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Intel UHD Graphics? (gen >= 7)
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:51 pm
by rbpeake
My laptop has Intel UHD graphics, which is "disabled" by FAH. Why is that?
Thanks.
Re: Intel UHD Graphics?
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:21 pm
by Joe_H
You need to opt in to using the UHD graphics, see the announcement - viewtopic.php?p=346637#p346637. Intel Gen9 iGPUs are now supported, this period is sort of an open beta test period. If you decide to try this out, current drivers will be required, and you may need to add the option gpu-beta set to try to the GPU folding slot.
Re: Intel UHD Graphics?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:48 am
by belloq
Is it recommended to follow Intel's advice and use the latest OEM drivers only?
Re: Intel UHD Graphics?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 1:49 am
by psaam0001
It is best to get the driver package straight from Intel if you are using Windows. As the version you'll likely get from Microsoft via their update utility may not include libraries that are needed by F@H (OpenCL 1.2). This may be tricky, as you will need to know the core name of your CPU (Comet Lake, for example).
I'll need to do a little bit of homework to find answers for the Linux users, as to where to download the Intel UHD driver packages.
Paul
Re: Intel UHD Graphics?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 5:54 am
by bruce
During a (much) earlier state of the Intel beta, I installed the Microsoft drivers for the intel GPU and it worked. Then I quit testing for a while. I tried again a couple days ago and evertthing failed. I'm going to try your suggestion to upgrade the drivers from intel.com. (They may have changed -- I didn't think of that!) Thanks.
Re: Intel UHD Graphics?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 6:41 am
by psaam0001
While I'm not running any Intel CPU's with the UHD iGPU, I have offered my suggestion. Given a hypothesis that the GPU/iGPU manufacturer's driver package tries to accommodate as many users as possible. Where as the O/S vendor wants the file size of the package they distribute (from their repository) to be as basic as possible. So that it can be delivered quickly with other critical O/S updates to those users who are only crunching numbers and writing documents with their systems.
Paul
Re: Intel UHD Graphics?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:37 pm
by psaam0001
Just an additional note for those who are using Linux (regardless of distribution): From what I have so far discovered during a quick search on Intel's support site/forum, drivers for Linux will come from the provider of that distribution, where their iGPU's are concerned.
Paul
Re: Intel UHD Graphics?
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 2:51 pm
by MeeLee
Linux drivers for Intel IGPs, are the intel-opencl-icd and beignet-opencl-icd drivers.
The latter are for very slow and old IGPs (Atom, Celeron, <6th gen Core i, core2duo).
Not sure if FAH recognizes those older IGPs on the client.
Re: Intel UHD Graphics?
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 3:54 pm
by toTOW
I think Beignet doesn't work for FAH ...
Re: Intel UHD Graphics?
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 5:14 pm
by ThWuensche
I have it running on my notebook, using Debian testing. Buster did not have the relevant packages.
Install instruction is:
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apt install intel-opencl-icd
apt install --no-install-recommends ocl-icd-opencl-dev
I had to set module parameter
for i915 kernel module to have a stable running system, otherwise the GPU would freeze any now and then.
As far as I know beignet is not sufficient for FAH.
And don't forget to set the
Re: Intel UHD Graphics?
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 2:00 am
by k_sze
ThWuensche wrote:I have it running on my notebook, using Debian testing. Buster did not have the relevant packages.
Install instruction is:
Code: Select all
apt install intel-opencl-icd
apt install --no-install-recommends ocl-icd-opencl-dev
I had to set module parameter
for i915 kernel module to have a stable running system, otherwise the GPU would freeze any now and then.
As far as I know beignet is not sufficient for FAH.
And don't forget to set the
Two questions:
- How do I tell what Intel GPU Gen I have? I'm using Kubuntu 20.04.1. My CPU is i7-8565U
- Where do I put that `enable_guc=2` thing?
Re: Intel UHD Graphics? (gen >= 7)
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:11 am
by PantherX
Welcome to the F@H Forum k_sze,
The iGPU you have is this: Intel® UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel® Processors
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en ... 0-ghz.html
Re: Intel UHD Graphics? (gen >= 7)
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:12 am
by Joe_H
k_sze wrote:- How do I tell what Intel GPU Gen I have? I'm using Kubuntu 20.04.1. My CPU is i7-8565U
Looking up your i7 processor indicates it has UHD Graphics 620 for its integrated GPU. Looking at this article that would make it Gen9 -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Gra ... tion_(Gen9). Someone else may know the answers for the Linux setup to use this iGPU for folding.
Re: Intel UHD Graphics?
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:50 am
by ph0b
k_sze wrote:
- Where do I put that `enable_guc=2` thing?
You can set it by creating
/etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf
with this content:
Re: Intel UHD Graphics?
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:00 pm
by MeeLee
k_sze wrote:ThWuensche wrote:I have it running on my notebook, using Debian testing. Buster did not have the relevant packages.
Install instruction is:
Code: Select all
apt install intel-opencl-icd
apt install --no-install-recommends ocl-icd-opencl-dev
I had to set module parameter
for i915 kernel module to have a stable running system, otherwise the GPU would freeze any now and then.
As far as I know beignet is not sufficient for FAH.
And don't forget to set the
Two questions:
- How do I tell what Intel GPU Gen I have? I'm using Kubuntu 20.04.1. My CPU is i7-8565U
- Where do I put that `enable_guc=2` thing?
Beignet drivers are for older than 6th gen IGPs, so you'd be ok with the standard Intel opencl drivers.
the enable_guc may be a function only necessary in Debian.
I run OpenCL tasks (non-fah) on Lubuntu/Ubuntu just fine without the line.