could not create cudnn handle: CUDNN_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR

Question

I installed tensorflow 1.0.1 GPU version on my Macbook Pro with GeForce GT 750M. Also installed CUDA 8.0.71 and cuDNN 5.1. I am running a tf code that works fine with non C

Answer 1

I also get same error, and I resolved the issue. My system properties were as follows:

• Operating System: Ubuntu 14.04
• GPU: GTX 1050Ti
• Nvidia Driver: 375.66
• Tensorflow: 1.3.0
• Cudnn: 6.0.21 (cudnn-8.0-linux-x64-v6.0.deb)
• Cuda: 8.0.61
• Keras: 2.0.8

How I solved the issue is as follows:

1. I copied cudnn files to appropriate locations (/usr/local/cuda/include and /usr/local/cuda/lib64)

2. I set the environment variables as:

   * export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/cuda/lib64"
   * export CUDA_HOME=/usr/local/cuda
   

3. I also run sudo ldconfig -v command to cache the shared libraries for run time linker.

I hope those steps will also help someone who is about to go crazy.