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Message 28397 - Posted: 30 Oct 2009, 20:45:23 UTC

I just upgraded from boinc_6.6.41_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh to boinc_6.10.17_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh. And suddenly my GPU is not detected anymore:

"No usable GPUs found"

Argh! 2 Lines above:

"cDriverGetVersion() missing from NVIDIA library"

I guess the "No usable GPUs found" is a follow up result of the missing "cuDriverGetVersion()" call, isn't it?

So, do I need a newer NVIDIA driver?
BOINC 7.2.42 (x86_64) on Linux Ubuntu 16.04 (64 Bit), AMD APU 7850K 3.7 GHz, 32 GB RAM.
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Message 28398 - Posted: 30 Oct 2009, 20:47:26 UTC - in response to Message 28397.  

Since you don't say what driver you are using now, nor which Linux version, it's hard to tell.
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Message 28400 - Posted: 30 Oct 2009, 20:49:14 UTC
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Ubuntu 9.04, NVIDIA driver 180.44
BOINC 7.2.42 (x86_64) on Linux Ubuntu 16.04 (64 Bit), AMD APU 7850K 3.7 GHz, 32 GB RAM.
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Message 28403 - Posted: 30 Oct 2009, 22:46:40 UTC - in response to Message 28400.  
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Ah, and what Nvidia GPU? if anything, you could try the 190.42s.
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Message 28406 - Posted: 31 Oct 2009, 0:21:02 UTC

9400. BUt hey, the GPU was correctly detected and used in the former 6.6.4 version!
BOINC 7.2.42 (x86_64) on Linux Ubuntu 16.04 (64 Bit), AMD APU 7850K 3.7 GHz, 32 GB RAM.
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Message 28620 - Posted: 10 Nov 2009, 5:30:43 UTC - in response to Message 28406.  

I am also having the same problem after "upgrading" to BOINC 6.10.18 from 6.6.41. This is a newly built system, Windows 7-64 bit and has been running BOINC 24/7 for a couple of weeks. GTX 275, driver 191.07

I will downgrade to 6.6.38 and see if that fixes it. At the moment, I think there is a bug in 6.10.18.

11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		Starting BOINC client version 6.10.18 for windows_x86_64
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		Running as a daemon
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		Running under account boinc_master
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Pentium(R) Dual-Core  CPU      E5200  @ 2.50GHz [Intel64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10]
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		Processor: 2.00 MB cache
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		OS: Microsoft Windows 7: x64 Edition, (06.01.7600.00)
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		Memory: 4.00 GB physical, 7.99 GB virtual
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		Disk: 297.99 GB total, 274.82 GB free
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		Local time is UTC -6 hours
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		No usable GPUs found
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM	GPUGRID	Application uses missing NVIDIA GPU
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM	GPUGRID	Missing coprocessor for task 99-KASHIF_HIVPR_twomons_ba2-62-100-RND7308_0
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM	GPUGRID	Missing coprocessor for task 60-GIANNI_BIND_650-20-100-RND5019_1
11/9/2009 8:11:21 PM		Not using a proxy

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Message 28621 - Posted: 10 Nov 2009, 5:47:57 UTC - in response to Message 28620.  

Still no good. Next I will try downgrading the driver to 190.38 (Note: I did NOT upgrade the driver to 191.07 when upgrading BOINC to 6.10.18. It was running stable with 191.07 and BOINC 6.6.41)

