Nvidia/cuda doesn't work on Docker Desktop but works on Docker Engine

[rimelek (Ákos Takács)]

@amareomnia

I can setup Docker via rootless mode and get CUDA working fine. I can install Docker Desktop and run rootless, but get the libnvidia-ml.so.1 error. I can install Desktop + CUDA, but am forced to use sudo which uses the non-Desktop context.

Good to see that someone undestands the relation of contexts, Docker Desktop and Docker CE. I wanted to post it, but now I don’t have to.

I don’t use GPU in Docker Desktop, but I tried it on Windows before, when I read that WSL 2 started to support GPU.

WSL 2 GPU Support for Docker Desktop on NVIDIA GPUs | Docker

I have no idea if the GPU works on any other operating system in Docker Desktop. I know you could pass the GPU of the host to a KVM machine , but I don’t know if it is implemented in Docker Desktop.

@amareomnia

An issue has been filed over on the Nvidia side here

Somehow I don’t think it is an isue of nvidia-docker. Working with Docker Desktop is almost like working with a remote machine. So I guess Docker Desktop needs to contain that not your physical host.

Please, anyone correct me if I am wrong