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caddi daddi

caddi daddi

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OS, ubuntu 14.04
MOTHERBOARD, ASUS CROSSHAIR 5-F
CPU, 1090T
GPU, GTX760 TO START, WILL INSTALL GTX970 WHEN I'M LESS LAZY
PSU, CORSAIR 700 WATT
BOX, COOLERMASTER LANBOX, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU CALL A BOX?
KNOWLAGE OF LINUX, I HAVE PROVEN TO MYSELF THAT =0.

STEP ONE, HOW DO i INSTALL THE NVIDIA DRIVERS FOR THE 970?

this is how hayesK got my folding box going


copy of gpus.text in post #81

link to gpus.text, thanks HayesK. http://fah.stanford.edu/file-releases/public/GPUs.txt


Orion456 leads us on the way to clocking our Maxwell gpu's with cool bits....... http://www.overclockers.com/forums/...-folding-box?p=7918597&viewfull=1#post7918597
 

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the Kepler cards will produce better with the older nvidia driver, 327.23 and earlier. for now, just use 304.
open a terminal window
sudo apt-get install nvidia-304
then reboot

the Maxwell cards require the new drivers, currently 346 for linux.
purge the older driver, reboot, add the edgers ppa, update the drive and reboot.

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-346
 
hayesK, this box will be getting my 970 maxwell pretty quick, I'm just in no mood to tear down a rig tonight si I'll take a little loss in ppd.
so I assume, sudo apt-get install nvidia-346?
 
terminal returns this, caddi@caddi-daddi:~$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-346
[sudo] password for caddi:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package nvidia-346
caddi@caddi-daddi:~$
 
getting 346 now

got 346 drivers, now I need to get the client and then advanced control?
 
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I stll need the client and advanced control

I tired this>>>> sudo apt-get fahclient <<<<<

it failed, any help?
 
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top button on the toolbar at left side of screen, search computer
bottom bar, 2nd button, "A" for applications
click on "installed" to see all results
scroll down to find the FAHControl icon
drag it to the toolbar at left side of screen to have quick access to it
 
it did not find the gpu, i made gpu slot and it sees it as a gk104.
it downloads a wu and just as quick it's gone, let me follow your link.
 
fah was able to identify the gpu correctly, so the gpus.txt file is not the problem.
most likely the opencl part of the nvidia driver is not installed correctly. usually works ok when installed from the edgers ppa.
try purging the nvidia driver, reboot, then install again.
 
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A major thanks to hayesK.
I don't know which linux distro you wrote but you are a vast pool of info!!!!!!
I purged nvidia, rebooted and reinstalled the driver, and BAM!!! off to the PPD races!!!!
 

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Glad we were able to get the GPU folding. When the GPU card is upgraded, may need to purge/reboot/install the nvidia driver again.

under the applications, there is a green icon for "NVIDIA-Xserver-settings" which will give useful info on the GPU and driver.

The screen shot shows "medium" power, should change to "full" power and ensure your passkey is entered.

One more Linux tip, an easy way to view/modify files in the system folders (such as the fahclient or gpus.txt file) is to run the file manager from terminal:
sudo nautilus
 
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got my 970 in it now, this driver with the 760 was a joke, a simple swap to the 970 and now I might catch subpar!!!!!
 

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Might?! Lol, I'm guessing 10-14 days, tops. Those 970's fold hard :eek: I'm going to have to upgrade something lol.
 
hmmmm, 10-14 days? I might have to speed things up a bit.
the 970 is cheap power for a new card, the guy that runs a computer store is a friend of mine so I'll not tell what i paid for the card, but retail was only $339 and if you go look at the scores in the overclocktagon I'm ahead of a titan!!!!!!! and I'm the slow 970 guy!!!!
 
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