Linux Mint 19.2 GPU folding client

[MEATUS]

After a fresh load of the OS and installing the builtin 3rd party Nvidia drivers. When I start my folding client and configure a GPU slot it says
client "local" : No available GPUs. I am not that good at troubleshooting linux yet. I have used this video card for folding for a few years now so I know it works.
Just don't know what step I am missing to get things working.
Thanks,

[v00d00]

Did you configure your xorg.conf? If so post it so we can see what you did.
Did you blacklist nouveau?

It would also help if you elaborated on your setup.

[MEATUS]

I have done neither of those things. Don't know what I am doing yet. Just loaded up the default OS and installed folding. I can look those things up and see how far I get.

[v00d00]

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=198649 - Blacklist Nouveau on Mint

Nvidia drivers should create a file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d called 20-nvidia.conf after they install which should have an entry like this. The CoolBits and NoLogo options are optional, but useful. Coolbits allows manipulation of fan and clock speeds if your card supports it. NoLogo gets rid of the Nvidia logo when X starts. driver "nvidia" is the main thing you need that tells X to use the driver you installed and mot nouveau.

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Section "Device"
        Identifier "GTX 1050 Ti"
        Driver "nvidia"
	Option		"NoLogo"	"true"
	Option		"RenderAccel"	"true"
	Option		"backingstore"	"false"
        Option          "CoolBits"      "28"
EndSection

[MEATUS]

So I believe I blocked the nouveau by running : sudo update-initramfs -u
Then rebooted. I do have nvidia xserver settings with drivers version 435.21

When i look in /etc/X11 no file named xorg.conf.d exists.

I have default.display-manager, rgb.txt, xreset, xsession, xsession.options and xwrapper.config

[v00d00]

Re-run the Nvidia driver install program. At the end after it builds the modules it asks if you want to add an entry referencing the new driver, click yes then reboot. See if the driver loads.

[v00d00]

If you run nvidia-settings it should confirm the drivers are loaded correctly. If so, the problem is in the configuration of the client.

[MEATUS]

I switched to 4.30 drivers then back to the recommended Nvidia ones. Still not working so I am going to reload windows 10 and setup folding again. If there was some front to back setup process for linux then I would check it out but there are too many hidden gotchas here. I use linux for niche stuff here and there, and the folding rig is going back to windows. Thanks for the help here.

[v00d00]

Im afraid running GPU on Linux is a bit niche in itself. It isnt simple and most of us have done it for so long that we have our own ways of doing it. My own setup is console only with only the Web Interface for starting and stopping, everything else is shell scripted. I have never configured a client through a GUI in all the time GPU has existed. Good luck. Oh and try it again at some point. If you persevere you will get it eventually. But also, maybe try running it from the console route. It is way easier to config and once its running you can use that same config for the next 10 years if you wish (as I have).