GPU3

1) downlowed Ubuntu 64 bit 9.10 here: http://releases.ubuntu.com/karmic/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso
2) make a cd from the iso image and reboot

3) disconnect your windows hard drive and put in an unused hard drive (after ubuntu installs you can connect both up then just chose which drive to boot in bios whether it be windows hd or ubuntu hd)
3a)  I did not let ubuntu update I also unpluged the ethernet cord while ubuntu installed.

4) after ubuntu installs open the terminal and type :

sudo apt-get install build-essential

 

5)  download some files

download 256.35 drivers from here:

http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/256.35/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.35.run

download the cudatoolkit 3.0 32bit from here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/thankyou.html?url=/compute/cuda/3_0/toolkit/cudatoolkit_3.0_linux_32_ubuntu9.04.run

place the two files that you downloaded on your desktop

6) clearing a few things first

now type in the terminal

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*

and hit ENTER



the terminal will ask you:

"After this operation, 418kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?"



hit y and ENTER

the teminal should look like the picture below



7) make Two empty documents on your desktop

click on the first one and rename it "nvidia-graphics-drivers.conf "

double click on nvidia-graphics-drivers.conf and add these lines:

blacklist vga16fb 
blacklist nouveau 
blacklist lbm-nouveau 
blacklist nvidia-173 
blacklist nvidia-96 
blacklist nvidia-current 
blacklist nvidiafb

click on the save icon and exit



select the secound document and rename it " xorg.conf "

now before we add anything to the xorg.conf file
in the terminal type

lspci

hit ENTER

scroll till use see your graphics card(s)



mine are:
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 285] (rev a1)

05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 285] (rev a1)

06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] (rev a2)

07:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 285] (rev a1)

red highlight are your bus id, blue highlight is your Identifier name

below is what my xorg.conf will look like:
I added these lines:

Section "Device" 
     Identifier     "GeForce GTX 285" 
     Driver         "nvidia" 
     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation" 
     BusID          "2:0:0" 
     Option         "coolbits"   "1" 
 EndSection 
  
 Section "Device" 
     Identifier     "GeForce GTX 285" 
     Driver         "nvidia" 
     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation" 
     BusID          "5:0:0" 
     Option         "coolbits"   "1" 
 EndSection 
  
 Section "Device" 
     Identifier     "GeForce 9800 GT" 
     Driver         "nvidia" 
     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation" 
     BusID          "6:0:0" 
     Option         "coolbits"   "1" 
 EndSection 
  
 Section "Device" 
     Identifier     "GeForce GTX 285" 
     Driver         "nvidia" 
     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation" 
     BusID          "7:0:0" 
     Option         "coolbits"   "1" 
 EndSection

I have 4 video cards so 4 sections


if I only had 1 card it would look like this:

Section "Device" 
     Identifier     "GeForce GTX 285" 
     Driver         "nvidia" 
     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation" 
     BusID          "2:0:0"                
     Option         "coolbits"   "1" 
 EndSection

hope I havent lost ya....yuppers this is pita on steriods

8) double click on the xorg.conf file ad add your lines (please dont enter my lines edit your card and bus id found when you entered lspci
then click the save icon and exit



9) now in the terminal type:

cd ~/Desktop

hit ENTER

in the termnal type:

sudo mv nvidia-graphics-drivers.conf /etc/modprobe.d/

hit enter
(everytime you type sudo it will ask you for your password)

10) now in the terminal type:

sudo mv xorg.conf /etc/X11/

hit ENTER



now if you look on your desktop both files are gone.

11) get a pen/pencile and write the following lines down:

   sudo sh ~/Desktop/NVIDIA*.run (enter this line to install the drivers)

   sudo service gdm start (enter this line after the drivers have installed)

keep them handy you will need them momentarily
(we are going to install the drivers the screen will go blank
you will enter your username
and your password)

12) in the terminal type:

  

sudo service gdm stop

then hit ENTER (by-by)

check your nvidia x server settings. the 256 drivers should be installed

13) now to the cuda tool kit
open the terminal and type:
 

sudo sh ~/Desktop/cuda*.run

and hit ENTER



the terminal will ask

"Enter install path (default /usr/local/cuda, '/cuda' will be appended):"
just hit ENTER



thats done lets let Ubuntu know where the cuda file are

in the terminal type;

sudo sh -c "echo PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin:$PATH > /etc/profile.d/cuda.sh"

hit ENTER

then type:

sudo sh -c "echo /usr/local/cuda/lib > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/cuda.conf"

hit ENTER

then type:

sudo ldconfig

hit ENTER



14 now reboot

open the terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install wine

 
hit ENTER

the terminal will ask:

"After this operation, 221MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?"

hit y then hit ENTER



goto applications>>wine>>configure wine
configure wine so that windows version is windows xp (note: I am currently using vista once updated)
click apply
then ok
 
Lets update wine

goto system>>administration>>software sources and left click

you will have to enter your password

once it pops up click on "other software" tab

click on the add icon

then enter this line:

ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

after you enter click add source

Click close to finish, and then reload the package information when prompted. If you have Wine installed, the system's update manager will now inform you of the latest Wine beta release and prompt you to upgrade.
or if nothing esle fails got to the update maneger and check for update (This is important)
(this method only works for Ubuntu 9.10 and above)

goto system>>Administration>>update manager and left click
and now you can install all the updates, just make sure wine is updated; go ahead and install all the wine "goodies"...in case you doing more than folding, but the science is what is important

note: every time you update your kernal you have to redo you graphics driver. just start in low graphics mode, and in the terminal{keep your graphics driver on your desktop at all times.}KEEP your piece of paper handy.
type:

sudo service gdm stop

by-by agian
and reinstall the drivers...no problem

15) download the gpu3 client here:

http://www.stanford.edu/~...e-Win32-GPU_XP-631.zip  XP version

http://www.stanford.edu/~friedrim/.Fold ... ta-631.zip  vista version

im using vista

extract it to your GPU0 folder in your home folder


(all commands from the terminal will be in the GPU0 directory)

in the terminal type:

cd ~/GPU0

hit ENTER

in the terminal type:

rm *.dll

16) now lets get some wrappers

In the terminal type:

wget http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeq1z17/temp/FAH/cudart3/cudart_gpu3.dll.so

then hit ENTER

In the terminal type:

wget http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeq1z17/temp/FAH/cufft3/cufft_gpu3.dll.so

