Posts by tekwyzrd

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1) Message boards : News : World Community Grid enables drug discovery Message 53370 Posted 27 Mar 2014 by tekwyzrd	Imagine the $billions in yearly profits for the drug company that buys the rights and patents.
2) Message boards : Projects : Orbit@Home Revival Imminent? Message 53335 Posted 26 Mar 2014 by tekwyzrd	I only know what's posted on the project site but I am looking forward to seeing the project up and running.
3) Message boards : Projects : Orbit@Home Revival Imminent? Message 53296 Posted 25 Mar 2014 by tekwyzrd	I was a volunteer since the first incarnation, before the website layout was switched to a boinc project design. This latest shutdown and re-organization means I will have to sign up yet again. That will be the third time I'll be required to join again. I wish it wasn't necessary and liked the single and double digit user id numbers I had previous times I joined. Even so, I am looking forward to this project finally becoming an active project and plan to run it as soon as I see it has re-launched.
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : Incompatible with nvidia blob driver version 334.21 on Linux? Message 53295 Posted 25 Mar 2014 by tekwyzrd	I start boinc manually, and even waiting an extended time after reboot to start boinc the GPUs are not detected.Shutting boinc down and re-starting it doesn't help. Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Starting BOINC client version 7.2.42 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Libraries: libcurl/7.35.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1f zlib/1.2.8 libssh2/1.4.3 Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Data directory: /projects/boinc Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| No usable GPUs found Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Host name: janus Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10] Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| OS: Linux: 3.13.6-1-ARCH Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Memory: 3.86 GB physical, 4.00 GB virtual Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Disk: 19.56 GB total, 18.50 GB free Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Local time is UTC -4 hours Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| VirtualBox version: WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Config: use all coprocessors Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| Asteroids@home \| URL http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/; Computer ID 72758; resource share 100 Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| Enigma@Home \| URL http://www.enigmaathome.net/; Computer ID 119738; resource share 100 Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| General prefs: from http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/ (last modified 19-Mar-2013 18:35:15) Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Host location: none Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| General prefs: using your defaults Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Reading preferences override file Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Preferences: Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| max memory usage when active: 1978.43MB Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| max memory usage when idle: 1978.43MB Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| max disk usage: 17.50GB Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| max download rate: 10485760 bytes/sec Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| max upload rate: 4194304 bytes/sec Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:28 PM EDT \| \| Not using a proxy Tue 25 Mar 2014 02:29:44 PM EDT \| \| Suspending network activity - user request
5) Message boards : Questions and problems : Incompatible with nvidia blob driver version 334.21 on Linux? Message 53143 Posted 12 Mar 2014 by tekwyzrd	Typo - I meant to say my 9600GT cards are supported by the 334.21 drivers.
6) Message boards : Questions and problems : Incompatible with nvidia blob driver version 334.21 on Linux? Message 53141 Posted 12 Mar 2014 by tekwyzrd	Same problem here with the exception of the fact that my two 9600GT cards are supported by the 331.24 driver.
7) Message boards : Projects : Wayland - does it mean the end of GPU processing on linux? Message 52235 Posted 31 Jan 2014 by tekwyzrd	Every day I see Wayland mentioned. It is touted as a superior, simpler alternative to the xorg display server. Many linux distributions and major desktop environments are currently working to move from xorg to wayland. Unfortunately no matter how long I search I can't find any discussion of the potential impact on the distributed computing community. Wayland works with open source drivers like nouveau and the ati and intel mesa drivers but is incompatible with the proprietary drivers required for boinc gpu processing. As it stands now, when the change-over begins members of the boinc community processing gpu tasks on computers running linux will have to make a tough choice - switch to a profit-driven closed source operating system like windows, continue processing on a frozen distribution with no updates or support, or abandon gpu computing. I hope my comments here spark discussion and lead to information that may provide another choice that won't adversely impact the continued popularity of linux or distributed gpu computing.

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