GPU driver changes... I should know better.

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28 Oct 2016 22:56:38 UTC
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    I confess, i have been taking a few short-cuts lately. 

     Note to self:

     When updating graphics drivers on linux

    a) stop boinc running

    b) run any scripts from outside the Xwindows environment

    c) make sure you have a copy of other drivers local

    d) if you are the early adopter say to yourself "Do you feel lucky AgentB"?

    So, ignoring a, b and d - i have had a fun hour with a low res command line fixing it up, 108 errored BRP4 tasks (apologies to wingmen), and quite rightly the host is on the naughty step ... 

    [HOST#11905468] not reliable; max_result_day 1

     but  - AMDGPU-PRO 16.40 Released For Ubuntu & Red Hat Linux Systems

    is installed. 

    I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see if it can crunch a BRP4G!

    Anonymous

    Any particular reason for

    31 Oct 2016 23:13:25 UTC
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      Any particular reason for changing to the AMDGPU-PRO 16.40 driver?

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      robl wrote:Any particular

      1 Nov 2016 1:09:19 UTC
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        robl wrote:
        Any particular reason for changing to the AMDGPU-PRO 16.40 driver?

        Annoyingly AMD have not yet (may never) published release notes, so i can't say.  I had hoped it would address the following issues

        • Flooding xorg.0.log with messages
        • Flooding syslog when running 2 or more tasks
        • Suspect higher rate of BRP4G invalids (this may be a "bad beam" problem)

        It didn't.  After a bit of effort i found workarounds to the first two, and we'll see if that helps the third. See my other post

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