Did you send this path to boinc developers also? This is a very annoying thing in linux version.

Thanks
Zdenek

If Matt doesn't, I'd be happy to.

I imagine he's waiting for some positive feedback to confirm that the patched version works as intended, without any unexpected side effects.

I'm probably having a senior moment but what am I supposed to do with that file as I can't get it to do anything?

I'm running linux mint 16 but I'm getting errors libssl.so.10, libcrypto.so.10 not found when I run your boinc app.

ldd boinc (Matt's version)
libssl.so.10 => not found
libcrypto.so.10 => not found


ldd boinc (7.2.42 version)

libssl.so.1.0.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.0 (0x00007f892f87f000)
libcrypto.so.1.0.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 (0x00007f892f4a2000)


symlinks:

sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.10
sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.10


ldd boinc (Matt's version)
libssl.so.10 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.10 (0x00007f1823727000)
libcrypto.so.10 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.10 (0x00007f182334a000)

Everything looks ok, but when I run Matt's boinc app, I get an error "libssl.so.10, libcrypto.so.10 not found"

Did I miss anything?

Try this build:

http://secure.acellera.com/insecure/boinc/boinc_ubuntu

Hi

Without any patch(es) , no problems found

Hi huys :D

I have many WUs fault with 780Ti and cuda6



in gpugrid work directory have a problems with libcudart and libcufft

libraries exist :

I'm still getting errors on the CUDA6 short tasks on my GTX 560. Yes, I tried the boinc version in this thread. Doesn't make a difference. Almost 98% of all CUDA6 tasks error out either immediately or they crunch for some time and then error out. Error codes don't give a clue about what has gone wrong

GPUGRID is the buggiest project I've crunched for thus far
____________

Team Belgium

I use the patched (v7.3.15) ubuntu client file above with nvidia-331.38 driver. GPUgrid doesn't get CUDA 6 jobs and run fine with lower version CUDA jobs.

Hi huys :D


now I'm installing cuda-6.0.37 and I will create a symlink to gpugrid work directory

[edit] libraries missing for all excutables

$ acemd.800-42.bin
acemd.800-55.bin
acemd.821-60.bin

libcudart.so.4 => not found
libcufft.so.4 => not found

You don't need to install CUDA yourself. We ship all the necessary runtime libraries along with the application.

Matt

microchip,

Looking at the results from your GTX560 machine (#167410), I would say that your GPU is bad.

Matt

microchip,

Looking at the results from your GTX560 machine (#167410), I would say that your GPU is bad.

Matt

I would uninstall cuda-6.0.37. The project provides the necessary cuda libraries in the GPUgrid project directory.

Try adding the path to the GPUGrid folder to a new file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d directory.

sudo nano /etc/ld.so.conf.d/gpugrid.conf

on a single line, type in the complete path to your GPUgrid folder and then save the file.

next:

sudo ldconfig

Then check to see if the app finds the libraries.

Hi, I think that says something does not work.

Right now I have installed the Nvidia driver 331.67 and BOINC 7.3.15 (the GPUGRID recommended) reporting the cuda version installed, but I get only tasks for CUDA 4.2 but step BOINC 7.2.42 (recommended version) I have tasks CUDA 6 . Greetings.

Carlesa,

With our BOINC client you need to be using driver 334.21 or later to get CUDA6 tasks.
The unmodified BOINC client reports no driver version, which causes our server to erroneously send out CUDA 6 wus.

The drivers numerically between 331 and 334.21 don all support CUDA 6 well, so we have to exclude them.

Matt

Carlesa,

With our BOINC client you need to be using driver 334.21 or later to get CUDA6 tasks.
The unmodified BOINC client reports no driver version, which causes our server to erroneously send out CUDA 6 wus.

The drivers numerically between 331 and 334.21 don all support CUDA 6 well, so we have to exclude them.

Matt

NOTE: Right now I am running BOINC 7.2.42 and 331.67 Nvidia Cuda 6 one task GPUGRID June flawlessly.

I think the mistake is that they have identified the wrong version of the Nvidia driver> 331.49 CUDA 6 support GPUGRID perfectly.

Just does not make sense since it is clear that 331.67 GPUGRID CUDA6 tasks running perfectly.

Blame Nvidia for this mess - the drivers report a "supported CUDA version", but there are many releases that lie about CUDA 6 capability.

