My specs are in my signature. I'm running factory clocks using Slackware64 14.1. As it says in the subject, I can only crunch with my GPU for 3 minutes before it crashes X. It will freeze my display. CPU crunching will apparently continue, however GPU will not. I have the latest stable 14.9 Catalyst driver and AMD APP installed. Obviously GPU crunching is working, slightly. I mean everything is in place and detected. It just doesn't have any endurance. CPU crunching is multi-week stable. What's going on? I like to game on Steam too, so I need the latest optimized drivers for that stuff.

Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Starting BOINC client version 7.2.42 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Libraries: libcurl/7.36.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1c zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.25
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Data directory: /opt/BOINC
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | CAL: ATI GPU 0: AMD Radeon HD 6900 series (Cayman) (CAL version 1.4.1848, 2048MB, 1832MB available, 5773 GFLOPS peak)
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | OpenCL: AMD/ATI GPU 0: AMD Radeon HD 6900 series (Cayman) (driver version 1573.4 (VM), device version OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1573.4), 2048MB, 1832MB available, 5773 GFLOPS peak)
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | OpenCL CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5450  @ 3.00GHz (OpenCL driver vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., driver version 1573.4 (sse2), device version OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1573.4))
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Host name: wopr
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5450  @ 3.00GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10]
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | OS: Linux: 3.10.17
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Memory: 7.78 GB physical, 29.62 GB virtual
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Disk: 36.54 GB total, 31.33 GB free
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Local time is UTC -4 hours
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | VirtualBox version: 4.3.14_RC1r94870
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Config: ignoring NVIDIA GPU 1
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Config: don't compute while VirtualBox is running
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Config: GUI RPCs allowed from:
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | 192.168.1.3
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | 192.168.1.30
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | 192.168.1.31
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | 192.168.1.22
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | 192.168.1.26
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT | Milkyway@Home | URL http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID 453236; resource share 100
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | General prefs: using separate prefs for home
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Reading preferences override file
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Preferences:
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | max memory usage when active: 3983.47MB
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | max memory usage when idle: 7170.25MB
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | max disk usage: 10.00GB
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 75%
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | gui_rpc_auth.cfg is empty - no GUI RPC password protection
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:48 PM EDT |  | Not using a proxy
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:52:54 PM EDT | Milkyway@Home | project suspended by user
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:54:52 PM EDT |  | Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:54:59 PM EDT |  | Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:56:51 PM EDT |  | Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:56:53 PM EDT |  | Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:58:54 PM EDT |  | Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
Sat 18 Oct 2014 03:58:55 PM EDT |  | Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.

Thoughts?

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-mpyusko

AMD FX-8350 @ 4.3GHz
AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB @ 1342MHz/2000MHz

My specs are in my signature. I'm running factory clocks using Slackware64 14.1. As it says in the subject, I can only crunch with my GPU for 3 minutes before it crashes X. It will freeze my display. CPU crunching will apparently continue, however GPU will not. I have the latest stable 14.9 Catalyst driver and AMD APP installed. Obviously GPU crunching is working, slightly. I mean everything is in place and detected. It just doesn't have any endurance. CPU crunching is multi-week stable. What's going on? I like to game on Steam too, so I need the latest optimized drivers for that stuff.

Thoughts?

The ONLY way I've ever seen a 6900 series gpu run is with the 13.2 version of the drivers, you may just be out of luck here. It is a project thing, NOT on your end.

My specs are in my signature. I'm running factory clocks using Slackware64 14.1. As it says in the subject, I can only crunch with my GPU for 3 minutes before it crashes X. It will freeze my display. CPU crunching will apparently continue, however GPU will not. I have the latest stable 14.9 Catalyst driver and AMD APP installed. Obviously GPU crunching is working, slightly. I mean everything is in place and detected. It just doesn't have any endurance. CPU crunching is multi-week stable. What's going on? I like to game on Steam too, so I need the latest optimized drivers for that stuff.

Thoughts?

The ONLY way I've ever seen a 6900 series gpu run is with the 13.2 version of the drivers, you may just be out of luck here. It is a project thing, NOT on your end.

Project or Driver?

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-mpyusko

AMD FX-8350 @ 4.3GHz
AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB @ 1342MHz/2000MHz

My specs are in my signature. I'm running factory clocks using Slackware64 14.1. As it says in the subject, I can only crunch with my GPU for 3 minutes before it crashes X. It will freeze my display. CPU crunching will apparently continue, however GPU will not. I have the latest stable 14.9 Catalyst driver and AMD APP installed. Obviously GPU crunching is working, slightly. I mean everything is in place and detected. It just doesn't have any endurance. CPU crunching is multi-week stable. What's going on? I like to game on Steam too, so I need the latest optimized drivers for that stuff.

Thoughts?

The ONLY way I've ever seen a 6900 series gpu run is with the 13.2 version of the drivers, you may just be out of luck here. It is a project thing, NOT on your end.

