OS: Debian GNU Linux x86_64 3.2.0-3 “Wheezy” (No root login)
CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1100T Processor [Family 16 Model 10 Stepping 0]
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon HD 5800 series (Cypress) (1024MB) driver: 1.4.1741
BOINC: Version 7.0.27 from Wheezy repository
AMD/ATI Catalyst: Version 12.8 — contains openCL 1.2
AMDAPP SDK: Not installed — makes no difference to BOINC projects.
It is known among Linux BOINC users that ATI GPUs are not seen by the BOINC projects when the boinc-client is installed as a daemon (the default.) Changing the boinc user from “boinc” to “root” will make them visible to the projects.
I am also trying the Mathematica openCL examples without sucess (with AMDAPP SDK installed.)
In both situations, executing as root is sucessful. For BOINC, I run from the root terminal. I can do the same for Mathematica, but I have to re-authenticate each time.
How can I get both BOINC and Mathematica to run with their default permissions?
I’m asking this before I try setting up an openCL group that each can be a member of, but I’m not sure if there are any security issues. (I’m not even sure if this would be the solution.)
BOINC has a fix which is being withheld until AMD finishes their fix to the gpu driver.
I am answering to remove the question. It wasn’t until some time after posting that I realized that the question could not be replicated by others, so it would be difficult to troubleshoot.