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Message 1845283 - Posted: 29 Jan 2017, 23:51:06 UTC - in response to Message 1845266.  

Question,
Where did you get BOINC v7.6.xx for Linux?
I see several people are running it, but I really don't see where you got it from or installed anything different than I did.
My searches end with nothing different.
I would really like to use the priority flags so that I can run more CPU cores, but v7.2.42 doesn't allow it.


It'll probably depend on what distro you're using. Arch has a pre-compiled boinc in its community repo.

You could try manually compiling it? I have not tried this though.

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Compiling_the_core_client
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Message 1845361 - Posted: 30 Jan 2017, 6:18:42 UTC

@Brent ... I'm using the Debian (Linux) distro and a couple of months ago I got BOINC 7.6.22 (and boincmgr) from their "testing" repository. It is now 7.6.33 . That version will likely migrate to the "stable" release around the first of April. Other Linux distros will follow their own update schedule. The downside of running a "testing" application is that some of its required libraries will differ from the (already installed) "stable" versions. It can make a mess of things to try to install/upgrade the "testing" libraries so the safe approach is to load such libraries into their own directory, leaving all the rest of the installed system unchanged, and point the loader to that directory only when starting the boinc, and boincmgr, applications. If you're not quite ready to be "system administrator" to that degree then stick with the current distro version (for whatever flavor of Linux you choose) and be alert to update BOINC whenever later versions are available.
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Message 1845551 - Posted: 30 Jan 2017, 23:43:22 UTC

Thanks guys, I will do some more reading on compiling from source.
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Message 1849273 - Posted: 17 Feb 2017, 9:32:09 UTC - in response to Message 1843484.  

Hi,

Hardware for crunching only could be something like a 4-12 core processor, 8-16 Gb RAM, 128Gb SSD and a modern GPU. A gtx780, 750i, 980 or a 10x0.

I used an USB drive to install Linux. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick

0) There is an administrative user called root and you choose the password during the install. Keep it safe. You create a username for yourself and a password at the install time too.
1) I have run many flavours of Linux. Currently I'm running Ubuntu. https://www.ubuntu.com/
2) My desktop manager is called GNOME. Other variants exist and any of them will do the job. Google: how to install gnome ubuntu
3) I use drivers from NVIDIA. My version is 375.10. A newer version is available. http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html. Easiest is to use system settings and select a suitable NVIDIA driver there. The default public domain driver can not do Seti. You must change to Nvidia driver way or another.
4) Boinc can be installed a) from command line (terminal window): sudo apt-get install boinc-client b) somehow from the desktop. The sudo command will ask the administrative password.
5) You have to set up the app_init.xml and maybe an app_config.xml to run Anonymous platform apps. Test with any available cuda app. When you get all previous stuff working I'll supply you with the latest special app.

It is a long time since I did the installation so I do not remember all the quirks and hacks needed.

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I have slackware 14.2 up and running with boinc 7.6.33 and already crunching (CUDA60 on linux compared to SoG?). Can you send me the latest special app? and some high level instructions :)
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Message 1849281 - Posted: 17 Feb 2017, 10:56:14 UTC

i just noticed i have cuda60, opencl SoG an opencl sah in the queue.
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Message 1849285 - Posted: 17 Feb 2017, 11:14:44 UTC

During the first few weeks of operation you will find various (GPU) applications will run. This is done to establish which one works best on your system. You will not be "offered" the "Petri/TBar Special" application by the servers as this still hasn't been declared fit for public consumption since it (still) gives a very high rate of "inconclusive" results.
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Message 1849309 - Posted: 17 Feb 2017, 13:35:16 UTC

in that case, i might stick to whatever the server offers... does the same apply for linux when it comes to commandline & # of WUs? on win10, i was running commandline and 2WU, should i be replicating that for cuda60 (assuming it ends us being what i run)?
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Message 1849321 - Posted: 17 Feb 2017, 15:19:04 UTC - in response to Message 1849309.  

Sure you can use the 2WU/GPU w/CommandLine like you did in Widows, but if/when you install the 'special' app, it is designed to make use of the entire GPU resources and therefore only 1 task per card.
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Message 1849493 - Posted: 18 Feb 2017, 9:11:40 UTC

out of curiosity, which programming language are people using to create their own special apps? is it a matter of improving code or optimizing during compiling?
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out of curiosity, which programming language are people using to create their own special apps? is it a matter of improving code or optimizing during compiling?


