64-bit LINUX setup guide for GPU2 client under WINE

[ccperf721p]

(The finished version of the linux GPU2 folding guide. I've tested it on a couple of rigs and can verify it does work. TR, you can move it edit it as you see fit)

Ubuntu/Mint linux 64 bit instructions. 32 bit set up coming soon. Can be used for gentoo, arch and most other distros with some modifications. Under Gentoo you only need to install wine and start from that point in the guide as the rest is already in place. You will need to mask any nvidia-drivers newer than 180.60 to make it happen though. Under Arch you will need to install base-devel and wine.

Make sure you have an updated system with the 180 series nvidia drivers. Can be installed through the package manager. Do not install drivers newer than the 180 series if you plan to run GPU2. They do not work and will only give an UNSTABLE_MACHINE error

Open up a terminal

sudo apt-get install wine build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

mkdir -p ~/folding/gpu

cd ~/folding/gpu

Next we will grab the wrapper.

wget http://files.aoaforums.com/F3890-cudart.dll.so.zip

Extract the cudart.dll.so (notice the *, * is used as a wildcard so I am able to execute a command on stuff with long filenames without having to type it all out, you will see a better example a couple of posts down.

unzip F3890-cudart*

Download the cuda toolkit

wget http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/2_0/linux/toolkit/NVIDIA_CUDA_Toolkit_2.0_ubuntu7.10_x86.run

Install the toolkit, Do Not change the default installation location, just hit enter when prompted

sudo sh NVIDIA_CUDA_Toolkit_2.0_ubuntu7.10_x86.run

Create wine directories

wine notepad

Close the notepad window, we only needed it to put the wine directories in place.

Copy the cudart.dll to the newly created wine directory

cp -a cudart.dll.so ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/nvcuda.dll

Copy cuda files to lib32 directory

sudo cp -a /usr/local/cuda/lib/* /usr/lib32

Download the windows gpu2 console version

wget http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/release/Folding@home-Win32-GPU_XP-623.zip

Extract it, notice the wildcard being used to execute a command with minimal typing.

unzip Fold*

Run the following command and happy folding.

nice wine Folding@home-Win32-GPU.exe -verbosity 9 -forcegpu nvidia_g80

If you have to shut it down just hit control+c inside the open terminal, to start it back up. cd ~/folding/gpu and run the nice wine command above.

Special thanks go out to the many people on foldingforum.org that put in a lot of work to make this possible.

This sticky post by ccperf721p was copied from this thread:
http://www.aoaforums.com/forum/nvidia-ati-gpu-clients/47946-gpu-clients-in-linux-under-wine.html
That thread contains all posts made while developing/troubleshooting the instructions and is now closed to further posting. All further posts should be made here.
-TR

[Gizmo]

The cudart.dll.so can be retrieved using wget from here: f@h - Cudart

[Daniel ~]

OUTSTANDING work Cliff! ":O}

[PorPorMe]

Originally Posted by Daniel ~

OUTSTANDING work Cliff! ":O}

I can do nothing but agree with that!

[ccperf721p]

updated the instructions to use wget to retrieve the wrapper. Thank you Gizmo.

[Gizmo]

Just got it kinda working on Fedora 11. The only change was that, with 64-bit F11, the libs are in /usr/lib rather than /usr/lib32 (F11 apparently uses lib and lib64)

However, I'm getting the following:

[20:55:55] Entering M.D.
Reading file work/wudata_02.tpr, VERSION 3.1.4 (single precision)
Reading file work/wudata_02.tpr, VERSION 3.1.4 (single precision)
Reading sasa-enabled ir 0 0
Initializing Nvidia gpu library
Run: exception thrown during GuardedRun
[20:56:01] Run: exception thrown during GuardedRun
[20:56:01] Run: exception thrown in GuardedRun -- Gromacs cannot continue further.

Could this be due to some conflict with Compiz-Fusion?

[ThunderRd]

I wish I knew more that could help you, but I reckon the community forum is the place to go.

Cliff's dad hasn't been well and the last time I was in touch with him a week or two ago he was really busy taking care of him, and working nights, so I'm not too sure when we will be hearing from him...

[Daniel ~]

I've been missing him myself...Sorry to hear of his Dad's illness...Hope he recovers soon...

[ccperf721p]

I've been checking in from time to time, haven't had much time to type but it won't be much longer (I hope)..

I will look into the error Gizmo. So far I managed to dig up that there needs to be a symlink from libcuda.so -> libcuda.so.1

Normally it is already done when installing from the repo but I seem to remember that you install nvidia drivers outside of the repos.

[ThunderRd]

Hey Cliff, good to hear from you. Take care and we'll be here when you get back...

