Has anyone tried running BOINC w/ the MW ATI app in a WinXP VirtualBox under Debian/Ubuntu?

signed, Sharon LOL

How about WinXP 32b in VirtualBox under any 64b Linux?

Wouldn't work in VirtualBox, because it emulates a graphics card. The application/drivers need native access to the card to work.

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Has anyone tried running BOINC w/ the MW ATI app in a WinXP VirtualBox under Debian/Ubuntu?

signed, Sharon LOL

How about WinXP 32b in VirtualBox under any 64b Linux?

Wouldn't work in VirtualBox, because it emulates a graphics card. The application/drivers need native access to the card to work.

Glad I didn't spend a few hours on this last night. Thanx as it was still a slight temptation.

Where is the Linux ATI app?

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Yea right... not here in windys land.

Yea right... not here in windys land.

One can always hope.

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Hi, is there any chance that in the near future I will be able to use my 4670HD too?
Thanks

Hi, is there any chance that in the near future I will be able to use my 4670HD too?
Thanks

Unfortunately no, as it does not support double precision.

Collatz will work though.

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Hey guys!

Here letting everyone know that I have this working with the 5850 on Win7 RTM 32bit. Let me know if you need anything from me!

SinisterMinister

Hi, I'm getting about a 28% error rate running the v.20(b) MW ATI app.

Stream Allocation : Failed to create Buffer
Kernel Execution : Uninitialized or Allocation failed Input streams.
Stream Allocation : Failed to create Buffer

This buffer alloc error is occurring on two different machines.

Both machines have HD4850 cards. One clocked stock 625/993 the other one at 650/975MHz.

The stock clocked one is running WindozeXP 32b, SP3 has ~29 out of the last 100 WUs get the error below. The slightly OC'd one running WindozeXP 64b, had ~27 out of the last 100WUs get the error below.

Both are running the same app version, both using driver v8.12 and BOINC v6.10.13. Both machines are running 4 WUs at a time.

I am wondering if the 4 WUs in parallel is the root cause but would like the developer's opinion on that.

I'm currently changing the Win 64b machine to run 3 at a time in an attempt to see if that improves the error rate at all.

The error in all cases looks like THIS ONE

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- da shu @ HeliOS,
"A child's exposure to technology should never be predicated on an ability to afford it."

Hey guys!

Here letting everyone know that I have this working with the 5850 on Win7 RTM 32bit. Let me know if you need anything from me!

SinisterMinister

Yea, I need your 5850 and the big box its attached to - with 3 pin English plug on the power lead if poss. And your address to send the electric bills to :P

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>with 3 pin English plug
You can't even supply your own IEC lead?! Now that's cheap! :-)

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Cheers,

PeterV

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>with 3 pin English plug
You can't even supply your own IEC lead?! Now that's cheap! :-)

I need an English plug, that's for sure ;)

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Hi, I'm getting about a 28% error rate running the v.20(b) MW ATI app.

Stream Allocation : Failed to create Buffer
Kernel Execution : Uninitialized or Allocation failed Input streams.
Stream Allocation : Failed to create Buffer

This buffer alloc error is occurring on two different machines.

Both machines have HD4850 cards. One clocked stock 625/993 the other one at 650/975MHz.

The stock clocked one is running WindozeXP 32b, SP3 has ~29 out of the last 100 WUs get the error below. The slightly OC'd one running WindozeXP 64b, had ~27 out of the last 100WUs get the error below.

Both are running the same app version, both using driver v8.12 and BOINC v6.10.13. Both machines are running 4 WUs at a time.

I am wondering if the 4 WUs in parallel is the root cause but would like the developer's opinion on that.

I'm currently changing the Win 64b machine to run 3 at a time in an attempt to see if that improves the error rate at all.

The error in all cases looks like THIS ONE

So far running 3 concurrent WUs seems to give much relief. After starting BOINC back up it ran 31 in a row w/o error, then 2 errors, 5 good, 1 error, 2 good, 1 error, 22 good, more good... etc. etc.

So last count it looks like about 4 errors in 99 WUs or about a 4% error rate.

After seeing the 1st 30 go thru w/o errors I changed the other machine (32b, stock clocks) to only do 3 at a time and it hasn't had an error'd WU since (it's done almost 90).

