Electric Eel fails to add GPU to Plex

CubedRoot · November 26, 2024, 5:22am

I am trying to add a freshly installed P1000 GPU so that I can use it for Plex. I am using the catalog version of Plex, and It does see that my GPU is selectable:

nvidia-smi seems to be correct for my card:

Here is the error I get when I try to add the GPU

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/job.py”, line 488, in run
await self.future
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/job.py”, line 535, in __run_body
rv = await self.middleware.run_in_thread(self.method, *args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py”, line 1364, in run_in_thread
return await self.run_in_executor(io_thread_pool_executor, method, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/main.py”, line 1361, in run_in_executor
return await loop.run_in_executor(pool, functools.partial(method, *args, **kwargs))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3.11/concurrent/futures/thread.py”, line 58, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/service/crud_service.py”, line 268, in nf
rv = func(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/schema/processor.py”, line 55, in nf
res = f(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/schema/processor.py”, line 183, in nf
return func(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/apps/crud.py”, line 287, in do_update
app = self.update_internal(job, app, data, trigger_compose=app[‘state’] != ‘STOPPED’)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/apps/crud.py”, line 317, in update_internal
update_app_config(app_name, app[‘version’], new_values, custom_app=app[‘custom_app’])
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/apps/ix_apps/lifecycle.py”, line 59, in update_app_config
render_compose_templates(
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/middlewared/plugins/apps/ix_apps/lifecycle.py”, line 50, in render_compose_templates
raise CallError(f’Failed to render compose templates: {cp.stderr}')
middlewared.service_exception.CallError: [EFAULT] Failed to render compose templates: Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/bin/apps_render_app”, line 33, in
sys.exit(load_entry_point(‘apps-validation==0.1’, ‘console_scripts’, ‘apps_render_app’)())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catalog_templating/scripts/render_compose.py”, line 47, in main
render_templates_from_path(args.path, args.values)
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catalog_templating/scripts/render_compose.py”, line 19, in render_templates_from_path
rendered_data = render_templates(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/catalog_templating/render.py”, line 36, in render_templates
).render({‘ix_lib’: template_libs, ‘values’: test_values})
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/jinja2/environment.py”, line 1301, in render
self.environment.handle_exception()
File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/jinja2/environment.py”, line 936, in handle_exception
raise rewrite_traceback_stack(source=source)
File “/mnt/.ix-apps/app_configs/plex/versions/1.1.4/templates/docker-compose.yaml”, line 3, in top-level template code
{% set c1 = tpl.add_container(values.consts.plex_container_name, values.plex.image_selector) %}
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/mnt/.ix-apps/app_configs/plex/versions/1.1.4/templates/library/base_v2_0_21/render.py”, line 53, in add_container
container = Container(self, name, image)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/mnt/.ix-apps/app_configs/plex/versions/1.1.4/templates/library/base_v2_0_21/container.py”, line 63, in init
self.deploy: Deploy = Deploy(self._render_instance)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/mnt/.ix-apps/app_configs/plex/versions/1.1.4/templates/library/base_v2_0_21/deploy.py”, line 15, in init
self.resources: Resources = Resources(self._render_instance)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/mnt/.ix-apps/app_configs/plex/versions/1.1.4/templates/library/base_v2_0_21/resources.py”, line 24, in init
self._auto_add_gpus_from_values()
File “/mnt/.ix-apps/app_configs/plex/versions/1.1.4/templates/library/base_v2_0_21/resources.py”, line 55, in _auto_add_gpus_from_values
raise RenderError(f"Expected [uuid] to be set for GPU in slot [{pci}] in [nvidia_gpu_selection]")
base_v2_0_21.error.RenderError: Expected [uuid] to be set for GPU in slot [0000:3b:00.0] in [nvidia_gpu_selection]

I have selected in the Configure > Settings menu to install the nVidia drivers and rebooted the machine to be safe. Still getting this error.

Chris_Holzer · November 26, 2024, 10:32am

You mean when you try to start the Plex APP it throws that error, or…
At what step exactly does that error show up / what was the last thing you clicked on?

DjP-iX · November 26, 2024, 2:17pm

Some users who have upgraded to 24.10.0 from a previous version, and who have applications with have NVIDIA GPU allocations, report the error Expected [uuid] to be set for GPU inslot [<some pci slot>] in [nvidia_gpu_selection]) (see NAS-132086).Users experiencing this error should follow the steps below for a one time fix that should not need to be repeated.Connect to a shell session and retrieve the UUID for each GPU with the command midclt call app.gpu_choices | jq.For each application that experiences the error, run midclt call -job app.update APP_NAME '{"values": {"resources": {"gpus": {"use_all_gpus": false, "nvidia_gpu_selection": {"PCI_SLOT": {"use_gpu": true, "uuid": "GPU_UUID"}}}}}}' Where:

APP_NAME is the name you entered in the application, for example “plex”.

PCI_SLOT is the pci slot identified in the error, for example “0000:2d:00.0”.

GPU_UUID is the UUID matching the pci slot that you retrieved with the above command.

CubedRoot · November 26, 2024, 4:02pm

Even though mine was a fresh install of 24.10.0, this solved my issue. It added the GPU into plex, and I can now see that GPU in the drop down for hardware in the plex app.

It seems to have an issue transcoding now, whereas before it would just use the CPU. now its using the GPU (and I can see a process in nvidia-smi when a transcode is attempting), but the video will play for about 2 seconds and then stops eventually giving an error.

I’ll have to work on that issue, but my immediate one of adding the GPU into the plex container is solved.

Chris_Holzer · November 27, 2024, 6:06am

The plex logs will help here to find out what is going on with that. You might have to enable detailed logging in the plex server config to get to the bottom of this.