nnue-pytorch

[jdart]

I have been trying to get this to work on my Linux system with a GTX 3080. I am still not quite there, but for anyone else trying this, a few hints:

1. You can't run this without an NVIDA GPU. It used to support a cpu-only mode but not anymore.

2. You need to turn Secure Boot off in your BIOS to get the NVIDIA driver to work. (At least for Linux. Note Windows 11 requires Secure Boot to be enabled). You can use the latest driver from NVIDIA.

3. I highly recommend Anaconda (https://anaconda.org/) to install the python components. If you do not have a X Windows environment you can install/use "Miniconda."

4. You need to install CUDA but not the latest version. You need 11.7.

5. If using the latest version of pytorch lightning, you need the fix mentioned in this issue: https://github.com/glinscott/nnue-pytorch/issues/212

[Bjoern]

Thanks, these are valuable hints ! Merry Christmas !

[flok]

I have been trying to get this to work on my Linux system with a GTX 3080. I am still not quite there, but for anyone else trying this, a few hints:

1. You can't run this without an NVIDA GPU. It used to support a cpu-only mode but not anymore.

2. You need to turn Secure Boot off in your BIOS to get the NVIDIA driver to work. (At least for Linux. Note Windows 11 requires Secure Boot to be enabled). You can use the latest driver from NVIDIA.

3. I highly recommend Anaconda (https://anaconda.org/) to install the python components. If you do not have a X Windows environment you can install/use "Miniconda."

4. You need to install CUDA but not the latest version. You need 11.7.

5. If using the latest version of pytorch lightning, you need the fix mentioned in this issue: https://github.com/glinscott/nnue-pytorch/issues/212

Which linux distribution did you use?

[jdart]

> Which linux distribution did you use?
I am on Ubuntu 22.04

[Joost Buijs]

I have been trying to get this to work on my Linux system with a GTX 3080. I am still not quite there, but for anyone else trying this, a few hints:

1. You can't run this without an NVIDA GPU. It used to support a cpu-only mode but not anymore.

Strange, according to the PyTorch website you can still install a CPU only version 1.13.1 with:
conda install pytorch torchvision torchaudio cpuonly -c pytorch

[jdart]

Yes, pytorch can run cpu-only, but nnue-pytorch cannot.

[Joost Buijs]

Yes, pytorch can run cpu-only, but nnue-pytorch cannot.

Aha, I see, I didn't know there exists something like nnue-pytorch. I solely use my own trainer which uses libTorch, that is why I must have missed it.

[jdart]

By the way, there is a recently reported malicious dependency injected into pytorch:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/s ... -holidays/

Users should ensure package "torchtriton" is not installed.