I just converted a machine with an ATI HD7950 and HD7850 GPUs over to BOINC but am not receiving any GPU work units. I checked and both are DP-capable so that's not it. I've checked my MW computing prefs and everything looks fine. The machine in question is M6400T.

The machine is happily crunching E@H GPU WU's so it's not a question of BOINC not seeing the GPUs.

All of my other machines are NVIDIA and are doing fine.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Steve

I just converted a machine with an ATI HD7950 and HD7850 GPUs over to BOINC but am not receiving any GPU work units. I checked and both are DP-capable so that's not it. I've checked my MW computing prefs and everything looks fine. The machine in question is M6400T.

The machine is happily crunching E@H GPU WU's so it's not a question of BOINC not seeing the GPUs.

All of my other machines are NVIDIA and are doing fine.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Steve

Can you post the first 20 lines of your startup log?

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I just converted a machine with an ATI HD7950 and HD7850 GPUs over to BOINC but am not receiving any GPU work units. I checked and both are DP-capable so that's not it. I've checked my MW computing prefs and everything looks fine. The machine in question is M6400T.

The machine is happily crunching E@H GPU WU's so it's not a question of BOINC not seeing the GPUs.

All of my other machines are NVIDIA and are doing fine.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Steve

Can you post the first 20 lines of your startup log?

You bet. Here they are.

Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | Starting BOINC client version 7.2.42 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | Libraries: libcurl/7.35.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1f zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.28 librtmp/2.3
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | Data directory: /home/tangosite/BOINC/BOINC
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | OpenCL: AMD/ATI GPU 0: Tahiti (driver version 1214.3 (VM), device version OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1214.3), 2949MB, 2949MB available, 2072 GFLOPS peak)
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | OpenCL: AMD/ATI GPU 1: Pitcairn (driver version 1214.3 (VM), device version OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1214.3), 1929MB, 1929MB available, 1648 GFLOPS peak)
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | OpenCL CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor (OpenCL driver vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., driver version 1214.3 (sse2), device version OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1214.3))
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | Host name: M6400T
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | Processor: 6 AuthenticAMD AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor [Family 16 Model 10 Stepping 0]
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt cpb hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | OS: Linux: 3.13.0-37-generic
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | Memory: 15.67 GB physical, 16.00 GB virtual
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | Disk: 277.29 GB total, 255.41 GB free
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | Local time is UTC -5 hours
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | SETI@home | Found app_config.xml
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | SETI@home | Your app_config.xml file refers to an unknown application 'setiathome_v7.01'. Known applications: 'setiathome_v7'
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | SETI@home | Your app_config.xml file refers to an unknown application 'setiathome_v7.04'. Known applications: 'setiathome_v7'
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | SETI@home | Your app_config.xml file refers to an unknown application 'astropulse_v7.04'. Known applications: 'setiathome_v7'
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | SETI@home | Your app_config.xml file refers to an unknown application 'astropulse_v7.1'. Known applications: 'setiathome_v7'
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | Milkyway@Home | Found app_config.xml
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | | Config: use all coprocessors
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 7481448; resource share 33
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | Einstein@Home | URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 11723989; resource share 33
Fri 23 Jan 2015 02:15:17 PM EST | Milkyway@Home | URL http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID 606499; resource share 100

Also, here's the app_info.xml that I'm using successfully with the Nvidia machines, but not with the ATI.

Thanks for the help.

Regards,
Steve

Here's the app_config.xml

<app_config>
<app>
<name>milkyway</name>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>.5</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>.05</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
<app>
<name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit</name>
<gpu_versions>
<gpu_usage>.5</gpu_usage>
<cpu_usage>.05</cpu_usage>
</gpu_versions>
</app>
</app_config>

Thanks,
Steve

Are you getting any error messages about why you are not receiving GPU work?

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Are you getting any error messages about why you are not receiving GPU work?

Arkayn,

I checked the event log and there aren't any error messages. I went onto my MW@H and Seti preferences pages and even de-selected the option for cpu units to try to force some gpu WU's but no luck.

I'm using the Catalyst 14.10 drivers and E@H seems happy as a clam. But, Seti is like MW; no gpu units.

I just had an idea. I'll switch to a different HD and re-install the OS (Linux Mint 17.1) and then install the Catalyst 13.x drivers that I have archived instead of the Catalyst 14.10 and see if that makes a difference. If it doesn't, I don't lose anything.

Regards,
Steve

Are you getting any error messages about why you are not receiving GPU work?

Arkayn,

I checked the event log and there aren't any error messages. I went onto my MW@H and Seti preferences pages and even de-selected the option for cpu units to try to force some gpu WU's but no luck.

I'm using the Catalyst 14.10 drivers and E@H seems happy as a clam. But, Seti is like MW; no gpu units.

