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petteyg359

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My Vega FE folds fine in Windows, but I hate booting Windows anymore, so I'd really like to get it working in Linux, specifically Gentoo. So far, I've managed to get OpenCL enabled (AFAICT), so that clinfo and rocminfo both return what look like okay output, though I'm not sure about "NULL platform behavior" in clinfo. I added the foldingathome user to the video group, but log.txt shows "ERROR:exception: Error initializing context: clGetDeviceIDs (-1)" and fails with BAD_WORK_UNIT. Ideas?

clinfo
Code:
$ sudo clinfo
Password: 
Number of platforms                               1
  Platform Name                                   AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
  Platform Vendor                                 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  Platform Version                                OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP.internal (2949.0)
  Platform Profile                                FULL_PROFILE
  Platform Extensions                             cl_khr_icd cl_amd_object_metadata cl_amd_event_callback 
  Platform Max metadata object keys (AMD)         8
  Platform Extensions function suffix             AMD

  Platform Name                                   AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
Number of devices                                 1
  Device Name                                     gfx900
  Device Vendor                                   Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  Device Vendor ID                                0x1002
  Device Version                                  OpenCL 2.0 
  Driver Version                                  2949.0 (HSA1.1,LC)
  Device OpenCL C Version                         OpenCL C 2.0 
  Device Type                                     GPU
  Device Board Name (AMD)                         Vega 10 XTX [Radeon Vega Frontier Edition]
  Device Topology (AMD)                           PCI-E, 05:00.0
  Device Profile                                  FULL_PROFILE
  Device Available                                Yes
  Compiler Available                              Yes
  Linker Available                                Yes
  Max compute units                               64
  SIMD per compute unit (AMD)                     4
  SIMD width (AMD)                                16
  SIMD instruction width (AMD)                    1
  Max clock frequency                             1600MHz
  Graphics IP (AMD)                               9.0
  Device Partition                                (core)
    Max number of sub-devices                     64
    Supported partition types                     None
    Supported affinity domains                    (n/a)
  Max work item dimensions                        3
  Max work item sizes                             1024x1024x1024
  Max work group size                             256
  Preferred work group size (AMD)                 256
  Max work group size (AMD)                       1024
  Preferred work group size multiple              64
  Wavefront width (AMD)                           64
  Preferred / native vector sizes                 
    char                                                 4 / 4       
    short                                                2 / 2       
    int                                                  1 / 1       
    long                                                 1 / 1       
    half                                                 1 / 1        (cl_khr_fp16)
    float                                                1 / 1       
    double                                               1 / 1        (cl_khr_fp64)
  Half-precision Floating-point support           (cl_khr_fp16)
    Denormals                                     No
    Infinity and NANs                             No
    Round to nearest                              No
    Round to zero                                 No
    Round to infinity                             No
    IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add               No
    Support is emulated in software               No
  Single-precision Floating-point support         (core)
    Denormals                                     Yes
    Infinity and NANs                             Yes
    Round to nearest                              Yes
    Round to zero                                 Yes
    Round to infinity                             Yes
    IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add               Yes
    Support is emulated in software               No
    Correctly-rounded divide and sqrt operations  Yes
  Double-precision Floating-point support         (cl_khr_fp64)
    Denormals                                     Yes
    Infinity and NANs                             Yes
    Round to nearest                              Yes
    Round to zero                                 Yes
    Round to infinity                             Yes
    IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add               Yes
    Support is emulated in software               No
  Address bits                                    64, Little-Endian
  Global memory size                              17163091968 (15.98GiB)
  Global free memory (AMD)                        16758784 (15.98GiB)
  Global memory channels (AMD)                    64
  Global memory banks per channel (AMD)           4
  Global memory bank width (AMD)                  256 bytes
  Error Correction support                        No
  Max memory allocation                           14588628172 (13.59GiB)
  Unified memory for Host and Device              No
  Shared Virtual Memory (SVM) capabilities        (core)
    Coarse-grained buffer sharing                 Yes
    Fine-grained buffer sharing                   Yes
    Fine-grained system sharing                   No
    Atomics                                       No
  Minimum alignment for any data type             128 bytes
  Alignment of base address                       1024 bits (128 bytes)
  Preferred alignment for atomics                 
    SVM                                           0 bytes
    Global                                        0 bytes
    Local                                         0 bytes
  Max size for global variable                    14588628172 (13.59GiB)
  Preferred total size of global vars             17163091968 (15.98GiB)
  Global Memory cache type                        Read/Write
  Global Memory cache size                        16384 (16KiB)
  Global Memory cache line size                   64 bytes
  Image support                                   No
    Base address alignment for 2D image buffers   0 bytes
    Pitch alignment for 2D image buffers          0 pixels
  Max number of pipe args                         16
  Max active pipe reservations                    16
  Max pipe packet size                            1703726284 (1.587GiB)
  Local memory type                               Local
  Local memory size                               65536 (64KiB)
  Local memory syze per CU (AMD)                  65536 (64KiB)
  Local memory banks (AMD)                        32
  Max number of constant args                     8
  Max constant buffer size                        14588628172 (13.59GiB)
  Preferred constant buffer size (AMD)            16384 (16KiB)
  Max size of kernel argument                     1024
  Queue properties (on host)                      
    Out-of-order execution                        No
    Profiling                                     Yes
  Queue properties (on device)                    
    Out-of-order execution                        Yes
    Profiling                                     Yes
    Preferred size                                262144 (256KiB)
    Max size                                      8388608 (8MiB)
  Max queues on device                            1
  Max events on device                            1024
  Prefer user sync for interop                    Yes
  Number of P2P devices (AMD)                     0
  P2P devices (AMD)                               (n/a)
  Profiling timer resolution                      1ns
  Profiling timer offset since Epoch (AMD)        0ns (Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 1969)
  Execution capabilities                          
    Run OpenCL kernels                            Yes
    Run native kernels                            No
    Thread trace supported (AMD)                  No
    Number of async queues (AMD)                  8
    Max real-time compute queues (AMD)            8
    Max real-time compute units (AMD)             64
  printf() buffer size                            4194304 (4MiB)
  Built-in kernels                                (n/a)
  Device Extensions                               cl_khr_fp64 cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_int64_base_atomics cl_khr_int64_extended_atomics cl_khr_3d_image_writes cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_fp16 cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_amd_device_attribute_query cl_amd_media_ops cl_amd_media_ops2 cl_khr_image2d_from_buffer cl_khr_subgroups cl_khr_depth_images cl_amd_copy_buffer_p2p cl_amd_assembly_program 

