cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27088416

This is an update to a previous post found at https://lemmy.world/post/27013201


Ollama uses the AMD ROCm library which works well with many AMD GPUs not listed as compatible by forcing an LLVM target.

The original Ollama documentation is wrong as the following can not be set for individual GPUs, only all or none, as shown at github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/8473

AMD GPU issue fix

  1. Check your GPU is not already listed as compatibility at github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/gpu.md#linux-support
  2. Edit the Ollama service file. This uses the text editor set in the $SYSTEMD_EDITOR environment variable.
sudo systemctl edit ollama.service
  1. Add the following, save and exit. You can try different versions as shown at github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/gpu.md#overrides-on-linux
[Service]
Environment="HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION=10.3.0"
  1. Restart the Ollama service.
sudo systemctl restart ollama
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    3 days ago

    I would run it in a Podman container with the GPU passed though

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      3 days ago

      Why not throw that into a VM with VFIO passthrough, plug the GPU in via an external dock and if we are already at abstracting shit away for unnecessary complexity and non-compatibility do all that on windows?

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        3 days ago

        Because that is way more complicated?

        It is really easy to run ollama in a container.

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          3 days ago

          Really easy to start running it

          Then everything goes wrong, from configuration over logs to cuda. And the worst fucking debugging ever.

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            3 days ago

            On Linux you can download Alpaca. I think it is CPU only but it is simpler.

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              3 days ago

              Ollama is simple too, I meant that containers make everything a nightmare to maintain.

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                3 days ago

                If containers are the hard part you are doing it wrong. Containers should make it much easier.

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        3 days ago

        Nested VMs stay performant about three levels deep, so do that as well.