SJC_Steve wrote:What I need is help from a knowledgeable, Linux FAH user for advice on the problems and not just the advice that the answer is somewhere in the Forums.
Apologies Steve .. really meant to do the forums trawl and find the various threads/posts with what iirc are bits of the whole "solution" partly so that the various linux gurus who posted help would be named .. got side tracked .. going upstairs in next half hour and won't stop till I have found all I can .. it won't be a full guide but I should be able to a fair few parts for it .. and I'm sorry it may be a series of links but as a Windows gpu folder ghat is about all I can do
I'll post more links as I find them: (this will be a work in progress - someone may beat me to it and give you much more directed assistance - but in the mean time I'll keep searching)
https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php? ... TS#p347661 ... Postby parkut » Sat Jan 02, 2021 2:52 pm ... the link is to a thread getting FAHControl to work and the code may be how Parkut got it to work.
https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php? ... 07#p339160... Postby samcarboni » Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:19 pm ... in the thread linked to above gives link to a reddit that might give some info
https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php? ... 04#p335653 ... Postby NRT_AntiKytherA » Wed May 27, 2020 12:46 am ... This implies the poster has things running under 20.04 ... Think this thread might have relevant stuff but haven't eread it allMIght be a useful contact
One of the other issues iirc is that linux drivers can be a pain dependant upon gpu vedor - if you want links to various threads about that type of thing (which would identify folders who may be able to advise say and I'll forum dive for those as well.
https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php? ... 04#p340046 ... Postby gunnarre » Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:38 pm ... Mint 20.04 is I guess relevant? ... This thread covers FAHClient.service instead of init.d ... also has Postby Joe_H » Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:38 pm which may well be relevant re user membership of video group which may or may not be relevant to 20.04
https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php? ... 04#p339853 ... This thread covers some of the video driver stuff for someone who was running 20.04 ... and also has a post specific to service
>>> https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php? ... 04#p339973 <<< Postby gunnarre » Tue Jul 21, 2020 6:45 am ... may be a cross post of another but this folder does seem to know variants of 20.04 and getting them to work well ...
In fact this might be your goto thread for a head start ??
I'll pause here and finalise this post - hope this helps for starters if only by putting a few names in the frame ... From my perspective, purely as someone who tries to help others find stuff and handles simple windows issues a folder written single, coplete guide to getting 20.04 LTS installed/working that the mods could add to the new user help topic would be awesome - it may already exist - in fact on of the above linked posts seemed quite comprehensive (the one I have highlighted by gunnare) but if it doesn't and you are offering I hope all the linux folders support you and help you make it happen
.. and again apologies I cant actually give you a guide - and didn't provide links earlier