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nvidia-470 packaged with flatpak no longer works/finds 470 driver #25

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@RolandHughes

This may be related to issue 24. They both happen on same machine.

I ran flatseal and it does have access just doesn't play nice.


Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:38 AM CDT | | cc_config.xml not found - using defaults
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:39 AM CDT | | Starting BOINC client version 8.0.2 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:39 AM CDT | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:39 AM CDT | | Libraries: libcurl/8.12.1-DEV OpenSSL/3.1.8 zlib/1.3.1 libidn2/2.3.4 libpsl/0.21.2 nghttp2/1.58.0
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:39 AM CDT | | Data directory: /home/developer
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:43 AM CDT | | No usable GPUs found
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:43 AM CDT | | libc: version 2.38
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:43 AM CDT | | Host name: logikal-amd-6-core
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:43 AM CDT | | Processor: 6 AuthenticAMD AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor [Family 16 Model 10 Stepping 0]
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:43 AM CDT | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt nodeid_msr cpb hw_pstate vmmcall npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:43 AM CDT | | OS: Linux GNOME: GNOME 46 (Flatpak runtime) [6.6.53-pclos1|libc 2.38]
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:43 AM CDT | | Memory: 23.46 GB physical, 977.00 MB virtual
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:43 AM CDT | | Disk: 914.60 GB total, 849.52 GB free
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:43 AM CDT | | Local time is UTC -5 hours
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:43 AM CDT | | A new version of BOINC is available (8.2.1). Download
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | World Community Grid | General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 02-Jan-2023 09:19:58)
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | World Community Grid | Host location: none
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | World Community Grid | General prefs: using your defaults
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | Reading preferences override file
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | Preferences:
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - When computer is in use
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - 'In use' means mouse/keyboard input in last 3.00 minutes
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - don't use GPU
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - max CPUs used: 6
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - Use at most 90% of the CPU time
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - suspend if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25%
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - max memory usage: 11.73 GB
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - When computer is not in use
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - max CPUs used: 6
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - Use at most 90% of the CPU time
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - suspend if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25%
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - max memory usage: 21.11 GB
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - Suspend if running on batteries
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - Leave apps in memory if not running
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - Store at least 0.00 days of work
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - Store up to an additional 7.00 days of work
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - max disk usage: 90.00 GB
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | - (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | Setting up project and slot directories
Tue 22 Apr 2025 08:20:44 AM CDT | | Checking active tasks


470 driver is loaded

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[root@logikal-amd-6-core developer]# inxi -Fxxz
System:
Kernel: 6.6.53-pclos1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.0
Desktop: MATE v: 1.28.2 wm: marco dm: 1: GDM 2: XDM Distro: PCLinuxOS 2025
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: 970 Extreme4 serial:
UEFI: American Megatrends v: P2.30 date: 01/17/2013
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T bits: 64 type: MCP arch: K10
rev: 0 cache: L1: 768 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3200 min/max: 800/3200 boost: enabled cores: 1: 3200
2: 3200 3: 3200 4: 3200 5: 3200 6: 3200 bogomips: 38316
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia
v: 470.256.02 arch: Kepler-2 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1284
Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 compositor: marco v: 1.28.1 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia,v4l gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 92
Monitor-1: VGA-0 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 diag: 604mm (23.8")
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 470.256.02 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630/PCIe/SSE2
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia vendor: ASRock
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1002:4383
Device-2: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f
API: ALSA v: k6.6.53-pclos1 status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: n/a (root, process) with:
1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASRock driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: b000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac:
RAID:
Hardware-1: VIA VT6421 IDE/SATA Controller driver: sata_via v: 2.6
bus-ID: 04:06.0 chip-ID: 1106:3249
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.37 TiB used: 98.59 GiB (1.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-08M2NA0
size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial:
ID-2: /dev/sdc vendor: Seagate model: Backup+ Hub BK size: 5.46 TiB
type: USB rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 serial:
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 914.6 GiB used: 18.61 GiB (2.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 977 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
Src: /sys System Temperatures: cpu: 40.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 39 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 19%
Info:
Memory: total: 24 GiB available: 23.46 GiB used: 2.37 GiB (10.1%)
Processes: 256 Power: uptime: 37m wakeups: 0 Init: SysVinit v: 3.14
runlevel: 5 default: 5
Packages: 2026 pm: rpm-apt pkgs: 2009 pm: flatpak pkgs: 17 Compilers:
clang: 19.1.1 gcc: 14.2.0 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: mate-terminal
inxi: 3.3.36
[root@logikal-amd-6-core developer]#

I have other machines running BOINC native install with 470 driver and all is well. PCLinuxOS doesn't have a native package and not nice things to say about how much time they wasted trying to build a proper package from the code, so, like far too many Linux platforms, flatpak only option.

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