Monthly Archives: December 2016

Fixing GPU Cuda

Posted on December 31, 2016 by quantitativenotes

I had this error: ERROR (theano.sandbox.cuda): Failed to compile cuda_ndarray.cu: libcublas.so.6.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory WARNING (theano.sandbox.cuda): CUDA is installed, but device gpu is not available (error: cuda unavilable) [Elemwise{exp,no_inplace}(<TensorType(float32, vector)>)] When running: THEANO_FLAGS=mode=FAST_RUN,device=gpu,floatX=float32 … Continue reading →

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Did accelerated drivers break my build?

Posted on December 27, 2016 by quantitativenotes

When installing cuda, it asked if I wanted to install accelerated drivers. I said yes. I think that might have broken my build as it worked when I installed the stuff manually. However… ***WARNING: Incomplete installation! This installation did not … Continue reading →

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/var/log/Xorg.0.log

Posted on December 23, 2016 by quantitativenotes

[ 31.696] X.Org X Server 1.18.4 Release Date: 2016-07-19 [ 31.696] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [ 31.696] Build Operating System: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic x86_64 Ubuntu [ 31.696] Current Operating System: Linux T7500 4.4.0-57-generic #78-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 9 23:50:32 … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu LXDE

Posted on December 22, 2016 by quantitativenotes

I’ve been using Ubuntu 16.04 with it’s Unity Desktop environment on my virtual box, but it is not that fast and I keep getting it confused with my main desktop. To help alleviate the issue I have tried installing the … Continue reading →

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Benchmarking Dell Precision T7500

Posted on December 20, 2016 by quantitativenotes

Using the script below, I compared my new Dual X5675 PC (which only cost £588 in December 2016) with my i7 4710MQ laptop Dual X5675 has a PassMark of 12,818 4710mq has a PassMark of 7,984 i7 6700k has a Passmark … Continue reading →

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Unable To Negotiate…

Posted on December 20, 2016 by quantitativenotes

When connecting to an sftp server from the shell, I got an unable to negotiate error. To resolve it I had to run   ssh -oHostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-dss user@legacyhost

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T7500 Notes

Posted on December 19, 2016 by quantitativenotes

As specified inhttps://quantitativenotes.wordpress.com/2016/12/17/lvm-management-for-new-ubuntu-install/… I have just bought an old Dell Precision T7500 for £588.00. It’s got 2 Xeon X5675 CPUs, 96GM Ram, a 256GB SSD, Quadro 4000 graphics card, a 147GB 15k drive, a 1TB 7200RPM drive. I tried updating … Continue reading →

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LVM: Reducing The Swap Partition on an Encrypted Ubuntu Installation

Posted on December 17, 2016 by quantitativenotes

I have just bought an old Dell Precision T7500 for £588.00. It’s got 2 Xeon X5675 CPUs, 96GM Ram, a 256GB SSD, Quadro 4000 graphics card, a 147GB 15k drive, a 1TB 7200RPM drive. I put Ubuntu on its 256GB … Continue reading →

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