Installing Ubuntu 13.10 /Boinc/nVidia gpu's -step by step

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#1 Installing Ubuntu 13.10 /Boinc/nVidia gpu's -step by step

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Here is a step by step guide for installing Ubuntu 13.10 with boinc and nvidia gpu's.
Written by an idiot so it should work. Have computer built as you want it, GPU on Mobo etc.

Download Ubuntu 13.10 http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop use the 64bit version unless you really have to use 32bit ( really old computer ) Don't use 12.04 LTS or you are on your own. I'm never touching that again.

Burn iso to CD / DVD http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
or bootable USB http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/ ... on-windows

Make sure boot from CD ( or USB ) is set in bios as 1st option. Stick disc in cd drive, boot and
install Ubuntu.Remember to input a password as you will need one. When finished system will reboot.

Upon reboot let system update install updates if it is required. Reboot if required.
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Select system settings from the launcher bar.
Brightness and lock - turn screen off -> never
lock -> off
Power management
suspend when inactive for -> never

Select software center from launcher bar and search / download the following packages

Sysinfo
Psensor
Additional drivers
CPU freq scaling indicator
Freeglut3 ( freeglut3-dev )
Virtualbox
7zip

select additional drivers from the launcher bar
this will search and give options for nvidia drivers, install nvidia driver 319.60
Reboot when finished
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Select sysinfo from launcher bar
nvidia
nvidia display settings
x server display configuration -> change underscan if required ( normally the screen is slightly too large )
save to x configuration file ( no name required )
if you want powermizer under GPU lets you set mode for GPU performance ( adaptive, prefer performance etc. )

Select software center from launcher bar and search / download the following packages

boinc ( boinc 7.2.7 ( ancient but it will do at first ))
metapackage for boinc client and manager
nvidia cuda toolkit
metapackage for cuda savvy boinc client and manager.
(this will install all the libraries needed for GPU crunching)

next we need to install the 32 bit libraries ( this list will do all the projects on boinc ( it
can be installed from software center, but installing 32bit, removes 64 bit, go figure )). This will
require the terminal i'm afraid, but dont worry. Either copy and paste or type exactly the commands in red. Linux is reliant on syntax

open terminal -> Ctrl Alt T

sudo apt-get install gcc-4.7-multilib

sudo apt-get install lib32zl lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0 libstdc++6 libstdc++5

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Finally we update boinc to a usable version by adding this PPA to your system
( You can update your system with unsupported packages from this untrusted PPA by adding
ppa:costamagnagianfranco/boinc to your system's Software Sources.There is a PPA repository available for Ubuntu.
This is a "testing" PPA, that typically is rebuilt with the newest Boinc version as they are released.
You may experience bugs with the version changes, but if you want the current boinc version installed the easy way from a repository: type this still in terminal )

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:costamagnagianfranco/boinc

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade


(will bring you to current version 7.2.42 (as of 4/3/14))

Thats it. Reboot. Once you have completed running and controlling Boinc is exactly as you would under windows.
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Select boinc from launcher bar, launch Bam manager as per usual for new install or attach to project as per your preferences. Boinc will autoboot on startup of computer. Set all your preferences on boinc as you usually would.
Hope it helps
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#2 Re: Installing Ubuntu 13.10 /Boinc/nVidia gpu's -step by ste

Post by Alez »

So that's it. Guide written after my last and final battle trying to get boinc, nvidia and xorg to play nice together on 12.04 LTS.
Hopefully no more messing with sleep commands, permissions, startup lists etc to get GPU's to work etc. Any problems let me know.
Any errors or if you know a better way to do any part, again, let me know.
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