Posts by KeeperC

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Libraries missing - 6.12.33 on OpenSuse 14 (Message 38943)
Posted 14 Jul 2011 by KeeperC
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Of course I mean OpenSuse 11.4 not 14.

:/

Tim
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : Libraries missing - 6.12.33 on OpenSuse 14 (Message 38942)
Posted 14 Jul 2011 by KeeperC
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Hi,

I have just installed Boinc 6.12.33 "over the top" of the previous version using the Berkeley install package. Unfortunately, neither the client nor the manager will now start from the command line and instead report missing libraries.

The manager reports:

tim@linux-54vj:~> cd ./BOINC
tim@linux-54vj:~/BOINC> ./run_manager
./boincmgr: error while loading shared libraries: libwx_gtk2u_richtext-2.8.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.

The client reports a series of missing files:

tim@linux-54vj:~/BOINC> ./run_client --daemon
./boinc: /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8: no version information available (required by ./boinc)
./boinc: /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8: no version information available (required by ./boinc)
./boinc: /usr/lib/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by ./boinc)

I'm afraid I'm not a sophisticated user of Linux. Can anyone suggest what I need to do to get Boinc working again?

Thanks

Tim
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : New GPU - Boinc cannot connect to local host (Message 35132)
Posted 7 Oct 2010 by KeeperC
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Hi,

I went to the ATI website and used their selector tool to identify my card and system. It then directed me straight to the same hotfix drivers. I went through the same rigmarole as before to uninstall and reinstall the 10.9 hotfix drivers from there, but the problem remains as before.

I can now run the knights of the sea benchmark, but this seems to highlight something fundamentally wrong. It reports 8.6 fps average throughout the benchmark. If I uninstall the drivers (using driver sweeper), the benchmark will still run and still reports 8.6fps average.

I will try the standard (non-hotfix) drivers you (Ageless) linked to, but I'm losing hope any solution exists.

Thanks
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : New GPU - Boinc cannot connect to local host (Message 35037)
Posted 30 Sep 2010 by KeeperC
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So I followed these steps, but noting Ageless's suggestion to install Direct X after the device drivers not before. I installed Cat 9.4 because 9.3 is not on the Sapphire website.

It all went fine. On reboot after running driver sweeper, I launched BOINC and it ran fine and had no difficulty connecting to local host.

On reboot after installing the 9.4 drivers, startup crashed the first time. From the restart menu I just selected "start windows normally" and it started fine.

The driver now reports my card as HD 3800 Series rather than HD 3850 specifically.

I have Knights of the Sea benchmark. I could run it before but now it just crashes immediately - even before the splash screen.

And Boinc won't connect to local host although boinc.exe shows in taskmanager (0% CPU).

Back to square one :(
5) Message boards : Questions and problems : New GPU - Boinc cannot connect to local host (Message 35034)
Posted 30 Sep 2010 by KeeperC
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When you use Driver Sweeper to remove the older driver remnants, do you do so from normal Windows or Safe Mode? It needs to be run from Safe Mode.

See this FAQ for holding hands. ;)


Didn't know that. Yikes! Hope I haven't done too much damage.

Tonight:

1. Uninstall Cat 10.9 drivers using ATI uninstaller
2. Reboot into safe mode
3. Run driver sweeper
4. Reboot normally
5. Install DirectX 10 manually
6. Reboot normally
7. Install Cat 9.3 using ATI installer
8. Roboot normally

See where that gets me and report back!

Thanks.
6) Message boards : Questions and problems : New GPU - Boinc cannot connect to local host (Message 35030)
Posted 30 Sep 2010 by KeeperC
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Thanks for this replies Gundolf and Ageless.

I did a search for stderr* but I only found old files. There is nothing in any of these that seems to relate to this problem (they predate the new card).

I have installed the very latest Hyperion drivers from VIA. This is the only advice that Sapphire have offered so far. Didn't make any difference.

Didn't realise about DirectX 10. I have Windows Update set to automatic so this may have happened anyway, but I will try and manually install for good measure.

Boinc.exe runs the whole time (but takes 0% CPU time). Just Boincmgr can't connect to it. If I uninstall the drivers, then the connection is made.

