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21) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC WU on LinuxMint with NVIDIA GPU Message 60741 Posted 7 Mar 2015 by Gandalf_the_Grey	Dunno. Try it. I'm here just helping you help yourselves. Juha - if it doesn't work, how do I undo it? Usually when I try new things that don't work, I end up having to reinstall LM.
22) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC WU on LinuxMint with NVIDIA GPU Message 60739 Posted 7 Mar 2015 by Gandalf_the_Grey	nvidia-modprobe is in trusty-backports. Either enable backports in Software sources or download the package from here or here. (Mint 17 = Ubuntu 14.04) This bug report suggest it would (have) fix(ed) 331 drivers too. Juha - would this fix work for my problem?
23) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC WU on LinuxMint with NVIDIA GPU Message 60481 Posted 22 Feb 2015 by Gandalf_the_Grey	gandalf@MiddleEarth ~ $ sudo service boinc-client restart [sudo] password for gandalf: * Stopping BOINC core client: boinc ... waiting . [ OK ] * Starting BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Setting up scheduling for BOINC core client and children: [ OK ] gandalf@MiddleEarth ~ $ Event Log ... Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Starting BOINC client version 7.2.42 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, sched_op_debug Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Libraries: libcurl/7.35.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1f zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.28 librtmp/2.3 Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Data directory: /var/lib/boinc-client Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| No usable GPUs found Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Host name: MiddleEarth Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 975 @ 3.33GHz [Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5] Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| OS: Linux: 3.13.0-37-generic Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Memory: 11.73 GB physical, 11.99 GB virtual Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Disk: 904.97 GB total, 851.57 GB free Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Local time is UTC -8 hours Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Config: use all coprocessors Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Config: GUI RPCs allowed from: Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| 192.168.1.100 Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| 192.168.1.101 Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| 192.168.1.102 Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| 192.168.1.103 Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| URL http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID 608940; resource share 100 Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| Einstein@Home \| URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 11752815; resource share 100 Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| World Community Grid \| URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 3264760; resource share 100 Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| General prefs: from Milkyway@Home (last modified 22-Feb-2015 15:04:19) Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| Computer location: work Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| General prefs: no separate prefs for work; using your defaults Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Reading preferences override file Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Preferences: Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| max memory usage when active: 10807.04MB Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| max memory usage when idle: 10807.04MB Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| max disk usage: 100.00GB Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:11:52 PM PST \| \| Not using a proxy Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:12:25 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| update requested by user Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:12:27 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| sched RPC pending: Requested by user Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:12:27 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| [sched_op] Starting scheduler request Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:12:27 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:12:27 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| Not requesting tasks: don't need Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:12:27 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| [sched_op] CPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 devices Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:12:29 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| Scheduler request completed Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:12:29 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| [sched_op] Server version 705 Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:12:29 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| Project requested delay of 61 seconds Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:12:29 