I then reset the clocks to 640/980MHz on the 64b OS'd machine, left it running 3 WUs concurrent and haven't had any errors since but it'll take a bit more time to get to thru enough WUs to declare it under clean.

Hope somebody finds this helpful.


PS: Now I need an English PUB to celebrate ;-)

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- da shu @ HeliOS,
"A child's exposure to technology should never be predicated on an ability to afford it."

Hi, I'm getting about a 28% error rate running the v.20(b) MW ATI app.

Stream Allocation : Failed to create Buffer
Kernel Execution : Uninitialized or Allocation failed Input streams.
Stream Allocation : Failed to create Buffer

This buffer alloc error is occurring on two different machines.
[..]
Both machines are running 4 WUs at a time.

I am wondering if the 4 WUs in parallel is the root cause but would like the developer's opinion on that.

Don't wonder anymore, it is the reason.

Actually I wonder how the error messages can be made clearer than they are. Do you have a suggestion? I would think that if an allocation fails (what reasons for this come to your mind?) the cause is quite clear. But that's only me I guess ;).

Actually I wonder how the error messages can be made clearer than they are. Do you have a suggestion? I would think that if an allocation fails (what reasons for this come to your mind?) the cause is quite clear. But that's only me I guess ;).

Can't start more than 3 tasks at one time. or Can't run that many tasks at one time.


To me that in addition to your wording it would be good. Though I don't have a gpu or deal with any. I think your wording is simple but its meaning is more complex and some won't/don't understand it.

Hope that is some help.

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Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?
If it makes sense, DON'T do it.

Hi, I'm getting about a 28% error rate running the v.20(b) MW ATI app.

Stream Allocation : Failed to create Buffer
Kernel Execution : Uninitialized or Allocation failed Input streams.
Stream Allocation : Failed to create Buffer

This buffer alloc error is occurring on two different machines.
[..]
Both machines are running 4 WUs at a time.

I am wondering if the 4 WUs in parallel is the root cause but would like the developer's opinion on that.

Don't wonder anymore, it is the reason.

Actually I wonder how the error messages can be made clearer than they are. Do you have a suggestion? I would think that if an allocation fails (what reasons for this come to your mind?) the cause is quite clear. But that's only me I guess ;).

I assume that at the point in time the app has ask for some memory for the buffer and the 'alloc' just returns a "didn't happen" message so that you don't know for sure if it's truly an "out of memory" condition or an "out of handles" or something more obscure like that? If so, I think the message is fine.

Purely guessing, I am thinking it tried to start before a completing WU had finished releasing it's memory. Or do you really think 4 WUs ate up 512MB?

If that were the case I would've expected the error to occur more than it did. I noticed on at least the 8 or 9 of the errors from when it was running 4 at a time, it was always the 4th one starting that got the error. Makes sense. However, once it errors out another starts and runs fine (4 concurrent). In fact I can run 5 concurrent and the error rate doesn't go up much. Does this suggest that if the "getmain" or "alloc" or whatever is done were to be re-done that it might just succeed because some cleanup had finished?

Also, does this imply that running 6 concurrent WUs might be fine on a 1GB card or are there other limitations in play here?

Oh well, guess it doesn't really matter at this point.

Hello,

Q) What is the most common configuration in terms of OS/ATi Catalyst/BOINC/ATI app used?

A common trend is the two configurations listed below:

XP / Cat 8.12 / BOINC 6.4.7 / 0.19f
XP / Cat 8.12 / BOINC 6.6.20 / 0.19f

I guess this is not accurate anymore

anyway, I have a 4770 and Cat 8.12 does not recognize the 4770


I encounter VPU recovery after a few seconds of calculation.

I'm on XP32 / CCC 9.9 / Boinc 6.10.13 / 0.20b (tried also the 0.20)

anyone for a clue ?

thanks

Hi super,

There are 2 threads on the board that mention the 4770,
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/forum_thread.php?id=1109
and
http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/forum_thread.php?id=1187
The consensus seems to be that they're hard to get working.

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Cheers,

PeterV

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thanks for these, verstapp

- problem solved -

Finally, GPU working properly. Nice results even after few minutes :D