Posts by Alessandro Freda

1) Message boards : News : Deprecation of Linux 32bit (Message 63941) Posted 19 Sep 2015 by Alessandro Freda Post: May I suggest a -static executable for linux 32 ? IMHO should be the most reliable solution for all linux executables, because of the babel of linux distributions. Regards, Ale
2) Message boards : Number crunching : cache = 0 WU (Message 35603) Posted 13 Jan 2010 by Alessandro Freda Post: DEL
3) Message boards : Number crunching : cache = 0 WU (Message 35602) Posted 13 Jan 2010 by Alessandro Freda Post: Solved! :) I've deleted these files from BOINC data dir: sched_reply_milkyway.cs.rpi.edu_milkyway.xml sched_request_milkyway.cs.rpi.edu_milkyway.xml statistics_milkyway.cs.rpi.edu_milkyway.xml restart BOINC => 24 WU downloaded immediately. Notice that before failed a project reset and even a detach-attach.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : cache = 0 WU (Message 35598) Posted 13 Jan 2010 by Alessandro Freda Post: Since the server change when using the app_info.xml ATI 0.20b version you may need to set MilkyWay preferences "Use CPU (enforced by 6.10+ clients)" to yes and "Use ATI GPU if present (enforced by 6.10+ clients)" to no. This do not seems works. Logs before mod: 13/01/2010 16:05:35 Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 13/01/2010 16:05:35 Milkyway@home Requesting new tasks for GPU 13/01/2010 16:05:40 Milkyway@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 13/01/2010 16:05:40 Milkyway@home Message from server: No work sent Log after the mod: 13/01/2010 16:05:49 Milkyway@home update requested by user 13/01/2010 16:05:50 Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. 13/01/2010 16:05:50 Milkyway@home Not reporting or requesting tasks 13/01/2010 16:05:55 Milkyway@home Scheduler request completed Seems that the client stop to request work. BTW dont like waste CPU time on this project that can use the (more powerful) GPUs.
5) Message boards : Number crunching : cache = 0 WU (Message 35593) Posted 13 Jan 2010 by Alessandro Freda Post: I've a Radeon 4770 on a quad 9400S. And these are the MilkyWay@home preferences: Resource share If you participate in multiple BOINC projects, this is the proportion of your resources used by MilkyWay@home 100 Use CPU (enforced by 6.10+ clients) no Use NVIDIA GPU if present (enforced by 6.10+ clients) no Use ATI GPU if present (enforced by 6.10+ clients) yes Is it OK for MilkyWay@home and your team (if any) to email you? yes Should MilkyWay@home show your computers on its web site? no Default computer location --- Maximum CPU % for graphics 0 ... 100
6) Message boards : Number crunching : cache = 0 WU (Message 35592) Posted 13 Jan 2010 by Alessandro Freda Post: Ok, these are my Computing preferences: Suspend work while computer is on battery power? (matters only for portable computers) no Suspend work while computer is in use? no Suspend GPU work while computer is in use? Enforced by version 6.7+ no 'In use' means mouse/keyboard activity in last 3 minutes Suspend work if no mouse/keyboard activity in last (Needed to enter low-power mode on some computers) --- minutes Do work only between the hours of (no restriction) Leave applications in memory while suspended? (suspended applications will consume swap space if 'yes') yes Switch between applications every (recommended: 60 minutes) 60 minutes On multiprocessors, use at most 16 processors On multiprocessors, use at most Enforced by version 6.1+ 100 % of the processors Use at most (Can be used to reduce CPU heat) 100 percent of CPU time Use at most 100 GB disk space Leave at least (Values smaller than 0.001 are ignored) 0.001 GB disk space free Use at most 50% of total disk space Tasks checkpoint to disk at most every 60 seconds Use at most 75% of page file (swap space) Use at most 90% of memory when computer is in use Use at most 90% of memory when computer is not in use Computer is connected to the Internet about every (Leave blank or 0 if always connected. BOINC will try to maintain at least this much work.) 0 days Maintain enough work for an additional 0 days Confirm before connecting to Internet? (matters only if you have a modem, ISDN or VPN connection) no Disconnect when done? (matters only if you have a modem, ISDN or VPN connection) no Maximum download rate: no limit Maximum upload rate: no limit Use network only between the hours of (no restriction) Skip image file verification? Check this ONLY if your Internet provider modifies image files (UMTS does this, for example). Skipping verification reduces the security of BOINC. no
