howto Howto: Ubunbtu 18 Folding Rig

[palespartan]

19 hours ago, B_T_B said:

Im just going to leave this here. Its an old meme..it proves a point.. Apologies if I post it elsewhere HA!! 

@Gorgon please add this to the op. lol

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

Reviving this thread due to quality.

 

@Gorgon  On Debian Buster, trying to install fahControl and get.

 

Package python-gnome2 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

 

Have you come across this before?  Thanks

[Gorgon]

1 hour ago, TheFlyingSquirrel said:

Reviving this thread due to quality.

 

@Gorgon  On Debian Buster, trying to install fahControl and get.

 

Package python-gnome2 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

 

Have you come across this before?  Thanks

Yes,

 

Python2 is deprecated and not supported on the latest Debian but is, unfortunately what FAHControl is built with. The python2 compatibility libraries which worked on Beaver don't appear to work on the latest version.

 

sudo apt install python dh-python python-gnome2

 

There is a new version of the FAHClient in the works but with one developer maintaining it and the need for rigorous testing it likely wont start being tested for a while.

 

One solution is to just not install FAHControl and use remote access from another system to control the Linux Rig. The other solution is to use Bionic Beaver instead which obviously means a re-install.

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

6 minutes ago, Gorgon said:

Yes,

 

Python2 is deprecated and not supported on the latest Debian but is, unfortunately what FAHControl is built with. The python2 compatibility libraries which worked on Beaver don't appear to work on the latest version.

 

sudo apt install python dh-python python-gnome2

 

There is a new version of the FAHClient in the works but with one developer maintaining it and the need for rigorous testing it likely wont start being tested for a while.

 

One solution is to just not install FAHControl and use remote access from another system to control the Linux Rig. The other solution is to use Bionic Beaver instead which obviously means a re-install.

Thank you for your timely and informative response.

 

The main reason I want FAHControl is to switch to GPU, because for whatever reason my FAHClient defaulted to CPU even though I have a compatible GPU.

[Gorgon]

1 minute ago, TheFlyingSquirrel said:

Thank you for your timely and informative response.

 

The main reason I want FAHControl is to switch to GPU, because for whatever reason my FAHClient defaulted to CPU even though I have a compatible GPU.

It does that by design but will usually create a GPU slot on first install if the ppd graphics drivers for NVidia are installed or the AMD binary drivers AND OpenGL is installed (hint: you likely will need the Open-GL Development package

sudo apt install ocl-icd-opencl-dev

[Kilrah]

You can edit the config file manually, or as mentioned connect to that client from another PC that fahcontrol will run on.

[Gorgon]

Per the Remote Access HOWTO just add:

<!-- HTTP Server -->
  <allow v='127.0.0.1 192.168.1.0/24'/>

  <!-- Remote Command Server -->
  <command-allow-no-pass v='127.0.0.1 192.168.1.0/24'/>

to /etc/fahclient/config.xml changing the IP if you LAN uses a different network then restart the FAHclient

sudo service FAHClient restart

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

2 minutes ago, Gorgon said:

It does that by design but will usually create a GPU slot on first install if the ppd graphics drivers for NVidia are installed or the AMD binary drivers AND OpenGL is installed (hint: you likely will need the Open-GL Development package

sudo apt install ocl-icd-opencl-dev

I considered this, so I checked.

