Dell XPS 15 9560 Configuration for CUDA Development

cuda-dev-dell-xps-15.sh

# 2017-04-06
#
# The sequence of commands below can be used to configure a Dell XPS 15 9560 laptop
# for CUDA development and testing. No special care is taken for battery life. In
# the end, the Nvidia GPU is used to drive the display and may run CUDA executables.
#

# update ubuntu
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

# install build tools and dkms
sudo apt install build-essential dkms

# create download folder
mkdir -p ~/cuda-dl

# download and update linux kernel
mkdir -p ~/cuda-dl/kernel
cd ~/cuda-dl/kernel
wget \
  kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9.20/linux-headers-4.9.20-040920_4.9.20-040920.201703310531_all.deb \
  kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9.20/linux-headers-4.9.20-040920-generic_4.9.20-040920.201703310531_amd64.deb \
  kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.9.20/linux-image-4.9.20-040920-generic_4.9.20-040920.201703310531_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.9*.deb linux-image-4.9*.deb

# REBOOT NOW

# download and install intel graphics firmware
mkdir -p ~/cuda-dl/intel
cd ~/cuda-dl/intel
wget https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/intelr-graphics-linux/kbldmcver101.tar.bz2
tar xjvf kbldmcver101.tar.bz2
cd kbl_dmc_ver1_01/
sudo ./install.sh

cd ~/cuda-dl/intel
wget https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/intelr-graphics-linux/kblgucver914.tar.gz;
tar xvzf kblgucver914.tar.gz
cd firmware/kbl/guc/kbl_guc_ver9_14/
chmod +x ./install.sh
sudo ./install.sh

# Install nvidia-drivers via ubuntu drivers
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

# Install CUDA 8
# This acts as repo so install it somewhere safe and do not delete
mkdir -p ~/cuda-dl/cuda
cd ~/cuda-dl/cuda
wget http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1604/x86_64/cuda-repo-ubuntu1604_8.0.61-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu1604_8.0.61-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install cuda

# to access cuda binaries and libraries in your environment:
# create /etc/profile.d/cuda.sh and /etc/ld.so.conf.d/cuda.conf (see below)

cuda.conf

# file: /etc/ld.so.conf.d/cuda.conf
/usr/local/cuda/lib64

cuda.sh

# file: /etc/profile.d/cuda.sh
export PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin:${PATH}

Notes:

• Nvidia driver version 378 did not work for me

References:

• https://01.org/linuxgraphics/downloads/firmware
• https://gist.github.com/whizzzkid/37c0d365f1c7aa555885d102ec61c048

Hello, can you more clearly explain the last part of the guide?

to access cuda binaries and libraries in your environment:
create /etc/profile.d/cuda.sh and /etc/ld.so.conf.d/cuda.conf (see below)

thanks!