what am i doing wrong with my AMD Radeon HD 7950 config?
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 8:02 pm
i've dug out an old computer from mothballs, running ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS.
I have an AMD Radeon HD 7950 gpu that doesn't seem to play well with folding@home.
I keep getting a message saying i may need to upgrade my drivers, but they should all be fully updated.
I have been playing with this issue the past few days, but can't seem to find any info about my specific GPU on your forums (or other forums for that matter)
I do not get any work for my GPU, only for my CPU. the CPU seems to work all right, but i'd like to run my GPU as well.
Below is my driver info (i think):
Below is my fahclient config copied from fahcontrol:
Below are an excerpt of the messages that keep repeating in the log in fahcontrol:
And here is what i get when i'm finally assigned a bit of work for my GPU:
I have tried playing around with the opencl indexes, and purged and reinstalled folding at home a few times.
Any suggestions as to what i'm doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.
I have an AMD Radeon HD 7950 gpu that doesn't seem to play well with folding@home.
I keep getting a message saying i may need to upgrade my drivers, but they should all be fully updated.
I have been playing with this issue the past few days, but can't seem to find any info about my specific GPU on your forums (or other forums for that matter)
I do not get any work for my GPU, only for my CPU. the CPU seems to work all right, but i'd like to run my GPU as well.
Below is my driver info (i think):
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$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280] [1002:679a]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280] [1043:0428]
Kernel driver in use: radeon
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19:39:54: Copyright: (c) 2009-2018 foldingathome.org
19:39:54: Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
19:39:54: Args: --child --lifeline 1714 /etc/fahclient/config.xml --run-as
19:39:54: fahclient --pid-file=/var/run/fahclient.pid --daemon
19:39:54: Config: /etc/fahclient/config.xml
19:39:54:******************************** Build ********************************
19:39:54: Version: 7.5.1
19:39:54: Date: May 11 2018
19:39:54: Time: 19:59:04
19:39:54: Repository: Git
19:39:54: Revision: 4705bf53c635f88b8fe85af7675557e15d491ff0
19:39:54: Branch: master
19:39:54: Compiler: GNU 6.3.0 20170516
19:39:54: Options: -std=gnu++98 -O3 -funroll-loops
19:39:54: Platform: linux2 4.14.0-3-amd64
19:39:54: Bits: 64
19:39:54: Mode: Release
19:39:54:******************************* System ********************************
19:39:54: CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
19:39:54: CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
19:39:54: CPUs: 8
19:39:54: Memory: 7.74GiB
19:39:54:Free Memory: 6.71GiB
19:39:54: Threads: POSIX_THREADS
19:39:54: OS Version: 4.15
19:39:54:Has Battery: false
19:39:54: On Battery: false
19:39:54: UTC Offset: 1
19:39:54: PID: 1719
19:39:54: CWD: /var/lib/fahclient
19:39:54: OS: Linux 4.15.0-91-generic x86_64
19:39:54: OS Arch: AMD64
19:39:54: GPUs: 1
19:39:54: GPU 0: Bus:1 Slot:0 Func:0 AMD:5 Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950]
19:39:54: CUDA: Not detected: cuInit() returned 999
19:39:54:***********************************************************************
19:39:54:<config>
19:39:54: <!-- Client Control -->
19:39:54: <fold-anon v='true'/>
19:39:54:
19:39:54: <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
19:39:54: <gpu v='false'/>
19:39:54:
19:39:54: <!-- Network -->
19:39:54: <proxy v=':8080'/>
19:39:54:
19:39:54: <!-- Slot Control -->
19:39:54: <power v='full'/>
19:39:54:
19:39:54: <!-- User Information -->
19:39:54: <user v='MFeed'/>
19:39:54:
19:39:54: <!-- Folding Slots -->
19:39:54: <slot id='0' type='CPU'/>
19:39:54: <slot id='1' type='GPU'/>
19:39:54:</config>
19:39:54:Switching to user fahclient
19:39:54:Trying to access database...
19:39:54:Successfully acquired database lock
19:39:54:Enabled folding slot 00: READY cpu:7
19:39:54:Enabled folding slot 01: READY gpu:0:Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950]
19:39:54:ERROR:No compute devices matched GPU #0 AMD:5 Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950]. You may need to update your graphics drivers.
