ubuntu 20.04LTS and RX480

[devpao]

Are there hints of an easier linux support in next coming LTS release?

[toTOW]

Until we get an update to the folding client, the newer Ubuntu version you try, the more problems you may encounter ...

[EXT64]

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?

[Darth_Peter_dualxeon]

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.

[Rainmaker]

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?

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.

[ipkh]

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.

[Rainmaker]

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.

At the moment fahclient results in a fatal error, but of course 20.04 is still in beta.

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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)

[ipkh]

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.