Public bug reported: On 14.04, 14.10, and possibly other versions, BOINC does not work with CUDA "out of the box". One of the reasons is that the meta package boinc-nvidia-cuda does not install nvidia-modprobe, a necessary package. The work around is, "sudo apt-get install nvida-modprobe" and reboot.
See, <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1320990> for confirmation. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: boinc-nvidia-cuda 7.2.42+dfsg-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-41.70-generic 3.13.11.11 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-41-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sun Dec 7 15:39:55 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-20 (290 days ago) InstallationMedia: Mythbuntu 12.04.4 "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140204) SourcePackage: boinc UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-11-30 (6 days ago) ** Affects: boinc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1400021 Title: boinc-nvidia-cuda does not install nvidia-modprobe To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/1400021/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
