BOINC doesn't recognize AMD/ATI GPU in 16.04 despite sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client restart
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fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) |
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Medium
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Bug Description
Back on 14.04 and also 12.04, all you had to do to get BOINC to use the GPU(s), was to install AMD's proprietary fglrx driver, and then type in terminal:
sudo /etc/init.
You had to type that like every time you (re)started Ubuntu for BOINC to recognize your graphics card, but it worked to fix the GPU recognition with AMD cards (not sure about Nvidia cards though, since I don't have any). Now however, in 16.04, AMD's Catalyst drivers have been deprecated, and while the switch to AMD's improved open source GPU drivers is a good move, for some reason, this command line no longer works to recognize AMD graphics cards. And since we can no longer install fglrx/Catalyst on Xenial, I hope AMD's work on their open source drivers gets a BOINC optimization ASAP.
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I stupidly went ahead and installed 16.04 after weeks of being told there was an "upgrade". What a complete lie. Losing a massive part of my system is in no way an "upgrade"
16.04 not only took away fglrx but also your ability to run OpenCL apps of which BOINC has a ton.
So, bottom line, if you have an AMD GPU do not install 16.04.
I'm probably going back to 14.04 and stick with Catalyst until my AMD GPU dies, then I'm off to NVIDIA.