I'm running OS X 10.6.2, on MacBook Pro with a nvidia GeForce 8600 GT graphics card with 256 MB. I installed the cuda 2.3.1a drivers for mas ox. I'm running BOINC 6.10.21.

When I launch, I get the message that no usable GPUs are found. I followed the instructions in the Boinc GPU FAQ. What am I doing something wrong? I'd like to be able to utilize the GPU for BOINC projects.

I'm running OS X 10.6.2, on MacBook Pro with a nvidia GeForce 8600 GT graphics card with 256 MB. I installed the cuda 2.3.1a drivers for mas ox. I'm running BOINC 6.10.21.

When I launch, I get the message that no usable GPUs are found. I followed the instructions in the Boinc GPU FAQ. What am I doing something wrong? I'd like to be able to utilize the GPU for BOINC projects.

There aren't any projects with Cuda apps for OS X, because there aren't any drivers (for end users) for OS X,
bar the ones for Quadro FX 4800 and GeForce GTX 285, which at version 18.5216 is probably below the version that Boinc 6.10.x requires,
Hopefully someone with more up to date info will post.

Claggy

I'm running OS X 10.6.2, on MacBook Pro with a nvidia GeForce 8600 GT graphics card with 256 MB. I installed the cuda 2.3.1a drivers for mas ox. I'm running BOINC 6.10.21.

When I launch, I get the message that no usable GPUs are found. I followed the instructions in the Boinc GPU FAQ. What am I doing something wrong? I'd like to be able to utilize the GPU for BOINC projects.

There aren't any projects with Cuda apps for OS X, because there aren't any drivers (for end users) for OS X,
bar the ones for Quadro FX 4800 and GeForce GTX 285, which at version 18.5216 is probably below the version that Boinc 6.10.x requires,
Hopefully someone with more up to date info will post.

Claggy

I'm a bit confused by that answer, because this FAQ (http://boincfaq.mundayweb.com/index.php?language=1&view=471) seems to indicate that there are such projects and that such drivers exist.

I'm running OS X 10.6.2, on MacBook Pro with a nvidia GeForce 8600 GT graphics card with 256 MB. I installed the cuda 2.3.1a drivers for mas ox. I'm running BOINC 6.10.21.

When I launch, I get the message that no usable GPUs are found. I followed the instructions in the Boinc GPU FAQ. What am I doing something wrong? I'd like to be able to utilize the GPU for BOINC projects.

There aren't any projects with Cuda apps for OS X, because there aren't any drivers (for end users) for OS X,
bar the ones for Quadro FX 4800 and GeForce GTX 285, which at version 18.5216 is probably below the version that Boinc 6.10.x requires,
Hopefully someone with more up to date info will post.

Claggy

I'm a bit confused by that answer, because this FAQ (http://boincfaq.mundayweb.com/index.php?language=1&view=471) seems to indicate that there are such projects and that such drivers exist.

Normally (at least for Windows users), all drivers are got from NVIDIA Driver Downloads, rather than the link you were pointed to, which is more for developers.

Projects with CUDA
GPUGrid
Seti Beta *
Seti@Home *
Aqua@Home *
Einstein@Home
Milkyway@Home
Collatz Conjecture

Projects with ATI Stream (CAL)
Collatz Conjecture
Milkyway@Home

* Windows only, Linux and Macintosh require 3rd party applications or are not available.

If you check the above project's application pages, you'll find none of them have Cuda apps for the Mac yet,
Seti is still waiting for a Astropulse_v505 CPU app for the Mac, and Collatz only released a CPU app a couple of days ago.

Have a read of this thread at Seti: CUDA on OS X (10.6)

Claggy

Thanks for the reply.

It's strange. When I go to that page, which I've looked at before, there are no mac drivers for the model graphics card I have (GeForce 8600M GT). That is, the drop down menu for OS does not have the Mac OS. I know at the OpenCL page, it says that drivers are automatically bundled with the Mac OS software update.

I understand that there are no applications written for mac yet, but I'd at least like to get the Boinc client to recognize my GPU, so I can take advantage of those app if/when they are developed.

Normally (at least for Windows users), all drivers are got from NVIDIA Driver Downloads, rather than the link you were pointed to, which is more for developers.

I'm pointing to those drivers as they are the only ones available for Mac OSX for all the GPUs. You'd think these drivers be available from the normal download page, if they were available for retail. Seeing how they're still on the CUDA development page, I'm still thinking they're beta drivers.

As far as I understand from the BOINC developer for the Mac, BOINC has had CUDA capability on the Mac version of BOINC since BOINC 6.6
It's just that there weren't any drivers at the time available, while even now that they seem to be, it's still touch and go on getting it to work. My personal believe is that neither Nvidia nor ATI are too interested in developing anything outside of Windows.

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Ah, well, that's a pity.

Are there any known people who have gotten their mac boinc client to recognize their GPUs on Mac OS 10.6.2?

Are there any known people who have gotten their mac boinc client to recognize their GPUs on Mac OS 10.6.2?

Not until 64-bit CUDA libraries for Mac are available, which there aren't, last thing I heard.

