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#11 Re: Radeon R7 250X not detected by BOINC
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 8:41 pm
by Dirk Broer
Hal Bregg wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 1:53 pmQuick research online tells me that this GPU is not supported as in a way other Radeons are.
The R7-250X is supported in the 19.20 driver,
You may not have searched far enough.
#12 Re: Radeon R7 250X not detected by BOINC
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:09 am
by Hal Bregg
Dirk Broer wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 4:34 pm
The -y argument sets all questions during the install to a default 'yes'.
The install of OpenCL depends heavily on the
--opencl=pal,legacy argument. Without it you will get the infamous 'no useable GPU detected'...
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./amdgpu-pro-install -y --opencl=pal,legacy --headless
--headless will drop Accelerated graphics, Mesa multimedia, Pro OpenGL and Pro Vulkan
I tired above command without
--headless argument with same results as when issuing
./amdgpu-pro-install -y.
Out of curiosity I opened synpatic to check what packages are installed and added boinc-client-opencl (7.9.3+dfsg-5ubuntu2) and
ocl-icd-libopencl1 (2.2.11-1ubuntu1) packages. After this I restarted boinc-client service. Still my GPU was not detected.
Once more I opened synaptic and installed these packages:
clinfo-amdgpu-pro (19.10-785425)
libopencl1-amdgpu-pro (19.10-785425)
opencl-amdgpu-pro (19.10-785425)
opencl-amdgpu-pro-icd (19.10-785425)
opencl-orca-amdgpu-pro-icd (19.10-785425)
Finally I rebooted PC and viola. GPU shows up nicely in Boinc.
I assume that OpenGL was causing the trouble.
#13 Re: Radeon R7 250X not detected by BOINC
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 10:36 am
by Dirk Broer
Something tells me you ran the ./amdgpu-pro-install not in the directory where the amdgpu-pro-install script is (/Downloads/driver/version), as it will install all the files you installed with synaptic, and more.
#14 Re: Radeon R7 250X not detected by BOINC
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:07 pm
by Hal Bregg
Dirk Broer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 10:36 am
Something tells me you ran the ./amdgpu-pro-install not in the directory where the amdgpu-pro-install script is (/Downloads/driver/version), as it will install all the files you installed with synaptic, and more.
Believe me, Dirk, I did run install command in directory containing all unpacked files.
Right now I have another problem as none of the project supporting Radeon GPU work. But this is subject for another thread.
PS.
I gave up on installing drivers for this card on Linux. I wasn't getting anywhere. It works fine on Windows and I will be looking for to purchase Nvidia next year.