Primarily hand coded optimisations in both the GPU Cuda/OpenCL and Host CPU C/C++ code. In the case of Cuda special apps, that tends to be a combination of higher level structural optimisations, such as adapting to use Cuda Streams, along with low level PTX assembly (&/or intrinsics). The higher level structural enhancements tend to allow better scaling on newer hardware, while the low level assembly tends to improve memory access patterns and instruction level paralellism. Compiler options tended to decrease in importance after about Cuda 4, since nVidia switched to an LLVM based compiler. That relatively modern type of compiler tends to do a reasonable job without much twiddling.
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Message 1849945 - Posted: 19 Feb 2017, 11:59:06 UTC
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PLEASE DO FORGET THE TEXT BELOW.
Seems to have an error still in the gasuss-finding. Do not try this version. Sorry.
Hi,

For those who are running any of my older Linux versions I'd strongly suggest that you use this new version.

Version zi3o for sm_35, sm_50, sm_52 and sm_61
======================================
The executable: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9PYeBxtfMjaZVoxY3hXWkh5aDg
The source: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9PYeBxtfMjaT3paRFF5anpQT28

command line options:
1) To reduce CPU usage (possibly at the cost of performance) use option -bs meaning blocking sync.
2) To process guppi/vlar faster use -unroll N together with -pfp N. N is the number of SM/SMX units on your (lest capable) NVIDIA GPU on your machine. Too high N may cause you 'out of GPU memory error'. For N the GTX780 has 12 SM, GTX980 has 16 SMX and GTX1080 has 20 SMX.
3) You can also try -pfb 8 or higher. The default is 4.

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Message 1850008 - Posted: 19 Feb 2017, 18:46:39 UTC - in response to Message 1849955.  
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PLEASE DO FORGET THE TEXT BELOW.
Seems to have an error still in the gasuss-finding. Do not try this version. Sorry.
Hi,

For those who are running any of my older Linux versions I'd strongly suggest that you use this new version.

Version zi3o for sm_35, sm_50, sm_52 and sm_61
======================================
The executable: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9PYeBxtfMjaZVoxY3hXWkh5aDg
The source: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9PYeBxtfMjaT3paRFF5anpQT28

command line options:
1) To reduce CPU usage (possibly at the cost of performance) use option -bs meaning blocking sync.
2) To process guppi/vlar faster use -unroll N together with -pfp N. N is the number of SM/SMX units on your (lest capable) NVIDIA GPU on your machine. Too high N may cause you 'out of GPU memory error'. For N the GTX780 has 12 SM, GTX980 has 16 SMX and GTX1080 has 20 SMX.
3) You can also try -pfb 8 or higher. The default is 4.

Petri


Yeah, I noticed your "WU party" in Beta. That one became ugly with a large number of invalids. :-)
https://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/results.php?hostid=80049

I wondered why all of a sudden my "Validation Inconclusive" started to go up like a rocket.


There'll be more in beta until it (the gaussian search) is fixed. All my offline benchmarks finish 'clean'.
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Message 1850448 - Posted: 22 Feb 2017, 6:01:05 UTC

You know you are running Beta tasks when ....

Cuda60 tasks have been running over 1 hour!
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Message 1850873 - Posted: 23 Feb 2017, 23:58:18 UTC

I found something for those with temperature issues in Ubuntu (likely others)

sudo nvidia-xconfig --thermal-configuration-check --cool-bits=4 --enable-all-gpus
*then reboot

coolbits - adds manual fan control to NVIDIA control panel
all gpus - more than 1
thermal check - not sure what if anything that did/does
**Read manual** ..... man nvidia-xconfig
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Message 1851038 - Posted: 24 Feb 2017, 19:04:38 UTC - in response to Message 1850873.  

I found something for those with temperature issues in Ubuntu (likely others)

sudo nvidia-xconfig --thermal-configuration-check --cool-bits=4 --enable-all-gpus
*then reboot

coolbits - adds manual fan control to NVIDIA control panel
all gpus - more than 1
thermal check - not sure what if anything that did/does
**Read manual** ..... man nvidia-xconfig


With cool-bits you gain access to CPU fan, GPU and VRAM clock offset etc. Just use google. Remember the --enable-all-gpus (-a ?) if you have more than one.

Here is an example (edit it to suit your needs/get rid of warnings) script to run after a reboot:

