nvcc fatal : Value 'sm_61' is not defined for option 'gpu-architecture' error with theano

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Joshua Owoyemi picture Joshua Owoyemi · Jun 30, 2016 · Viewed 8.4k times · Source

I was setting up python and theano for use with gpu on; ubuntu 14.04, GeForce GTX 1080 already installed NVIDIA driver (367.27) and CUDA toolkit (7.5) successfully for the system, but on testing with theano gpu implementation I get the above error (for example; when importing theano with gpu enabled) I have tried to look for possible solutions but didn't succeed. I'm a little new to ubuntu and gpu programming, so I would appreciate any insight into how I can solve this problem. Thanks

Answer

Tal Ben-Nun picture Tal Ben-Nun · Jul 2, 2016

As Robert Crovella said, SM 6.1 (sm_61) is only supported in CUDA 8.0 and above, and thus you should download CUDA 8.0 Release Candidate from https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

Ubuntu 14.04 is supported, and the instructions on the website on how to setup should be straightforward (copy and paste lines to the console).

I would also recommend downloading CUDA 8.0 when it comes out, since the RC is not the final version.

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