Not getting any GPU work - new GPU

Hi, I'm rather stuck and would appreciate some guidance to get my new GPU to crunch some work.

I've just installed an MSI 275gtx lighting (1792mb RAM) along with the new 190.32 drivers.

OS Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty

BOINC log:

Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Starting BOINC client version 6.10.6 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Configured to use all coprocessors
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 c-ares/1.5.1
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Data directory: /var/lib/boinc-client
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10]
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Processor: 6.00 MB cache
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST 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 pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST OS: Linux: 2.6.28-15-generic
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Memory: 1.94 GB physical, 1.01 GB virtual
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Disk: 10.65 GB total, 1.55 GB free
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Local time is UTC +1 hours
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 275 (driver version 0, CUDA version 2030, compute capability 1.3, 1791MB, est. 120GFLOPS)
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Can't load library libaticalrt.so
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Not using a proxy
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Version change (6.6.40 -> 6.10.6)
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST SETI@home URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 5119734; resource share 1000
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST SETI@home General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 25-Sep-2009 11:21:08)
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST SETI@home Computer location: home
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST General prefs: using separate prefs for home
Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Reading preferences override file

Then this:
Mon 28 Sep 2009 10:34:05 BST SETI@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
Mon 28 Sep 2009 10:34:05 BST SETI@home Requesting new tasks for GPU
Mon 28 Sep 2009 10:34:10 BST SETI@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
Mon 28 Sep 2009 10:34:10 BST SETI@home Message from server: No work sent


After reading through the forums a some, I've added

<use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus>
<no_gpus>0</no_gpus>

to the cc_config.xml

The card has been in for a few days now, but still no work?

I know that Lunatics is available, but for the time being would like to stick with the stock apps.

Is there anything I should do to prod the app/GPU to play nice?

Thanks.
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Seti has only got a CUDA application for Windows. Not for the Mac, not for Linux. You can check available applications at http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/apps.php.
So you will have to do with the Lunatics or other 3rd party application anyway.

By the way, do you have any reason why you're using BOINC 6.10.6, which is a development version with certified bugs in it? If you're not testing the software, use the recommended 6.6.40 instead. If you are testing, I have said nothing. ;-)

Also, put on some log flags in your cc_config.xml file, which will make things more clear for a next time you add a log:
<cpu_sched_debug>: problems involving the choice of applications to run.
<work_fetch_debug>: problems involving work fetch (which projects are asked for work, and how much).

Last thing, your videocard only has one GPU, right? It's the only GPU in your system? Then you don't need <use_all_gpus>, as BOINC will be using all of them already. (Whether or not the project's science application will, is something different).
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Jord

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Real is just a matter of perception.

Thanks for prompt reply. I guess I didn't look hard enough to notice no CUDA for Linux. I 'assumed' that CUDA was available as the client was requesting WU's.

I was using 6.6.40, but it didn't detect the GPU at all, so I upgraded to 6.10.6.

I added the options flags as a brute force mechanism to be honest...

I guess I'll go have a look at the Lunatics stuff

Thanks.

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Hi, this an ATI driver/DLL :

Mon 28 Sep 2009 09:50:05 BST Can't load library libaticalrt.so

09-Oct-09 12:43:04 ATI GPU 0: ATI Radeon HD 3800 (RV670) (CAL version 1.4.403, 512MB, 428GFLOPS)
09-Oct-09 12:43:04 No NVIDIA library found