Afterburner Linux Version
Is there any way to get MSI Afterburner working with Linux ? I have tried using Wine with no success. If not are there any plans for a Linux version from MSI ? If not could anybody recommend me an alternative for Linux ? I mainly use it to monitor VRAM usage and GPU core usage, the overclocking is a bonus.
flobelix
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MSI just support Windows and so does Afterburner. MSI also has no plans on offering any oc software for Linux (as not supporting Linux anyway).
effland253
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Not sure how you can monitor things, it may depend which video card you have. For example Nvidia X Server Settings shows gpu temperature and fan speed and which mode it is in, although, that might not show actual clock or gpu speed, just a range for that mode. The nvidia-smi command (or various options) only shows limited stats for my GTX 750 Ti. It can be used to find gpu temperature, fan speed, memory use, and some other things, but not any clock speeds.
One thing you can do now with newer nvidia versions is enable cool-bits in recent nvidia drivers (337 or newer) to allow overclocking gpu and RAM (8) or also adjusting the fan (12) with sliders is NVIDIA X Server Settings. For example you can put Option «Coolbits» «12» in the Device or Screen section of /etc/X11/xorg.cfg. But this forum will not let me post a link to more details.
That works for me in 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04 using nvidia-346 (currently 346.22) from xorg-edgers ppa for MSI TwinFrozr Gaming GTX 750 Ti OC.
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Afterburner on Linux
Post by oneeye » Fri Aug 14, 2015 8:26 am
Do you know if there are any plans to write something like MSI’s ‘Afterburner’ on Linux?
I think something like this would be welcomed with open arms by those of us who don’t run Windoz as a dual boot, or even ‘not at all.’
There seems to be a sad dearth of ‘decent’ graphic card and CPU monitor/tweaker programs on Linux, programs like C/GPU-Z, HWinfo, OverDrive, CPU-Tweaker and of course Afterburner.
If there is something in the ‘works’ to fill this void, please shout it long and loud, as I’m sure such ‘APP’s’ would attract many more users over from the ‘dark side’.
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Re: Afterburner on Linux
Post by phd21 » Fri Aug 14, 2015 1:05 pm
You could search your Software Manager or Synaptic Package Manager (SPM) to see if there are any available programs or utilities there which might provide similar functions. I think you’ll find that there are programs similar to the ones you mentioned. Search for «CPU», «GPU», «i-nex» (cpu-z), «cpu-g», «overclock», «nvclock», rovclock», etc. Obviously, anyone overclocking their system takes chances on hurting their system, if they are not very careful.
There are also numerous «hardware sensors» available which I personally think is a good idea to install even if you are not «overclocking» your system just to be aware of potential problems, like your CPU or GPU or hard drive overheating, or hardware fans not working, resulting in potential hardware failure. Some of these sensors may already be installed. You might need to add an applet, widget, desklet, to your system tray panel or desktop to view them. Examples: «lm-sensors», «psensor», «conky», «gkrellm», «mbmon» & «xmbmon», «fancontrol» & other various «fan control stuff», etc.
Need more information, see FYI below:
Both Nvidia and AMD proprietary drivers in linux have overclocking utilities — Nvidia-Settings and AMDconfig.
https://teksyndicate.com/comment/1723270
Great website for Linux stuff- ex: New Official Proprietary GPU Drivers Ubuntu PPA Released
http://www.webupd8.org/2015/08/new-offi . .html#more
Install Cpu-z alternatives i-Nex v 0.6 and Cpu-G in Ubuntu/Linux Mint/other Ubuntu derivatives
http://www.noobslab.com/2014/01/cpuz-al . buntu.html
FYI: It would help everyone here to have more information about your system’s setup: like what edition and version of Linux Mint are you using, Cinnamon, Mate, KDE (my favorite), or Xfce; version 17 or 17.1, or What?; 32-bit or 64-bit? Some more information about your hardware would be useful as well. You can get this information from top of your system menu’s Welcome screen, System Information program(s), and the best is by typing in «inxi -Fxz» from a console terminal prompt, which you can then copy and paste back here. This information helps anyone here in this forum to be able to answer any questions you may have better , thanks. You can even add this information (abbreviated) to your signature using the control panel link in the above left of this forum screen; then when you post a question or reply to one, that info will automatically be there, ex: see mine and others below their posts.
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Re: Afterburner on Linux
Post by oneeye » Sat Aug 15, 2015 7:44 am
Hi Phd21
This is just the response I was hoping to get; lots and lots of info: Nice one.
