GPU Folding in Linux

[Champman99]

Hey,

I just realised that I dont have a spare windows license for my new dedicated folding machine, so decided to do some digging into Linux, which I do use on a couple of my non-gaming machines.

I found this guide:
http://www.overclock.net/folding-hom...pu-client.html

Which is for Ubuntu, and very comprehensive - if a little out of date.

Going to try it out and compare the numbers to Windows (can do a 30day no activation I guess for comparison), well if I can get it going at least I will compare the numbers

Thought I would share the guide as part of our new drive to get more discussion and posts about folding. And Apparently SMP gets higher numbers under linux so perhaps some of the loss from using Wine could be made up there.

[The_Wheelhouse]

What are the specs for your folding machine?

[Champman99]

Just a quick update on having tried this myself.

Cannot for the life of me get GPU folding working at all.

Various errors: "no CUDA capable device is available" to "Core Shutdown: UNSTABLE_MACHINE"

Probably something I did wrong in the install. Oh well - got some Vista product keys that I have replaced with W7. So provided I can find a Vista disc somewhere that isnt scratched to hell will plonk that on and get cracking.

[directhex]

Wow, that guide looks guaranteed to fry your Ubuntu install. The .run files from nvidia.com will eat a 64-bit system, more or less irreparably