/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -pm 1

#gtx 1080s
nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=1"
nvidia-settings -a "[GPU:0]/GPUOverVoltageOffset=16000"
/usr/bin/nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:0]/GPUMemoryTransferRateOffset[3]=1100" -a "[gpu:0]/GPUGraphicsClockOffset[3]=190"
nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:0]/GPUFanControlState=1" -a "[fan:0]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=96"
/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -i 0 -pl 215
/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -i 0 -ac 5005,1911

nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:1]/GPUPowerMizerMode=1"
nvidia-settings -a "[GPU:1]/GPUOverVoltageOffset=16000"
/usr/bin/nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:1]/GPUMemoryTransferRateOffset[3]=1100" -a "[gpu:1]/GPUGraphicsClockOffset[3]=190"
nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:1]/GPUFanControlState=1" -a "[fan:1]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=96"
/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -i 1 -pl 215
/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -i 1 -ac 5005,1911

nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:2]/GPUPowerMizerMode=1"
nvidia-settings -a "[GPU:2]/GPUOverVoltageOffset=16000"
/usr/bin/nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:2]/GPUMemoryTransferRateOffset[3]=1100" -a "[gpu:2]/GPUGraphicsClockOffset[3]=190"
nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:2]/GPUFanControlState=1" -a "[fan:2]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=100"
/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -i 2 -pl 215
/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -i 2 -ac 5005,1911

nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:3]/GPUPowerMizerMode=1"
nvidia-settings -a "[GPU:3]/GPUOverVoltageOffset=16000"
/usr/bin/nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:3]/GPUMemoryTransferRateOffset[3]=1100" -a "[gpu:3]/GPUGraphicsClockOffset[3]=180"
nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:3]/GPUFanControlState=1" -a "[fan:3]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=96"
/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -i 3 -pl 215
/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -i 3 -ac 5005,1911


# gtx980s

#/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -i 0 -pl 230
#/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -i 2 -pl 230
#/usr/bin/nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:1]/GPUMemoryTransferRateOffset[3]=200" -a "[gpu:1]/GPUGraphicsClockOffset[3]=30"
#/usr/bin/nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:2]/GPUMemoryTransferRateOffset[3]=200" -a "[gpu:2]/GPUGraphicsClockOffset[3]=20"
#/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -i 0 -ac 3605,1321
#/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -i 2 -ac 3605,1324

#/usr/bin/nvidia-settings -a "[GPU:1]/GPUOverVoltageOffset=16000"
#/usr/bin/nvidia-settings -a "[GPU:2]/GPUOverVoltageOffset=16000"
#nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:1]/GPUFanControlState=1" -a "[fan:1]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=90"
#nvidia-settings -a "[gpu:2]/GPUFanControlState=1" -a "[fan:2]/GPUTargetFanSpeed=90"



// 12 virtual CPUs, distribute the work ...

for (( ; ; ))
do
  schedtool -a 1,2,3,4 `pidof setiathome_x41zc_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu_cuda65`
  schedtool -a 1,2,3,4 `pidof setiathome_x41zc_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu_cuda65_v8`
  schedtool -a 1,2,3,4 `pidof ap_7.01r2793_sse3_clGPU_x86_64`
  schedtool -a 6,7,8,9,10,11 `pidof MBv8_8.05r3345_avx_linux64`
  schedtool -a 6,7,8,9,10,11 `pidof setiathome_8.04_i686-pc-linux-gnu`
  schedtool -a 6,7,8,9,10,11 `pidof ap_7.05r2728_avx_linux32e`
  schedtool -a 5 `pidof compiz`
  sleep 2
  rmdir ~petri/Downloads/BOINC/slots/1?*  2>/dev/null
  rmdir ~petri/Downloads/BOINC/slots/2?*  2>/dev/null
  rmdir ~petri/Downloads/BOINC/slots/3?*  2>/dev/null
  rmdir ~petri/Downloads/BOINC/slots/4?*  2>/dev/null
  rmdir ~petri/Downloads/BOINC/slots/5?*  2>/dev/null
  rmdir ~petri/Downloads/BOINC/slots/6?*  2>/dev/null
  rmdir ~petri/Downloads/BOINC/slots/7?*  2>/dev/null
  rmdir ~petri/Downloads/BOINC/slots/8?*  2>/dev/null
  rmdir ~petri/Downloads/BOINC/slots/9?*  2>/dev/null



and the xorg.conf with cool-bits "28" looks something like this:
@Linux1:~/Downloads/BOINC# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 378.09  (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-04)  Sat Jan 14 22:12:34 PST 2017


Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
    Screen      2  "Screen2" RightOf "Screen1"
    Screen      3  "Screen3" RightOf "Screen2"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor2"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor3"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GTX 1080"
    BusID          "PCI:10:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GTX 1080"
    BusID          "PCI:9:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device2"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GTX 1080"
    BusID          "PCI:6:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device3"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GTX 1080"
    BusID          "PCI:5:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Coolbits" "28"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Device1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Coolbits" "28"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen2"
    Device         "Device2"
    Monitor        "Monitor2"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Coolbits" "28"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen3"
    Device         "Device3"
    Monitor        "Monitor3"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Coolbits" "28"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

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Message 1853404 - Posted: 6 Mar 2017, 6:25:45 UTC - in response to Message 1843484.  
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Hi,

Hardware for crunching only could be something like a 4-12 core processor, 8-16 Gb RAM, 128Gb SSD and a modern GPU. A gtx780, 750i, 980 or a 10x0.

