Cannot launch Nvidia nsight

Question

Initially the Java vm would not even start, but I fixed that by editing the nsight.ini file and removing

-XX:MaxPermSize=256m

and updating the

-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion

so I now get the splash screen and can select a workspace directory.

I do so, and get a progress bar but it promptly crashes and gives no indication other than to look in the log file, the start of which says:

!SESSION 2016-12-09 20:30:40.686 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=unknown
java.version=9-internal
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=en_GB
Command-line arguments:  -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64

!ENTRY com.nvidia.cuda.ide.build 4 0 2016-12-09 20:30:46.292
!MESSAGE FrameworkEvent ERROR
!STACK 0
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Could not resolve module: com.nvidia.cuda.ide.build [9]
  Unresolved requirement: Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core
    -> Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core; bundle-version="8.3.0.201409172108"; singleton:="true"
       org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core [108]
         Unresolved requirement: Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.cdt.core; bundle-version="[5.0.0,6.0.0)"
           -> Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.cdt.core; bundle-version="5.7.0.nvidia-qualifier"; singleton:="true"
              org.eclipse.cdt.core [88]
                Unresolved requirement: Require-Capability: osgi.ee; filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=1.7))"

    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:434)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.incStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1582)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.incStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1561)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.doContainerStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1533)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.dispatchEvent(ModuleContainer.java:1476)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.dispatchEvent(ModuleContainer.java:1)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:340)

!ENTRY com.nvidia.cuda.ide.cdt 4 0 2016-12-09 20:30:46.294
!MESSAGE FrameworkEvent ERROR
!STACK 0
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Could not resolve module: com.nvidia.cuda.ide.cdt [10]
  Unresolved requirement: Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core; bundle-version="8.0.0"
    -> Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core; bundle-version="8.3.0.201409172108"; singleton:="true"
       org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core [108]
         Unresolved requirement: Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.cdt.core; bundle-version="[5.0.0,6.0.0)"
           -> Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.cdt.core; bundle-version="5.7.0.nvidia-qualifier"; singleton:="true"
              org.eclipse.cdt.core [88]
                Unresolved requirement: Require-Capability: osgi.ee; filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=1.7))"

    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:434)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.incStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1582)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.incStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1561)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.doContainerStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1533)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.dispatchEvent(ModuleContainer.java:1476)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.dispatchEvent(ModuleContainer.java:1)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:340)

!ENTRY com.nvidia.cuda.ide.debug 4 0 2016-12-09 20:30:46.297
!MESSAGE FrameworkEvent ERROR
!STACK 0
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Could not resolve module: com.nvidia.cuda.ide.debug [11]
  Unresolved requirement: Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.cdt.core; bundle-version="5.3.0"
    -> Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.cdt.core; bundle-version="5.7.0.nvidia-qualifier"; singleton:="true"
       org.eclipse.cdt.core [88]
         Unresolved requirement: Require-Capability: osgi.ee; filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=1.7))"

    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:434)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.incStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1582)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.incStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1561)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.doContainerStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1533)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.dispatchEvent(ModuleContainer.java:1476)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.dispatchEvent(ModuleContainer.java:1)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:340)

!ENTRY com.nvidia.cuda.ide.editor 4 0 2016-12-09 20:30:46.309
!MESSAGE FrameworkEvent ERROR
!STACK 0
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Could not resolve module: com.nvidia.cuda.ide.editor [12]
  Unresolved requirement: Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.cdt.ui; bundle-version="[5.8.0.nvidia,5.8.1)"
    -> Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.cdt.ui; bundle-version="5.8.0.nvidia-qualifier"; singleton:="true"
       org.eclipse.cdt.ui [111]
         Unresolved requirement: Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.cdt.core; bundle-version="[5.2.0,6.0.0)"
           -> Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.cdt.core; bundle-version="5.7.0.nvidia-qualifier"; singleton:="true"
              org.eclipse.cdt.core [88]
                Unresolved requirement: Require-Capability: osgi.ee; filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=1.7))"

    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:434)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.incStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1582)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.incStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1561)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.doContainerStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1533)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.dispatchEvent(ModuleContainer.java:1476)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.dispatchEvent(ModuleContainer.java:1)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:340)

!ENTRY com.nvidia.cuda.ide.remote 4 0 2016-12-09 20:30:46.311
!MESSAGE FrameworkEvent ERROR
!STACK 0
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Could not resolve module: com.nvidia.cuda.ide.remote [13]
  Unresolved requirement: Import-Package: org.eclipse.remote.core
    -> Export-Package: org.eclipse.remote.core; bundle-symbolic-name="org.eclipse.remote.core"; bundle-version="1.0.0.201409111520"; version="0.0.0"
       org.eclipse.remote.core [263]
         Unresolved requirement: Require-Capability: osgi.ee; filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=1.7))"

    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:434)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.incStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1582)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.incStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1561)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.doContainerStartLevel(ModuleContainer.java:1533)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.dispatchEvent(ModuleContainer.java:1476)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.ModuleContainer$ContainerStartLevel.dispatchEvent(ModuleContainer.java:1)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:340)

I installed nsight at the same time as cuda using the NVIDA .deb package repository they provide on their website.

I added it using:

dpkg -i <cuda_file>.deb

and installed using:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install cuda

Normal eclipse installations work perfectly, so any advice anyone has would be greatly appreciated!