11/9/2009 11:41:09 PM		Memory: 4.00 GB physical, 7.99 GB virtual
11/9/2009 11:41:09 PM		Disk: 297.99 GB total, 274.43 GB free
11/9/2009 11:41:09 PM		Local time is UTC -6 hours
11/9/2009 11:41:10 PM		No CUDA-capable NVIDIA GPUs found
11/9/2009 11:41:10 PM		No coprocessors
11/9/2009 11:41:10 PM		[error] Application uses nonexistent coprocessor CUDA
11/9/2009 11:41:10 PM	GPUGRID	[error] No application found for task: windows_intelx86 671 cuda; discarding
11/9/2009 11:41:10 PM	GPUGRID	[error] No application found for task: windows_intelx86 671 cuda; discarding
11/9/2009 11:41:10 PM	GPUGRID	[error] State file error: result 99-KASHIF_HIVPR_twomons_ba2-62-100-RND7308_0 not found for task
11/9/2009 11:41:10 PM		Not using a proxy
11/9/2009 11:41:10 PM		Version change (6.10.18 -> 6.6.38)
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Message 28622 - Posted: 10 Nov 2009, 6:45:24 UTC - in response to Message 28621.  

Nope - that's not it either. Driver 190.38, BOINC 6.6.38 doesn't work either. I give up until someone can give me an idea of something else to try.

11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		Starting BOINC client version 6.6.38 for windows_x86_64
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8k zlib/1.2.3
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		Running as a daemon
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		Running under account boinc_master
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Pentium(R) Dual-Core  CPU      E5200  @ 2.50GHz [Intel64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10]
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		OS: Microsoft Windows 7: x64 Edition, (06.01.7600.00)
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		Memory: 4.00 GB physical, 7.99 GB virtual
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		Disk: 297.99 GB total, 274.06 GB free
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		Local time is UTC -6 hours
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		No CUDA-capable NVIDIA GPUs found
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		No coprocessors
11/9/2009 11:55:08 PM		Not using a proxy
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Message 28623 - Posted: 10 Nov 2009, 7:15:38 UTC - in response to Message 28622.  

The problem is shown in the 4th line down:
Running as a daemon


In other words, you've installed BOINC in "protected mode", (formally known as "service mode").
As has been mentioned many times, you CAN'T run gpu's in this mode!

See also this FAQ.

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Message 28643 - Posted: 10 Nov 2009, 13:43:48 UTC - in response to Message 28623.  

Thank you. I feel like such a fool as it says it won't work with Vista (and I know implied Windows 7 too) right in the text next to the check box. My only excuse is that I have some Windows XP boxes too and as everyone knows the daemon service works just fine there.

11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		Starting BOINC client version 6.10.18 for windows_intelx86
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		Running as a daemon
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		Running under account boinc_master
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6700  @ 2.66GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6]
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		Processor: 4.00 MB cache
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 mmx
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		Memory: 2.00 GB physical, 3.85 GB virtual
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		Disk: 153.38 GB total, 145.07 GB free
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		Local time is UTC -6 hours
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTS 250 (driver version 19038, CUDA version 2030, compute capability 1.1, 1024MB, 470 GFLOPS peak)
11/9/2009 11:36:29 PM		Not using a proxy


I will now search the forum to see if there is any possibility to get the daemon service working on Vista / Win-7. I suspect the answer is "no" and is due to some MS issue. Thank you for the prompt answer. I am happily running my GPU now.
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Message 28645 - Posted: 10 Nov 2009, 14:17:14 UTC - in response to Message 28643.  

It IS an MS issue, as explained in the FAQ that I linked to. :)

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Message 31571 - Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 16:43:37 UTC

Hello,

I'll write to this older thread since I have a similar issue on my test system (Ubuntu 9.10):

I installed BOINC normally so it is installed as a daemon. After that I downloaded the actual linux package (6.10.36) and made the necessary changes so it is used instead of the "original" one. Also I installed the CUDA drivers.

Now, when the system starts, BOINC reports no GPU:
So 14 Mär 2010 15:55:59 CET		Starting BOINC client version 6.10.36 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
So 14 Mär 2010 15:55:59 CET		log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
So 14 Mär 2010 15:55:59 CET		Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 c-ares/1.5.1
So 14 Mär 2010 15:55:59 CET		Data directory: /var/lib/boinc-client
So 14 Mär 2010 15:55:59 CET		Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6600  @ 2.40GHz [Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6]
So 14 Mär 2010 15:55:59 CET		Processor: 4.00 MB cache
So 14 Mär 2010 15:55:59 CET		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 lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdc
So 14 Mär 2010 15:55:59 CET		OS: Linux: 2.6.31-20-generic
So 14 Mär 2010 15:55:59 CET		Memory: 1.96 GB physical, 3.10 GB virtual
So 14 Mär 2010 15:55:59 CET		Disk: 22.01 GB total, 16.30 GB free
So 14 Mär 2010 15:55:59 CET		Local time is UTC +1 hours
So 14 Mär 2010 15:55:59 CET		No usable GPUs found


