Posts by LuVar

1) Message boards : API : Library problems (Message 14350)
Posted 16 Dec 2007 by LuVar
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I'm trying to build the example projects and I get an error that the compiler cannot find libstdc++.a. I have other versions of this library, but not the static version.


http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/CompileApp
ln -s `g++ -print-file-name=libstdc++.a`

try to read. (that advice is for linux. if you are in windows, I dont know how :-/ )

GL & HF
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : My wish list (Message 10495)
Posted 26 May 2007 by LuVar
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Hi, me again :-)

What about shoving short and longterm debt in projects tab in boinc manager? (I think that it probably is already in new version)

Second idea:

I am crunching also in pc in work. :-) and after leaving the office, I run something like "shutdown -s -f -t 45000". This shutdowns PC after some hours, before new day starts (I dont want to make my chief angry ;). Some projects are than "cuted" in half of work, and if the project havent checkpoints (which should be shown somewhere in manager also) the cpu time is wasted. Some settings like "shutdown pc at 6:00 AM" could help, that the scheduler can plan which wu to run and when.

Just idea with low priority, I think, that the boinc manager have a lot of missing features, which have higher priority...
3) Message boards : BOINC Manager : My wish list (Message 10408)
Posted 21 May 2007 by LuVar
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Sorry about the delay in answering. I keep loosing my net connection.


I am not in hurry :-)

citation from http://boinc-wiki.ath.cx/index.php?title=Work-Fetch_Policy :

The Work-Fetch Policy has three modes: no download, download OK, and download required.


I think, that I want to force set on some project the state to "download required". As the wiki says, that this state will ask for task. Ill try to understand the relations between scheduler, fetcher and other parts of boinc daemon and than Ill try to suggest feature request which will be implementable. (excuse my english)
4) Message boards : BOINC Manager : My wish list (Message 10405)
Posted 21 May 2007 by LuVar
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I think that is not the alghoritmic problem to compute, which wu to run, also when I manually download some work. When I want to download somethink, than I know, that my pc will serve all wu's till the deadline. I just probably want somethink like local settings of how much wrk to download. I think it is computed from how often to connect to net. (that setting I have at 0.1 per day)

Will it be possible in new boinc client, to override that settings, and cause to download more work to all project, respecting resource share?

PS: where I can learn how about scheduler? (resource share and done work -> from which project to download) I want to know, if my done work is computed by RAC, or total credit. (if scheduler is regulate RAC to fit resource share proportion, or somethink else.)

PPS: thanks for explanation post.
5) Message boards : BOINC Manager : My wish list (Message 10401)
Posted 21 May 2007 by LuVar
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Feature request..

I want to be able to manually request work from project. For example I have two notebooks, buth just one ethernet wire... so before I go sleep, I request for one notebook about 7 hours of work, from specified, manually selected project, switch wire to second notebook and go satisfied to sleep...

Please this is my problem for about 2 months, which Iam using boinc...


Second feature:

Why is configuration on web? I want to have all my pc's to have different settings about using ram, about resource share and so on. Why it isnt possible? ("just" expand settings for home, for school to settings for computer with id 1234, 1235, 1236....)

If is my second request somewhy stupid, sorry, just explain it to me, and than ignore it.
6) Message boards : BOINC client : Java Version - when does it come? (Message 9880)
Posted 24 Apr 2007 by LuVar
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I dont know, what Java HotSpot VM is, buth if it is not hardware, it cant run faster than C/C++. Java is running on java VM, and imho java VM doesnt consume nothing from CPU... some equation:

instructionC - number of instruction for computation, if the language is C
instructionJ - number of instruction for computation, if the language is Java
instructionJVM - number of instruction which consumes java VM to run java computation

if you say, that java is eqivalent to c program:

instructionC = instructionJ + instructionJVM

but java MUST do same mathematical operations as C. (if not, what you are computing?) So instructionC = instructionJ.

IMHO => instructionJVM = 0. Oki. Ill code some Java VM with 0 instructions...

So imho the momentaly codes should be optimalised, or rewriten to hardware, on which it is running. (if java cpu, than to java.)

On my pc (x86) Ill stay on native solutions.

PS: Iam programming my bachelor work on java, and its fine and fast. Buth for scientific computation on x86 I dont belive, that could be faster with same results.

PPS: also the little change and bad results: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=1717&nowrap=true#9581
7) Message boards : BOINC client : P4 HT, buth just one job running (Message 9879)
Posted 24 Apr 2007 by LuVar
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jop, that helped. I probably again have bad settings.

