You need to add the graphics-drivers ppa to your software sources. https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update

Open the Software&Updates application from the Dock and navigate to the Other Software tab. You should see the graphics-drivers ppa added to your sources. Then navigate to the Additional Drivers tab and open it. You should see your Nvidia GTX 1050Ti listed and bullets for installation of the proprietary Nvidia drivers versions 390, 396, 410 and 415 along with the nouveau drivers.

Just select the 396 driver version meta-package bullet. Wait for it to become highlighted and then select Apply Changes. It will download the driver metapackage and will take a few minutes depending on your link speed. Once the package is installed, close the application and reboot. You should come up running on the Nvidia drivers and you will have the Nvidia X Server Settings application in your Applications library. Dock that for easy access so that you can look at the card settings.

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thanks, I used command-line version (sudo apt install nvidia-396 didn't work though very same example was in article, but sudo apt install nvidia-driver-396 did work). It will download ~400MB of stuff so will take some time.

Meanwhile what BOINC version is recommeded one for special app?

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Any will do unless you are contemplating bunkering. For that you will need TBar's 7.4.44 version. If you are fine with the repository versions dumping the BOINC directory down in /var/lib and making BOINC part of its own user group BOINC with its own issues with group permissions, then just download the latest Ubuntu version which is 7.9.3 in the repository.

If you want any later versions you will have to compile your own from github source or add the Locutus of Borg ppa
https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/boinc

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The other option is to use the All-in-One package that TBar made and is available from private links. The filename is boinc.7z. It has the 7.8.3 version in the main directory and the bunkering 7.4.44 version in the /docs directory in a zip file name BOINC-7.4.44_sp.7z which is just the five main executable files for 7.4.44.

The advantage of that version is the the entire BOINC folder is unpacked into /home and you have full control over the contents with you as owner with all permissions.

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IMO you wont need to bunker with just a single 1050ti, even on the special app. even if you did, the default limit of 1000 tasks is MORE than adequate.

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Very true. If this is just an exploratory exercise then the standard clients are fine with 1000 task limit.

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I downloaded recommended one for Linux from BOINC site, made it runnable, ran it.
Now have BOINC diretory on desktop .... but manager refuses to run - some lib missed.
What could I do to catch and install all needed deps once and for all?

EDIT forum search BOINC-7.4.44_sp.7z gave only this thread...

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The 7.4.44 zip file is located in the BOINC.7z package in the /docs directory when you unpack the main file. It isn't linked anywhere directly as far as I know.

Check for missing dependencies in Terminal. Open Terminal and type ldd and a space. Now open the BOINC directory and drag and drop the boinc file into the Terminal window. Click on the Terminal window to give it focus and hit Enter. It will print out all the necessary packages that the client needs to run. Look for any >not found statements. Install the missing packages.

Do the same exact thing for the Manager file boincmgr. Type ldd and a space in Terminal and drag and drop the file into the window. Hit Enter and through its dependency printout. Install any missing packages with a sudo apt install <package_name> Then do the dependency checks again to be sure everything is satisfied.

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I downloaded recommended one for Linux from BOINC site, made it runnable, ran it.
Now have BOINC diretory on desktop .... but manager refuses to run - some lib missed.
What could I do to catch and install all needed deps once and for all?

EDIT forum search BOINC-7.4.44_sp.7z gave only this thread...

Just realized you meant you grabbed the very old 7.2.42 version from the BOINC repository. You should really use a more up to date version I think. Either get BOINC from the Ubuntu repository

sudo apt install boinc

or use the Locutus of Borg ppa.

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I attempt to make Linux (Ubuntu) install on HDD but can't start installation - it fails to initialize video mode.
CPU is IvyBridge. GPU is embedded iGPU.
Did anyone encounter such issue?
In text mode nothing "red". But time to time it displays garbage on screen then again black screen (loos like next attempt of initialization procedure).
Pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2 I can login in text mode ("ubuntu" user).

I have 2 older servers running Linux now. Both are using the GPU built into the motherboard. Granted it is not the same as the igpu on the CPU, but it is working on 2 of my computers.
Then the internet in my building broke, and I don't have an alternate available to me. Maybe I will get it back tomorrow.

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It really is called that?

Other than the need to use the command line for things that selecting & clicking accomplishes with Windows & MacOS I think that is probably one the biggest impediments to widespread adoption of Linux on the desktop- naming conventions. In-jokes are all well and good, but if they want to be taken seriously then they need to be serious & stop using names that everyone that's not a geek consider to be ridiculous or just outright stupid.

Names such as Locutus of Borg, Jaunty Jackalope, Disco Dingo, Saucy Salamander etc are all good examples of why people wouldn't consider Linux a viable option.

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Locutus of Borg

It really is called that?

Other than the need to use the command line for things that selecting & clicking accomplishes with Windows & MacOS I think that is probably one the biggest impediments to widespread adoption of Linux on the desktop- naming conventions. In-jokes are all well and good, but if they want to be taken seriously then they need to be serious & stop using names that everyone that's not a geek consider to be ridiculous or just outright stupid.