[ccperf721p]

It's been a pretty rough month all around. The dad thing was expected, just not right now. I've had a ton of trouble with linux and I'm almost positive a certain distro (not gentoo) killed my laptop when it changed my configuration and allowed my laptop to turn off the fan without scaling back the cpu or video. Then there was the hal and xorg updates. I'm just about at the end of my rope with linux.. One thing I have always hated about linux, nothing is ever finished. Even when an app is perfect in every way, it must be screwed with..

[ThunderRd]

I'm playing around with 2 Linux distros that are new to me, one is the Sidux you have mentioned, and another one is called Yoper; it claims to be the world's fastest Linux distro. Don't know about that yet, but it's interesting to see the differences in the organization of different distros.

I have the new Gentoo release 10.1 downloaded and on the back burner. For now, I'm comfortable with Debian kin, so I'm staying with those until I feel strong enough to venture out...

[Gizmo]

Originally Posted by ccperf721p

I will look into the error Gizmo. So far I managed to dig up that there needs to be a symlink from libcuda.so -> libcuda.so.1

Normally it is already done when installing from the repo but I seem to remember that you install nvidia drivers outside of the repos.

That's correct, Cliff; I install the nVidia drivers using the nVidia installer, though, which should be the same thing. I just verified that I do have the symlink.

[Gizmo]

I just tried disabling desktop effects. It didn't make any difference.

[ccperf721p]

Seems I get done typing and hit submit just as there is a down on the site.

Originally Posted by ThunderRd

I'm playing around with 2 Linux distros that are new to me, one is the Sidux you have mentioned, and another one is called Yoper; it claims to be the world's fastest Linux distro. Don't know about that yet, but it's interesting to see the differences in the organization of different distros.

I have the new Gentoo release 10.1 downloaded and on the back burner. For now, I'm comfortable with Debian kin, so I'm staying with those until I feel strong enough to venture out...

The Gentoo live dvd has no installer, it's basically a snapshot of what was available in the portage tree on the 10 year anniversary. likewhoa is a good friend of mine and put in a lot of hard work on it, he's catching alot of grief for it as well. Even I fail to see the value in the gigabytes on the dvd, they just tried to put too many desktop environments on one live dvd.

Originally Posted by Gizmo

That's correct, Cliff; I install the nVidia drivers using the nVidia installer, though, which should be the same thing. I just verified that I do have the symlink.

I still don't have an answer, I will install Fedora, duplicate the problem and see if we can up with a solution.

I'm not having much fun with linux right now. I was on my arch install when all of the stuff in my etc/fstab stopped working like mounting usb drives, narrowed down to policykit, created some rules and deleted the entries in the fstab. Then sudo mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt/storage gave a permission denied error. su didn't do any good either. Rather than punch a hole in my screen, I started editing pkgbuilds in arch and ebuilds in gentoo, something I thought I was done with...

Like I have always said, if something in linux is working perfectly, it's not finished yet.

[dabaerman]

it took a while for me to figure out that it helps to have Win-XP installed in order to run the GPU client under wine. that prolly wont happen on this box. so waiting for a true linuxGPU client. I'll miss some points for a while until that happens.
will go to work on the linuxSMP client asap. and since it's a Quad, maybe two clients.

Ron

[dabaerman]

Originally Posted by ccperf721p

(The finished version of the linux GPU2 folding guide. I've tested it on a couple of rigs and can verify it does work. TR, you can move it edit it as you see fit)

Create wine directories

wine notepad

Close the notepad window, we only needed it to put the wine directories in place.

Copy the cudart.dll to the newly created wine directory

cp -a cudart.dll.so ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/nvcuda.dll

This sticky post by ccperf721p was copied from this thread:
http://www.aoaforums.com/forum/nvidia-ati-gpu-clients/47946-gpu-clients-in-linux-under-wine.html
The thread contains posts made while developing/troubleshooting the instructions and is closed to further posting.
-TR

TR,
did I miss something here? do I create the dir c/windows/system32? this box is only linux (Mint8) and I need a little more help getting the GPU folding again.

I'll get the SMP working first!

Ron

[ThunderRd]

I don't have any experience with folding under WINE but I can explain the command.

cp -a cudart.dll.so ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/nvcuda.dll

copies the file cudart.dll.so to the directory ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32, and renames it to nvcuda.dll.

That means it is in the /home/dabaerman directory (~) in a hidden directory named .wine (the "." means it's hidden).

In Mint, the easiest way to see it is to enable "show hidden files" in your Mint file manager, nautilus or whatever it is, or do it from the CL.

ls -a /home/dabaerman/

will show if you have the .wine directory.

If you have any problems ccperf is the guy to ask, or go onto the community forum in the thread posted at the top of this one.

[ccperf721p]

When you run the command "wine notepad" it will create the directory

[dabaerman]

when I type this command,

cp -a cudart.dll.so ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/nvcuda.dll

I get an error msg. 'the directory does not exist'


continuing to apply patience as needed!!

Ron