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Ah, well, that's a pity.

Are there any known people who have gotten their mac boinc client to recognize their GPUs on Mac OS 10.6.2?

Jeff, can you post your Boinc startup logs please,

Claggy

Ah, well, that's a pity.

Are there any known people who have gotten their mac boinc client to recognize their GPUs on Mac OS 10.6.2?

Jeff, can you post your Boinc startup logs please,

Claggy

Of course. Sorry I didn't earlier:

Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 Starting BOINC client version 6.10.21 for x86_64-apple-darwin
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.7l zlib/1.2.3 c-ares/1.6.0
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 Data directory: /Library/Application Support/BOINC Data
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2.40GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6]
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 Processor features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 SS HTT TM SSE3 MON DSCPL VMX EST TM2 SSSE3 CX16 TPR PDCM SSE4.1
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 OS: Darwin: 10.2.0
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 Memory: 4.00 GB physical, 76.37 GB virtual
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 Disk: 173.87 GB total, 76.12 GB free
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 Local time is UTC -5 hours
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 No usable GPUs found
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 Not using a proxy
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 rosetta@home URL http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID 397517; resource share 20
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 climateprediction.net URL http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID 524896; resource share 15
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 Einstein@Home URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 845950; resource share 10
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 SETI@home URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 5239151; resource share 5
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 SETI@home Beta Test URL http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/; Computer ID 43958; resource share 5
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 World Community Grid URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 103097; resource share 25
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 General prefs: from http://bam.boincstats.com/ (last modified 24-Dec-2009 14:05:15)
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 Host location: none
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 General prefs: using your defaults
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 Reading preferences override file
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 Preferences:
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 max memory usage when active: 2048.00MB
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 max memory usage when idle: 3686.40MB
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 max disk usage: 4.00GB
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 (to change, visit the web site of an attached project,
Sat Dec 26 09:51:28 2009 or click on Preferences)
Sat Dec 26 09:51:29 2009 World Community Grid Restarting task na162_00044_4 using hpf2 version 603
Sat Dec 26 09:51:29 2009 rosetta@home Starting broker_idealclose_hb_t286__IGNORE_THE_REST_16360_93716_0
Sat Dec 26 09:51:30 2009 rosetta@home Starting task broker_idealclose_hb_t286__IGNORE_THE_REST_16360_93716_0 using minirosetta version 203

Slicker at Collatz has made a MAC OS X 32-bit CUDA App, it requires a 32-bit MAC running OS X 10.5.2 or higher that has a CUDA card, there's been no takers so far,
i don't think it'll help you jeff, unless you can find a way of installing the 32bit version of Boinc.

Claggy

Slicker at Collatz has made a MAC OS X 32-bit CUDA App, it requires a 32-bit MAC running OS X 10.5.2 or higher that has a CUDA card, there's been no takers so far,
i don't think it'll help you jeff, unless you can find a way of installing the 32bit version of Boinc.

Claggy

Indeed. I don't know of a way to force install the 32-bit version.

As far as I can tell, BOINC 6.10.21 is only a 32-bit app in the first place. It's my understanding that 64-bit apps will give you the option of launching in 32-bit mode. i.e. Do a GET INFO on Safari on your 64-bit Mac OS 10.6.x - notice the option check-box for 32-bit mode? With BOINC, you have no such option, which, according to Apple Dev Notes means it's a 32-bit app.

Notice: I reserve the right to be completely WRONG at any point in time, without prior written notice. ;-)

As far as I can tell, BOINC 6.10.21 is only a 32-bit app in the first place. It's my understanding that 64-bit apps will give you the option of launching in 32-bit mode. i.e. Do a GET INFO on Safari on your 64-bit Mac OS 10.6.x - notice the option check-box for 32-bit mode? With BOINC, you have no such option, which, according to Apple Dev Notes means it's a 32-bit app.

The BOINC application you see in /Applications is the manager, which is a universal binary with only PowerPC and 32-bit Intel.

Inside, it contains a universal version of the BOINC client, in PowerPC, 32-bit Intel, and 64-bit Intel.

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BOINC Manager found GPU.

BOINC 6.10.26 & OS X 10.6.2 & CUDA driver 3.0.1(Beta) & GTX285



07-Jan-2010 22:40:02 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.10.26 for x86_64-apple-darwin
07-Jan-2010 22:40:02 [---] log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, coproc_debug
07-Jan-2010 22:40:02 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.7l zlib/1.2.3 c-ares/1.7.0
07-Jan-2010 22:40:02 [---] Data directory: /Library/Application Support/BOINC Data
07-Jan-2010 22:40:02 [---] Processor: 16 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5]
07-Jan-2010 22:40:02 [---] Processor features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 SS HTT TM SSE3 MON DSCPL VMX EST TM2 SSSE3 CX16 TPR PDCM SSE4.1 SSE4.2 POPCNT
07-Jan-2010 22:40:02 [---] OS: Darwin: 10.2.0
07-Jan-2010 22:40:02 [---] Memory: 6.00 GB physical, 496.89 GB virtual
07-Jan-2010 22:40:02 [---] Disk: 595.85 GB total, 496.65 GB free
07-Jan-2010 22:40:02 [---] Local time is UTC +9 hours
07-Jan-2010 22:40:02 [---] NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 285 (driver version unknown, CUDA version 3000, compute capability 1.3, 1024MB, 708 GFLOPS peak)
07-Jan-2010 22:40:02 [---] NVIDIA library reports 1 GPU

Works for me too!

