ubuntu 20.04LTS and RX480
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Re: ubuntu 20.04LTS and RX480
Until we get an update to the folding client, the newer Ubuntu version you try, the more problems you may encounter ...
Re: ubuntu 20.04LTS and RX480
Good question - though that may be more of a question for AMD and Linux than for Folding at home. Half the fun of linux is the victory at the end after hours or days of pain and suffering. Why would you want to take that away?
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Re: ubuntu 20.04LTS and RX480
Hi, just saying, here in this topic viewtopic.php?f=61&t=33364 I wrote some of my experience so far. Mint is not very different from Ubuntu.
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Re: ubuntu 20.04LTS and RX480
It's more a question for FaH really. Ubuntu 20.04 changes from 18.04 include removing python2.7, and some of the libraries FaH depends on have been renamed or removed. It'll need a client update to function in the new LTS release (or even install). AMD have already released a driver for 20.04 so their GPUs are covered at least.EXT64 wrote:Good question - though that may be more of a question for AMD and Linux than for Folding at home. Half the fun of linux is the victory at the end after hours or days of pain and suffering. Why would you want to take that away?
Re: ubuntu 20.04LTS and RX480
It's likely the fahclient will be fine. I haven't tested it yet but generally only the fahcontrol program has broken dependency problems. Work is underway to fix it up to modern libraries.
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Re: ubuntu 20.04LTS and RX480
At the moment fahclient results in a fatal error, but of course 20.04 is still in beta.ipkh wrote:It's likely the fahclient will be fine. I haven't tested it yet but generally only the fahcontrol program has broken dependency problems. Work is underway to fix it up to modern libraries.
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Setting up fahclient (7.5.1) ...
update-rc.d: error: no runlevel symlinks to modify, aborting!
dpkg: error processing package fahclient (--configure):
installed fahclient package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
fahclient
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Re: ubuntu 20.04LTS and RX480
Ok, that's the script for fahclient to run at startup. They changed init systems since the fahclient package was made. This just means you need to start fahclient manually by using a terminal window.
It does make a little more complicated to add in a username and passkey, but it's not that hard to figure out.
It does make a little more complicated to add in a username and passkey, but it's not that hard to figure out.