(Iam running on that pc boinc from cmdline)

PS: probably I should buy new ram. 1GB wont be enough for server with vpn, apache, vnc (about 2 sessions at once), jabber and later much more probably... (and of course BOINC :)

Have a nice day.
8) Message boards : BOINC client : P4 HT, buth just one job running (Message 9827)
Posted 22 Apr 2007 by LuVar
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hmmm, preferences I checked twice. Also the update command I start. And the messages tell me that the new preferences (with right last change time) was loaded...

Now I restarted boinc. (kill pid; /etc/init.d/boinc start) All is working.

I dont want be rude, but imho boinc need serious software engineering to do some project about relations inside settings mess, and then serious implementation of that. Buth I also know, how many problems (bugs) are also with little program (like trivial software router for example).

Ill try to watch the status of running processes, and find out, why sometimes stay working only one project.
9) Message boards : BOINC client : P4 HT, buth just one job running (Message 9822)
Posted 22 Apr 2007 by LuVar
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againt the same problem. I havent touched that pc, and now, just one program is running. I checked the working cpus settings, I tryed to run benchmarks... nothing. Where can be problem?

I set up the rosseta project to nomorework. So only the burp should run, and one wu from rosseta. Can be that the problem? (one project, two wu's in work at one time?)
10) Message boards : BOINC client : P4 HT, buth just one job running (Message 9760)
Posted 21 Apr 2007 by LuVar
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Yes, it is server pc :-) Buth now it is in test phase and also it is a server for few students, to play with it. (Ill fight for running boinc also in real work :)

On multiprocessors, use at most 0 processors

it is that settings? or 0 mean "use all cpu"?

Ill try to change it to 10.

PS: preferences changed, acording to log. Buth I think, that I doesnt changed it.

EIDT:
BURP 1 1177170159 Sending scheduler request: Requested by user
BURP 1 1177170159 Reporting 1 tasks
BURP 1 1177170164 Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 509]
1 1177170164 General prefs: from BURP (last modified 2007-04-21 17:42:29)
1 1177170164 Host location: none
1 1177170164 General prefs: using your defaults
1 1177170164 Number of usable CPUs has changed from 1 to 2. Running benchmarks.
1 1177170164 Running CPU benchmarks
1 1177170164 Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
....and second task started... now two tasks running.

Thanks for solved problem imho :-) (btw, kindly comunity here. thanks one more)
11) Message boards : BOINC client : P4 HT, buth just one job running (Message 9753)
Posted 21 Apr 2007 by LuVar
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I dont know, where to ask, so Iam writing here. (I hope, I wont be deleted :)

BOINC # ./boinc_cmd --version
boinc_cmd, built from BOINC 5.8.17

Normaly starts two projects, and two tasks are running at 100%. Buth after a few finished tasks (rosetta & burp) the only one task will run. Why? What should I do to diagnose this out?



The only thing i can say is, that WCG recommends the device profiles for P4 HT are set to 1 core.... can't trace the reason, but my guess is, that it potentially is causing problems with results. The processing gain for sure is minimal.


thanks for answer. here is some log:

EDIT: deleted some lines
1 1177157430 Number of usable CPUs has changed from 2 to 1. Running benchmarks.
BURP 1 1177157430 Deferring communication for 1 min 0 sec
BURP 1 1177157430 Reason: no work from project
1 1177157430 Running CPU benchmarks
1 1177157430 Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
rosetta@home 1 1177157431 Deferring communication for 1 min 0 sec
rosetta@home 1 1177157431 Reason: Unrecoverable error for result CNTRL_ABRELAX_SAVE_ALL_OUT_-2chf_-_filters_1615_154927_0 (process exited with code 131 (0x83))
rosetta@home 1 1177157431 Computation for task CNTRL_ABRELAX_SAVE_ALL_OUT_-2chf_-_filters_1615_154927_0 finished
rosetta@home 1 1177157431 Output file CNTRL_ABRELAX_SAVE_ALL_OUT_-2chf_-_filters_1615_154927_0_0 for task CNTRL_ABRELAX_SAVE_ALL_OUT_-2chf_-_filters_1615_154927_0 absent
1 1177157492 Benchmark results:
1 1177157492 Number of CPUs: 1
1 1177157492 1678 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
1 1177157492 3830 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
1 1177157493 Resuming computation

Imho cpu benchmark is killing my second imaginare (HT) cpu :-/

Oki, so Ill be satisfied with one running task...

PS: it is the same for DUAL core pentium D? (in work, under windows, but there is always running just one task)
12) Message boards : BOINC client : P4 HT, buth just one job running (Message 9750)
Posted 21 Apr 2007 by LuVar
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I dont know, where to ask, so Iam writing here. (I hope, I wont be deleted :)

BOINC # ./boinc_cmd --version
boinc_cmd, built from BOINC 5.8.17

Normaly starts two projects, and two tasks are running at 100%. Buth after a few finished tasks (rosetta & burp) the only one task will run. Why? What should I do to diagnose this out?





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