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| [sched_op] Deferring communication for 00:01:01 Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:12:29 PM PST \| Milkyway@Home \| [sched_op] Reason: requested by project Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:14:27 PM PST \| Einstein@Home \| update requested by user Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:14:30 PM PST \| Einstein@Home \| sched RPC pending: Requested by user Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:14:30 PM PST \| Einstein@Home \| [sched_op] Starting scheduler request Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:14:30 PM PST \| Einstein@Home \| Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:14:30 PM PST \| Einstein@Home \| Not requesting tasks: don't need Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:14:30 PM PST \| Einstein@Home \| [sched_op] CPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 devices Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:14:32 PM PST \| Einstein@Home \| Scheduler request completed Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:14:32 PM PST \| Einstein@Home \| [sched_op] Server version 611 Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:14:32 PM PST \| Einstein@Home \| Project requested delay of 60 seconds Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:14:32 PM PST \| Einstein@Home \| [sched_op] Deferring communication for 00:01:00 Sun 22 Feb 2015 03:14:32 PM PST \| Einstein@Home \| [sched_op] Reason: requested by project
24) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC WU on LinuxMint with NVIDIA GPU Message 60478 Posted 22 Feb 2015 by Gandalf_the_Grey	Update: I found ... http://askubuntu.com/questions/149206/how-to-install-nvidia-run Implemented ... sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nvidia-current Driver Manager identifies nvidia-304 I rebooted, but still no GPU recognition at einstein.phys.uwm.edu
25) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC WU on LinuxMint with NVIDIA GPU Message 60459 Posted 22 Feb 2015 by Gandalf_the_Grey	Thanks Jord, but I think your data in your posting needs to be updated. I tried to follow it, but some tabs are not there as identified. I don't know enough to make jumps in logic to determine the appropriate course to follow. Your posting is four years old. Gandalf
26) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC WU on LinuxMint with NVIDIA GPU Message 60455 Posted 21 Feb 2015 by Gandalf_the_Grey	I am trying to download WUs into LinuxMint 17.1 Cinnamon 64-bit with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 GPU. None of the Projects recognize the NVIDIA GPU. Everything I have tried resulted in reinstalling LM. Since I am not a Linux Guru, I can use any help that is available. I tried: sudo service boinc-client restart but this code has not helped initiating a WU download. The Driver Manager reports xserver-xorg-video-nouveau installed. Thanks for the assist.
27) Message boards : Questions and problems : Missing in app_config.xml Message 60374 Posted 17 Feb 2015 by Gandalf_the_Grey	Jord, Thanks. You hit that one on the head. FYI - version 7.4.36 (x64) Gandalf
28) Message boards : Questions and problems : Missing in app_config.xml Message 60350 Posted 17 Feb 2015 by Gandalf_the_Grey	My BOINC Manager reports ... Collatz Conjecture: Notice from BOINC missing in app_config.xml 2/17/2015 2:57:25 AM but it doesn't say what is missing. Here is the file... <app_config> <app> <name>solo_collatz</name> <max_concurrent>99</max_concurrent> <gpu_versions> <gpu_usage>0.25</gpu_usage> <cpu_usage>0.10</cpu_usage> </gpu_versions> </app> Please advise how the file should read. Thank you Gandalf
29) Message boards : Questions and problems : Linux and ATI GPUs Message 53922 Posted 2 May 2014 by Gandalf_the_Grey	I wonder when Boinc will update their Manager in the distro packages? I can't use the app_config file in the current package.
30) Message boards : Questions and problems : Linux and ATI GPUs Message 53920 Posted 2 May 2014 by Gandalf_the_Grey	OK, guys. I got fed up and put two NV GPUs in the Linux PC. At least it's working now. Thanks for the support.
31) Message boards : Questions and problems : Linux and ATI GPUs Message 53916 Posted 2 May 2014 by Gandalf_the_Grey	I'll look into this "Backports" idea. Thanks http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/hosts_user.php Installed the Backports package. Collatz still doesn't see my GPUs. The AMD package under BOINC still gives me a RED square. Not good.
32) Message boards : Questions and problems : Linux and ATI GPUs Message 53914 Posted 2 May 2014 by Gandalf_the_Grey	I'll look into this "Backports" idea. Thanks
33) Message boards : Questions and problems : Linux and ATI GPUs Message 53913 Posted 2 May 2014 by Gandalf_the_Grey	it is doing the same as putting a delay in the boinc client start up. Yea. I don't like it, but it works. It still doesn't get my ATI GPUs to work with LinuxMint.
34) Message boards : Questions and problems : Linux and ATI GPUs Message 53911 Posted 2 May 2014 by Gandalf_the_Grey	would this be a case of having to delay the start up of the boinc client for x amount of time to let all the drivers get loaded. I have found the Linux reboots require... sudo service boinc-client restart at startup to get the GPUs working. This is not ATI specific. NV GPUs require it also.
