Ubuntu
boinc package

  1. Bug #587426
  2. Comment #37

Comment 37 for bug 587426

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SteveRC (src) wrote :

Same problem here.
Installed Ubuntu 10.10 from scratch - did standard update on ATI driver and used Software Center to install Boinc.
Got version 6.10.58 which does not find my HD4850. ("No usable GPUs..")
Fiddled around a bit using suggestions from this thread with no success.
Uninstalled Boinc from Software Center and downloaded boinc_6.10.58_i686-pc-linux-gnu.sh from Boinc website and ran directly from Downloads folder.
Starting the Run_Client and Run_Manager scripts manually from here works fine with Boinc finding the GPU and crunching DnetC ATI tasks with ease.

Its coming up for 9-months since this bug was reported, so is it not time to give birth to a fix in the Software Center install scripts?

The original bug-report states Boinc 6.10.17 was installed, so its obviously been updated since then.. so how come this bug is still around? - Its clearly just a user/permissions/timing/ownership issue as there is no problem running the exact same code under the current user after startup/login etc.