OCI: Post Linux OS update NVIDIA-SMI failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver.

Applies to

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Linux x86-64

Symptoms

The system was updated with “dnf update” command

After the update the nvididia-smi is failing:

$ nvidia-smi --query-gpu=gpu_name,gpu_bus_id,vbios_version --format=csv 
 NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

The Kernel modules are not available for the new installed Kernel:

$ ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extras/nvidia*
ls: cannot access '/lib/modules/5.15.0-201.135.6.el8uek.x86_64/extras/nvidia*': No such file or directory
$

Changes

System update, including kernel

Cause

During the system update, the nvidia kernel module failed to be build.