35) Message boards : Questions and problems : Linux and ATI GPUs Message 53907 Posted 2 May 2014 by Gandalf_the_Grey	I found this and am now downloading it... http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Linux+x86 Edit: No good with LinuxMint. http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64 Tried this Win7 AMD driver via WINE. No joy. Anyone have a better idea?
36) Message boards : Questions and problems : Linux and ATI GPUs Message 53900 Posted 1 May 2014 by Gandalf_the_Grey	Which Distro? There are dozens of them, Ubuntu, Debian, etc, Where did you get Boinc from? Berkeley? or from that Distro's repository? Does that distro have an AMD package for Boinc? Claggy I have LinuxMint 64bit Cinnamon, if that is what you need. I installed BOINC via Synaptic Package Manager. When I select boinc-amd-opencl for install, I get a RED square. Hope that helps you help me. Edit: All my ATI GPU are 7770. Should I install an ATI driver using WINE?
37) Message boards : Questions and problems : Linux and ATI GPUs Message 53893 Posted 1 May 2014 by Gandalf_the_Grey	Do you have any specific host and project in mind? They all have the same issue. They recognize the Linux OS (Linux 3.5.0-17-generic), but not the ATI GPU. ATI website cannot/doesnot scan Linux for the best driver. However, Linux and NVIDIA do work together. I will look into that idea and post what I find. Thanks for the suggestion.
38) Message boards : Questions and problems : Linux and ATI GPUs Message 53855 Posted 1 May 2014 by Gandalf_the_Grey	Why can Win7 and ATI GPU WUs work, but Linux and ATI GPU WUs not? Projects reportedly can not see ATI GPUs, if the OS is Linux.
39) Message boards : GPUs : GPUs in LinuxMint - Cinnamon not seen by Collatz project Message 53729 Posted 20 Apr 2014 by Gandalf_the_Grey	https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration#Application_configuration According to this link referring to the app_config.xml file, This mechanism allows you to specify scheduling parameters associated with specific applications or app versions. It is available with 7.0.40+ client versions. I have a LinuxMint 14 DE: Cinnamon with AMD GPUs. I downloaded the BOINC Manager 7.0.27 (x86) via the Package Manager. Why isn't version 7.0.40 available via the Package Manager? I think this is the reason Collatz Conjecture project can not see my GPUs. Can Boinc get the 7.0.40 version available via apt-get or the Package Manager, please?
40) Message boards : Questions and problems : "Results returned" and "Total Run Time" Message 48860 Posted 29 Apr 2013 by Gandalf_the_Grey	Well, I do have some questions on that: 1. What do you want done with the results already previously run? 2. You do know that BOINC did away with those things and came up with the credit system, due to the 'tasks run' being incompatible between projects? (You can't compare a Seti task with a CPDN model, for instance) 3. You do also know that this isn't just a decision the BOINC developers can make, but that projects have to be in it as well, as they do not count any such statistics at the moment, and therefore should make changes to their database(s) (something some projects will not like doing, as adding a column for several hundreds of thousands of computers adds to overhead) to be able to do so? I have forwarded your question to David Anderson. 1. I think my last post showed a link that shows how the Total Credits are presented. The Results Received will be presented in following columns along with their Total Run Time data. 2. Since my intent is not to compare one Project's data with another, Apples are Apples and Oranges or Oranges. 3. Since WCG is presenting this data for it's Team members, I can assume that this idea is technically doable. As for the acceptance of Projects to agree with collecting and Exporting the data, I can only push this idea up hill so far. Eventually, one has to reach the top of any hill, then gravity and the foresight of good men must take over. I trust I have answered your questions. Gandalf P.S. - A truism comes to mind. "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." I am not attempting to present this idea for personal gain other than knowing that it might deliver some satisfaction to my fellow crunchers. The knowledge that my 22,000 Results Returned this week might just provide a cure. Come to think of it, yes, I do have a personal gain.

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