Posts by davebodger

1) Message boards : News : maximum time limit elapsed bug (Message 50039) Posted 10 Jul 2011 by davebodger Post: You can get them from here, it does load slow though. http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/download/?C=M;O=A http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/download/milkyway_nbody_0.66_windows_x86_64__mt.exe http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/download/libgomp_64_nbody_0.66.dll http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/download/pthreadGC2_64_nbody_0.66.dll Thanks very much Arkayn, exactly what I needed. All the best. Dave.
2) Message boards : News : maximum time limit elapsed bug (Message 50036) Posted 10 Jul 2011 by davebodger Post: Now, although I have .82 and .88 workunits processing OK by using an app_info.xml file, I am receiving messages from Milkway in the form :- 09/07/2011 22:08:33 \| Milkyway@home \| Message from server: Your app_info.xml file doesn't have a usable version of MilkyWay@Home N-Body Simulation. So I tried to add it by creating this app_info file :- <app_info> <app> <name>milkyway</name> </app> <file_info> <name>milkyway_nbody_0.66_windows_intelx86__mt.exe</name> <executable /> </file_info> <app_version> <app_name>milkyway</app_name> <version_num>66</version_num> <cmdline></cmdline> <file_ref> <file_name>milkyway_nbody_0.66_windows_intelx86__mt.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> </app_version> <file_info> <name>milkyway_separation_0.82_windows_intelx86__ati14.exe</name> <executable/> </file_info> <app_version> <app_name>milkyway</app_name> <version_num>82</version_num> <flops>1.0e11</flops> <avg_ncpus>0.05</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>1</max_ncpus> <plan_class>ati14ati</plan_class> <coproc> <type>ATI</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <cmdline></cmdline> <file_ref> <file_name>milkyway_separation_0.82_windows_intelx86__ati14.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> </app_version> <file_info> <name>milkyway_separation_0.88_windows_intelx86.exe</name> <executable /> </file_info> <app_version> <app_name>milkyway</app_name> <version_num>88</version_num> <cmdline></cmdline> <file_ref> <file_name>milkyway_separation_0.88_windows_intelx86.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> </app_version> </app_info> But I realised that the .66 exe file is wrong because I copied it from my other machine which is 32 bit windows, not 64 bit. Can anyone tell me where I can get the 64 bit exe and dll files from so I can get this working until someone gets enough time to fix the MTLE bug with the .82 ? TIA. Dave.
3) Message boards : News : maximum time limit elapsed bug (Message 49994) Posted 7 Jul 2011 by davebodger Post: I think you chose the wrong download for your win xp machine u have to use this: http://www.arkayn.us/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=29 and for your win7 machine this: http://www.arkayn.us/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=32 Be sure that you don't have any WU's because they error out because the application is for BOINC then not the same, so BOINC quit's them. This above is for GPU crunching! If that works. Then you can try to merge the app_info.xml so that CPU WU's are also done if you want that. greetings franz Thanks franz, I have merged the app_info files together and now have both .82 and .88 running OK at the same time. No more MTLE problems. :-) Now if only I could get the files I need to run the ps_nbody stuff then I would be home and dry. Presumably when someone (Travis?) fixes the base code then I can delete the app_info file and everything will revert back to normal ? Regards. Dave. P.S. here's what I put in the app_info.xml :- <app_info> <app> <name>milkyway</name> </app> <file_info> <name>milkyway_separation_0.82_windows_x86_64__ati14.exe</name> <executable/> </file_info> <app_version> <app_name>milkyway</app_name> <version_num>82</version_num> <flops>1.0e11</flops> <avg_ncpus>0.05</avg_ncpus> <max_ncpus>1</max_ncpus> <plan_class>ati14ati</plan_class> <coproc> <type>ATI</type> <count>1</count> </coproc> <cmdline></cmdline> <file_ref> <file_name>milkyway_separation_0.82_windows_x86_64__ati14.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> </app_version> <file_info> <name>milkyway_separation_0.88_windows_x86_64.exe</name> <executable /> </file_info> <app_version> <app_name>milkyway</app_name> <version_num>88</version_num> <cmdline></cmdline> <file_ref> <file_name>milkyway_separation_0.88_windows_x86_64.exe</file_name> <main_program/> </file_ref> </app_version> </app_info>
4) Message boards : News : maximum time limit elapsed bug (Message 49958) Posted 6 Jul 2011 by davebodger Post: Milkyway optimized Apps on Arkayn's download page Mayby somebody with the TE -Bug could try out. I tried this and followed the instructions but got lots of errors when restarting BOINC - should I have done anything else? I saw little in the xml file - i.e. lots of labels with most empty of content - is that correct? I'm afraid I have no experience in hacking this stuff so am not sure what I am looking at. 