My system in short: AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 16GB DDR4 RAM, Nvidia GTX 1070 8GB on pci-e #1 bus, Nvidia GTX 1060 8GB on pci-e #2 bus, a single Dell U2717 Monitor (now running on 1070)
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System: Host: vasilis-desktop Kernel: 4.10.0-40-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.6 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.3) dm: mdm Distro: Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia
Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B350-PLUS v: Rev X.0x
Bios: American Megatrends v: 3203 date: 11/09/2017
CPU: Hexa core AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 38326
clock speeds: min/max: 1550/3200 MHz 1: 1550 MHz 2: 1550 MHz 3: 1550 MHz 4: 1550 MHz
5: 1550 MHz 6: 1550 MHz 7: 1550 MHz 8: 1550 MHz 9: 1550 MHz 10: 2800 MHz 11: 1550 MHz
12: 1550 MHz
Graphics: Card-1: NVIDIA Device 1c03 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c03
Card-2: NVIDIA Device 1b81 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1b81
Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 driver: nvidia Resolution: 2560x1440@59.95hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2
GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 384.90 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Device 1457
driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 09:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457
Card-2 NVIDIA Device 10f0 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f0
Card-3 NVIDIA Device 10f1 driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.10.0-40-generic
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1120.2GB (50.1% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: KINGSTON_SA400S3 size: 120.0GB serial: 50026B72730295D0
ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD5000AAKS size: 500.1GB serial: WD-WCASY2913267
ID-3: /dev/sdg model: WDC_WD5000AAKS size: 500.1GB serial: WD-WCAWF0914984
Partition: ID-1: / size: 108G used: 37G (37%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
ID-2: /home size: 459G used: 351G (81%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdg1
ID-3: swap-1 size: 3.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda1
RAID: System: supported: N/A
No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Unused Devices: none
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:63C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 0
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Info: Processes: 349 Uptime: 31 min Memory: 2869.6/16044.2MB
Init: systemd v: 229 runlevel: 5 default: 2 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
Client: Unknown python2.7 client inxi: 2.2.35
What I want to do:
- Overclock both GPUs
- Set my monitor to run on the 1060, which is located on the second (#2) pci-e slot of my m/b (Asus Prime B350 plus)
First of all, a physical swap of the GPUs on the motherboard slots is out of the question: due to their physical dimensions, the 1070 (if set to the lower pci-e slot) interrupts the airflow to the 1060 to the point that I have a great rise in 1060's temperature (not critical, but I do not want to gumble on this). So, the hardware layout has to stay as it is now.
Now, for the overclocking: an you may know, to enable overclocking on nvidia GPUs, one has to add the "coolbits 28" option on the x server entry of xorg.conf file. When it comes to multiple GPUs and / or monitors, the solution is to add virtual X servers for each of the cards (even those not connected to a monitor) to the xorg.conf, creating a server layout section with all of your real and virtual screens. For example:
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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
# Our real monitor
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
# Our virtual monitors
Screen 1 "Screen1"
Screen 2 "Screen2"
# ....
Screen 3 "Screen3"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
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sudo nvidia-xconfig -a --cool-bits=28 --allow-empty-initial-configuration
The above command creates a xorg.conf with x server and virtual monitors, but gives me the following error:
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sudo nvidia-xconfig -a --cool-bits=28 --allow-empty-initial-configuration
WARNING: Unable to locate/open X configuration file.
Package xorg-server was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xorg-server.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'xorg-server' found
Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration" "True" added to Screen "Screen0".
Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration" "True" added to Screen "Screen1".
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
On my occasion, none of the above worked. No matter what changes I do to xorg.conf, coolbits enables overclocking only at the 1st GPU (1070, 1st slot). This is what I get on nvidia-settings:
I have also tried setting the frequencies on the second GPU (1060) via terminal:
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nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GPUMemoryTransferRateOffset[3]=1000
So, at the moment I am able to overclock only the 1st GPU (1070, pci-e slot #1) via nvidia-settings. Also, the 1060 (#2 pci-e slot) is not able to drive my monitor (system does not recognize the monitor when plugged in this card. However, I am able to drive multiple monitors when connected on the 1st GPU (1070)).
I have checked all BIOS settings (in case there is an option in the BIOS preventing the second pci-e slot from working) but I haven't find anything relevant. Moreover, the 2nd GPU (1060) does work with the miner (so, it is not disabled by the BIOS).
I have also tried to completely delete all xorg.conf files from /etc/X11/ and the nvidia-settings still allow me to change the frequencies on the first GPU (1070), as if it gets a "coolbits 28" option from somewhere else!!
So, I have come to a dead end.
Without overclocking I only partial utilize my GPUs for mining (just for reference, the combination of 1060 + 1070 can easily get 55-58 MH/s, and now I am getting 45-49 MH/s max)
Also, I want to use my monitor on the 1060 so as when I want to do various demanding tasks (eg photo processing) to stop the miner from this card (which is the weaker) and not to lose the greater hash rates of the 1070.
All the above are so crucial to me that, in case I am unable to resolve them, I would consider switching distro after many years of exclusive use of Linux Mint Cinammon....
Thanks in advance for every help effort.