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Message 13793 - Posted: 5 Dec 2009 | 13:39:29 UTC

I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 x64 with a Nvidia 9800GT. I had a kernel update today (to 2.6.31-16) and after a restart every unit GPUGrid started died on start with the same error:

<core_client_version>6.10.17</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
process exited with code 1 (0x1, -255)
</message>
<stderr_txt>
# Using CUDA device 0
# There is 1 device supporting CUDA
# Device 0: "GeForce 9800 GT"
# Clock rate: 1.50 GHz
# Total amount of global memory: 536543232 bytes
# Number of multiprocessors: 14
# Number of cores: 112
Cuda error in file '../cuda/cutil.h' in line 964 : initialization error.

</stderr_txt>
]]>


I'm running Boinc ver. 6.10.17 installed from boinc.berkeley.edu and NVidia driver ver. 185 installed by synaptic-ubuntu.I've tried de-ataching and reataching the client, but i can't check anything right now because i've reached the 10 WU limit on the project.
Any ideeas?

If it was posted somewhere else on the forum about this error, please excuse me, but i searched and didn't find anything. Also, i haven't been around this forum a while, since the project seem to run pretty smooth until now.

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Message 13799 - Posted: 5 Dec 2009 | 16:31:32 UTC - in response to Message 13793.

Try to reinstall the driver.

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Message 13807 - Posted: 6 Dec 2009 | 7:38:38 UTC

Thanks.That did the trick (190 from NVidia site). I installed it yesterday before my post, but since i couldn't get any new work i couldn't check on it.
It might be a good idea to change the restriction of WU's to, say, 2/h instead 10/day, in case something like this happens to somebody else. My GPU went cold for a day...

Anyway, keep up the good work, and we'll keep crunching.

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Message 13824 - Posted: 8 Dec 2009 | 1:37:58 UTC - in response to Message 13807.

it's a good habbit to "reinstall" driver after kernel update.

In fact, you need to biuld modules for new kernel only, but do not bother and just reinstall driver
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Message 13844 - Posted: 8 Dec 2009 | 21:33:45 UTC - in response to Message 13824.

Well, the first driver was installed by Ubuntu (i just clicked on "use proprietary drive"), so the kernel module was rebuild after the update, and the driver worked. It just didn't work with GPUGrid.

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