Not sure it's a driver issue

[dickster]

Running Mint 16 64bit with a nvidia 650Ti card. Every time I try to load the GPU client (using the advanced flag) I get a "FAILED" error. Am attaching some of the log file.

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20:42:39:WU01:FS01:0x17:*********************** Log Started 2014-02-01T20:42:39Z ***********************
20:42:39:WU01:FS01:0x17:Project: 8900 (Run 505, Clone 9, Gen 29)
20:42:39:WU01:FS01:0x17:Unit: 0x0000002e028c126651a697315c9f964e
20:42:39:WU01:FS01:0x17:CPU: 0x00000000000000000000000000000000
20:42:39:WU01:FS01:0x17:Machine: 1
20:42:39:WU01:FS01:0x17:Reading tar file state.xml
20:42:40:WU01:FS01:0x17:Reading tar file system.xml
20:42:40:WU01:FS01:0x17:Reading tar file integrator.xml
20:42:40:WU01:FS01:0x17:Reading tar file core.xml
20:42:40:WU01:FS01:0x17:Digital signatures verified
20:42:40:WU01:FS01:0x17:ERROR:exception: Bad platformId size.
20:42:40:WU01:FS01:0x17:Saving result file logfile_01.txt
20:42:40:WU01:FS01:0x17:Saving result file log.txt
20:42:40:WU01:FS01:0x17:Folding@home Core Shutdown: BAD_WORK_UNIT
20:42:41:WARNING:WU01:FS01:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)
20:42:41:WU01:FS01:Sending unit results: id:01 state:SEND error:FAULTY project:8900 run:505 clone:9 gen:29 core:0x17 unit:0x0000002e028c126651a697315c9f964e
20:42:41:WU01:FS01:Uploading 1.85KiB to 171.64.65.69
20:42:41:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 171.64.65.69:8080
20:42:41:WU01:FS01:Upload complete
20:42:41:WU01:FS01:Server responded WORK_ACK (400)
20:42:41:WU01:FS01:Cleaning up
20:43:09:Saving configuration to /etc/fahclient/config.xml
20:43:09:<config>
20:43:09:  <!-- Client Control -->
20:43:09:  <fold-anon v='true'/>
20:43:09:
20:43:09:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
20:43:09:  <power v='full'/>
20:43:09:
20:43:09:  <!-- Network -->
20:43:09:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
20:43:09:
20:43:09:  <!-- User Information -->
20:43:09:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
20:43:09:  <team v='32035'/>
20:43:09:  <user v='dickster'/>
20:43:09:
20:43:09:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
20:43:09:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
20:43:09:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
20:43:09:    <client-type v='advanced'/>
20:43:09:  </slot>
20:43:09:</config>

Mod Edit: Added Code Tags - PantherX

[ChristianVirtual]

Did it ever worked before ? Any updated done recently which broke it ? Any overclocking applied ?
Make sure to use a driver from Nvidia directly, not an opensource version. I have good experience with 319.x on my 660Ti running Ubuntu 12.10
You might want to use an alternative repository like this one for Ubuntu https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates

Maybe this helps your further http://forum.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.ph ... 4&p=668810

[bruce]

Here's what happened when I tried to use the open-source drivers on ubuntu. Look familiar?

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19:18:26:WU02:FS01:0x17:Machine: 1
19:18:26:WU02:FS01:0x17:Reading tar file state.xml
19:18:27:WU02:FS01:0x17:Reading tar file system.xml
19:18:28:WU02:FS01:0x17:Reading tar file integrator.xml
19:18:28:WU02:FS01:0x17:Reading tar file core.xml
19:18:28:WU02:FS01:0x17:Digital signatures verified
19:18:28:WU02:FS01:0x17:ERROR:exception: Bad platformId size.
19:18:28:WU02:FS01:0x17:Saving result file logfile_01.txt
19:18:28:WU02:FS01:0x17:Saving result file log.txt
19:18:28:WU02:FS01:0x17:Folding@home Core Shutdown: BAD_WORK_UNIT
[93m19:18:28:WARNING:WU02:FS01:FahCore returned: BAD_WORK_UNIT (114 = 0x72)[0m
19:18:28:WU02:FS01:Sending unit results: id:02 state:SEND error:FAULTY project:8900 run:529 clone:8 gen:42 core:0x17 unit:0x00000043028c126651a69c83af9e110f
19:18:28:WU02:FS01:Uploading 1.84KiB to 171.64.65.69
19:18:28:WU02:FS01:Connecting to 171.64.65.69:8080
19:18:28:WU00:FS01:Connecting to assign-GPU.stanford.edu:80
19:18:29:WU02:FS01:Upload complete
19:18:29:WU02:FS01:Server responded WORK_ACK (400)

I fixed it by updating to "additional drivers" nvidia-version-331 which is a good choice for the newest GPUs and later downgraded to nvidia-version-304 plus nvidia-304-post-release-updates which is a better choice for my GTX 650 Ti

[dickster]

Doesn't seem to want to load the nvidia drivers. Says it is already running the nvidia kernal and to remove that before I try to install the new drivers. Not sure how to do this as I am very new to linux. I checked the device driver panel that I had set to run the 304.117 drivers, but it says no proprietary drivers running.

[PantherX]

That's weird. You have to use the Nvidia proprietary drivers to fold successfully on the supported GPUs. Thus, the proprietary drivers should be enabled. If not, it might indicate some kind of weird problem with your installation.

If the system is a dedicated folding system, I would suggest that you try a fresh installation of Ubuntu LTS 64-bit and see if it fixes your issue or not.

[dickster]

It's not just a folder. It's the pc I use daily. But today I checked it again, and now the GPU is folding. Got me scratching my head, but I'll keep monitoring it. Thanks.

[bruce]

After installing the proprietary drivers, you have to reboot. That's not as obvious as it should be.

[dickster]

It's still folding, so I guess we can close this thread. Thanks to all.