Petri


. . OK, I am pretty much a raw Linux novice. I have been looking for a flavour of Linux to use. I thought there were few and only two desktop choices (I haven't even looked at Linux for about 12 years). But I have found the choice is very confusing, being faced now with not just Gnome or Kde but also Kfce, cinamon and other third party versions. Not to mention nearly a dozen implementations of Ubuntu itself, Kubuntu, Lubuntu and whatever else someone has dreamt up.

. . So what are the recommendations for a) desktop and b) install version of Ununtu? I don't think I want Edubuntu or Lubuntu or Mythbuntu. I thought Kde was the desktop to go for but what is LXDE? Or should I still consider Gnome?

. . I am working from a Win10 machine to create a "Boot Disk" on a Sandisk Ultra Fit 16GB flash drive. What do I need to do to turn the ISO into a bootable USB? Most references are by Linux gurus and couch everything in Linux terminology. And what format does Linux like on the USB drive? Is it happy with NTFS or does it have to be Fat32?

. . The new rig is not put together yet but I would like to have the OS sorted out before it is.

. . Any help will as always be greatly appreciated.

Stephen

??

[Edit - PS - It is going on an i5-6600 with 16GB DDR4-2133 Ram, Intel or Samsung NVMe SSD boot drive, and 2 x GTX970s. Hopefully this hardware is all compatible with Linux]

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Message 1853407 - Posted: 6 Mar 2017, 6:56:15 UTC - in response to Message 1853404.  

So what are the recommendations for a) desktop and b) install version of Ununtu?
What do I need to do to turn the ISO into a bootable USB?

Hi Stephen,
From my point of view, the easiest version to use and configure is Ubuntu with Gnome. I really not recommend Fedora, which I am using, because it is too hard to configure. Moreover, Ubuntu has a very important and reactive community.

In order to burn your USB key, I will suggest you to use rufus and keep default options.
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Message 1853421 - Posted: 6 Mar 2017, 8:35:56 UTC

Greetings Stephen

Yes there are many flavours, but after trying a few, ie, Debian OS, Mint KDE, Mint Ubuntu (Mate and Cinnamon) and a couple of other flavours that have dropped out of the Distrowatch Top 10.

Back on track, I used a program called Universal USB Installer, to make a bootable usb Linux installer, which I found at

https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

Instructions are on the website.

Personaly, I use Mint 18.1 Cinnamon edition, (I have it on a spare HDD for when I want to try it out again) but that is my choice. (I am still having trouble breaking away from Windows 7) lol.

Another thing I learnt is that is when you have two NVIDIA cards in the same system, only connect the 2nd once your system up and running with the NVIDIA drivers.

Have fun.

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PS, I ended up with 2 x GTX 960's and a GTX 780 in my systems, the 1050's didnt make it lol. Oh the GTX 580 is a part timer cruncher nowadays.
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Message 1853422 - Posted: 6 Mar 2017, 8:47:32 UTC - in response to Message 1853404.  

Making a bootable USB from an ISO seems pointless to me (unless you don't have a DVD) just burn the ISO to a DVD, it's just the install disk (and usually a test run of the package). You won't be able to save anything anyways until you actually install the OS to a drive or USB -after you have a bootable disk made from an ISO.

Grab any old drive, or USB to test it out on your current hardware with a dual boot. And yea, 16G is enough.

The main OS's people are using seem to be Ubuntu or Mint (keep away from v16, use 14 ... I think it is the same for Mint) Crimson seems to be a Mint choice, I used, LOL I forget for Ubuntu. It was ubuntu-14.04.5-desktop-amd64.iso Google will find it.

The OS itself is very simple to get use to, but for me not as a daily computer. Sorry I just don't care for the MAC OSX look.

The ONLY thing I don't like about Ubuntu is the BOINC version 7.2 which doesn't have process priority control so you have to be careful not to work the CPU too hard and starve the GPUs. So yea I could probably get more out of Mint, which I do plan on at least testing.

It's easy to install and get running on SETI 'stock' in probably a little over 30 minutes without having to know anything about computers. From there it's manually adding the app files, setting permission, make an app_info, and your off. Not really a big deal. Ohh if it's a cruncher only, set auto login at install - it's just easier.
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I am running SuSE Leap 42.2 on an old SUN WS with only 8 GB RAM and both SETI and SETI Beta run on it. There is a GTX 750 GPU board and its driver has recently been updated by SuSE, which frequently sends me updates asking me if I want to install them, not like Microsoft on my Windows 10 PC where I have no control over updates, except the GPU board updates, which I get from Geforce. It is a Palit GTX 1050.
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