17) now lets link some stuff 

in the terminal type:

ln -s cudart_gpu3.dll.so cudart32_30_14.dll

hit ENTER

in the terminal type:

ln -s cufft_gpu3.dll.so cufft32_30_14.dll

hit ENTER

in the terminal type:

ln -s cudart_gpu3.dll.so cudart.dll

hit ENTER

in the terminal type:

ln -s cudart_gpu3.dll.so nvcuda.dll

hit ENTER

just to make sure everything is in order
in the terminal type:

 
ldd cufft32_30_14.dll

then hit ENTER
(if you see any not found's something is not linked right)
In the terminal type:

 
ldd cudart32_30_14.dll

(if you see any not found's something is not linked right)

18) lets get F@H going

in the terminal type:

(200 series) 

wine ./Folding@home-Win32-GPU.exe -forcegpu nvidia_g80

 

(400 series) 

wine ./Folding@home-Win32-GPU.exe -forcegpu nvidia_fermi

then hit enter

I have (4) 200 series cards  these are the lines I use:

wine ./Folding@home-Win32-GPU.exe -forcegpu nvidia_g80 -gpu 0 
wine ./Folding@home-Win32-GPU.exe -forcegpu nvidia_g80 -gpu 1 
wine ./Folding@home-Win32-GPU.exe -forcegpu nvidia_g80 -gpu 2 
wine ./Folding@home-Win32-GPU.exe -forcegpu nvidia_g80 -gpu 3

( I tried nice -n 19 wine ./Folding@home-Win32-GPU.exe -forcegpu nvidia_g80 , but it was so slow)
here we go

(now when you config your gpu  when asked fo advanced methothds answer no, if you answer yes it will use 100% cpu usage and only give you core 11)
 

source http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=14673&start=150

very tired right now will finish this in a bit.
I havent received any core 15 yet, maybe there running out or ya have to have a fermi like Barbarossa stated and I dont
but here is the screeny of my 2nd intall using this guide

:)

changed the way it was installed, sorry work in progress

Will this install work on an SR-2? 

yes the install will work, but this is still in beta form, tho it has run on a 250 and a 470 according to the source
 
 

Also, will if benifit me greatly over 3 linux VM's on Win7 +GPU folding.

If your running 3 vm's thats a lot of memory that could be used elswhere
one thing you forgot to ask?
 
will my gpu ppd go down on a linux?
 
most likely yes right now there is no way to oc the shaders :( but I have seen 9900-10000 ppd on my 285's on the new drivers :)

SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!! wohoooooo

[01:59:12] 
 [01:59:12] Trying to unzip core FahCore_15.exe
 [01:59:13] Decompressed FahCore_15.exe (7094272 bytes) successfully
 [01:59:18] + Core successfully engaged
 [01:59:23] 
 [01:59:23] + Processing work unit
 [01:59:23] Core required: FahCore_15.exe
 [01:59:23] Core found.
 [01:59:23] Working on queue slot 01 [June 29 01:59:23 UTC]
 [01:59:23] + Working ...
 Warning: Ignoring unknown arg 
 Warning: Ignoring unknown arg 
 [01:59:23] 
 [01:59:23] *------------------------------*
 [01:59:23] Folding@Home GPU Core -- Beta
 [01:59:23] Version 2.09 (Thu May 20 11:51:02 PDT 2010)
 [01:59:23] 
 [01:59:23] Compiler  : Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.50727.42 for 80x86 
 [01:59:23] Build host: amoeba
 [01:59:23] Board Type: Nvidia
 [01:59:23] Core      : 
 [01:59:23] Preparing to commence simulation
 [01:59:23] - Looking at optimizations...
 [01:59:23] DeleteFrameFiles: successfully deleted file=work/wudata_01.ckp
 [01:59:23] - Created dyn
 [01:59:23] - Files status OK
 [01:59:23] sizeof(CORE_PACKET_HDR) = 512 file=<>
 [01:59:23] - Expanded 41690 -> 163067 (decompressed 391.1 percent)
 [01:59:23] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=41690 data_size=163067, decompressed_data_size=163067 diff=0
 [01:59:23] - Digital signature verified
 [01:59:23] 
 [01:59:23] Project: 10630 (Run 37, Clone 81, Gen 0)
 [01:59:23] 
 [01:59:23] Assembly optimizations on if available.
 [01:59:23] Entering M.D.
 Reading file work/wudata_01.tpr, VERSION 4.0.5 (single precision)
 Note: tpx file_version 58, software version 59
 [01:59:29] Tpr hash work/wudata_01.tpr:  3786786508 4242169704 3844488788 4058928834 3985951195
 [01:59:29] Working on 582 p2750_N68H_AM03
 [01:59:29] Client config found, loading data.
 [01:59:29] Starting GUI Server
 CudaCalcForcesAndEnergyKernel::finishEnergyComputation Initial Born radii calculated; bCalculateBornRadiiInObc2 is set QQQ
 starting mdrun '582 p2750_N68H_AM03'
 25000000 steps,  50000.0 ps.
 [02:00:47] Completed 1%

all 4 gpu's folding w/core 15

good guide. will try it sometime.