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''By Jeroz - Oct 27th, 2018''
== General Introduction ==
This guide will help you set up Ubuntu on your PC and help you start mining with NVIDIA GPUs. You will have to install Ubuntu first.
* You can [http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04.1/ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso download the ISO of 64 bit Ubuntu 18.04 here]
* The easiest way is to [https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#0 install from a USB stick].
* Ubuntu provides very [https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-install-ubuntu-desktop#0 user friendly tutorials to guide you through the installation].
This guide will further guide you through the steps to set up your system NVIDIA CUDA drivers. This guide is heavily inspired on the [https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html more comprehensive guide by NVIDIA that also describes installation steps for other Linux distributions].
==Pre-installation==
===Verify that you have a CUDA-Capable GPU===
lspci | grep -i nvidia
If your graphics card is from NVIDIA and it is listed in http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus, your GPU is CUDA-capable.
===Verify you have 64 bit Ubuntu 18.04===
uname -m && cat /etc/*release
The x86_64 line indicates you are running on a 64-bit system. The remainder gives information about your distribution.
=== Verify gcc is installed ===
gcc --version
If an error message displays, you need to install the development tools from your Linux distribution or obtain a version of gcc and its accompanying toolchain from the Web.
===Verify the System Kernel Headers ===
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
==Install required third-party libraries==
sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms freeglut3 freeglut3-dev libxi-dev libxmu-dev
==Download and install the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit==
===Download CUDA drivers===
cd ~/Downloads
wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64/cuda-repo-ubuntu1804_10.0.130-1_amd64.deb
===Install CUDA drivers===
sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu1804_10.0.130-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64/7fa2af80.pub
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cuda
==Post-installation Actions==
===Add location of CUDA drivers to the PATH===
export PATH=/usr/local/cuda-10.0/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}
===Set configuration===
sudo nvidia-xconfig -a --cool-bits=28 --allow-empty-initial-configuration
===Reboot===
==Installation verification==
===Verify the Driver Version ===
cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
Should return the version
===Verify the version of the CUDA Toolkit===
nvcc -V
Should return the version
===Verify GPUs are found===
nvidia-smi
This will return something that looks like this (make sure all GPUs are found):
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 410.79 Driver Version: 410.79 CUDA Version: 10.0 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 106... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A |
| 28% 29C P8 8W / 120W | 674MiB / 6075MiB | 0% Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
==[OPTIONAL] Change power and or overclock settings==
To overclock the cards you can adjust the settings in the NVIDIA applications that is listed in the applications list. This list is available in the lower left corner of the desktop.
Most miners want to set their power to ~70% to save energy costs. This can be done by:
* Enable persistent mode so that settings persist after a reboot:
sudo nvidia-smi -pm 1
* Look up current power setting to figure out what ~70% needs to be:
nvidia-smi -i 0 -q -d POWER
* Change power setting (in my example I lower power from 120W to 100W):
sudo nvidia-smi -pl 100
|title=Ravencoin Wiki: Mining on a system running ubuntu using NVIDIA GPUs.
|keywords=Linux, Ubuntu, nvidia, gpu, mining, ravencoin
|description=Building a Ravencoin full node on Raspberry Pi
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''By Jeroz - Oct 27th, 2018''
== General Introduction ==
This guide will help you set up Ubuntu on your PC and help you start mining with NVIDIA GPUs. You will have to install Ubuntu first.
* You can [http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04.1/ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso download the ISO of 64 bit Ubuntu 18.04 here]
* The easiest way is to [https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#0 install from a USB stick].
* Ubuntu provides very [https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-install-ubuntu-desktop#0 user friendly tutorials to guide you through the installation].
This guide will further guide you through the steps to set up your system NVIDIA CUDA drivers. This guide is heavily inspired on the [https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/index.html more comprehensive guide by NVIDIA that also describes installation steps for other Linux distributions].
==Pre-installation==
===Verify that you have a CUDA-Capable GPU===
lspci | grep -i nvidia
If your graphics card is from NVIDIA and it is listed in http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus, your GPU is CUDA-capable.
===Verify you have 64 bit Ubuntu 18.04===
uname -m && cat /etc/*release
The x86_64 line indicates you are running on a 64-bit system. The remainder gives information about your distribution.
=== Verify gcc is installed ===
gcc --version
If an error message displays, you need to install the development tools from your Linux distribution or obtain a version of gcc and its accompanying toolchain from the Web.
===Verify the System Kernel Headers ===
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
==Install required third-party libraries==
sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms freeglut3 freeglut3-dev libxi-dev libxmu-dev
==Download and install the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit==
===Download CUDA drivers===
cd ~/Downloads
wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64/cuda-repo-ubuntu1804_10.0.130-1_amd64.deb
===Install CUDA drivers===
sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu1804_10.0.130-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu1804/x86_64/7fa2af80.pub
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cuda
==Post-installation Actions==
===Add location of CUDA drivers to the PATH===
export PATH=/usr/local/cuda-10.0/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}
===Set configuration===
sudo nvidia-xconfig -a --cool-bits=28 --allow-empty-initial-configuration
===Reboot===
==Installation verification==
===Verify the Driver Version ===
cat /proc/driver/nvidia/version
Should return the version
===Verify the version of the CUDA Toolkit===
nvcc -V
Should return the version
===Verify GPUs are found===
nvidia-smi
This will return something that looks like this (make sure all GPUs are found):
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 410.79 Driver Version: 410.79 CUDA Version: 10.0 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M| Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap| Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
| 0 GeForce GTX 106... Off | 00000000:01:00.0 On | N/A |
| 28% 29C P8 8W / 120W | 674MiB / 6075MiB | 0% Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
==[OPTIONAL] Change power and or overclock settings==
To overclock the cards you can adjust the settings in the NVIDIA applications that is listed in the applications list. This list is available in the lower left corner of the desktop.
Most miners want to set their power to ~70% to save energy costs. This can be done by:
* Enable persistent mode so that settings persist after a reboot:
sudo nvidia-smi -pm 1
* Look up current power setting to figure out what ~70% needs to be:
nvidia-smi -i 0 -q -d POWER
* Change power setting (in my example I lower power from 120W to 100W):
sudo nvidia-smi -pl 100