It looks to me like some necessary components are not on your machine, for whatever reason. I guess based on the tags you are using Ubuntu 16.04? Which CUDA version are you attempting to install? — Robert Crovella, Dec 09 '16 at 21:26
You are right, I had the openjdk-8-jdk package installed, but nsight seems to require the oracle-java8 package... — Ben Turner, Dec 09 '16 at 21:35

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '19 at 19:08

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Expending on comments on Ben Turner answer, this what worked for me (Ubuntu 18.04, cuda 10.1). from this thread on Nvidia forum, just install:

sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk

and that's it.

running from terminal:

nsight -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java

and if you want to start Nsight from GUI, modify /usr/share/applications/nsight.desktop like so

Exec=/usr/local/cuda-10.1/bin/nsight -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java

answered Oct 23 '19 at 19:08

Haim Itzhayek

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Worked with Ubuntu 19.10, CUDA 10.1, and a previous installed JRE11. Sweet! – smcs Nov 05 '19 at 12:34
Hold on, I did have to remove Openjdk 11 eventually. – smcs Nov 05 '19 at 12:42
+1 for the GUI line. I updated by CUDA 'stuff', and it updated the SDK but broke the drivers. Re-installed the drivers (which bumped everything to CUDA 10.2) but it lost the above jvm ref – winwaed Nov 23 '19 at 03:29
Works for me (Ubuntu 18.04, didn't remove openjdk-11). Also, I have a couple of tweaks. 1) You can use just `openjdk-8-jre` instead of `openjdk-8-jdk`. 2) Instead of modifying the command line with `-vm ...`, you can add it to `/usr/local/cuda-10.0/libnsight/nsight.ini`, which is a renamed `eclipse.ini`: https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini#Specifying_the_JVM. This way it works both from the terminal and the GUI. – lapis May 09 '20 at 21:43
This worked for me on Ubuntu 21.04. Note that I saw that `openjdk-17-jdk` exists, and tried it first, but that crashed out pronto with a `java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError`. The OpenJDK version 8 is still available as a package in Ubuntu 21.04. – user2023370 Dec 20 '21 at 13:39

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 09 '16 at 21:34

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So turns out that the openjdk-8-jdk package is not what's needed to work with nsight.

You need to install the oracle-java8-installer:

sudo apt install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt update
sudo apt install oracle-java8-installer

Once done, nsight miraculously springs into life!

answered Dec 09 '16 at 21:34

Ben Turner

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This worked for me on Ubuntu 18.04. I suspect Pingmin Fenlly Liu's answer would also have worked. I assume that my Java version has been set to oracle-java8 by following the above commands, and that if it changed again things would stop working. The python-software-properties package is no longer supported and apt suggests that software-properties-common replaces it. – TafT Feb 11 '19 at 14:05
it does not work on ubuntu 18.04. There's no more a package oracle-java8-installer. – cleuton May 24 '19 at 10:46
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`sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk` on ubuntu 18.04 as of June 2019 – Vineet Bansal Jun 28 '19 at 20:21
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From Nvidia's forum: And after the installation, you may use the command below to run your Nsight: `nsight -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java` -- worked for me. CUDA 10.1 Ubuntu 18.04 in Sept 2019. – aafulei Sep 28 '19 at 17:16
@aafulei FWIW, I also have CUDA 10.2 installed alongside in Ubuntu 20.04 in June 2020. The defailt is still 10.1. 10.2 still needs jvm8. Your answer works like this: /usr/lib/cuda-10.2/bin/nsight -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java – emsr Jun 02 '20 at 18:41

Pingmin Fenlly Liu · Answer 3 · 2019-01-25T10:41:35.910

Solution summary:

Use Java 7/8, not Java 9/10/11, for Nsight Ecplipse Edition at present.

Details:

I installed the CUDA 10.0, with auto-installed Nsight 10.0 and java-11-openjdk(its java version is 10.0.2 actually), on Ubuntu 18.04, and I got this error too. Then I found when I used oracle jdk 7/8(make the link from /usr/bin/java to my oracle jdk 7/8 path), Nsight worked well, but jdk 11 not.

And by seeing your java 9 in the error log, so we should use the Java 7/8, not 9/10/11, for Nsight at present, because the Nsight Eclipse and its plugins is not up-to-date for java 9/10/11.

Notes:

You may want to change the exec cmd("Exec=/usr/local/cuda-10.0/bin/nsight") in the "/usr/share/applications/nsight.desktop", to avoid other issues for system java compatibility.

I just change the cmd to "Exec=/ddisk/program/cuda/nsight.sh", and set the java 7/8 home in the shell script, and then run the "nsight" . Because if I change the /usr/bin/java link directly on my Ubuntu 18.04, it leads the Thunderbird's secure message extension "Enigmail"(pep-json-server) to high CPU and Mem usage.

#!/bin/bash

# nsight.sh

# Java paths.
# NOTE: We should use java 7 or 8 for Nsight Eclipse Edition 10.0.
#export JAVA_HOME=/ddisk/program/java/latest
export JAVA_HOME=/ddisk/program/java/java7
#export JAVA_HOME=/ddisk/program/java/java8
export JRE_HOME=$JAVA_HOME/jre
export CLASSPATH=$JAVA_HOME/lib:$JRE_HOME/lib:$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar:$JAVA_HOME/lib/dt.jar
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

# Run the Nsight Eclipse.
#nsight
/usr/local/cuda/bin/nsight

Best solution because you don't need to change your current JVM installation. — cleuton, May 24 '19 at 10:46

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