Project or Driver?

Sorry I don't understand the question.

My specs are in my signature. I'm running factory clocks using Slackware64 14.1. As it says in the subject, I can only crunch with my GPU for 3 minutes before it crashes X. It will freeze my display. CPU crunching will apparently continue, however GPU will not. I have the latest stable 14.9 Catalyst driver and AMD APP installed. Obviously GPU crunching is working, slightly. I mean everything is in place and detected. It just doesn't have any endurance. CPU crunching is multi-week stable. What's going on? I like to game on Steam too, so I need the latest optimized drivers for that stuff.

Thoughts?

The ONLY way I've ever seen a 6900 series gpu run is with the 13.2 version of the drivers, you may just be out of luck here. It is a project thing, NOT on your end.

Project or Driver?

Sorry I don't understand the question.

Is it because the project hasn't updated code or is it because the driver somehow lost support/functionality that it used to have? Basically who should I complain to? Back with 13.2 drivers, as you stated. I was crunching like crazy. turning out a wU every 1.5 minutes. Ever since then, my GPU has been idle and I haven't been able to help further the project.

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-mpyusko

AMD FX-8350 @ 4.3GHz
AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB @ 1342MHz/2000MHz

My specs are in my signature. I'm running factory clocks using Slackware64 14.1. As it says in the subject, I can only crunch with my GPU for 3 minutes before it crashes X. It will freeze my display. CPU crunching will apparently continue, however GPU will not. I have the latest stable 14.9 Catalyst driver and AMD APP installed. Obviously GPU crunching is working, slightly. I mean everything is in place and detected. It just doesn't have any endurance. CPU crunching is multi-week stable. What's going on? I like to game on Steam too, so I need the latest optimized drivers for that stuff.

Thoughts?

The ONLY way I've ever seen a 6900 series gpu run is with the 13.2 version of the drivers, you may just be out of luck here. It is a project thing, NOT on your end.

Project or Driver?

Sorry I don't understand the question.

Is it because the project hasn't updated code or is it because the driver somehow lost support/functionality that it used to have? Basically who should I complain to? Back with 13.2 drivers, as you stated. I was crunching like crazy. turning out a wU every 1.5 minutes. Ever since then, my GPU has been idle and I haven't been able to help further the project.

It's the Project who hasn't been keeping up with the latest advances. It could be the loss of the their NSF grant and need for donations or something else, but they need to get some programmers on it. Unfortunately programmers aren't normally free, so we are back to the loss of the grant money.

Some of us are helping by also crunching Bitcoin Utopia MilkyWay units, these are units that raise bitcoins that then get donated to MilkyWay, and other things too. MilkyWay has it's own 'campaign' though, so if you wish you could put your 6950 over there and help MilkyWay in that way. BU's url is:
http://www.bitcoinutopia.net/bitcoinutopia/

Since it's a Boinc Project you do get credits too and they have apps for your cpu, gpu or even a specialized asic miner to generate bitcoins for MilkyWay. Specialized asic miners can range from around 10 dollars to well over a thousand dollars. Since July we are about 1/4 of the way to the goal.

Well after my computer sitting idle for about 6 months, I just upgraded it to an FX-8350 running factory clocks and my old GPU. I used to be 1.5 min per WU, now I'm at 23s for every Modified Fit WU. I used to utilize more of my GPU though (97%). Now with a much better CPU I'm only using about 35% of my GPU, max. Strange. But hey, I'm back to crunching away, so I'm happy. :-)

AMD FX-8350 (4GHz) CPU
Asus M5A99FX-Pro Mobo
8GB G.Skill RipJaws X DDR3 @1866
Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB OC Edition @820/1250
Catalyst 15.8 Linux 64 Drivers
BOINC 7.4.22
Slackware 14.1
Other miscellaneous software, hardware and accessories.

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-mpyusko

AMD FX-8350 @ 4.3GHz
AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB @ 1342MHz/2000MHz

in order to gain 99% load on your GPU while crunching modified fit units, you ll have to create an app.xml that allows for your GPU to crunch more than 1 wu at a time.

<app_config>

<app>

<name>milkyway</name>
<max_concurrent>4</max_concurrent>
<gpu_versions>

<gpu_usage>0.25</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>0.75</cpu_usage>

</gpu_versions>

</app>

<app>
<name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit</name>
<max_concurrent>4</max_concurrent>
<gpu_versions>

<gpu_usage>0.25</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>0.75</cpu_usage>

</gpu_versions>

</app>

</app_config>
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this is mine. it is currently set to crunch 4 wus at a time (max_concurrent 4; gpu_usage 0.25). feel free to change those values to your liking. more i would suggest trying 2 or 3 at once to start with and see how it goes.

simply copy this to an editor file, and save it under boincdata - projects - milkyway.cs.rpi.edu_milkyway as app_config.xml