But when I do a "sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client restart" it IS found:

So 14 Mär 2010 17:41:59 CET		Starting BOINC client version 6.10.36 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
So 14 Mär 2010 17:41:59 CET		log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
So 14 Mär 2010 17:41:59 CET		Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 c-ares/1.5.1
So 14 Mär 2010 17:41:59 CET		Data directory: /var/lib/boinc-client
So 14 Mär 2010 17:41:59 CET		Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6600  @ 2.40GHz [Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6]
So 14 Mär 2010 17:41:59 CET		Processor: 4.00 MB cache
So 14 Mär 2010 17:41:59 CET		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 lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdc
So 14 Mär 2010 17:41:59 CET		OS: Linux: 2.6.31-20-generic
So 14 Mär 2010 17:41:59 CET		Memory: 1.96 GB physical, 3.10 GB virtual
So 14 Mär 2010 17:41:59 CET		Disk: 22.01 GB total, 16.29 GB free
So 14 Mär 2010 17:41:59 CET		Local time is UTC +1 hours
So 14 Mär 2010 17:41:59 CET		NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 8600 GT (driver version unknown, CUDA version 2020, compute capability 1.1, 255MB, 76 GFLOPS peak)


How can this be?
Or better said: How can I correct this?
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Message 31578 - Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 18:13:13 UTC - in response to Message 31571.  

Perhaps it's the access rights for the BOINC user to the /dev directory.

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Message 31579 - Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 18:16:21 UTC

Either that, or a slow/late loading video driver.
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Message 31580 - Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 18:42:14 UTC
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Thanks. Since the driver is found on restart, I'd think the it's the driver. Can I make sure BOINC is started afterwards?
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Message 31628 - Posted: 16 Mar 2010, 21:35:50 UTC - in response to Message 31580.  

seemingly a change in /etc/rc2.d did it: I couldn't identify what is the driver in question, so I renamed "S20boinc-client" to "S80boinc-client".
2 restarts later the client still detects the GPU, so I believe it's solved. Otherwise I'll come back here. ;)
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Message 31759 - Posted: 25 Mar 2010, 21:05:09 UTC

too bad - today I've seen "no GPU's" again... :(
So, is there a way to further delay the start of the BOINC client or otherwise make sure the driver is completely loaded before?
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Message 31765 - Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 5:27:13 UTC - in response to Message 31759.  
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So, is there a way to further delay the start of the BOINC client or otherwise make sure the driver is completely loaded before?

Manually start BOINC after your OS has fully loaded, or add the start-up logic to a batch file that will only start the client after so many minutes. BOINC does come with a --start_delay option, but this is for applications only, not for the client itself.
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Message 31767 - Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 5:31:44 UTC - in response to Message 31765.  

So, is there a way to further delay the start of the BOINC client or otherwise make sure the driver is completely loaded before?

Manually start BOINC after your OS has fully loaded.


I tend to forget manual actions. :-P
Normally I only see those issues only in Windows (not knowing which services start in which order); I thought *IX would handle it better... :(
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Message 31769 - Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 5:38:42 UTC - in response to Message 31767.  
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I edited something into my answer above.

How to add a start-delay in a batch file? Ping 127.0.0.1 300 times will add a 5 minute delay. So something like this:

Rem Start delay BOINC
@ECHO OFF
Rem pinging localhost 300 times for 5 minute delay
ping 127.0.0.1 /n 300
/path/to/BOINC-binary/boinc-client
/path/to/BM-binary/boinc-manager

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