Maybe I'll try Cat 9.3. I've tried 9.12, but symptoms are the same. My undersanding is that the hotfix drivers from Sapphire are necessary because the ATI drivers don't support the AGP version of the card. Perhaps that's wrong.

Thanks again.
7) Message boards : Questions and problems : New GPU - Boinc cannot connect to local host (Message 35025)
Posted 30 Sep 2010 by KeeperC
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Installation of the drivers for the new card has not been straightforward.

Did you COMPLETELY remove the old drivers first?
If not, there may still be something there which BOINC recognizes, and it's trying to find the old card as specified by the old drivers. This may be while it doesn't get any further.


Sorry, should have said. I've used Driver Sweeper to get rid of the NVidia drivers and to remove ATI drivers each time I want to try a different version. Also more re-boots than I can count between each action.

I've also tried modifying the .inf file where the device code doesn't match the device type. This advice was offered elsewhere on other forums as a fix to get the AGP card installed. I've found it has no effect on any of my problems. The current drivers are based on an un-edited .inf file.

Thanks.
8) Message boards : Questions and problems : New GPU - Boinc cannot connect to local host (Message 35023)
Posted 30 Sep 2010 by KeeperC
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I was recently so impressed with the speed of GPU applications on my new machine, I decided to upgrade my old one with a GPU capable of running these apps, too.

The system is an Asus A7V600x MB (VIA KT600 chipset) with Athlon XP 3000+ processor running Windows Vista home premium.

I have the latest version of BOINC (6.10.58).

My old GPU was an Nvidia Geforce 7600GT.

The new one is a Radeon HD 3850 (AGP). This is listed as capable on the ATI SDK 1.4 page linked to elsewhere. The AMD developer forums confirm that even this AGP version of the card is CAL capable.

Installation of the drivers for the new card has not been straightforward. THe current situation is that I have the drivers from Cat 10.9 (AGP hotfix version) installed, apparently error free, and working. Graphics performance is terrible, and I'm trying to get some support from Sapphire on this.

However, I cannot now get BOINC to work. It launches, but cannot connect to localhost. There are no messages at all in the messages tab. I've checked the events log in Events Viewer, and there is nothing that seems related in there. BOINC.exe is running - I can see it in task manager, but it does not consume any CPU time. None of the science apps launches.

If I uninstall the GPU drivers, Boinc and the CPU based apps work fine but, of course, the GPU is not recognised.

If I install the older version of the drivers that came on the CD in the box with the card (can't remember the version. 8.x I think), I still have all the poor graphics performance as with 10.9 but BOINC and CPU aps will run fine. It just won't recognise the GPU.

If I run netstat -b, I can see that boincmgr has TCP port 31416 open, but boinc.exe is not listed, so presumably doesn't. I don't know what to do about this. No other process is listed as using this port.

I've searched this forum and have, as a result, moved three atical*.dll files into c:/windows/system32. I've also duplicated three ati*.dll files as amd*.dll files (or vice versa). I've done this "just in case" and because I've run out of ideas.

Has anyone seen anything similar before? If I cannot get the GPU aps running, I will revert to the Nvidia card soon because general graphics performance is totally shocking with this new one. My only other use for this machine now is as to back-up the family photo albums.
9) Message boards : Questions and problems : Computation errors when switching users (Message 34795)
Posted 21 Sep 2010 by KeeperC
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Just for completeness, to note that I've just started DNETC on this computer and the GPU WUs show exactly the same behaviour.

Thanks
10) Message boards : Questions and problems : Computation errors when switching users (Message 34716)
Posted 17 Sep 2010 by KeeperC
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I have forwarded the problem to the developers. They'll look into it after they've dealt with the screen saver is crashing certain systems problem.


Great! Thanks.

I've also described my problems on the Collatz boards, here.

11) Message boards : Questions and problems : Computation errors when switching users (Message 34660)
Posted 13 Sep 2010 by KeeperC
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I have exactly the same problem as this. I'm runing Collatz. When my partner switches user so she can use the computer, all Collatz GPU WUs error out immediately. Her account is a limited account. I have installed to allow all users to control BOINC, but when I try from her account it doesn't have the necessary privileges. All CPU WUs continue to run just fine when she switches user.

I don't want to give all other users on this computer admin accounts but it doesn't sound like this is a complete work-around, either.




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