Names such as Locutus of Borg, Jaunty Jackalope, Disco Dingo, Saucy Salamander etc are all good examples of why people wouldn't consider Linux a viable option.

Well since Gianfranco's ppa is his personal repository, he can call it whatever he wants. It's not a commercial distribution like Ubuntu or RedHat.

But Ubuntu has always named their releases that way. It is rather silly in my opinion too. But whether that has anything to do with whether Linux is considered "serious" or not is up to the reader.

Microsoft and IBM have common names for their internal releases. I don't see comments that that makes people not consider their products serious. It is just a name after all. What matters is whether it works and functions well in my opinion.

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Microsoft and IBM have common names for their internal releases. I don't see comments that that makes people not consider their products serious. It is just a name after all. What matters is whether it works and functions well in my opinion.

Common names, yes. Maybe even silly (Remember the carry on when "Vista" was announced?). Frivolous if not out right stupid, no.
It is what it is.

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I downloaded recommended one for Linux from BOINC site, made it runnable, ran it.
Now have BOINC diretory on desktop .... but manager refuses to run - some lib missed.
What could I do to catch and install all needed deps once and for all?

EDIT forum search BOINC-7.4.44_sp.7z gave only this thread...

I suppose it would be much easier with the BOINC all in One file....wouldn't it.
Really, all you need to do is install the Repository nVidia driver, either 384 or 390, and then the BOINC all in One file.
Oh, you need to also run, sudo apt-get install libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 p7zip synaptic dkms
..to install the one dependency and a few useful items. If you are running 16.04 also install gksu, for 18.04 caja does the same thing.
Once you install the Repository version of BOINC you are Borked. It writes configuration files to the system telling it to always look in the system folder for BOINC instead of your Home folder.
If you want to run the Home folder version, never install the Repository BOINC.

Just expand this file to your Home folder and double-click on boincmgr, after installing the webkit.
It will have you running the latest version of the CUDA App as fast as you can add seti@home to BOINC.
It's also the same version of the App I'm running at BETA, http://www.arkayn.us/lunatics/BOINC.7z

I suppose it would be much easier with the BOINC all in One file....wouldn't it.

Sure... having it :)

Really, all you need to do is install the Repository nVidia driver, either 384 or 390

done, I suppose (with 396 version)

Oh, you need to also run, sudo apt-get install libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 p7zip synaptic dkms

Will do right now (p7zip installed already to make MC happy with 7z archives).
Read article yesterday about apt and apt-get. Looks like apt is the way to go in "modern" world... (wondering why I recall typing apt-get things and current examples are just apt w/o any get :) ).

..to install the one dependency and a few useful items. If you are running 16.04 also install gksu, for 18.04 caja does the same thing.

As my friend Google ;) says caja is a file manager. Any advantages versus MidnightCommander that at least feels like familiar old buddy tool to me?

Once you install the Repository version of BOINC you are Borked.

Some time ago under CentOS I did that and still remember bad feeling of helplessness in usage and control of such installation. So avoided that this time.

It's also the same version of the App I'm running at BETA, http://www.arkayn.us/lunatics/BOINC.7z

Now I have it, thanks.

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or use the Locutus of Borg ppa.

No-no-no, no borgs here, they are purged :)
Actually, label-names are good and handy when one already have some knowledge and seeks way to remember it and to ease recall of it.
W/o that such label-name is just void, unfortunately.
I suppose typing "sudo apt add-apt-repository ppa:Locutus of Borg" would fail so didn't try that.

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[quote]Oh, you need to also run, sudo apt-get install libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 p7zip synaptic dkms

Done... but still ./boincmgr: error while loading shared libraries: libwx_gtk2u_html-2.8.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So will try ldd thing now.

EDIT: ups... $ ldd run_manager
not a dynamic executable
So until full pack downloaded I'm stuck gain.

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[quote]Oh, you need to also run, sudo apt-get install libwebkitgtk-1.0-0 p7zip synaptic dkms

Done... but still ./boincmgr: error while loading shared libraries: libwx_gtk2u_html-2.8.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So will try ldd thing now.

EDIT: ups... $ ldd run_manager
not a dynamic executable
So until full pack downloaded I'm stuck gain.

The version of BOINC I gave you doesn't use libwx shared libraries. That means you have another version of boinc, perhaps 7.2.42, somewhere on your HDD. To run boinc manager from the Terminal you must cd to the folder containing the App, /home/username/BOINC.
It will work if you open the BOINC folder you downloaded and double-click on boincmgr...

run_manager is just a script. To check all the apps 'ldd' these
boinc
boinccmd
boincmgr
boincscr
switcher
and maybe do the AP and MB apps to make sure.

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The version of BOINC I gave you doesn't use libwx shared libraries. That means you have another version of boinc, perhaps 7.2.42, somewhere on your HDD. To run boinc manager from the Terminal you must cd to the folder containing the App, /home/username/BOINC.
It will work if you open the BOINC folder you downloaded and double-click on boincmgr...

Exactly, 7.2.42. It was attempt while Boinc.7z still downloading.
And now it still unpacking... for some reason it unpacks @100kB/s speed from flash drive. Looks like Linux hates direct flash removal even more than Windows ...

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