{
  "id": 619547,
  "title": "CUDA Error message when submitting notebook",
  "url": "/competitions/csiro-biomass/discussion/619547",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2025-11-14T14:21:09.163786800Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 4,
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  "content": "<p>Getting below error message when importing tensorflow and keras libraries. Eventually the notebook submission fails. </p>\n<p>2025-11-14 14:28:04.263418: E external/local_xla/xla/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_fft.cc:477] Unable to register cuFFT factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuFFT when one has already been registered\nWARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR\nE0000 00:00:1763130484.513305      48 cuda_dnn.cc:8310] Unable to register cuDNN factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuDNN when one has already been registered\nE0000 00:00:1763130484.583367      48 cuda_blas.cc:1418] Unable to register cuBLAS factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuBLAS when one has already been registered</p>\n<p>\"MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype\".</p>\n<p>Is anyone facing the same problem? How do i fix this issue? </p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "3323860",
      "postDate": "11/14/2025 14:21:09",
      "content": "<p>Getting below error message when importing tensorflow and keras libraries. Eventually the notebook submission fails. </p>\n<p>2025-11-14 14:28:04.263418: E external/local_xla/xla/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_fft.cc:477] Unable to register cuFFT factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuFFT when one has already been registered\nWARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR\nE0000 00:00:1763130484.513305      48 cuda_dnn.cc:8310] Unable to register cuDNN factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuDNN when one has already been registered\nE0000 00:00:1763130484.583367      48 cuda_blas.cc:1418] Unable to register cuBLAS factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuBLAS when one has already been registered</p>\n<p>\"MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype\".</p>\n<p>Is anyone facing the same problem? How do i fix this issue? </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Getting below error message when importing tensorflow and keras libraries. Eventually the notebook submission fails. \n\n2025-11-14 14:28:04.263418: E external/local_xla/xla/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_fft.cc:477] Unable to register cuFFT factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuFFT when one has already been registered\nWARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR\nE0000 00:00:1763130484.513305      48 cuda_dnn.cc:8310] Unable to register cuDNN factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuDNN when one has already been registered\nE0000 00:00:1763130484.583367      48 cuda_blas.cc:1418] Unable to register cuBLAS factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuBLAS when one has already been registered\n\n\"MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype\".\n\nIs anyone facing the same problem? How do i fix this issue?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3356856",
      "postDate": "12/01/2025 04:41:53",
      "content": "<p>I have the same problem, but I can't solve it.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I have the same problem, but I can't solve it.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3360884",
      "postDate": "12/02/2025 17:22:00",
      "content": "<p>Thank you for your reply, it is nice to know I am not alone with this. I am not able to submit my results to the competition. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you for your reply, it is nice to know I am not alone with this. I am not able to submit my results to the competition.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3361853",
      "postDate": "12/03/2025 22:06:49",
      "content": "<p>Have not worked with tensorflow for some time but was getting something similar on pytorch.   Ended up with a library that I needed to specify a certain version to get things to work.  That's pretty easy to do once you know the offending library and the version you need.</p>\n<p>It's however impossible for folks to offer much useful help in the blind.  Just too many frigging things that can go wrong.</p>\n<p>Suggest you make your notebook public and add a link to it in this discussion post.  Would be happy to take a shot at fixing.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Have not worked with tensorflow for some time but was getting something similar on pytorch.   Ended up with a library that I needed to specify a certain version to get things to work.  That's pretty easy to do once you know the offending library and the version you need.\n\nIt's however impossible for folks to offer much useful help in the blind.  Just too many frigging things that can go wrong.\n\nSuggest you make your notebook public and add a link to it in this discussion post.  Would be happy to take a shot at fixing.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3362768",
      "postDate": "12/05/2025 08:52:10",
      "content": "<p>It shouldn't affect how your program runs, if you just run normally in the notebook and do a quick save afterwards with the 'save output' option, does that allow you to submit to the competition?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "It shouldn't affect how your program runs, if you just run normally in the notebook and do a quick save afterwards with the 'save output' option, does that allow you to submit to the competition?",
      "votes": null
    }
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3356856,
      "author_name": "robert0921",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/01/2025 04:41:53",
      "content": "<p>I have the same problem, but I can't solve it.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3360884,
          "author_name": "chaiti",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "12/02/2025 17:22:00",
          "content": "<p>Thank you for your reply, it is nice to know I am not alone with this. I am not able to submit my results to the competition. </p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 3362768,
              "author_name": "nishaoqing",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "12/05/2025 08:52:10",
              "content": "<p>It shouldn't affect how your program runs, if you just run normally in the notebook and do a quick save afterwards with the 'save output' option, does that allow you to submit to the competition?</p>",
              "votes": null,
              "replies": []
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 3361853,
      "author_name": "pcjimmmy",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/03/2025 22:06:49",
      "content": "<p>Have not worked with tensorflow for some time but was getting something similar on pytorch.   Ended up with a library that I needed to specify a certain version to get things to work.  That's pretty easy to do once you know the offending library and the version you need.</p>\n<p>It's however impossible for folks to offer much useful help in the blind.  Just too many frigging things that can go wrong.</p>\n<p>Suggest you make your notebook public and add a link to it in this discussion post.  Would be happy to take a shot at fixing.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "3323860": "Getting below error message when importing tensorflow and keras libraries. Eventually the notebook submission fails. \n\n2025-11-14 14:28:04.263418: E external/local_xla/xla/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_fft.cc:477] Unable to register cuFFT factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuFFT when one has already been registered\nWARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR\nE0000 00:00:1763130484.513305      48 cuda_dnn.cc:8310] Unable to register cuDNN factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuDNN when one has already been registered\nE0000 00:00:1763130484.583367      48 cuda_blas.cc:1418] Unable to register cuBLAS factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuBLAS when one has already been registered\n\n\"MessageFactory' object has no attribute 'GetPrototype\".\n\nIs anyone facing the same problem? How do i fix this issue?",
    "3356856": "I have the same problem, but I can't solve it.",
    "3360884": "Thank you for your reply, it is nice to know I am not alone with this. I am not able to submit my results to the competition.",
    "3361853": "Have not worked with tensorflow for some time but was getting something similar on pytorch.   Ended up with a library that I needed to specify a certain version to get things to work.  That's pretty easy to do once you know the offending library and the version you need.\n\nIt's however impossible for folks to offer much useful help in the blind.  Just too many frigging things that can go wrong.\n\nSuggest you make your notebook public and add a link to it in this discussion post.  Would be happy to take a shot at fixing.",
    "3362768": "It shouldn't affect how your program runs, if you just run normally in the notebook and do a quick save afterwards with the 'save output' option, does that allow you to submit to the competition?"
  },
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