HOWTO nVidia CUDA 4 0 RC on Ubuntu 11 04 Server

If you have nVidia display card that have several CUDAs on it, you will interested in this tutorial. This time, I would like to show you how to install CUDA 4.0 RC on Ubuntu 11.04 Server.



You will experience a faster server after the installation of CUDA 4.0.



This HOWTO does not require to install X.



Step 1 :



Add the CUDA 4.0 PPA.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:aaron-haviland/cuda-4.0



Step 2 :



sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade



64-bit :

sudo apt-get install nvidia-cuda-gdb nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-compute-profiler libnpp4 nvidia-cuda-doc libcudart4 libcublas4 libcufft4 libcusparse4 libcurand4 nvidia-current nvidia-opencl-dev nvidia-current-dev nvidia-cuda-dev opencl-headers



32-bit :

sudo apt-get install nvidia-cuda-gdb nvidia-cuda-toolkit nvidia-compute-profiler lib32npp4 nvidia-cuda-doc lib32cudart4 lib32cublas4 lib32cufft4 lib32cusparse4 lib32curand4 nvidia-current nvidia-opencl-dev nvidia-current-dev nvidia-cuda-dev opencl-headers



Step 3 :



sudo nano /etc/init.d/nvidia_cuda



Append the following lines.



============= Copy from here ================

#!/bin/bash



PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH



/sbin/modprobe nvidia



if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then



   # Count the number of NVIDIA controllers found.

   N3D=`/usr/bin/lspci | grep -i NVIDIA | grep "3D controller" | wc -l`

   NVGA=`/usr/bin/lspci | grep -i NVIDIA | grep "VGA compatible controller" | wc -l`



   N=`expr $N3D + $NVGA - 1`

   for i in `seq 0 $N`; do

      /bin/mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidia$i c 195 $i;

   done



   /bin/mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidiactl c 195 255



else

   exit 1

fi



=========== Copy to here =================



Step 4 :



sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/nvidia_cuda

sudo update-rc.d nvidia_cuda defaults



Step 5 :



Reboot your system.



Remarks



I do not have nVidia display cards server in hand at the moment, I am not sure the captioned startup script working properly or not.



Thats all! See you.

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GPU nVIDIA GeForce M-Graphic Card Controller Review.

The Cebit exhibition, nVIDIA prepare their 4 latest graphics controller, which is also intended for use on notebook, Even claimed to be the fastest GPU for the notebook today.

Four GPU is: GeForce GTX 280M, 260 M, 160 M GTS and 150 M, Overall entry in the 200m category GeForce GTX and GeForce GTS 100 M series. All Graphic controller is the support for HD gaming and multimedia use.

Nvidia claims that the GPU nVIDIA GeForce M this can result in better performance and frame rate 50% faster than earlier generations. M GeForce GTX 280, GeForce 260M, GeForce 160 M, 150 M and GeForce intended for notebook users who’s looking for the performance of the Graphic, with the various segments of the price offered.

GPU enables users to enjoy smoother multimedia file MPEG-4 format while doing other works. Some of the notebook that is already using this GPU is Asus, Clevo and MSI.

GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce M 260M using G29b Chip, the Graphic controller chip that used on the GeForce GTS 250 for the PC Desktop, Produced with 55 nm manufacturing process while the GeForce GTX 280 for desktop use graphic controller GT200.

GeForce GTX 260M 112 Stream Processor working at 550 Mhz core clock and memory with DDR3 memory Clock 1900 Mhz while the GTX 280 with 128 stream M Processor

More info @ www.fudzilla.com

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