CUDA error: Launch exceeded timeout in cuCtxSynchronize()

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Hello! I’m having a problem when I try to render a scene. I get the error in the thread title, and I can’t seem to figure out why. I have a GTX 760 FTW, 4GB, and I’m running Ubuntu Linux. Any ideas? I can’t figure this out.:frowning:

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UPDATE: I have a particle system in this scene, 15,000 strands, 35 children/strand. Hiding this from render view allows me to render successfully…I’m on Blender 2.73a.

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Hi, this is maybe a driver timeout problem but normally on Windows.
You can try to get the latest driver from Nvidia but it is not easy to install on Linux.

http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Cycles/GPU_Rendering#CUDA_error:_Unknown_error_in_cuCtxSynchronize.28.29

Cheers, mib

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Hi, mib. I’m using the nVIDIA 340.76 driver. The newest one is 346.47, I’ll download it and see if it works.