7) Message boards : Number crunching : cache = 0 WU (Message 35573) Posted 12 Jan 2010 by Alessandro Freda Post: BTW these are the logs, now seems that no WUs are requested: 12/01/2010 22:05:40 ATI GPU 0: ATI Radeon HD 4700/4800 (RV740/RV770) (CAL version 1.4.515, 512MB, 1062 GFLOPS peak) 12/01/2010 22:05:40 Milkyway@home Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform 12/01/2010 22:05:40 Milkyway@home URL http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID 130238; resource share 100 12/01/2010 22:05:40 Milkyway@home General prefs: from Milkyway@home (last modified 12-Jan-2010 20:40:08) 12/01/2010 22:05:40 Milkyway@home Host location: none 12/01/2010 22:05:40 Milkyway@home General prefs: using your defaults 12/01/2010 22:05:40 Reading preferences override file 12/01/2010 22:05:40 Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1842.24MB 12/01/2010 22:05:40 Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1842.24MB 12/01/2010 22:05:40 Preferences limit disk usage to 43.94GB 12/01/2010 22:05:40 file projects/milkyway.cs.rpi.edu_milkyway/parameter_222F5_3s_v2.txt not found 12/01/2010 22:05:40 file projects/milkyway.cs.rpi.edu_milkyway/stars222F5 not found 12/01/2010 22:05:42 Milkyway@home Started download of parameter_222F5_3s_v2.txt 12/01/2010 22:05:42 Milkyway@home Started download of stars222F5 12/01/2010 22:05:44 Milkyway@home Finished download of parameter_222F5_3s_v2.txt 12/01/2010 22:06:15 Milkyway@home Finished download of stars222F5 12/01/2010 22:07:52 Milkyway@home update requested by user 12/01/2010 22:07:56 Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. 12/01/2010 22:07:56 Milkyway@home Not reporting or requesting tasks 12/01/2010 22:08:07 Milkyway@home Scheduler request completed 12/01/2010 22:08:07 Milkyway@home General prefs: from Milkyway@home (last modified 12-Jan-2010 22:04:26) 12/01/2010 22:08:07 Milkyway@home Host location: none 12/01/2010 22:08:07 Milkyway@home General prefs: using your defaults 12/01/2010 22:08:07 Reading preferences override file 12/01/2010 22:08:07 Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1842.24MB 12/01/2010 22:08:07 Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1842.24MB 12/01/2010 22:08:07 Preferences limit disk usage to 43.94GB
8) Message boards : Number crunching : cache = 0 WU (Message 35570) Posted 12 Jan 2010 by Alessandro Freda Post: Yesterday after weeks of normal behavior (cache = 24 WU) without any change my client side, the server start to send only 1 WU and with a waiting time of about 1 min. between result upload and WU download. This cause continue start and stop of the Collatz that cause also a slow down on its WU (double the GPU time per WU). So I've reset the project leaving the optimized .20b 64bit intel application (running on a 4770), and try the standard application, but at this point no more WU. I've detached the project waiting for a solution. Any idea ? Why detach? I've attach again without behaviour change. Have you set your preferences to use GPU? Yes. There was no change in the preferences when the server start to send the message "No work sent". Now I've try some mods without success. Is it possible continue to use the app_info.xml to send cmdline to the old 0.20b release ?
9) Message boards : Number crunching : cache = 0 WU (Message 35537) Posted 12 Jan 2010 by Alessandro Freda Post: Yesterday after weeks of normal behavior (cache = 24 WU) without any change my client side, the server start to send only 1 WU and with a waiting time of about 1 min. between result upload and WU download. This cause continue start and stop of the Collatz that cause also a slow down on its WU (double the GPU time per WU). So I've reset the project leaving the optimized .20b 64bit intel application (running on a 4770), and try the standard application, but at this point no more WU. I've detached the project waiting for a solution. Any idea ?
10) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : libm.so.2 on solaris (Message 3323) Posted 23 Apr 2008 by Alessandro Freda Post: Project Date Message Milkyway@home 23/04/2008 23.20.39 Restarting task gs_571_1208988172_92822_0 using astronomy version 121 Sorry, my complete log was: Project Date Message Milkyway@home 23/04/2008 23.20.41 Restarting task gs_571_1208988172_92822_0 using astronomy version 121 Milkyway@home 23/04/2008 23.20.42 Task gs_571_1208988172_92822_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file Milkyway@home 23/04/2008 23.20.42 If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
11) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : libm.so.2 on solaris (Message 3322) Posted 23 Apr 2008 by Alessandro Freda Post: This is the BOINC error log that hopefully can help troubleshooting. This is Solaris 9 using the BOINC 5.10.17 client 1/27/2008 01:21:33\|Milkyway@home\|Starting gs_163_1201401068_278582_0 1/27/2008 01:21:33\|Milkyway@home\|Starting task gs_163_1201401068_278582_0 using astronomy version 113 1/27/2008 01:21:35\|Milkyway@home\|Deferring communication for 1 min 0 sec 1/27/2008 01:21:35\|Milkyway@home\|Reason: Unrecoverable error for result gs_163_1201401068_278582_0 (process exited with code 255 (0xff, -1)) I've found the same problem downgrading a sunfirev240 from Solaris 10 to 9. I've backuped in a tar file the working boinc (5.10.17) user, and as usual move to the new env. Without the libm.so.2 present the task continue to restart: Project Date Message Milkyway@home 23/04/2008 23.20.39 Restarting task gs_571_1208988172_92822_0 using astronomy version 121 after coping the libm.so.2 from a Solaris 10 server, (ldd => ok) I see a WUs waste with continue computation error. Have you found the solution ? Regards, Alessandro