I just had an idea. I'll switch to a different HD and re-install the OS (Linux Mint 17.1) and then install the Catalyst 13.x drivers that I have archived instead of the Catalyst 14.10 and see if that makes a difference. If it doesn't, I don't lose anything.

Regards,
Steve

You might try reading this thread over at Einstein too:
http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/forum_thread.php?id=11057

They had similar problems but were talking about an Nvidia card and a special command that was needed now.

You might try reading this thread over at Einstein too:
http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/forum_thread.php?id=11057

They had similar problems but were talking about an Nvidia card and a special command that was needed now.[/quote]

Thanks for the heads-up. I just saw it and will give it a try. I also have a new Nvidia Boinc machine I'd like to try it on.

The thing I don't understand with this ATI setup is why E@H has been crunching away with no problems while MW@H and Seti won't send me any GPU WU's. That would seem to rule out a problem on the ATI side.

Regards,
Steve

Are you getting any error messages about why you are not receiving GPU work?

Arkayn,

I checked the event log and there aren't any error messages. I went onto my MW@H and Seti preferences pages and even de-selected the option for cpu units to try to force some gpu WU's but no luck.

I'm using the Catalyst 14.10 drivers and E@H seems happy as a clam. But, Seti is like MW; no gpu units.

I just had an idea. I'll switch to a different HD and re-install the OS (Linux Mint 17.1) and then install the Catalyst 13.x drivers that I have archived instead of the Catalyst 14.10 and see if that makes a difference. If it doesn't, I don't lose anything.

Regards,
Steve

And now that you posted the error message I was expecting, you will need to install an app_info.xml file so you can get some work from here.


<app_info>
<app>
<name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit_1.36_windows_x86_64__opencl_ati_101.exe</name>
<executable />
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit</app_name>
<version_num>136</version_num>
<avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus>
<max_ncpus>0.567833</max_ncpus>
<plan_class>opencl_ati_101</plan_class>
<file_ref>
<file_name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit_1.36_windows_x86_64__opencl_ati_101.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<coproc>
<type>ATI</type>
<count>1.0000</count>
</coproc>
</app_version>
<file_info>
<name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit_1.36_windows_x86_64.exe</name>
<executable />
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit</app_name>
<version_num>136</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit_1.36_windows_x86_64.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<app>
<name>milkyway</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>milkyway_separation_1.20_windows_x86_64__opencl_amd_ati.exe</name>
<executable />
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway</app_name>
<version_num>120</version_num>
<avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus>
<max_ncpus>0.567833</max_ncpus>
<plan_class>opencl_ati</plan_class>
<file_ref>
<file_name>milkyway_separation_1.20_windows_x86_64__opencl_amd_ati.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<coproc>
<type>ATI</type>
<count>1.0000</count>
</coproc>
</app_version>
<file_info>
<name>milkyway_separation_1.20_windows_x86_64.exe</name>
<executable />
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway</app_name>
<version_num>120</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>milkyway_separation_1.20_windows_x86_64.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
</app_info>


That has both the GPU and CPU apps included.

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And for Linux it would be this.

<app_info>
<app>
<name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit_1.36_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_ati_101</name>
<executable />
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit</app_name>
<version_num>136</version_num>
<avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus>
<max_ncpus>0.567833</max_ncpus>
<plan_class>opencl_ati_101</plan_class>
<file_ref>
<file_name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit_1.36_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_ati_101/file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<coproc>
<type>ATI</type>
<count>1.0000</count>
</coproc>
</app_version>
<file_info>
<name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit_1.36_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu</name>
<executable />
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit</app_name>
<version_num>136</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>milkyway_separation__modified_fit_1.36_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<app>
<name>milkyway</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>milkyway_separation_1.20_i686-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_amd_ati</name>
<executable />
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway</app_name>
<version_num>120</version_num>
<avg_ncpus>0.040000</avg_ncpus>
<max_ncpus>0.567833</max_ncpus>
<plan_class>opencl_ati</plan_class>
<file_ref>
<file_name>milkyway_separation_1.20_i686-pc-linux-gnu__opencl_amd_ati</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
<coproc>
<type>ATI</type>
<count>1.0000</count>
</coproc>
</app_version>
<file_info>
<name>milkyway_separation_1.20_i686-pc-linux-gnu</name>
<executable />
</file_info>
<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway</app_name>
<version_num>120</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>milkyway_separation_1.20_i686-pc-linux-gnu</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
</app_info>

Make certain that any apps you downloaded have the executable bit set on them.

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Arkayn,

Thanks so much for the help. I'll get this onto the ATI machine. Hopefully, I can get through all of the E@H WUs quickly so that MW@H will say that I need work and send me some.

Thanks again,
Steve