NULL platform behavior
  clGetPlatformInfo(NULL, CL_PLATFORM_NAME, ...)  AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
  clGetDeviceIDs(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_ALL, ...)   Success [AMD]
  clCreateContext(NULL, ...) [default]            Success [AMD]
  clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_DEFAULT)  Success (1)
    Platform Name                                 AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
    Device Name                                   gfx900
  clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU)  No devices found in platform
  clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU)  Success (1)
    Platform Name                                 AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
    Device Name                                   gfx900
  clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_ACCELERATOR)  No devices found in platform
  clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CUSTOM)  No devices found in platform
  clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_ALL)  Success (1)
    Platform Name                                 AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
    Device Name                                   gfx900

ICD loader properties
  ICD loader Name                                 OpenCL ICD Loader
  ICD loader Vendor                               OCL Icd free software
  ICD loader Version                              2.2.12
  ICD loader Profile                              OpenCL 2.2

rocminfo
Code:
$ sudo rocminfo
ROCk module is loaded
petteyg is member of video group
=====================    
HSA System Attributes    
=====================    
Runtime Version:         1.1
System Timestamp Freq.:  1000.000000MHz
Sig. Max Wait Duration:  18446744073709551615 (0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF) (timestamp count)
Machine Model:           LARGE                              
System Endianness:       LITTLE                             

