OpenCL Drivers for Ubuntu

[TheGhzGuy]

Hello!

I've been trying to set up a computer for BOINC, it's currently running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. My issue has been that BOINC hasn't identified the GPU as something it can give tasks to. I did a little digging and found that it's that I don't have the OpenCL driver on the computer. All the guides I found on it were quite confusing and didn't really explain how one is mean to install it. If someone could tell me how you're meant to load the driver, I would appreciate it.

 

Thanks!

[Electronics Wizardy]

What gpu do you have?

[TheGhzGuy]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

What gpu do you have?

The absolutely ancient HD 6850

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, TheGhzGuy said:

The absolutely ancient HD 6850

yea ubuntu 16.04 will be a pain then, 14.04 will be much easier or debian 8.

 

Otherwise enable non-free repos and install flgrx-updates.

[zMeul]

downgrade to 14.04

that card is old and neither Canonical nor AMD has nor will they release drivers for Ubuntu 16.04 and newer

[TheGhzGuy]

8 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

yea ubuntu 16.04 will be a pain then, 14.04 will be much easier or debian 8.

 

Otherwise enable non-free repos and install flgrx-updates.

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Makes sense, since the card is 7 or 8 years old now.

 

"Otherwise enable non-free repos and install flgrx -updates."

I have no idea what a non-free repo is and only a slight idea as to what flgrx is. I though flgrx was for GCN cards. 

 

 

 

[TheGhzGuy]

6 minutes ago, zMeul said:

downgrade to 14.04

that card is old and neither Canonical nor AMD has nor will they release drivers for Ubuntu 16.04 and newer

Where would I find the 14.04 download in the first place?

[zMeul]

1 minute ago, TheGhzGuy said:

Where would I find the 14.04 download in the first place?

https://www.ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads

[TheGhzGuy]

1 minute ago, zMeul said:

https://www.ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads

Woops. My bad! This is what happens when I'm running on less sleep than usual.

[zMeul]

6 minutes ago, TheGhzGuy said:

Woops. My bad! This is what happens when I'm running on less sleep than usual.

I know ... had driving lessons today and fucked a lot of things - no one got injured tho

[TheGhzGuy]

5 minutes ago, zMeul said:

I know ... had driving lessons today and fucked a lot of things - no one got injured tho

Oh, second question. Once I do install 14.04, should it just work automatically, or is there another Radeon and OpenCL driver I still need to install?