Newbie with a question
I decided to join your fellowship, because I found a lot of posts geared to my searches were directed to this site, but the post dates were years old and a lot of the links were no longer valid. I am hoping that the expertise that created those posts is still here, because I need to access some of that knowledge.
I am a retired graduate engineer, but I am not a programmer. I used to work in the UNIX environment so some of the Linux language is in my brain, but very rusty. I installed R4W (long story) on my new custom built i7 computer. Yea, I built it. I installed and am running Boinc. I would like to have BOINC startup during reboot. I found a few references on this site, but the associated links no longer connected and the post usually referenced the info contained in the link. If I have left off any needed info, please say so and I will provide it. My second and most important is that BOINC doesn't seem to see my GPU. I have two EVGA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB GDDR5 DVI mHDMI Graphics Card. I support WCG and the cancer research group uses CUDA to crunch numbers. I know because I have a second i7 with Win7 installed and it is crunching with it's two GPU like mad. I would like this i7 to do likewise. I check before I bought them and these two GPUs do support CUDA. So why can't BOINC see them? Please help. I have gone to the end of my rope (knowledge). I need access to your brains. Remember I am not a programmer, so please break down any directions for me and do not assume I know what you know. Believe me, I don't. PS - Is there a Spell Checker associated with this edit window? If so, how do I turn it on? If not, why not? I'm not an english major. At my age, I'm lucky if I remember how to spell my own name. Thanks in Advance for taking the time to read my babble. Gandalf |
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In addition to the above, you should find this a good tutorial for the cmd line
http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz To check your system, can you get into the cmd line aka cli, as root (admin) user and run the following and post the results Code:
cat /etc/*release* |
BOINC doesn't seem to see my GPU.
I have two EVGA GeForce GTX 650 1024MB GDDR5 DVI mHDMI Graphics Card. I support WCG and the cancer research group uses CUDA to crunch numbers. I know because I have a second i7 with Win7 installed and it is crunching with it's two GPU like mad. I would like this i7 to do likewise. I check before I bought them and these two GPUs do support CUDA. So why can't BOINC see them? |
As asked before, do you have the proprietary NVidia drivers installed?
Besides that, as far as I know, R4W is a distribution especially meant for use on legacy computers, which your machine is definitely not. I would recommend to use one of the more mainstream distros with a larger userbase and better support, like Ubuntu or Mint. |
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On Ubuntu 12.10 you can install the proprietary Nvidia drivers using the Additional Drivers program, which is integrated into the Software Sources program that can be found in the System Settings.
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I find myself backfilling a lot every time I learn something new. Which is a lot. Thanks to the clarification. I'm sure I'll be back, when I run out of backfill and hit that brick wall. Thanks... |
Gnadalf PCHF You might want to look at this article. If you havent yet
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/u...al-nvidia.html This one might be of interest too http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/1...g-ubuntu-12-10 Good luck to you |
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Did the installs in the second link already, but thanks. Thanks... |
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Everything appeared to work with a little fudging, but that was forewarned. However, the end result was a no go. A little background. BOINC > WCG can use my GPUs via CUDA for Cancer research, however the GPUs have to be seen by the Boinc Manager. This is my second i7 that I am trying to use for this purpose. The first i7 runs under Win7. There is no problem with the Boinc Manager seeing the GPUs with Win7. All the modified files are in the correct places. Is the Nvidia drivers the correct drivers for this purpose? According to the referenced link, I thing they are. However, I am not the expert. I just know it ain't working right. I am still in need of expert assistance to make my CUDA capable GPUs work with the Boinc program correctly. As always, I thank everyone who has assisted me to this point. |
Well I dont really know how you have set up your video card, but in your signature you have EVGA Geforce GTX 650 for that video card this is the driver they suggest at the NVIDIA web site
http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/52241 Remove the one you installed with the graphical tool you can try to install it with these commands Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa OR install the new driver by downloading the file from the above link, Once the donwload is done tur off your graphical display (Hit CTRL+ALT+F2 and login using your credentials.) kill your current X server session by typing sudo service Code:
sudo lightdm stop Code:
sudo apt-get - purge remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau Code:
cd ~/Downloads then to install the driver Code:
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-310.19.run So I dont know if these steps are going to work for you. Good luck to you. |
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This command... sudo apt-get - purge remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau should read ... sudo apt-get - purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau This command... sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-310.19.run produced... ERROR: You appear to be running an X server; please exit X before installing. For further details, please see the section INSTALLING THE NVIDIA DRIVER in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com. Installation has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com. nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' creation time: Sat Jan 12 19:57:03 2013 installer version: 310.19 PATH: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin nvidia-installer command line: ./nvidia-installer Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface -> The file '/tmp/.X1-lock' exists and appears to contain the process ID '2245' of a runnning X server. |
You should really consider switching to debian, redhat, or ubuntu. BIONIC is in all of their package managers and will install easy. There is also more documentation for all of these distro's. Based on what you are doing, I would imagine reliability would be an important factor.
I am pretty sure proprietary nVidia drivers are also in their package mangagers which you WILL need if you wish to make use of your cuda cores |
@ mreff555 He is Using Ubuntu 12.10
@Gandalf_PCHFF You need to turn 'Off' X server with the command Code:
sudo service lightdm stop Code:
sudo stop lightdm log in with your credentials then Code:
sudo apt-get - purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau Code:
cd ~/Downloads Code:
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-310.19.run Code:
sudo service lightdm start Adding the PPA was the easiest way though, didnt work for you either? Code:
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