==========               
HSA Agents               
==========               
*******                  
Agent 1                  
*******                  
  Name:                    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5930K CPU @ 3.50GHz
  Marketing Name:          Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5930K CPU @ 3.50GHz
  Vendor Name:             CPU                                
  Feature:                 None specified                     
  Profile:                 FULL_PROFILE                       
  Float Round Mode:        NEAR                               
  Max Queue Number:        0(0x0)                             
  Queue Min Size:          0(0x0)                             
  Queue Max Size:          0(0x0)                             
  Queue Type:              MULTI                              
  Node:                    0                                  
  Device Type:             CPU                                
  Cache Info:              
    L1:                      32768(0x8000) KB                   
  Chip ID:                 0(0x0)                             
  Cacheline Size:          64(0x40)                           
  Max Clock Freq. (MHz):   3700                               
  BDFID:                   0                                  
  Internal Node ID:        0                                  
  Compute Unit:            12                                 
  SIMDs per CU:            0                                  
  Shader Engines:          0                                  
  Shader Arrs. per Eng.:   0                                  
  WatchPts on Addr. Ranges:1                                  
  Features:                None
  Pool Info:               
    Pool 1                   
      Segment:                 GLOBAL; FLAGS: KERNARG, FINE GRAINED
      Size:                    65768180(0x3eb8af4) KB             
      Allocatable:             TRUE                               
      Alloc Granule:           4KB                                
      Alloc Alignment:         4KB                                
      Acessible by all:        TRUE                               
    Pool 2                   
      Segment:                 GLOBAL; FLAGS: COARSE GRAINED      
      Size:                    65768180(0x3eb8af4) KB             
      Allocatable:             TRUE                               
      Alloc Granule:           4KB                                
      Alloc Alignment:         4KB                                
      Acessible by all:        TRUE                               
  ISA Info:                
    N/A                      
*******                  
Agent 2                  
*******                  
  Name:                    gfx900                             
  Marketing Name:          Vega 10 XTX [Radeon Vega Frontier Edition]
  Vendor Name:             AMD                                
  Feature:                 KERNEL_DISPATCH                    
  Profile:                 BASE_PROFILE                       
  Float Round Mode:        NEAR                               
  Max Queue Number:        128(0x80)                          
  Queue Min Size:          4096(0x1000)                       
  Queue Max Size:          131072(0x20000)                    
  Queue Type:              MULTI                              
  Node:                    1                                  
  Device Type:             GPU                                
  Cache Info:              
    L1:                      16(0x10) KB                        
  Chip ID:                 26723(0x6863)                      
  Cacheline Size:          64(0x40)                           
  Max Clock Freq. (MHz):   1600                               
  BDFID:                   1280                               
  Internal Node ID:        1                                  
  Compute Unit:            64                                 
  SIMDs per CU:            4                                  
  Shader Engines:          4                                  
  Shader Arrs. per Eng.:   1                                  
  WatchPts on Addr. Ranges:4                                  
  Features:                KERNEL_DISPATCH 
  Fast F16 Operation:      FALSE                              
  Wavefront Size:          64(0x40)                           
  Workgroup Max Size:      1024(0x400)                        
  Workgroup Max Size per Dimension:
    x                        1024(0x400)                        
    y                        1024(0x400)                        
    z                        1024(0x400)                        
  Max Waves Per CU:        40(0x28)                           
  Max Work-item Per CU:    2560(0xa00)                        
  Grid Max Size:           4294967295(0xffffffff)             
  Grid Max Size per Dimension:
    x                        4294967295(0xffffffff)             
    y                        4294967295(0xffffffff)             
    z                        4294967295(0xffffffff)             
  Max fbarriers/Workgrp:   32                                 
  Pool Info:               
    Pool 1                   
      Segment:                 GLOBAL; FLAGS: COARSE GRAINED      
      Size:                    16760832(0xffc000) KB              
      Allocatable:             TRUE                               
      Alloc Granule:           4KB                                
      Alloc Alignment:         4KB                                
      Acessible by all:        FALSE                              
    Pool 2                   
      Segment:                 GROUP                              
      Size:                    64(0x40) KB                        
      Allocatable:             FALSE                              
      Alloc Granule:           0KB                                
      Alloc Alignment:         0KB                                
      Acessible by all:        FALSE                              
  ISA Info:                
    ISA 1                    
      Name:                    amdgcn-amd-amdhsa--gfx900          
      Machine Models:          HSA_MACHINE_MODEL_LARGE            
      Profiles:                HSA_PROFILE_BASE                   
      Default Rounding Mode:   NEAR                               
      Default Rounding Mode:   NEAR                               
      Fast f16:                TRUE                               
      Workgroup Max Size:      1024(0x400)                        
      Workgroup Max Size per Dimension:
        x                        1024(0x400)                        
        y                        1024(0x400)                        
        z                        1024(0x400)                        
      Grid Max Size:           4294967295(0xffffffff)             
      Grid Max Size per Dimension:
        x                        4294967295(0xffffffff)             
        y                        4294967295(0xffffffff)             
        z                        4294967295(0xffffffff)             
      FBarrier Max Size:       32                                 
*** Done ***