Matt

I use Lubuntu 12.04.4 LTS with all the latest updates as provided by the developers. It uses Nvidia driver 304.116. My cruncher continues to error out on all GPUGrid Cuda 60 WUs. Unless there is some easy method to fix this, I'll just let it continue to make errors until the developers fix this in their distributions. It seems this is a problem to be worked out between GPUGrid/Boinc/Ubuntu and not the users providing crunching power.
Thanks,
Steve

I use Lubuntu 12.04.4 LTS with all the latest updates as provided by the developers. It uses Nvidia driver 304.116. My cruncher continues to error out on all GPUGrid Cuda 60 WUs. Unless there is some easy method to fix this, I'll just let it continue to make errors until the developers fix this in their distributions. It seems this is a problem to be worked out between GPUGrid/Boinc/Ubuntu and not the users providing crunching power.
Thanks,
Steve

Steve: your options are:
1) Update to a more recent nvidia driver
2) Use our patched boinc client that correctly reports the driver version to the GPUGRID server (see elsewhere on the forums)

Matt

Matt,
Thanks for the reply. I've updated all files and drivers using this command;
'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'. However, it still runs Nvidia driver 304.116 and fails Cuda 60 WUs.
Steve

Steve,

Try replacing your "boinc" executable with our version, available from:

http://secure.acellera.com/insecure/boinc/boinc_ubuntu

Matt

Matt,
How do I do that? I'm not a programmer so you'll have to be more detailed in your explanation. I use SSH to control the cruncher as I'm not physically at the unit.
Thanks,
Steve

Steve, I've been crunching on my Ubuntu 12.04 server for GPUGrid for over a year now without problems, frequently updating the BOINC client and NVidia drivers. It may be a little complicated, but once you've got the hang of it, it is straightforward.

Note 1: All commands should be typed without the double quotes
Note 2: Please make sure you understand what you need to do and do some research prior to performing the steps below. It's unlikely something bad will happen, but proceed cautiously!

First the easy part, using a "vanilla" (or custom) BOINC client build. There's nothing really to it, you just download the archive, run it with the command "sh <boinc archive name here>" at which point it creates a BOINC directory and extracts its contents in it. To run it you then "cd" to the directory and start the client "./boinc --daemon --dir <full path to BOINC directory here>". Contrary to the repository-installed BOINC client, you will need to run the client yourself, unless you want to start it at system boot, but I won't go into that. Also, the client will run with your own OS user, which you may not like. You can create a new OS user (it's pretty easy and Google will help you) and execute it with that.

Now the harder part, updating NVidia drivers. Summarizing, you will need to do the following:

1. Remove the existing driver *
2. Add the nouveau driver in the kernel module black list *
3. Install the new driver
4. Reboot

The starred steps need only be done when moving from a repository-installed driver to one you've downloaded yourself, and just once. I.e. next time you update your NVidia driver, you won't have to do them.

Let's go! :)

1. Remove the existing driver
You basically need to remove the driver's packages. First thing to do is to identify which packages to remove with the command "dpkg-query -W 'nvidia*'". On my cruncher this command shows the following:

Recently tried Nvidia 331.79 drivers with hopes on my Optimus system. However, Boinc said there is Nvidia libraries but no GPU's. I switched to 331.38 driver again.

Recently tried Nvidia 331.79 drivers with hopes on my Optimus system. However, Boinc said there is Nvidia libraries but no GPU's. I switched to 331.38 driver again.

I know the issue with drivers but I hadn't tested the 331.79 driver and had some hopes. All are broken now. :D
Also, while reinstalling drivers I broke the OpenCL support. Can't run OpenCL works now.

I too have issues with the client. A stock BOINC Berkeley install slings files all over the file system on install and finding the correct location is a pain

A slightly better solution appears to be to download the BOINC package from Berkeley AFTER getting the stock manager installed from Ubuntu. Copy the downloaded file to the root level and run from there. Everything gets stuck in the BOINC directory tree so finding this file and replacing it is easier

I am trying to install Linux on an 8 GB USB Stick and run GPU-Grid from there.

Therefore I have installed Linux Mint 17 “Qiuna” 64-bit. After lot of tries I managed to load down the latest NVIDIA driver fron “xorg-edgers” and after that I installed BOINC Client 7.2.42 from build in (Linux Mint) Software Manager BOINC 7.2.42+dfsg-1.

After I have installed everything, I have controled with NVIDIA x Server Settings the NVIDIA Version: It is 340.32 and it sees 8 Cuda Cores from my GTS 8400 video card (It is a spare video card to try to set it up). And after I start the Boinc Manager, it reports Boinc Client 7.2.42, OS Linux 3.13.0-24-generic and NO USABLE GPUS FOUND.

As I am “newbie” on Linux I am stuck now. So I would highly appreciate if somebody with Linux Mint 17 and BOINC experience might help.

