password vault uses

Instead of storing keys, passwords, environment and more in plain text here it comes Ansible Vault which is a great feature to use when you need to keep sensitive data encrypted such as pushing your keys to a remote repository. There are several ways to encrypt your sensitive data using

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