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Stuck at status "waiting for GPU detection"
Projects: No Work

Resume/Pause/Finish does not do anything. Unlinked and re-linked machine.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Hi, the experts here (I am not one) can't really help unless you provide some or all of:

1. Hardware
2. OS and version
3. Folding app (7.6.21, 8.4.9 etc)
4. Is this a new install or was it running OK before
5. If the latter, did you change anything
6. Maybe a copy of log containing the message

Beelink Ryzen 7 radeon 780m
MX Linux
8.5.5
upgraded from 8.4.9 which WAS working
no changes

===================================================================

07:26:51:I1: Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
07:26:51:I1: Org: foldingathome.org
07:26:51:I1: Copyright: 2023-2025, foldingathome.org
07:26:51:I1: Homepage: https://foldingathome.org/
07:26:51:I1: License: GPL-3.0-or-later
07:26:51:I1: URL: https://v8-5.foldingathome.org/
07:26:51:I1: Date: Dec 2 2025
07:26:51:I1: Time: 14:58:19
07:26:51:I1: Revision: 2c6fbaa45e4ee4854195a9f0d4b86300975b6543
07:26:51:I1: Branch: master
07:26:51:I1: Compiler: GNU 12.5.0
07:26:51:I1: Options: -Wsuggest-override -faligned-new -std=c++17 -fsigned-char -O3 -fPIC
07:26:51:I1: -fstack-protector-strong
07:26:51:I1: Platform: linux 4.19.0-27-cloud-amd64
07:26:51:I1: Bits: 64
07:26:51:I1: Mode: Release
07:26:51:I1: Args: --config=/etc/fah-client/config.xml
07:26:51:I1: --log=/var/log/fah-client/log.txt
07:26:51:I1: --log-rotate-dir=/var/log/fah-client/
07:26:51:I1: Config: /etc/fah-client/config.xml
07:26:51:I1:****************************** CBang ******************************
07:26:51:I1: Version: 1.7.2
07:26:51:I1: Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
07:26:51:I1: Org: Cauldron Development
07:26:51:I1: Copyright: Cauldron Development, 2003-2025
07:26:51:I1: Homepage: https://cauldrondevelopment.com/
07:26:51:I1: License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
07:26:51:I1: Date: Dec 3 2025
07:26:51:I1: Time: 11:44:04
07:26:51:I1: Revision: 83a4be55c1b21d5383650f51a7887fd9c25b836c
07:26:51:I1: Branch: master
07:26:51:I1: Compiler: GNU 12.5.0
07:26:51:I1: Options: -Wsuggest-override -faligned-new -std=c++17 -fsigned-char -O3 -fPIC
07:26:51:I1: -fstack-protector-strong
07:26:51:I1: Platform: linux 4.19.0-27-cloud-amd64
07:26:51:I1: Bits: 64
07:26:51:I1: Mode: Release
07:26:51:I1:***************************** System ******************************
07:26:51:I1: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
07:26:51:I1: CPU ID: AuthenticAMD Family 25 Model 116 Stepping 1
07:26:51:I1: CPUs: 16
07:26:51:I1: Memory: 27.13GiB
07:26:51:I1:Free Memory: 17.38GiB
07:26:51:I1: OS Version: 6.1
07:26:51:I1:Has Battery: true
07:26:51:I1: On Battery: false
07:26:51:I1: Hostname: ryzen
07:26:51:I1: UTC Offset: -8
07:26:51:I1: PID: 1467521
07:26:51:I1: CWD: /var/lib/fah-client
07:26:51:I1: Exec: /usr/bin/fah-client
07:26:51:I1:*******************************************************************
07:26:51:I2:<config/>
07:26:51:I1:Opening Database
07:26:51:I1:F@H ID = f3pEKKthxeV9zi-o6mc9ZZG4ZLlSTzh9sQX02iyMuWY
07:26:51:I3:Loading default resource group
07:26:51:I2:Listening for HTTP on 127.0.0.1:7396
07:26:51:I3:Loaded 0 wus.
07:26:51:I2:Loading gpus.json
07:26:51:I3:gpus = {
07:26:51:I3: "gpu:197:00:00": {"vendor": 4098, "device": 5567, "type": "amd", "supported": false, "description": "Phoenix [Radeon 740M/760M/780M]"}
07:26:51:I3:}
07:26:51:I2:OUT1:> GET /machine/f3pEKKthxeV9zi-o6mc9ZZG4ZLlSTzh9sQX02iyMuWY HTTP/1.1
07:26:52:I2:OUT1:< HTTP/1.1 200 HTTP_OK
07:26:52:I2:OUT2:> GET /ws/client HTTP/1.1
07:26:53:I2:OUT2:< HTTP/1.1 101 HTTP_SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS
07:26:53:I1:Logging into node account
07:26:55:I2:REQ3:< GET /api/websocket HTTP/1.1
07:28:09:I2:REQ4:< GET /api/websocket HTTP/1.1
14:48:45:I2:REQ5:< GET /api/websocket HTTP/1.1
14:48:56:I1:Machine state pause
14:48:59:I1:Machine state fold
14:49:02:I1:Machine state fold
14:49:08:I1:Machine state fold

If you're curious as to why muziqaz linked you to the ATI/AMD driver forum, it's because your GPU is flagged as unsupported (either because it really IS unsupported or because the driver is having a problem.) Your log file directly says so right here:

07:26:51:I3: "gpu:197:00:00": {"vendor": 4098, "device": 5567, "type": "amd", "supported": false, "description": "Phoenix [Radeon 740M/760M/780M]"}

And it was probably selected previously and you are experiencing the bug that you get no work at all.

If you install 8.4.9 you can uncheck your GPU.
Then reinstall 8.5.5

sounds like a plan. i'll try that. thanks!