My system is running Mint 17 and as requested:
$ inxi -Fxz
System: Host: jimsbox Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Machine: System: Gigabyte product: N/A
Mobo: Gigabyte model: 970A-UD3P version: x.x Bios: American Megatrends version: F1 date: 08/06/2013
CPU: Quad core AMD FX-4300 (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 30538.9
Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 1400.00 MHz 4: 3400.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Redwood XT [Radeon HD 5670/5690/5730] bus-ID: 01:00.0
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,fglrx (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,radeon) Resolution: 1680×1050@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 5670 GLX Version: 4.4.13374 — CPC 15.20.1013 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5000 Series] driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac:
Card-2: Ralink RT5370 Wireless Adapter driver: rt2800usb ver: 2.3.0 usb-ID: 148f:5370
IF: wlan0 state: down mac:
Drives: HDD Total Size: 2500.5GB (60.0% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST3500418AS size: 500.1GB
2: id: /dev/sdb model: ST2000DM001 size: 2000.4GB
Partition: ID: / size: 451G used: 15G (4%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 8.55GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected — /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: None detected — is lm-sensors installed and configured? (To get my HD 5670 graphic card to work correctly had to drop back to legacy driver which screwed lm-sensors.)
Info: Processes: 185 Uptime: 3:45 Memory: 1005.7/16014.3MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.4 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4
I intend to replace CPU with FX-8320 and GPU with GTX 960, when funds allow.
Thanks again for your great response.
A quick question; loaded CPU-G and CPU-C as instructions, and all that seems to have happened is that they requested and imported my public key, both programs non-existent on my system?
Any ideas?
Edit:
I’ve just seen this quote by Hoser Rob in a post about ‘Utorrent’,
» I don’t use any ppas and only used a deb file for Chrome, and it’s supported for 14.04/17. There’s just no way I’d install any apps that aren’t.»
I think both CPU-G and CPU-C are ppas, all these apps look great at the sites, but if they don’t work and I cant remove any crap they leave, it kinda defeats the object of posting the link.
Edit2
I’m sorry, you probably posted those links in good faith, but I get really pissed when I think I’ve found the answer, and it turns into false hope. Oh well, I guess I’ll have to keep searching.
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Re: Afterburner on Linux
Post by phd21 » Sat Aug 15, 2015 12:32 pm
oneeye wrote: Hi Phd21
This is just the response I was hoping to get; lots and lots of info: Nice one.
My system is running Mint 17 and as requested:
I intend to replace CPU with FX-8320 and GPU with GTX 960, when funds allow.
Thanks again for your great response.
A quick question; loaded CPU-G and CPU-C as instructions, and all that seems to have happened is that they requested and imported my public key, both programs non-existent on my system?
Any ideas?
Edit:
I’ve just seen this quote by Hoser Rob in a post about ‘Utorrent’,
» I don’t use any ppas and only used a deb file for Chrome, and it’s supported for 14.04/17. There’s just no way I’d install any apps that aren’t.»
I think both CPU-G and CPU-C are ppas, all these apps look great at the sites, but if they don’t work and I cant remove any crap they leave, it kinda defeats the object of posting the link.
1. First, upgrade to 17.1 using your Mint Update Manager, and restart your system. Then, check to see that you have the most recent recommended Kernel installed; if not, update that too.
2. Re: PPA’s: Anytime you install anything, no matter how you install it, it would not hurt to do a little research to see if there might be any issues with running it on your system, although most of the good people in this forum have already done so. There is nothing wrong with using PPA’s from trusted sources that are «stable»; there are some that are not «stable», or trustworthy. I go through great effort to recommend only stable PPA’s. The Linux Mint developers obviously realized how nice it is to have the optional PPA method to install stuff that is not in the standard Software Manager or Synaptic Package Manager (SPM), «repos» (repositories), or they would not have created the really nice new interfaces for managing PPA’s in the new 17.2 editions. Plus, there are some really nice applications and programs and utilities that simply are not available in the «repos», or have newer versions with many new features that can take awhile (sometimes a long while) before they would show up in the Mint repos. I have the programs «i-nex» and «cpu-g» installed and working in my system.
You can easily remove PPA’s and their associated programs. There are a few ways to easily remove PPA’s too, below are some of the ways, not including the really nice new ways introduced by LM versions 17.2 :
to remove a program:
sudo apt-get remove program-name
to remove a PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository —remove ppa:someppa/ppa
or my favorite remove PPA method as of now: (I have not installed version 17.2, yet, but I will)
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:someppa/ppa
«y-ppa» manager is another one.
3. Not sure why you are not seeing those programs in your menus. You might try right clicking the menu button, selecting «classic menu» and re-checking your menus. These programs showed up in my «System» menu. You can always go back to the «application launcher» style menus the same way. You can also retry the installing them too.
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