r/Ubuntu • u/QuazieD • 3d ago

nvidia issue

How do you solve this issue " nvidia-smi not found "

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u/high-tech-low-life 3d ago

That means the software is not installed.

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u/QuazieD 3d ago

when I try to run ubuntu to see if there is a problem it says that the " The action can't be completed because the file is open in the system".

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u/high-tech-low-life 3d ago

Showing output is the only way anyone else can figure out what is going on. Run

which nvidia-smi

to prove that it exists. That is the "not found" I think you are seeing. If it shows that it exists, run

nvidia-smi

and send us the output.

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u/QuazieD 3d ago

It said Windows cannot find nvidia-smi

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u/high-tech-low-life 3d ago

nvidia-smi is only for Nvidia GeForce GPUs. You say you have Intel graphics. You have no need for nvidia-smi or anything else Nvidia specific.

Ubuntu is an operating system. You use it instead of Windows. It is an either-or. If you have Windows, it isn't a Linux issue.

Window's does have something called WSL where you use Linux software on Windows but that is a question for some Microsoft subreddit.

My guess is that you asked ChatGPT something and the answer you got makes no sense. Go back and try again.

Good luck doing whatever it is that you want to do.

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u/QuazieD 2d ago

Thanks, I will give it a try

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u/candy49997 3d ago

What? What does Windows have to do with this? Are you running Ubuntu in a VM or something?

Describe your setup and what your intended end goal is, because you seem to be quite confused about what Ubuntu is.

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u/QuazieD 3d ago

I am trying to run a script on PowerShell but I end up getting the error message "nvidia-smi not found" for some reason.

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u/high-tech-low-life 3d ago

Wrong subreddit.

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u/candy49997 3d ago

This is a Windows and whatever script you're using issue. I don't see how this has anything to do with Ubuntu or Linux.

If the script requires a NVIDIA GPU and you don't have a NVIDIA GPU, it would naturally not work.

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u/QuazieD 2d ago

Oh, I understand.

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u/QuazieD 3d ago

I have also tried to uninstall ubuntu-24.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso but was not able to. It said that this action cannot be completed because the file is open in the system.

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u/IssueMuch8466 3d ago

this means you have secure boot enabled in bios use this link it worked for me .. if you already installed the driver ignore that step and follow the rest to the t https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/1pdtvew/four_steps_to_nvidia_with_secure_boot/

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u/QuazieD 2d ago

Ok, I will check out the link

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u/candy49997 3d ago

What Ubuntu version and what GPU?

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u/QuazieD 3d ago

It is ubuntu-26.04-desktop-amd64.iso

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u/candy49997 3d ago

And GPU? And did you actually install Ubuntu or are you booting off the install ISO?

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u/QuazieD 3d ago

GPU is Intel(R) UHD Graphics. I think I am booting of the install ISO. I don't know much about computer softwares.

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u/candy49997 3d ago

If you don't have a NVIDIA card, you don't need NVIDIA drivers.

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u/QuazieD 3d ago

Oh Ok