Using the development version reports a GPU, and I'm requesting work for it right now.

Thu Jan 7 09:02:36 2010 Starting BOINC client version 6.10.26 for x86_64-apple-darwin
Thu Jan 7 09:02:36 2010 log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
Thu Jan 7 09:02:36 2010 Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.7l zlib/1.2.3 c-ares/1.7.0
Thu Jan 7 09:02:36 2010 Data directory: /Library/Application Support/BOINC Data
Thu Jan 7 09:02:36 2010 Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2.40GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6]
Thu Jan 7 09:02:36 2010 Processor features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 SS HTT TM SSE3 MON DSCPL VMX EST TM2 SSSE3 CX16 TPR PDCM SSE4.1
Thu Jan 7 09:02:36 2010 OS: Darwin: 10.2.0
Thu Jan 7 09:02:36 2010 Memory: 4.00 GB physical, 74.55 GB virtual
Thu Jan 7 09:02:36 2010 Disk: 173.87 GB total, 74.31 GB free
Thu Jan 7 09:02:36 2010 Local time is UTC -5 hours
Thu Jan 7 09:02:36 2010 NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 8600M GT (driver version unknown, CUDA version 2030, compute capability 1.1, 256MB, 60 GFLOPS peak)
Thu Jan 7 09:02:36 2010 Version change (6.10.21 -> 6.10.26)

Well, somewhat of a hollow victory; as there remain no GPU projects for the mac.

However, with this possibility open, perhaps some BOINC Projects will develop CUDA functionality now.

Well, somewhat of a hollow victory; as there remain no GPU projects for the mac.

However, with this possibility open, perhaps some BOINC Projects will develop CUDA functionality now.

Collatz has a MAC OS X 32-bit CUDA App

Claggy

I'm now able to run the Collatz app's GPU projects in BOINC 6.10.28. Nothing from Einstein@home though.

Hello, iám brand new and just installed the latest Boinc Client on OS X 10.6.7

got latest Cuda driver, toolkit and tools 4.0 RC2 installed.

bash-3.2# cd /Developer/GPU\ Computing/C/bin/darwin/release 
bash-3.2# ./devicequery
[./devicequery] starting...
./devicequery Starting...

 CUDA Device Query (Runtime API) version (CUDART static linking)

There is 1 device supporting CUDA

Device 0: "GeForce GTS 450"
  CUDA Driver Version / Runtime Version          4.0 / 4.0
  CUDA Capability Major/Minor version number:    2.1
  Total amount of global memory:                 1024 MBytes (1073283072 bytes)
  ( 4) Multiprocessors x (48) CUDA Cores/MP:     192 CUDA Cores
  GPU Clock Speed:                               1.57 GHz
  Memory Clock rate:                             1804.00 Mhz
  Memory Bus Width:                              128-bit
  L2 Cache Size:                                 262144 bytes
  Max Texture Dimension Size (x,y,z)             1D=(65536), 2D=(65536,65535), 3D=(2048,2048,2048)
  Max Layered Texture Size (dim) x layers        1D=(16384) x 2048, 2D=(16384,16384) x 2048
  Total amount of constant memory:               65536 bytes
  Total amount of shared memory per block:       49152 bytes
  Total number of registers available per block: 32768
  Warp size:                                     32
  Maximum number of threads per block:           1024
  Maximum sizes of each dimension of a block:    1024 x 1024 x 64
  Maximum sizes of each dimension of a grid:     65535 x 65535 x 65535
  Maximum memory pitch:                          2147483647 bytes
  Texture alignment:                             512 bytes
  Concurrent copy and execution:                 Yes with 2 copy engine(s)
  Run time limit on kernels:                     Yes
  Integrated GPU sharing Host Memory:            No
  Support host page-locked memory mapping:       Yes
  Concurrent kernel execution:                   Yes
  Alignment requirement for Surfaces:            Yes
  Device has ECC support enabled:                No
  Device is using TCC driver mode:               No
  Device supports Unified Addressing (UVA):      No
  Device PCI Bus ID / PCI location ID:           1 / 0
  Compute Mode:
     < Default (multiple host threads can use ::cudaSetDevice() with device simultaneously) >

deviceQuery, CUDA Driver = CUDART, CUDA Driver Version = 4.0, CUDA Runtime Version = 4.0, NumDevs = 1, Device = GeForce GTS 450
[./devicequery] test results...
PASSED

Press ENTER to exit...

Collatz Conjecture | Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA GPU

but mini_collatz_2.02_x86_64-apple-darwin__cuda won´t work for me.

got the same error with Cuda 3.2 before too

is there any Cuda app working in 64 bit?

thx in advance