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] State file error: missing application milkyway_nbody 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] Can't handle workunit in state file 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] State file error: missing application milkyway_nbody 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] Can't handle workunit in state file 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] State file error: missing task ps_nbody_test3_243318 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] Can't link task ps_nbody_test3_243318_0 in state file 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] State file error: missing task ps_nbody_test3_243317 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] Can't link task ps_nbody_test3_243317_0 in state file 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] No application found for task: windows_x86_64 82 ati14; discarding 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] No application found for task: windows_x86_64 82 ati14; discarding 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] No application found for task: windows_x86_64 82 ati14; discarding 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] No application found for task: windows_x86_64 82 ati14; discarding 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] No application found for task: windows_x86_64 82 ati14; discarding 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] No application found for task: windows_x86_64 82 ati14; discarding 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] No application found for task: windows_x86_64 82 ati14; discarding 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] No application found for task: windows_x86_64 82 ati14; discarding 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] No application found for task: windows_x86_64 82 ati14; discarding 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] No application found for task: windows_x86_64 82 ati14; discarding 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] No application found for task: windows_x86_64 82 ati14; discarding 06/07/2011 23:19:32 \| Milkyway@home \| [error] No application found for task: windows_x86_64 82 ati14; discarding Now since I restarted I do not have any Milkyway tasks that want to use the GPU, so I suppose that is a kind of way to stop the Abort errors. :-) Regards. Dave. [/code]
5) Message boards : News : maximum time limit elapsed bug (Message 49923) Posted 5 Jul 2011 by davebodger Post: New insight - in BOINC if I select the Properties of a MilkyWay work unit it shows "Estimated app speed = 31110.33 GFLOPs/sec. This seems a little high to me (by a factor of around 100). PrimeGrid workunits report 322.12 GFLOPs/sec and Collatz workunits show 354.13 GFLOPs/sec. It looks to me like the MilkyWay app is mis-estimating the speed of the GPU. When is starts up, the BOINC event log shows my video card as capable of a peak of 1422 GFLOPs/sec. We know ATI cards seldom reach their peak throughput so ~300 GFLOPs/sec seems a resonable estimate of achievable throughput on my HD4890. Regards. Dave.
6) Message boards : News : maximum time limit elapsed bug (Message 49900) Posted 5 Jul 2011 by davebodger Post: I have this problem too - every unit seems to return this error, exactly as described in this thread. Sapphire HD4890 - WinXP 32bit SP3 - Q6600 @ 3.43GHz with 4Gb DDR2(800). Sorry, forgot to say - I am running the latest Catalyst 11.6 drivers also.
7) Message boards : News : maximum time limit elapsed bug (Message 49899) Posted 5 Jul 2011 by davebodger Post: I have this problem too - every unit seems to return this error, exactly as described in this thread. Sapphire HD4890 - WinXP 32bit SP3 - Q6600 @ 3.43GHz with 4Gb DDR2(800). I run an overclock so was concerned in case this was indicating an instability, however I have run this system at this overclock on Folding @ Home for several years without issue. To make it clear - it is the CPU that is overclocked 2.66 -> 3.43GHz. It is watercoooled (CPU and full chipset) so no overheating - in fact it runs cooler by 3 or 4 degrees running BOINC than it did running F@H. The GPU is an "overclocked" one but the "overclocking" was done by the manufacturer and I have not overclocked it further from it's standard settings (901MHz GPU/1000MHz RAM). It runs at 60C as standard with fan at 25% and ramps up to 81C under full 100% load with fan at 41%. I have already tried icreasing fan speed manually to 60% continuous, which drops temps by at least 20C at all loads, but this did not fix anything. These GPU chips are OK up to 90C+ so I am well within limits and the system is also running Rosetta and Climate Prediction OK (but they do not use the GPU). It also runs MilkyWay OK if I disable the GPU in BOINC. I don't know where to start debugging this as I am a new contributor and have not had time to look through all the config files to find if there are any settings I can change that might help. Of course if this is a feneral application problem then there is nothing I can do to fix it. :-( I did think of replacing the GPU card with a HD6950 that I have, but others here have already reported this problem on that card too, so there seems little point in trying that. Regards. Dave.
8) Message boards : News : maximum time limit elapsed bug (Message 49887) Posted 4 Jul 2011 by davebodger Post: I have this problem too - every unit seems to return this error, exactly as described in this thread. Sapphire HD4890 - WinXP 32bit SP3 - Q6600 @ 3.43GHz with 4Gb DDR2(800). I am a new contributor and only started last night, so presumed that this was normal operating, until I discovered this thread. I run an overclock so was concerned in case this was indicating an instability, however I have run this system at this overclock on Folding @ Home for several years without issue. I will stop using the GPU until this is fixed or at least beter understood so a work-around can be created, as I do not want to waste valuable WU processing time. Regards. Dave.