Can Fooocus be used on a computer without a GPU?

[poseny]

I'm trying to install Fooocus on a computer without a GPU, I saw here that it's possible
The problem is that it writes me ERROR, and in CMD it returns me the error
RuntimeError: Found no NVIDIA driver on your system. Please check that you have an NVIDIA GPU and installed a driver from http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
Is there a way to solve this?

[gaspain]

Yes. you must add --always-cpu to the run.bat file. Make it like this:
.\python_embeded\python.exe -s Fooocus\entry_with_update.py --always-cpu pause
It is 1000x slower. 1 image will take around 1hour on a modern high end laptop. And you need at least 32gb ram if not more. It will take a long time to even load the program as well.

[mianYaseen]

bro not working for me in DeFooocus

[mashb1t]

@mianYaseen this is not DeFooocus, please open an issue there. Most likely your swap is not correctly set up or has insufficient capacity.

[MAVD84]

Yes. you must add --always-cpu to the run.bat file. Make it like this: .\python_embeded\python.exe -s Fooocus\entry_with_update.py --always-cpu pause It is 1000x slower. 1 image will take around 1hour on a modern high end laptop. And you need at least 32gb ram if not more. It will take a long time to even load the program as well.

Thank you 🙏

[raulpony]

Hi, i changed my run.bat file to this:
.\python_embeded\python.exe -s Fooocus\entry_with_update.py --always-cpu pause

but it just loads up the cmd and then closes immediatly without opening the browser page, any suggestions on how to fix it?

[mashb1t]

@raulpony make sure pause is on a separate line after the entrypoint call

.\python_embeded\python.exe -s Fooocus\entry_with_update.py --always-cpu
pause

[MAVD84]

It works for me, thanks!

[MGcrazen]

Doesn't work for me :(

[mashb1t]

@MGcrazen you can fix your spelling and try again

[MAVD84]

Can i use The Radeon R5 430 ?

[mashb1t]

No, it has 2GB VRAM and min. requirement is 8GB for AMD, see minimal system requirements in readme.

[MAVD84]

Thanks

[rmspot]

minimal requirements state 8GB but also that "If your device capability is lower than this spec, you may not be able to use Fooocus locally" -> Does it mean that we can try, and in the best case it works even if slower?
Or the minimum 8GB is strictly checked by the sw?
(by the way; I have a Nvidia M600M with 2GB ...)

[MAVD84]

Thank you