{
 "id": "stale-systemd-user-gpu-worker-disable-not-stick-mask-it",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Fan cycling / doubled GPU jobs on homegpu \u2014 stale user-level tscroll-worker+gpurouter units came back after disable; mask them and check process cgroups in nvidia-smi",
 "symptom": "Fans cycle as the RTX PRO 5000 bursts to its 300 W cap twice per job; logs show 'server reported duplicate (race with another worker)'; user-level gpurouter crash-loops with '[Errno 98] address already in use' on port 7780, dragging the worker through restart churn",
 "hw": [
  "homegpu",
  "rtx-pro-5000"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "systemd"
 ],
 "intent": "run exactly one GPU worker + gpurouter instance on the workstation",
 "date": "2026-08-08",
 "status": "working",
 "confidence": "high",
 "cost": "a week of every PDF being extracted twice at 300 W, plus system gpurouter crash-looping; diagnosed twice, three weeks apart, because disable alone didn't stick",
 "author": "sarg",
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}