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19:39:54:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:39:54:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:39:55:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
19:39:55:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
19:39:55:WARNING:WU01:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
19:39:55:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
19:39:55:WARNING:WU01:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:39:55:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment
19:39:56:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:39:56:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
19:39:56:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:39:56:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:39:56:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
19:39:56:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
19:39:56:WARNING:WU01:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
19:39:56:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
19:39:57:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:39:57:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
19:39:57:WARNING:WU01:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:39:57:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment
19:40:56:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:40:56:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:40:56:WU00:FS00:Assigned to work server 40.114.52.201
19:40:56:WU00:FS00:Requesting new work unit for slot 00: READY cpu:7 from 40.114.52.201
19:40:56:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 40.114.52.201:8080
19:40:57:WU01:FS01:Assigned to work server 40.114.52.201
19:40:57:WU01:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950] from 40.114.52.201
19:40:57:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 40.114.52.201:8080
19:43:07:WARNING:WU00:FS00:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
19:43:07:WARNING:WU01:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
19:43:07:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 40.114.52.201:80
19:43:07:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 40.114.52.201:80
19:44:46:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: 10002: Received short response, expected 512 bytes, got 0
19:44:46:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Exception: 10002: Received short response, expected 512 bytes, got 0
19:44:46:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:44:46:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:44:46:WARNING:WU01:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
19:44:46:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
19:44:46:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
19:44:46:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
19:44:47:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:44:47:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
19:44:47:WARNING:WU01:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:44:47:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment
19:47:23:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:47:23:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:47:24:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
19:47:24:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
19:47:24:WARNING:WU01:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
19:47:24:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
19:47:24:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:47:24:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
19:47:25:WARNING:WU01:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:47:25:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment
19:51:38:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:51:38:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
19:51:38:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
19:51:38:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
19:51:38:WARNING:WU01:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
19:51:38:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
19:51:38:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
19:51:38:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
19:51:39:WU01:FS01:Assigned to work server 40.114.52.201
19:51:39:WU01:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950] from 40.114.52.201
19:51:39:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 40.114.52.201:8080
19:53:48:WARNING:WU01:FS01:WorkServer connection failed on port 8080 trying 80
19:53:48:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 40.114.52.201:80
19:56:36:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Exception: 10002: Received short response, expected 512 bytes, got 0
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19:58:30:WU01:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950] from 13.90.152.57
19:58:30:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 13.90.152.57:8080
19:58:31:WU00:FS00:Downloading 1.53MiB
19:58:32:WU00:FS00:Download complete
19:58:32:WU00:FS00:Received Unit: id:00 state:DOWNLOAD error:NO_ERROR project:14328 run:9 clone:3011 gen:28 core:0xa7 unit:0x0000001e9bf7a4d65e6d0b4144724b17
19:58:32:WU00:FS00:Starting
19:58:32:WU00:FS00:Running FahCore: /usr/bin/FAHCoreWrapper /var/lib/fahclient/cores/cores.foldingathome.org/v7/lin/64bit/avx/Core_a7.fah/FahCore_a7 -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 705 -lifeline 1719 -checkpoint 15 -np 7
19:58:32:WU00:FS00:Started FahCore on PID 4899
19:58:32:WU00:FS00:Core PID:4903
19:58:32:WU00:FS00:FahCore 0xa7 started
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:*********************** Log Started 2020-03-23T19:58:32Z ***********************
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:************************** Gromacs Folding@home Core ***************************
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Type: 0xa7
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Core: Gromacs
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Args: -dir 00 -suffix 01 -version 705 -lifeline 4899 -checkpoint 15 -np 7
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:************************************ CBang *************************************
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Date: Nov 5 2019
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Time: 06:06:57
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Revision: 46c96f1aa8419571d83f3e63f9c99a0d602f6da9
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Branch: master
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Compiler: GNU 8.3.0
