BOINC version 8.0.2 does not recognize ATI Video Cards; had to revert to version 7.24.1

[CElliott316]

Describe the bug
From the BOINC log:
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [---] Version change (7.24.1 -> 8.0.2)
27-Oct-2024 17:58:07 [---] GPU detection failed: process exited with status 0x6f72702f: (unknown error) (317)
27-Oct-2024 17:58:07 [---] No usable GPUs found
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [---] app version refers to missing GPU type ATI
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [Einstein@Home] App version uses missing GPU 'ATI'
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [---] app version refers to missing GPU type NVIDIA
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [Einstein@Home] App version uses missing GPU 'NVIDIA'
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [---] app version refers to missing GPU type NVIDIA
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [Einstein@Home] App version uses missing GPU 'NVIDIA'
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [---] app version refers to missing GPU type NVIDIA
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [Einstein@Home] App version uses missing GPU 'NVIDIA'
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [---] app version refers to missing GPU type ATI
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [Einstein@Home] App version uses missing GPU 'ATI'
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [---] app version refers to missing GPU type NVIDIA
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [Einstein@Home] App version uses missing GPU 'NVIDIA'
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [---] app version refers to missing GPU type ATI
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [Einstein@Home] App version uses missing GPU 'ATI'
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [---] app version refers to missing GPU type ATI
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [Einstein@Home] App version uses missing GPU 'ATI'
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [---] app version refers to missing GPU type ATI
27-Oct-2024 17:58:08 [Einstein@Home] App version uses missing GPU 'ATI'

Steps To Reproduce

1. Install ATI video cards in system
2. Install BOINC version 8.0.2; errors will appear in log

Expected behavior
Installed GPUs are accessible to BOINC Mgr and available to process Einstein@Home work units.

Screenshots
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System Information

• OS: Microsoft Windows 10; version 10.0 Build 19045
• BOINC Version: 8.0.2

Additional context
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1245 v6 @ 3.70GHz, 3701 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SAT Version 1.01
Memory: 32 GB

[AenBleidd]

Could you please specify if you run BOINC client as a regular application or as a service?
Also, could you please attach the next files from your BOINC DATA directory:

• stdoutgpudetect.txt
• stderrgpudetect.txt

[AenBleidd]

Since there was no additional information provided during last 4 months, I'm closing this for now.

[CElliott316]

You did not ask for more information, or if you did, I did not see your email. Update: That computer is now using version 8.0.2; how it got there I don’t recall. BOINC does not recognize any GPUs on startup still. What I have to do is stop BoincMgr with Task Manager or thru the system tray and restart it by selecting it in the start menu. On the second pass, it sees both GPUs. The problem may be the way Boi9incMgr is called on a boot or reboot. I use the scheduler to start it at log on. When I just did that a few minutes ago, Boinc never showed its main window, it did not recognize any video cards, and the Boinc icon did not appear in the system tray, although BoincTasks could and did communicate with it. It was not doing any work. All was cured by restarting it via the start menu. I am unable to start Boinc on any computer with the scheduler. Making Boinc self-starting with Windows and opening port 31416 on installation so BoincCmd and BoincTasks work, like the installer used to, would be a huge, huge help. Thank you for all your hard work, Charles Elliott From: Vitalii Koshura ***@***.***> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 12:24 PM To: BOINC/boinc ***@***.***> Cc: CElliott316 ***@***.***>; Author ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [BOINC/boinc] BOINC version 8.0.2 does not recognize ATI Video Cards; had to revert to version 7.24.1 (Issue #5876) Since there was no additional information provided during last 4 months, I'm closing this for now. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#5876 (comment)> , or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AGGHF6H4W5QTT53SRYKGNDT2VLTTRAVCNFSM6AAAAABRBYPVUGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDONBRGAZDGNZWGA> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***> AenBleidd left a comment (BOINC/boinc#5876) <#5876 (comment)> Since there was no additional information provided during last 4 months, I'm closing this for now. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#5876 (comment)> , or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AGGHF6H4W5QTT53SRYKGNDT2VLTTRAVCNFSM6AAAAABRBYPVUGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDONBRGAZDGNZWGA> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[AenBleidd]

@CElliott316, could you please send me the next files:

• stdoutgpudetect.txt
• stderrgpudetect.txt
• stdoutdae.txt
• stdoutdae.old

I'm pretty much sure you have your BOINC installed as a service, but I need to double check to be sure.
Thank you in advance.

[CElliott316]

Boinc is not installed as a service; it is a regular application. The files you asked for are attached in a zip file. Charles Elliott From: Vitalii Koshura ***@***.***> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2025 5:21 PM To: BOINC/boinc ***@***.***> Cc: CElliott316 ***@***.***>; Mention ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [BOINC/boinc] BOINC version 8.0.2 does not recognize ATI Video Cards; had to revert to version 7.24.1 (Issue #5876) @CElliott316 <https://github.com/CElliott316> , could you please send me the next files: * stdoutgpudetect.txt * stderrgpudetect.txt * stdoutdae.txt * stdoutdae.old I'm pretty much sure you have your BOINC installed as a service, but I need to double check to be sure. Thank you in advance. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#5876 (comment)> , or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AGGHF6EBHYL55RYBL4SKEZL2VMWNNAVCNFSM6AAAAABRBYPVUGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDONBRGY4DONBWGU> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***> AenBleidd left a comment (BOINC/boinc#5876) <#5876 (comment)> @CElliott316 <https://github.com/CElliott316> , could you please send me the next files: * stdoutgpudetect.txt * stderrgpudetect.txt * stdoutdae.txt * stdoutdae.old I'm pretty much sure you have your BOINC installed as a service, but I need to double check to be sure. Thank you in advance. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#5876 (comment)> , or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AGGHF6EBHYL55RYBL4SKEZL2VMWNNAVCNFSM6AAAAABRBYPVUGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDONBRGY4DONBWGU> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[AenBleidd]

I'm afraid you cannot attah files to Github via email.
Please shoot me a direct email here: [email protected]

[AenBleidd]

@CElliott316, could you please send me the files again but to my email [email protected] ?
Thank you in advance.

[AenBleidd]

Ok, so here basically we have no issue from the BOINC client side.
The problem appears because during the BOINC client start the system is overloaded, and GPU detection just fails after 10 seconds timeout.
I see nothing that should be fixed on our side.
But I'd like to recommend to remove BOINC Manager (or BOINC client) from start-up and instead using Windows Scheduler to schedule BOINC client (together with Manager if needed) to start after some delay (up to the user to decide): https://windowsloop.com/delay-startup-programs-with-task-scheduler/