Enable beta GPU's on Linux via foldingathome.service

[mr cheese]

I'm about to blow up this computer

here's my config.xml:

Spoiler

<config>
  <!-- HTTP Server -->
  <allow v='[xxx]'/>

 

  <!-- Slot Control -->
  <power v='full'/>

 

  <!-- User Information -->
  <passkey v='[xxx]'/>
  <team v='223518'/>
  <user v='mr_cheese'/>

 

  <!-- Web Server -->
  <web-allow v='[xxx]'/>

 

  <!-- GPU Shit -->
  <gpu v='true'/>
  <gpu-beta v='true'/>

 

  <!-- Folding Slots -->
  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
  <slot id='2' type='GPU'>
    <pci-bus v='0'/>
    <pci-slot v='2'/>
  </slot>
</config>

I want to enable my UHD 630 for beta testing but it's staying disabled no matter what I throw into this config.

Anyone know how to enable it? I'm guessing I've just got the wrong values.

 

[Eigenvektor]

Might also be something on the driver side

[mr cheese]

9 hours ago, Eigenvektor said:

Might also be something on the driver side

it's don't believe it is, FAH recognizes the device is there from what I can see, and I have the Intel OpenCL drivers from arch. Any idea where the logs go?

[Gorgon]

Typically when a GPU is disabled you have to restart.

 

If that doesn't work then delete the slot using the Advanced Control in Task Bar (which will also show the Logs), re-add the slot, reboot and try again.

 

If it's showing up in the Webview then it is in the GPU whitelist so it should work but it will be slow as molasses but thank-you for contributing.

 

And yes, it's not a Beta GPU it does work and shows up in the LAR System Database as producing about 34,000 Points per Day

[Eigenvektor]

1 hour ago, mr cheese said:

it's don't believe it is, FAH recognizes the device is there from what I can see, and I have the Intel OpenCL drivers from arch. Any idea where the logs go?

Logs should be in /var/log/foldingathome/log.txt, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/folding@home

 

33 minutes ago, Gorgon said:

If that doesn't work then delete the slot using the Advanced Control in Task Bar (which will also show the Logs), re-add the slot, reboot and try again.

OP is using Linux, not Windows

[Gorgon]

4 hours ago, Eigenvektor said:

Logs should be in /var/log/foldingathome/log.txt, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/folding@home

 

OP is using Linux, not Windows

@mr cheese then

Try a reboot first. Then if it's still broken use

lspci

to find the PCI Bus ID of your iGPU, then stop the service:

sudo service FAHClient stop

If

sudo service FAHClient status

still shows it running then your init.d script is broken and you'll have to use some brute force:

sudo killall FAHClient

edit your config file using the output of

sudo lspci

to set the correct PCI Bus ID.

 

if start/stop/restart don't work properly you'll want to hack your init.d script (I know I have to under Ubuntu2.04):

Patchfile for /etc/init.d/FAHClient:
--- FAHClient.orig      2020-04-15 01:53:38.000000000 -0400
+++ FAHClient   2022-04-30 17:35:21.434251186 -0400
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
     fi

     pid=$!
+    echo $pid > $PID
     if wait_for_log_change "$LOG_STATUS" $pid; then
         echo "OK"
     else

 

[mr cheese]

1 hour ago, Gorgon said:

Try a reboot first. Then if it's still broken use

lspci

lscpi output:

00:02.0 VGA: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] (rev 02)

so bus 0 slot 2 looks correct?

1 hour ago, Gorgon said:

sudo service FAHClient stop
// for non-Ubuntu systemd systems it would be sudo systemctl stop FAHClient

it stops fine lol

 

what package are you using for Intel OpenCL? I don't know what comes bundled with Ubuntu, I'm using the open-source intel drivers for Arch but it's possible you have the proprietary ones

[Gorgon]

39 minutes ago, mr cheese said:

lscpi output:

00:02.0 VGA: Intel Corporation CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] (rev 02)

so bus 0 slot 2 looks correct?

it stops fine lol

 

what package are you using for Intel OpenCL? I don't know what comes bundled with Ubuntu, I'm using the open-source intel drivers for Arch but it's possible you have the proprietary ones

Yup - your config file looks good then.

 

I'm not using any Intel iGPUs - just Nvidia so not really using OpenCL

 

You might need package ocl-icd-opencl-dev or just opencl-dev to get it going. I remember having that issue before I gave up on AMD CPUs

 

Peruse: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/foldingathome

 

looks like your just missing some dependencies. The F@H log might tell you which or at least the first one in the dependency hell chain.

[mr cheese]

26 minutes ago, Gorgon said:

looks like your just missing some dependencies. The F@H log might tell you which or at least the first one in the dependency hell chain.

thankfully the F@H log is no help at all!

I plugged in my 8800 GTS (for fun, just to see) and that's not getting detected either, I need to try Nouveau drivers next I suppose no OpenCL there, I guess I'm out of luck...

I'll ask the F@H forums and see what they have to say. 

[Gorgon]

6 hours ago, mr cheese said:

thankfully the F@H log is no help at all!

I plugged in my 8800 GTS (for fun, just to see) and that's not getting detected either, I need to try Nouveau drivers next I suppose no OpenCL there, I guess I'm out of luck...

I'll ask the F@H forums and see what they have to say. 

Check if first if you have ocl-icd-opencl-dev installed first, and if not give it a try

[CWP]

I dabbled in Intel iGPU folding back in early 2021. Based on my notes, you will need intel-compute-runtime to get OpenCL drivers for Intel iGPU for foldingathome to recognize it. You can also do a quick check with clinfo / clpeak to ensure everything is working properly before getting foldingathome involved. (Just not opencl-mesa; if you have it installed, uninstall it)

 

However, I should caution you that there has not been any WUs available for quite some time. I have also tried to do some test runs ahead of a few of last year's folding event and sprints, and got nothing. Even if you do managed to get it recognized, it might still remain idle.