cnn_face_detector = dlib.cnn_face_detection_model_v1(cnn_face_detection_model) RuntimeError: Error while calling cudaGetDevice(&the_device_id) in file /tmp/pip-install-1n4zswvd/dlib/dlib/cuda/gpu_data.cpp:204. code: 999, reason: unknown error

[Rafhael369]

Would you help me?

I created a python development environment, installed opencv-python and face_recognition.

But when running the main code on linux, it returns this error:

(env) rafhael@rafhael-Alienware-m15-R6:~/Projetos/SMA/mi-sma-testes/face_rec$ python main.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 24, in <module>
    import face_recognition
  File "/home/rafhael/Projetos/SMA/mi-sma-testes/face_rec/env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/face_recognition/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from .api import load_image_file, face_locations, batch_face_locations, face_landmarks, face_encodings, compare_faces, face_distance
  File "/home/rafhael/Projetos/SMA/mi-sma-testes/face_rec/env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/face_recognition/api.py", line 26, in <module>
    cnn_face_detector = dlib.cnn_face_detection_model_v1(cnn_face_detection_model)
RuntimeError: Error while calling cudaGetDevice(&the_device_id) in file /tmp/pip-install-1n4zswvd/dlib/dlib/cuda/gpu_data.cpp:204. code: 999, reason: unknown error

[Davicjc]

Hello Rafael, how are you? In Linux, the installation process is different from Windows. I will provide you with the page that explains how to install the dependencies for face recognition on Linux. Feel free to reach out to me at any time. 😊 https://gist.github.com/ageitgey/629d75c1baac34dfa5ca2a1928a7aeaf Try following these steps and see if it resolves the issue. This problem is related to the program attempting to call CUDA and not finding it. Please let me know if you have any further questions.