Error: File /var/log/cuda-installer.log does not exist when installer an older cuda

[fangq]

thanks for developing this action script!

I spent the past few hours trying to use it for one of my CUDA projects. I found two issues and would like to see if there is a workaround

1. I kept getting an error (Error: Error: File /var/log/cuda-installer.log does not exist) at the end of the cuda installation, see https://github.com/fangq/mcx/actions/runs/4401047764/jobs/7706904559. I even forked this repo and removed the artifact uploading code inside src/installer.ts, yet, it still kept giving me this error. I was trying to install cuda 9.2 for its smaller size. is there a workaround?

2. the default cuda 12.x is over 4GB in size. when I used the default setting, I got "No space left on device" error, see https://github.com/fangq/mcx/actions/runs/4400016129/jobs/7704933495; same for the the CI tests: https://github.com/fangq/cuda-toolkit/actions/runs/4401127506/jobs/7707048051. what is the most compact installation option? I only need nvcc and libcudart/libcudartstatic for my project.

[Jimver]

Hey thx for the report, for your first question that is a good one, I'll change the artifact uploading code in a new PR.

For your second point, have you tried using the network method? Like this:

steps:
- uses: Jimver/[email protected]
  id: cuda-toolkit
  with:
    cuda: '12.1.0'
    method: 'network'
    sub-packages: '["nvcc"]'

You can see more details in the README.md file

[Jimver]

Not sure if point 2 is fixed yet so reopening

[robandpdx]

I am seeing the install log artifact upload fail due to file permissions...

Beginning upload of artifact content to blob storage
node:events:492
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^
Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/var/log/cuda-installer.log'
Emitted 'error' event on ReadStream instance at:
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
  errno: -13,
  code: 'EACCES',
  syscall: 'open',
  path: '/var/log/cuda-installer.log'
}

In my case, the installer log has the following permissions...

-rw-------  1 runner    root              9022 May  7 04:05 nvidia-installer.log

[robandpdx]

More info on my situation encountering the error above...

I am using GitHub's GPU runners, which are using the official NVIDIA image from Azure Marketplace. On NVIDIA image, umask in /etc/login.defs is changed to 077. It seems to be intentional change which NVIDIA folks make during image generation because default umask on base ubuntu image is 022. Looks like 077 mask is recommended by some internet resources to make the vm more secure.

If task uses sudo to install something, task should make sure that tool is available without sudo later. For example, setup-miniconda fixes permissions on MacOS using chown. So I guess this action should perform something similar for Ubuntu.