[gmx-users] Installing GTX 980 on linux - which distro should i se?

Carlos Navarro Retamal cnavarro at utalca.cl
Mon Dec 22 22:38:18 CET 2014


Dear everyone,   
Thanks a lot for all your help.
I tried Mr. Mohammad said without luck (maybe the problem is due i have 2 graphic cards? ),
In any case, i’ll try with Scientific linux now..
Best regards,
Carlos

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Carlos Navarro Retamal
Bioinformatic engineer
Ph.D(c) in Applied Science, Universidad de Talca, Chile
Center of Bioinformatics and Molecular Simulations (CBSM)
Universidad de Talca
2 Norte 685, Casilla 721, Talca - Chile   
Teléfono: 56-71-201 798,  
Fax: 56-71-201 561
Email: carlos.navarro87 at gmail.com or cnavarro at utalca.cl


On Monday, December 22, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Mark Abraham wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> We use Ubuntu, but recommend against using any of the apt or deb based cuda
> support, and prefer the bundle of SDK stuff you get from the Nvidia website
> that you run, shell-script style. In any case, get the latest distro
> flavour, the latest supported CUDA on it, and the latest gcc compiler CUDA
> supports.
>  
> Mark
>  
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Carsten Kutzner <ckutzne at gwdg.de (mailto:ckutzne at gwdg.de)> wrote:
>  
> > Hi Carlos,
> >  
> > we are mostly using Scientific Linux (v. 6.4) .
> >  
> > Carsten
> >  
> >  
> > On 22 Dec 2014, at 17:47, Carlos Navarro Retamal <cnavarro at utalca.cl (mailto:cnavarro at utalca.cl)>
> > wrote:
> >  
> > > Dear gromacs users,
> > > First of all, if this question doesn’t belong here please feel free to
> > >  
> >  
> > erase it from the mailist.
> > > I just bought a workstation with 2 GTX 980 (in order to improve my
> >  
> > simulations on gromacs), but i’m not able to install it properly.
> > > I first start with Centos 7, but my motherboard has an issue with this
> >  
> > version, so i couldn’t pass the boot step.
> > > Since i’m not an expert, i tried with Ubuntu (14.04 and 14.10), without
> >  
> > luck (when i installed the drivers of the GTX in order to install the cuda
> > toolkit all the icons from the desktop disappear).
> > > I’m constantly seeing threads where people discuss their bencharmks (or
> >  
> > their opinions) regarding this graphic card, so i want to know: in which
> > linux distro did you installed gromacs in order to work the GTX 980?
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Carlos
> > > --
> > > Carlos Navarro Retamal
> > > Bioinformatic engineer
> > > Ph.D(c) in Applied Science, Universidad de Talca, Chile
> > > Center of Bioinformatics and Molecular Simulations (CBSM)
> > > Universidad de Talca
> > > 2 Norte 685, Casilla 721, Talca - Chile
> > > Teléfono: 56-71-201 798,
> > > Fax: 56-71-201 561
> > > Email: carlos.navarro87 at gmail.com (mailto:carlos.navarro87 at gmail.com) or cnavarro at utalca.cl (mailto:cnavarro at utalca.cl)
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