After I have installed everything, I have controled with NVIDIA x Server Settings the NVIDIA Version: It is 340.32 and it sees 8 Cuda Cores from my GTS 8400 video card (It is a spare video card to try to set it up). And after I start the Boinc Manager, it reports Boinc Client 7.2.42, OS Linux 3.13.0-24-generic and NO USABLE GPUS FOUND.

I run Ubuntu, but the procedure for restarting the daemon in Mint 17 should be similar. In Ubuntu, open a terminal and type:

sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client restart

After authenticating with your password, the daemon will stop and restart and you should notice that the Boinc manager has found your GPU.

A GTS 8400 is not capable of running GPUGrid tasks as it's a Compute Capable 1.1 card.
CC1.3 or better is required to crunch here.

I am well aware that the GPU is not useable for GPUGRID, but as it does not work at all, I would like to try it first with an old card I have, and change it to a capable card later.

klepel,

You might try an NVIDIA driver from a different source. If I remember correctly, several months ago I tried the driver from xorg-edgers and it did not work for me for GPU computing. I had to do a manual install of the driver that I downloaded directly from NVIDIA. It is working fine for me on Ubuntu.

captainjack,

I tried this before as well, but with the instruction for Ubuntu from Carlesa25 in Spanish I found in the forum, I managed to change the command lines that it does something in Mint, but I was not able to kill the nouveau driver, as I do not really know what I am doing:
“kl#!/bin/sh
service mdm stop
nvidia-uninstall
apt-get purge remove nvidia*
apt-get purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau nvidia*
update-initramfs -u -k all bash /opt/NVIDIA.run
service mdm start”

So I am really looking for somebody who has experience with Linux Mint, best with newest version, which might be able to guide me. I really would like change one Computer with a GTX 570 from Windows XP to LINUX.

klepel,

Here are some instructions that show how to install the NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu. It includes a section on how to stop the nouveau drivers.

http://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=3713&nowrap=true#36671

If you scroll down a few posts, there are some additional comments from skgiven that help clarify.

Hope that helps.

Dear all,

I'm not receiving tasks since last week.
The message I get is:

"This computer has finished the daily quota of 1 tasks"

That' obviously not true.
My environment is pretty old in terms of software but, unfortunately, there is no easy and fast way to upgrade it.

Any other suggestion?

Thanks in advance

Hi Matt,

the system is based on:
- Centos 6.5, running kernel version 2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64
- Nvidia driver version 331.38
- Cuda version 5.5.22
- BOINC version 6.10.58

Hi Matt,

the system is based on:
- Centos 6.5, running kernel version 2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64
- Nvidia driver version 331.38
- Cuda version 5.5.22
- BOINC version 6.10.58

Hi Matt,

the system is based on:
- Centos 6.5, running kernel version 2.6.32-431.5.1.el6.x86_64
- Nvidia driver version 331.38
- Cuda version 5.5.22
- BOINC version 6.10.58

Hi Nikke

all your WUs was failed reporting

<core_client_version>6.10.58</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
process exited with code 199 (0xc7, -57)
</message>
<stderr_txt>
SWAN : FATAL : Cuda driver error 3 in file 'swanlibnv2.cpp' in line 446.
# SWAN swan_assert -57

</stderr_txt>
>

Thank you all guys,

I was thinking something like that.
The only problem I see is upgrading the BOINC client, since the version 7 seems difficult to run under CentOS (at least it was last year...)
Once upgraded it, I can also try to upgrade drivers and CUDA easily.

Do you have any link suggestion for the BOINC client (possibly a fast and easy one ;-) ) ?

Thank you all guys,

I was thinking something like that.
The only problem I see is upgrading the BOINC client, since the version 7 seems difficult to run under CentOS (at least it was last year...)
Once upgraded it, I can also try to upgrade drivers and CUDA easily.

Do you have any link suggestion for the BOINC client (possibly a fast and easy one ;-) ) ?

Thank you all guys,

I was thinking something like that.
The only problem I see is upgrading the BOINC client, since the version 7 seems difficult to run under CentOS (at least it was last year...)
Once upgraded it, I can also try to upgrade drivers and CUDA easily.

Do you have any link suggestion for the BOINC client (possibly a fast and easy one ;-) ) ?

Unfortunately upgrading the OS is out of scope....

I've seen that the boinc client version 7.2.33 is available from the EPEL repository but I suppose it's not enough.

Last year I tried to manually compile the BOINC client from source.....as already noticed it was a nightmare of libraries dependencies.

You're right Matt.
I've upgraded CUDA to 6.5, drivers to 343.22 and, using your compiled boinc client I'm now able to compute again.

I hope to be back soon with some GPU power ;-)

Many thanks