Linux Nvidia Folding@home Guide

[Cerberus]

This was done on Ubuntu, feel free to ask any questions

 

 

 

 

this will install latest nvidia drivers and OpenCL

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

ubuntu-drivers list    (should have nvidia-450)

sudo apt install nvidia-driver-450

sudo apt install ocl-icd-opencl-dev

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

sudo reboot

 

now for folding@home

wget https://download.foldingathome.org/releases/public/release/fahclient/debian-stable-64bit/v7.6/fahclient_7.6.21_amd64.deb

wget https://download.foldingathome.org/releases/public/release/fahcontrol/debian-stable-64bit/v7.6/fahcontrol_7.6.21-1_all.deb

wget https://download.foldingathome.org/releases/public/release/fahviewer/debian-stable-64bit/v7.6/fahviewer_7.6.21_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i fahclient_7.6.21_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i fahcontrol_7.6.21-1_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i fahviewer_7.6.21_amd64.deb

sudo chmod 755 /etc/fahclient/config.xml

cd /

cd /etc/fahclient/

sudo nano config.xml (change your stuff, ctrl-o to write out)

sudo reboot

 

 

sudo /etc/init.d/FAHClient start (to start it)

sudo /etc/init.d/FAHClient stop (to stop it) 

 

Edited December 28, 2022 by Cerberus

[ENTERPRISE]

Oh nice !. I will add this to the recommended reading on the main folding thread

[Cerberus]

1 hour ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Oh nice !. I will add this to the recommended reading on the main folding thread

sweet!

[BWG]

Does anyone have any statistical comparisons done recently to see how much of an improvement people can achieve these days on a Linux Kernel vs Windows?

 

Also, is a Virtual environment still a viable increase over doing it in Windows, or is that not even currently possible for GPU's?

[Avacado]

9 minutes ago, BWG said:

Does anyone have any statistical comparisons done recently to see how much of an improvement people can achieve these days on a Linux Kernel vs Windows?

 

Also, is a Virtual environment still a viable increase over doing it in Windows, or is that not even currently possible for GPU's?

Lar.systems has a good statistical comparison on cards. Linux vs windows.

 

3090s benefit the most running under linux

 

https://folding.lar.systems/gpu_ppd/overall_ranks

 

Edited February 21, 2021 by Avacado

[BWG]

2 minutes ago, Avacado said:

Lar.systems has a good statistical comparison on cards. Linux vs windows.

 

3090s benefit the most running under linux

 

https://folding.lar.systems/gpu_ppd/overall_ranks

 

 

Wow! You weren't lying! That's huge! Almost 24%

[axipher]

Going to be doing a Linux Nvidia setup in the coming weeks, any recommendation on which Ubuntu version to run?

Also can this be run on the server image headless, or will it need the desktop version and a display connected?

[tictoc]

2 hours ago, axipher said:

Going to be doing a Linux Nvidia setup in the coming weeks, any recommendation on which Ubuntu version to run?

Also can this be run on the server image headless, or will it need the desktop version and a display connected?

You can run it headless. I've been running multiples machines that way for a long time. If you want fan and clock controls you will need a minimal xserver to run NVIDIA Settings. 

 

 

[Cerberus]

testing

 

  

On 31/01/2022 at 23:25, franz said:

Install latest driver, reboot

Enable coolbits

  sudo nvidia-xconfig --enable-all-gpus   #use if running multi gpu

  sudo nvidia-xconfig -a --cool-bits 28

 

 

config.zip

Edited October 1, 2022 by Cerberus