Proprietary Linux Video drivers 346.96

well this is what i did ...

open Boinc manager in advanced View
go to FILE, pull down menu/
exit Boinc manager & stop all work units

open a terminal window

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo service FAHClient stop

sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*

reboot

open Boinc manager in advanced View
go to file / exit Boinc manager & stop all work units

open a terminal window

sudo service FAHClient stop

sudo apt-get install nvidia-346 nvidia-settings

sudo apt-get install nvidia-346-updates nvidia-settings

reboot


if necessary (if Boinc doesnt see the GPU any Longer/ F@H is not connecting ... this would be necessary)

sudo service boinc-client stop
sudo service FAHClient restart
sudo service boinc-client start

(NOTE: F@H with the white list of GPUs installed *GPUs.txt* will initialize the cuda drivers for the Boinc client/GPUGrid)

Yeah kinda both ... specifics of how to do it (see above)
and will it help?
 
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PDW said:
I don't have FAH to worry about but I note you used xorg-edgers/ppa rather than the graphics-drivers/ppa you listed above.

Also, did you do that on a box with onboard graphics ?
I find that I need to uninstall the iGPU drivers and disable it and also add nomodeset to grub as follows...

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset"

I usually do get it to work but it's a pain.

Have you noticed an increase in PPD for GPUGrid (or FAH) with that version ?
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if i understand you ... you use the on board graphics chip for your display and the off board gpu to crunch ...

i cant live with that ... 10 seconds for a mouse click to respond ... nope .. dont got the patients for that

and i accomplish this by setting the BIOS to use off board Video ... so on board is "disabled" b4 i install the OS

i didnt use the drivers in the link because ...
i dont know how to install them ... so ... used what i could get running ... still ver 346.96

if someone wants to paste an "exactly" how to
use the link i posted ... im all ears

as far as performance ... im still messing with my builds ... so im not getting clean 24 hr runs ... before i downgraded to 346 ... i got a few days in a row of 2.2m PPD @ GPUGrid ... i did have the vast majority of one day of crunching yield 2.5m after the downgrade ... but ... im not going to say its an improvement until i have a few days of uninterrupted crunching and the PPD settle down into a decent average so i can judge
 
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