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Options: -std=c++11 -O3 -funroll-loops -fno-pie -fPIC
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Platform: linux2 4.19.0-5-amd64
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Bits: 64
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Mode: Release
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:************************************ System ************************************
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: CPUs: 8
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Memory: 7.74GiB
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Free Memory: 4.15GiB
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Threads: POSIX_THREADS
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: OS Version: 4.15
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Has Battery: false
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: On Battery: false
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: UTC Offset: 1
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: PID: 4903
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: CWD: /var/lib/fahclient/work
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:******************************** Build - libFAH ********************************
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Version: 0.0.18
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Copyright: 2019 foldingathome.org
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Homepage: https://foldingathome.org/
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Date: Nov 5 2019
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Time: 06:13:26
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Revision: 490c9aa2957b725af319379424d5c5cb36efb656
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Branch: master
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Compiler: GNU 8.3.0
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Options: -std=c++11 -O3 -funroll-loops -fno-pie
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Platform: linux2 4.19.0-5-amd64
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Bits: 64
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: Mode: Release
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:************************************ Build *************************************
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7: SIMD: avx_256
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:********************************************************************************
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Project: 14328 (Run 9, Clone 3011, Gen 28)
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Unit: 0x0000001e9bf7a4d65e6d0b4144724b17
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Reading tar file core.xml
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Reading tar file frame28.tpr
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Digital signatures verified
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Reducing thread count from 7 to 6 to avoid domain decomposition by a prime number > 3
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Calling: mdrun -s frame28.tpr -o frame28.trr -cpt 15 -nt 6
19:58:33:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Steps: first=7000000 total=250000
19:58:34:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 1 out of 250000 steps (0%)
19:59:23:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 2500 out of 250000 steps (1%)
19:59:41:WU01:FS01:Downloading 86.23MiB
19:59:47:WU01:FS01:Download 10.58%
19:59:53:WU01:FS01:Download 23.92%
19:59:59:WU01:FS01:Download 37.98%
20:00:05:WU01:FS01:Download 49.65%
20:00:11:WU01:FS01:Download 65.37%
20:00:13:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 5000 out of 250000 steps (2%)
20:00:17:WU01:FS01:Download 77.62%
20:00:23:WU01:FS01:Download 88.06%
20:00:27:WU01:FS01:Download complete
20:00:27:WU01:FS01:Received Unit: id:01 state:DOWNLOAD error:NO_ERROR project:11781 run:0 clone:7599 gen:7 core:0x22 unit:0x0000000a0d5a98395e7588f18e2c798a
20:00:27:WU01:FS01:Starting
20:00:27:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Failed to start core: OpenCL device matching slot 1 not found, try setting 'opencl-index' manually
20:00:27:WU01:FS01:Starting
20:00:27:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Failed to start core: OpenCL device matching slot 1 not found, try setting 'opencl-index' manually
20:01:04:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 7500 out of 250000 steps (3%)
20:01:27:WU01:FS01:Starting
20:01:27:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Failed to start core: OpenCL device matching slot 1 not found, try setting 'opencl-index' manually
20:01:55:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 10000 out of 250000 steps (4%)
20:02:46:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 12500 out of 250000 steps (5%)
20:03:04:WU01:FS01:Starting
20:03:04:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Failed to start core: OpenCL device matching slot 1 not found, try setting 'opencl-index' manually
20:03:37:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 15000 out of 250000 steps (6%)
20:04:26:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 17500 out of 250000 steps (7%)
20:05:16:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 20000 out of 250000 steps (8%)
20:05:42:WU01:FS01:Starting
20:05:42:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Failed to start core: OpenCL device matching slot 1 not found, try setting 'opencl-index' manually
20:06:05:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 22500 out of 250000 steps (9%)
20:06:54:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 25000 out of 250000 steps (10%)
20:07:44:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 27500 out of 250000 steps (11%)
20:08:34:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 30000 out of 250000 steps (12%)
20:09:23:WU00:FS00:0xa7:Completed 32500 out of 250000 steps (13%)
20:09:56:WU01:FS01:Starting
20:09:56:ERROR:WU01:FS01:Failed to start core: OpenCL device matching slot 1 not found, try setting 'opencl-index' manually
20:09:56:WU01:FS01:Sending unit results: id:01 state:SEND error:FAILED project:11781 run:0 clone:7599 gen:7 core:0x22 unit:0x0000000a0d5a98395e7588f18e2c798a
20:09:56:WU01:FS01:Connecting to 13.90.152.57:8080
20:09:56:WU02:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
20:09:57:WU02:FS01:Assigned to work server 40.114.52.201
20:09:57:WU02:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: READY gpu:0:Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950] from 40.114.52.201
Any suggestions as to what i'm doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.