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41) Message boards : Application Code Discussion : GPU app teaser (Message 13983)
Posted 5 Mar 2009 by Profile speedimic
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Come on speedimic, you're missing the fun :P


ATM I'm missing the money...
Just got my '83 BMW M3 out of winter sleep - gotta invest in fuel now. ;-)
42) Message boards : Cafe MilkyWay : become a writer of programs... (Message 13968)
Posted 5 Mar 2009 by Profile speedimic
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One day a Novice came to the Master.
"Master," he said, "How is it that I may become a Writer of Programs?".
The Master looked solemnly at the Novice.
"Have you in your possession a Compiler of Source Code?" the Master asked.
"No," replied the Novice. The Master sent the Novice on a quest to the Store of Software.

Many hours later the Novice returned.
"Master," he said, "How is it that I may become a Writer of Programs?".
The Master looked solemnly at the Novice.
"Have you in your possession a Compiler of Source Code?" the Master asked.
"Yes," replied the Novice.
The Master frowned at the Novice.
"You have a Compiler of Source. What now can prevent you from becoming a Writer of Programs?".
The Novice fidgeted nervously and presented his Compiler of Source to the Master.
"How is this used?" asked the Novice.
"Have you in your possession a Manual of Operation?" the Master asked.
"No," replied the Novice.
The Master instructed the Novice as to where he could find the Manual of Operation.

Many days later the Novice returned.
"Master," he said, "How is it that I may become a Writer of Programs?".
The Master looked solemnly at the Novice.
"Have you in your possession a Compiler of Source Code?" the Master asked.
"Yes," replied the Novice.
"Have you in your possession a Manual of Operation?" the Master asked.
"Yes," replied the Novice.
The Master frowned at the Novice.
"You have a Compiler of Source, and a Manual of Operation. What now can prevent you from becoming a Writer of Programs?".

At this the Novice fidgeted nervously and presented his Manual of Operations to the Master.
"How is this used?" asked the Novice.
The Master closed his eyes, and heaved a great sigh.
The Master sent the Novice on a quest to the School of Elementary.

Many years later the Novice returned.
"Master," he said, "How is it that I may become a Writer of Programs?".
The Master looked solemnly at the Novice.
"Have you in your possession a Compiler of Source Code, a Manual of Operation and an Education of Elementary?" the Master asked.
"Yes," replied the Novice.
The Master frowned at the Novice.
"What then can prevent you from becoming a Writer of Programs?".

The Novice fidgeted nervously. He looked around but could find nothing to present to the Master.
The Master smiled at the Novice.
"I see what problem plagues you." said the Master.
"Oh great master, please tell me." asked the Novice.

The Master turned the Novice toward the door, and with a supportive hand on his shoulder said, "Go young Novice, and Read The Fucking Manual." And so the Novice became enlightened.
43) Message boards : Application Code Discussion : GPU app teaser (Message 13967)
Posted 5 Mar 2009 by Profile speedimic
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I could have sworn I seen a post by somebody saying they got some app to work in Linux but could be mistaken, anywho I didn't pay attention when I downloaded the Linux App, just thought it was for running the ATI Cards ... :)

There are certainly optimized apps for Linux by speedimic, but I don't think he's gotten round to ATI GPU, but I don't have Linux myself and I really don't know.


LOL, haven't even gotten round getting me a ati/nvidia card... only low-budget-onboard stuff here.
44) Message boards : Cafe MilkyWay : Word Link (Message 13373)
Posted 28 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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Shell
45) Message boards : Number crunching : Insta-Purge (Message 13372)
Posted 28 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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Travis, looking at my tasklist, I just found 2 Wus reported on the 13th which aren't insta-purged...

Click


BTW: those are still there... ;)

1641784
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46) Message boards : Number crunching : The Great Crunchoff Grandstand (Message 13350)
Posted 28 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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...
It's also a Q6600 with 2GB RAM with a fresh BOINC install, running Seti stock and MW stock at 50/50 rate.

Host at Milkyway
same Host at Seti

On the Seti side it's set to crunch Multibeam only.
...


I just ended my little experiment. Here are the numbers:

MW: 4827
Seti: 4619 (including pending up to now)

I expected MW to be a bit higher, but it's still not below Seti. :)

Now I put the opti apps back in place to get more...
47) Message boards : Number crunching : The Great Crunchoff Grandstand (Message 12607)
Posted 23 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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LOL...

