Hey all. Felt like switching things around with my two quad 1080 rigs and giving BOINC projects some more love recently (that, and Folding@Home is being an absolute twat with drivers and such). Figured that with the upcoming release of Ubuntu 18.04, I'd make a fresh install and start running a few BOINC projects.

Now, I don't know how up to date the guides are here, so I thought I'd get some confirmation first to see what I should do, and what isn't necessary. These systems run on small M.2 drives, so I'd want to avoid installing things unnecessarily. Ideally, I'd like to install Ubuntu Server and run things headless, if possible. If not, then Desktop is fine, I suppose. The more room I have, the more projects I can attach, and the more tasks I can queue up.

Basically, the only thing I really need is for someone to fill in the blanks:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ppa/graphics-drivers
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo apt install nvidia-396
sudo apt install ???
sudo apt install boinc-client

What other packages are required to get GPU capabilities working?

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Wondering why you would be messing with the beta Nvidia driver. The current release driver is 390.48.

Honestly, I just picked a random version. My rigs are still using 384, because Folding@Home doesn't work with anything newer

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nvidia-390 will suggest you to install also these, if I remember correct:

libcuda1-390
nvidia-opencl-icd-390

"390" can be something else. I'm not sure if those are required, byt they won't do any harm. I have always installed those three packages.

I'll keep that in mind when the time comes. Will first try without, then with, as necessary.

On an unrelated note, what is required to use the Select Computer feature in the BOINC manager? I assume this function allows me to remotely connect to other BOINC clients on my network to add projects and view project/task progress, right? As much as I prefer using SSH for my headless rigs, a GUI on my main system would be preferable to check if GPU work is being done.

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Read Controlling BOINC remotely.

If BOINC is set to start automatically, how would I make it so --allow_remote_gui_rpc is always enabled? I'd use the .cfg method if my local IP addresses didn't change occasionally. Or can the computer's network name be used as well?

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