GPU: config reset to false Nvidia GP107GLM Ubuntu 18.4

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AlSimons
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GPU: config reset to false Nvidia GP107GLM Ubuntu 18.4

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I dual boot Win 10 and Ubuntu 18.4. I've been folding on Win 10 for a while using both my CPUs and GPU, but need to run Linux now for a while. I can't get my Nvidia GP107GLM to be used. The Log shows that CUDA and OpenCL are both found. I've gone into Config/Expert and set GPU to true. It keeps being reset to false immediately (tab out of the field and it immediately reverts to false).

Here are the steps I took to configure the GPU for FAH use (I previously hadn't installed anything for the GPU). I got these instructions from various posts on the forum (possibly other sites too--I wasn't too careful in noting the sources, sorry).

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
<reboot>
sudo apt install nvidia-opencl-dev
<reboot>
Here is my log:

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*********************** Log Started 2020-04-08T18:35:40Z ***********************
18:35:40:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
18:35:40:        Website: https://foldingathome.org/
18:35:40:      Copyright: (c) 2009-2018 foldingathome.org
18:35:40:         Author: Joseph Coffland <[email protected]>
18:35:40:           Args: --child --lifeline 1653 /etc/fahclient/config.xml --run-as
18:35:40:                 fahclient --pid-file=/var/run/fahclient.pid --daemon
18:35:40:         Config: /etc/fahclient/config.xml
18:35:40:******************************** Build ********************************
18:35:40:        Version: 7.5.1
18:35:40:           Date: May 11 2018
18:35:40:           Time: 19:59:04
18:35:40:     Repository: Git
18:35:40:       Revision: 4705bf53c635f88b8fe85af7675557e15d491ff0
18:35:40:         Branch: master
18:35:40:       Compiler: GNU 6.3.0 20170516
18:35:40:        Options: -std=gnu++98 -O3 -funroll-loops
18:35:40:       Platform: linux2 4.14.0-3-amd64
18:35:40:           Bits: 64
18:35:40:           Mode: Release
18:35:40:******************************* System ********************************
18:35:40:            CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz
18:35:40:         CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10
18:35:40:           CPUs: 12
18:35:40:         Memory: 15.49GiB
18:35:40:    Free Memory: 14.72GiB
18:35:40:        Threads: POSIX_THREADS
18:35:40:     OS Version: 5.3
18:35:40:    Has Battery: false
18:35:40:     On Battery: false
18:35:40:     UTC Offset: -7
18:35:40:            PID: 1655
18:35:40:            CWD: /var/lib/fahclient
18:35:40:             OS: Linux 5.3.0-46-generic x86_64
18:35:40:        OS Arch: AMD64
18:35:40:           GPUs: 0
18:35:40:  CUDA Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:6.1 Driver:10.2
18:35:40:OpenCL Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:1.2 Driver:440.64
18:35:40:***********************************************************************
18:35:40:<config>
18:35:40:  <!-- Client Control -->
18:35:40:  <fold-anon v='true'/>
18:35:40:
18:35:40:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
18:35:40:  <gpu v='false'/>
18:35:40:
18:35:40:  <!-- Network -->
18:35:40:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
18:35:40:
18:35:40:  <!-- Slot Control -->
18:35:40:  <power v='full'/>
18:35:40:
18:35:40:  <!-- User Information -->
18:35:40:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
18:35:40:  <user v='AlSimons'/>
18:35:40:
18:35:40:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
18:35:40:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
18:35:40:</config>
18:35:40:Switching to user fahclient
18:35:40:Trying to access database...
18:35:40:Successfully acquired database lock
18:35:40:Enabled folding slot 00: READY cpu:12
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:Starting
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:Running FahCore: /usr/bin/FAHCoreWrapper /var/lib/fahclient/cores/cores.foldingathome.org/v7/lin/64bit/avx/Core_a7.fah/FahCore_a7 -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 705 -lifeline 1655 -checkpoint 15 -np 12
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 1665
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:Core PID:1669
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:FahCore 0xa7 started
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:*********************** Log Started 2020-04-08T18:35:40Z ***********************
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:************************** Gromacs Folding@home Core ***************************
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Type: 0xa7
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Core: Gromacs
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Args: -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 705 -lifeline 1665 -checkpoint 15 -np
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:             12
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:************************************ CBang *************************************
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Date: Nov 5 2019
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Time: 06:06:57
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Revision: 46c96f1aa8419571d83f3e63f9c99a0d602f6da9
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:     Branch: master
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Compiler: GNU 8.3.0
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:    Options: -std=c++11 -O3 -funroll-loops -fno-pie -fPIC
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Platform: linux2 4.19.0-5-amd64
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Bits: 64
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Mode: Release
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:************************************ System ************************************
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:        CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700 CPU @ 3.20GHz
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:     CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       CPUs: 12
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:     Memory: 15.49GiB
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Free Memory: 14.70GiB
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:    Threads: POSIX_THREADS
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7: OS Version: 5.3
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Has Battery: false
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7: On Battery: false
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7: UTC Offset: -7
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:        PID: 1669
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:        CWD: /var/lib/fahclient/work
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:******************************** Build - libFAH ********************************
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:    Version: 0.0.18
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:     Author: Joseph Coffland <[email protected]>
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:  Copyright: 2019 foldingathome.org
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Homepage: https://foldingathome.org/
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Date: Nov 5 2019
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Time: 06:13:26
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Revision: 490c9aa2957b725af319379424d5c5cb36efb656
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:     Branch: master
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Compiler: GNU 8.3.0
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:    Options: -std=c++11 -O3 -funroll-loops -fno-pie
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:   Platform: linux2 4.19.0-5-amd64
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Bits: 64
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       Mode: Release
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:************************************ Build *************************************
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:       SIMD: avx_256
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:********************************************************************************
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Project: 14366 (Run 47, Clone 4, Gen 22)
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Unit: 0x000000169bf7a4d65e84aeab10c10fff
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Digital signatures verified
18:35:40:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Calling: mdrun -s frame22.tpr -o frame22.trr -cpi state.cpt -cpt 15 -nt 12
18:35:41:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Steps: first=0 total=250000
18:35:41:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 54896 out of 250000 steps (21%)
18:35:45:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 55000 out of 250000 steps (22%)
18:36:34:8:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
18:36:36:32:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
18:36:46:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 57500 out of 250000 steps (23%)
Since I won't be going back to Win 10 for a while, I'd really like to get the GPU running here. Thanks for any pointers.
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Re: GPU: config reset to false Nvidia GP107GLM Ubuntu 18.4

Post by Joe_H »

Instead of changing the field, try selecting the gpu false setting and deleting it. Save after making the change and either restart FAHClient, or reboot.
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Re: GPU: config reset to false Nvidia GP107GLM Ubuntu 18.4

Post by ipkh »

Please remove the ppa and install the mainline Nvidia drivers from Ubuntu.
The ppa is no longer needed and the drivers included in the standard repository will bring the nvidia-xxx-compute packages as well.
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