log.txt:
Code:
00:06:22:WU01:FS01:0x21:*********************** Log Started 2019-09-05T00:06:21Z ***********************
00:06:22:WU01:FS01:0x21:Project: 14227 (Run 167, Clone 0, Gen 1)
00:06:22:WU01:FS01:0x21:Unit: 0x0000000180fccb0a5d6545e06da2282a
00:06:22:WU01:FS01:0x21:CPU: 0x00000000000000000000000000000000
00:06:22:WU01:FS01:0x21:Machine: 1
00:06:22:WU01:FS01:0x21:Reading tar file core.xml
00:06:22:WU01:FS01:0x21:Reading tar file integrator.xml
00:06:22:WU01:FS01:0x21:Reading tar file state.xml
00:06:22:WU01:FS01:0x21:Reading tar file system.xml
00:06:22:WU01:FS01:0x21:Digital signatures verified
00:06:22:WU01:FS01:0x21:Folding@home GPU Core21 Folding@home Core
00:06:22:WU01:FS01:0x21:Version 0.0.20
00:06:34:WU01:FS01:0x21:ERROR:exception: Error initializing context: clGetDeviceIDs (-1)
00:06:34:WU01:FS01:0x21:Saving result file logfile_01.txt
00:06:34:WU01:FS01:0x21:Saving result file log.txt
00:06:34:WU01:FS01:0x21:Folding@home Core Shutdown: BAD_WORK_UNIT
00:06:35:WARNING:WU01:FS01:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
00:06:35:WU01:FS01:Sending unit results: id:01 state:SEND error:FAULTY project:14227 run:167 clone:0 gen:1 core:0x21 unit:0x0000000180fccb0a5d6545e06da2282a
 
All my GPU are nvidia. Beginning of log from one of my Ubuntu 18.04 hosts. You will not have cuda device on AMD gpu, but should have OpenCL device. Your log shows error with deviceID, which can be manually set in the FAH config for a folding slot. Defaults to -1 (autodetect). You might compare the system section from your windows and linux logs to see what is different, particularly the openCL deviceID and version.

The nvidia cards will not fold using the default nouveau driver. Have to install an nvidia driver from "additional drivers" or download from nvidia.

Recall seeing discussions at Folding Forum about some AMD driver versions not working for folding. Perhaps you can find some info or someone to help over there.
Recent topic about folding on a vega 56. https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=31787

Good luck!

Code:
*********************** Log Started 2019-09-05T20:29:27Z ***********************
20:29:27:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
20:29:27:        Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
20:29:27:      Copyright: (c) 2009-2016 Stanford University
20:29:27:         Author: Joseph Coffland <[email protected]>
20:29:27:           Args: --child --lifeline 1251 /etc/fahclient/config.xml --run-as
20:29:27:                 fahclient --pid-file=/var/run/fahclient.pid --daemon
20:29:27:         Config: /etc/fahclient/config.xml
20:29:27:******************************** Build ********************************
20:29:27:        Version: 7.4.16
20:29:27:           Date: Jan 6 2017
20:29:27:           Time: 08:08:33
20:29:27:     Repository: Git
20:29:27:       Revision: e12187cbb0bd6937c067b9749af011374563b7b9
20:29:27:         Branch: master
20:29:27:       Compiler: GNU 4.9.2
20:29:27:        Options: -std=gnu++98 -O3 -funroll-loops -ffast-math -mfpmath=sse
20:29:27:                 -fno-unsafe-math-optimizations -msse2
20:29:27:       Platform: linux2 4.8.0-2-amd64
20:29:27:           Bits: 64
20:29:27:           Mode: Release
20:29:27:******************************* System ********************************
20:29:27:            CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220T CPU @ 2.80GHz
20:29:27:         CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
20:29:27:           CPUs: 4
20:29:27:         Memory: 15.62GiB
20:29:27:    Free Memory: 14.85GiB
20:29:27:        Threads: POSIX_THREADS
20:29:27:     OS Version: 4.15
20:29:27:    Has Battery: false
20:29:27:     On Battery: false
20:29:27:     UTC Offset: -5
20:29:27:            PID: 1253
20:29:27:            CWD: /var/lib/fahclient
20:29:27:             OS: Linux 4.15.0-58-generic x86_64
20:29:27:        OS Arch: AMD64
20:29:27:           GPUs: 2
20:29:27:          GPU 0: Bus:1 Slot:0 Func:0 NVIDIA:5 GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
20:29:27:          GPU 1: Bus:2 Slot:0 Func:0 NVIDIA:5 GM204 [GeForce GTX 970]
20:29:27:  CUDA Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:5.2 Driver:10.1
20:29:27:  CUDA Device 1: Platform:0 Device:1 Bus:2 Slot:0 Compute:5.2 Driver:10.1
20:29:27:OpenCL Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:1 Slot:0 Compute:1.2 Driver:435.21
20:29:27:OpenCL Device 1: Platform:0 Device:1 Bus:2 Slot:0 Compute:1.2 Driver:435.21
20:29:27:***********************************************************************
 
Most dedicated folders will just go out and buy nVidia if that's what it takes to maximize PPD. Too bad Stanford didn't enable AMD GPU folding during the installation process. It must be a matter of the drivers and return on investment for the coding team to enable this. Right now nVidia is just to cocky and expensive. So I have a used untested nVidia card someone gave me and I'll see what I can do with it in Linux.
 
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