glx-alternative-nvidia                install
libegl-nvidia0:amd64                install
libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx:amd64            install
libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx:i386            install
libgles-nvidia1:amd64                install
libgles-nvidia2:amd64                install
libglx-nvidia0:amd64                install
libglx-nvidia0:i386                install
libnvidia-cbl:amd64                install
libnvidia-cfg1:amd64                install
libnvidia-compiler:amd64            install
libnvidia-eglcore:amd64                install
libnvidia-encode1:amd64                install
libnvidia-fatbinaryloader:amd64            install
libnvidia-fatbinaryloader:i386            install
libnvidia-glcore:amd64                install
libnvidia-glcore:i386                install
libnvidia-glvkspirv:amd64            install
libnvidia-glvkspirv:i386            install
libnvidia-ml-dev                install
libnvidia-ml1:amd64                install
libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler1:amd64            install
libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler1:i386            install
libnvidia-rtcore:amd64                install
nvidia-alternative                install
nvidia-cuda-dev                    install
nvidia-cuda-doc                    install
nvidia-cuda-gdb                    install
nvidia-cuda-toolkit                install
nvidia-driver                    install
nvidia-driver-bin                install
nvidia-driver-libs:amd64            install
nvidia-egl-common                install
nvidia-egl-icd:amd64                install
nvidia-installer-cleanup            install
nvidia-kernel-common                install
nvidia-kernel-dkms                install
nvidia-kernel-support                install
nvidia-legacy-check                install
nvidia-modprobe                    install
nvidia-opencl-common                install
nvidia-opencl-icd:amd64                install
nvidia-persistenced                install
nvidia-profiler                    install
nvidia-smi                    install
nvidia-support                    install
nvidia-vdpau-driver:amd64            install
nvidia-visual-profiler                install
nvidia-vulkan-common                install
nvidia-vulkan-icd:amd64                install
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia            install



nvidia-opencl-common                install
nvidia-opencl-icd:amd64                install
ocl-icd-libopencl1:amd64            install
ocl-icd-libopencl1:i386                install
ocl-icd-opencl-dev:amd64            install
opencl-c-headers                install
opencl-clhpp-headers                install

I considered that. Seems to be in place.

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

28 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

You can edit the config file manually, or as mentioned connect to that client from another PC that fahcontrol will run on.

16:58:34:WU01:FS01:0x22:Digital signatures verified
16:58:34:WU01:FS01:0x22:Folding@home GPU Core22 Folding@home Core
16:58:34:WU01:FS01:0x22:Version 0.0.2
16:58:34:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080

 

17:03:51:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
17:03:51:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
17:03:51:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
17:03:52:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
17:03:52:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
17:04:44:5:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
17:04:56:WU01:FS01:0x22:Completed 30000 out of 1000000 steps (3%)

 

GPU folding up and running, though I look to be getting CPU workout folding errors, though that is in line with expectations.

 

Thanks both

 

[LU0P10]

You can just kill me or ban me... I am utter Linux noob... could Anaconda package solve anything in Debian distro?  https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/ 

I have potentially so many questions... just ban if I am too much of a tool ... I might give this Linux&F@H a try in near future...

 

(I installed Endless OS just for the heck of it, dual boot with win 10. I know you probably think that is so wrong  )  

[Macaw2000]

Here's a few aliases I use for checking in on F@H. Would love to see others if anyone has some to share.

alias fahcredit='grep "credit" /var/lib/fahclient/log.txt'
alias fahwatch='tail -f -n 100 /var/lib/fahclient/log.txt'
alias fahlog='tail -n 100 /var/lib/fahclient/log.txt'
alias fahstart='sudo /etc/init.d/FAHClient start'
alias fahstop='sudo /etc/init.d/FAHClient stop'
 

[RollinLower]

this thread deserves a necro, i'm once again here after swapping out hardware and reinstalling Ubuntu on my main F@H machine. @Gorgonyou rock!

[Boneless3vil]

I'm new to Linux (Ubuntu), so I tend to just follow detailed instructions on getting stuff like this running.  I did that here, but currently, while my CPU is numbercrunching Folding@home just fine, my GPU seems to be idle. 

 

GPU:

 

 

I left my config.xml at its default, as I intend to add more GPU's later. 

 

Any input would be appreciated. 

[RollinLower]

On 3/9/2021 at 2:13 AM, Boneless3vil said:

I'm new to Linux (Ubuntu), so I tend to just follow detailed instructions on getting stuff like this running.  I did that here, but currently, while my CPU is numbercrunching Folding@home just fine, my GPU seems to be idle. 

 

GPU:

 

 

I left my config.xml at its default, as I intend to add more GPU's later. 

 

Any input would be appreciated. 

as default GPU folding is disabled on Ubuntu. you would need to change that in the config file. i only know how to change this on a system with a GUI tough so i'm not sure how to do this through console.