[GH-ISSUE #14661] ollama Unable to detect NVIDIA/AMD GPU #71553

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opened 2026-05-05 02:06:44 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 0 comments
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Originally created by @TigerHH6866 on GitHub (Mar 6, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/14661

What is the issue?

ollama Unable to detect NVIDIA GPU

(main) root@C.32098470:/workspace$ ollama -v
Warning: could not connect to a running Ollama instance
Warning: client version is 0.17.6

Relevant log output

(main) root@C.32098470:/workspace$ curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
>>> Cleaning up old version at /usr/local/lib/ollama
>>> Installing ollama to /usr/local
>>> Downloading ollama-linux-amd64.tar.zst
#################################################################################################################################################################################################### 100.0%
>>> Adding ollama user to render group...
>>> Adding ollama user to video group...
>>> Adding current user to ollama group...
>>> Creating ollama systemd service...
WARNING: systemd is not running
WARNING: Unable to detect NVIDIA/AMD GPU. Install lspci or lshw to automatically detect and install GPU dependencies.
>>> The Ollama API is now available at 127.0.0.1:11434.
>>> Install complete. Run "ollama" from the command line.



my gpu
(main) root@C.32098470:/workspace$ nvcc --version
nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver
Copyright (c) 2005-2025 NVIDIA Corporation
Built on Tue_May_27_02:21:03_PDT_2025
Cuda compilation tools, release 12.9, V12.9.86
Build cuda_12.9.r12.9/compiler.36037853_0

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 575.64.03              Driver Version: 575.64.03      CUDA Version: 12.9     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090        On  |   00000000:16:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
| 55%   30C    P8             16W /  575W |   27855MiB /  32607MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |

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Originally created by @TigerHH6866 on GitHub (Mar 6, 2026). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/14661 ### What is the issue? ollama Unable to detect NVIDIA GPU (main) root@C.32098470:/workspace$ ollama -v Warning: could not connect to a running Ollama instance Warning: client version is 0.17.6 ### Relevant log output ```shell (main) root@C.32098470:/workspace$ curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh >>> Cleaning up old version at /usr/local/lib/ollama >>> Installing ollama to /usr/local >>> Downloading ollama-linux-amd64.tar.zst #################################################################################################################################################################################################### 100.0% >>> Adding ollama user to render group... >>> Adding ollama user to video group... >>> Adding current user to ollama group... >>> Creating ollama systemd service... WARNING: systemd is not running WARNING: Unable to detect NVIDIA/AMD GPU. Install lspci or lshw to automatically detect and install GPU dependencies. >>> The Ollama API is now available at 127.0.0.1:11434. >>> Install complete. Run "ollama" from the command line. my gpu (main) root@C.32098470:/workspace$ nvcc --version nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver Copyright (c) 2005-2025 NVIDIA Corporation Built on Tue_May_27_02:21:03_PDT_2025 Cuda compilation tools, release 12.9, V12.9.86 Build cuda_12.9.r12.9/compiler.36037853_0 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 575.64.03 Driver Version: 575.64.03 CUDA Version: 12.9 | |-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+ | GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC | | Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. | | | | MIG M. | |=========================================+========================+======================| | 0 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 On | 00000000:16:00.0 Off | N/A | | 55% 30C P8 16W / 575W | 27855MiB / 32607MiB | 0% Default | | | | N/A | ``` ### OS _No response_ ### GPU _No response_ ### CPU _No response_ ### Ollama version _No response_
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#71553