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copenclgpu
kostas
kostas

Reputation: 2019

Issue with opencl on linux

I have a desktop with a linux and a nvidia gforce 5200. The graphics card does not support opencl programming. Hence, I installed AMD APP SDK v.2 to program opencl on the CPU. However, when I execute after compilation I get the following: FATAL: Module fglrx not found. fgrlx is the module of kernel for the ATI proprietary driver. Why is this module required?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1347

Answers (1)

AurA
AurA

Reputation: 12363

Fglrx is a proprietary, Linux binary-only driver for ATI graphic chips with support for 3D acceleration. You can read about it here

For installing AMD App SDK the following system requirements needs to be satisfied http://developer.amd.com/tools/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/system-requirements-driver-compatibility/ Basically an AMD CPU as the bare minimum.

Basically you need to install ATI drivers. Here is a tutorial which talk about the procedure

For RPM based linux (like Fedora)

http://gofedora.com/how-to-install-ati-catalyst-fglrx-98-drivers-fedora-11/comment-page-1/

For Debian based Linux (like Ubuntu)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/

A blog talks about how to install AMD App SDK http://blog.markloiseau.com/2012/05/install-opencl-sdk-ubuntu/

Upvotes: 1

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