Like they can't tell! :-D

Bad habit from lot's of NC posting. ;-)

Alinator


Crunchy Prawn Chewy Shrimp ;-)


can I see a picture of that???
48) Message boards : Number crunching : The Great Crunchoff Grandstand (Message 12583)
Posted 23 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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That's why we're using reported CPCS. It isn't subject to availability issues for the most part. Of course you do have to able to get and report some work, which hasn't been easy at SAH this weekend. ;-)

Anyway, the more the merrier for this kind of experiment. :-)

Alinator


Strange enough, I didn't have any problem getting/reporting Seti WUs on this host - all other Seti-host are still trying to upload friday's work...
49) Message boards : Number crunching : The Great Crunchoff Grandstand (Message 12580)
Posted 23 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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LOL, seems I kicked off something here...

Anyway, my 50/50 test box if ready too:

It's also a Q6600 with 2GB RAM with a fresh BOINC install, running Seti stock and MW stock at 50/50 rate.

Host at Milkyway
same Host at Seti

On the Seti side it's set to crunch Multibeam only, but from my experience it'll take at least 4 weeks before the Seti RAC get kind of stabe.

[edit]
just to have it in one place:
CampaignForLiberty's post
Kenzie's post
[/edit]
50) Message boards : Application Code Discussion : Recompiled Linux 32/64 apps (Message 12411)
Posted 22 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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Not sure of the difference in speed between SSE3 and SSSE3 versions...

It should be zilch, since it's unlikely that the compiler will find opportunities in MW code to fit the multimedia-like SSSE3 instructions.

HTH


right, not much difference - but a higher SSE-level surely looks faster. :D
51) Message boards : Application Code Discussion : What's needed to compile the app? (Message 12386)
Posted 22 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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Ok, I fix the trouble by runninf "make install" to compile Boinc. But I have always a trouble: now, I have "can't find -lstdc++" when I link Milkyway.
Any idea ?

Thanks,
Thierry.



You need to install the libstdc++ package.
52) Message boards : Application Code Discussion : What's needed to compile the app? (Message 12350)
Posted 22 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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The linker obviously does not find your already compiled BOINC libs. Most probably you have to correct the path in the make file so it finds them.


These two files (boinc_api and boinc) are nowere on the disk.

Thierry


I had that problem too...
Go to Message 6819.
53) Message boards : Number crunching : 3rd.in - optimized apps (Message 12348)
Posted 22 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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I've updated zslip.com / zslip.net with links to a suggested free download site for the ATI Catalyst drivers, which is;

http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=files&go=cat&dwn_cat_id=18

If you know of a better site please let me know. Thanks.



What about the official Ati/AMD Site?
http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

I tried that initially. But all it wanted to offer me was the 9.2 driver. I must admit I got confused and frustrated with it since there is no obvious place to find the 8.12 driver. Perhaps you can say where it is on that site?


after choosing your OS and card you get to the page where you get the latest driver - a few line down there is a link called "Previous Drivers and Software"
54) Message boards : Number crunching : 3rd.in - optimized apps (Message 12319)
Posted 22 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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I've updated zslip.com / zslip.net with links to a suggested free download site for the ATI Catalyst drivers, which is;

http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=files&go=cat&dwn_cat_id=18

If you know of a better site please let me know. Thanks.



What about the official Ati/AMD Site?
http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
55) Message boards : Number crunching : No work (Message 12210)
Posted 21 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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Sat 21 Feb 2009 09:29:32 PM CET|Milkyway@home|Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks

soon running dry...

I've been getting that on and off all day. It doesn't take long for the tasks to come again.


As always - made it right on time.
56) Message boards : Number crunching : Very Strange Time To Competion (Message 12170)
Posted 21 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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Do those evercrunch WUs only jump on Windows machines?

As it is most likely a problem specific to thoses machines, one can't say that. I've never experienced such a WU on my computers (all running Windows).

The somewhat smaller runtime deviations related to the underflows at the bounds of some stream parameters are visisble on all types of machines and also with the stock application.


I was just wondering, cause I haven't seen any on my machines...
57) Message boards : Number crunching : No work (Message 12154)
Posted 21 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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Sat 21 Feb 2009 09:29:32 PM CET|Milkyway@home|Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks

soon running dry...
58) Message boards : Number crunching : Very Strange Time To Competion (Message 12150)
Posted 21 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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Do those evercrunch WUs only jump on Windows machines?
59) Message boards : Number crunching : No work (Message 11644)
Posted 19 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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Just the minute my q9550 ran dry on one core I got 44 new ones. That's what I call good timing
60) Message boards : Number crunching : computation errors (Message 11602)
Posted 19 Feb 2009 by Profile speedimic
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Which app are you using exactly?


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