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[Mike Gresens <1667874@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

According to
http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/#system-requirements
the nvcc does not support g++-6 at all!? :-(

After installing g++-5 by
sudo apt install g++-5
the nvcc started to work again.


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       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Ubuntu 17.04: blender cycles error: CUDA kernel compilation failed

Status in blender package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Upgrade to ubuntu 17.04
  Running blender with cycles engine and GPU device.
  Error: CUDA kernel compilation failed, see console for details.

  Versions:

  mike@workstation:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu Zesty Zapus (development branch)
  Release:	17.04

  mike@workstation:~$ blender --version
  Blender 2.78 (sub 0)

  mike@workstation:~$ gcc --version
  gcc (Ubuntu 6.3.0-2ubuntu1) 6.3.0 20161229
  Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
  warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

  mike@workstation:~$ nvcc --version
  nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver
  Copyright (c) 2005-2016 NVIDIA Corporation
  Built on Sun_Sep__4_22:14:01_CDT_2016
  Cuda compilation tools, release 8.0, V8.0.44

  Error messages:

  Compiling CUDA kernel ...
  "nvcc" -arch=sm_61 --cubin "/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/cycles/kernel/kernels/cuda/kernel.cu" -o "/home/mike/.config/blender/2.78/cache/cycles_kernel_sm61_A0A61E36E31F7DEB1BE59DAAA463B5A5.cubin" -m64 --ptxas-options="-v" --use_fast_math -DNVCC -D__KERNEL_CUDA_VERSION__=80 -I"/usr/share/blender/scripts/addons/cycles/kernel"
  ERROR: No supported gcc/g++ host compiler found, but clang-3.8 is available.
         Use 'nvcc -ccbin clang-3.8' to use that instead.
  CUDA kernel compilation failed, see console for details.

  Refer to the Cycles GPU rendering documentation for possible solutions:
  http://www.blender.org/manual/render/cycles/gpu_rendering.html

  Error: CUDA kernel compilation failed, see console for details.

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