| Info | Message |
|---|---|
| 41) Message boards : Questions and problems : Computing suspended even though laptop is plugged in
Message 92301 Posted 25 Jul 2019 by mmonnin |
I'm guessing BOINC reads the status of battery or A/C power like it does if the PC is idle or not. BOINC doesn't know if the PC is idle, the OS does and BOINC reads it. So I'm guessing A/C vs battery might be the same thing. |
| 42) Message boards : Projects : How to link accounts?
Message 92287 Posted 24 Jul 2019 by mmonnin |
They are all separate. The only link is via CPID, Cross Project IDs. Mine is 9deac61bf5b5680cd09f705783700b45. You'll have to use the same email between projects and attach to the same host and they will end up with the same CPID. The forums here isn't a project so there's nothing to link. External stats like Free-DC can track by CPID. I don't understand this part " BOINC universe @ home account, and link those 2 with the universeathome.pl account". The Universe@Home Project site is at universeathome.pl |
| 43) Message boards : BOINC client : Wish List: Allow {app d=N} to assign different GPU WUs to same GPU
Message 92262 Posted 22 Jul 2019 by mmonnin |
that already works by default but it can be messy (inefficieint) That doesn't control which task runs on which GPU, which is the desire. |
| 44) Message boards : Projects : QuChemPedIA
Message 92261 Posted 22 Jul 2019 by mmonnin |
The project title at WUProp now includes 'Private'. |
| 45) Message boards : Projects : Combining BOINC with cryptocurrency
Message 92260 Posted 22 Jul 2019 by mmonnin |
if researchers had to pay for users electricity they'd take the crunching private and there'd be no more project for users. They turn to BOINC because they often have no extra funding for computing. Some projects are funded by project admins w/o grants or outside funding. |
| 46) Message boards : Questions and problems : CPU Temperature vs Performance
Message 92259 Posted 22 Jul 2019 by mmonnin |
Drop the CPU core voltage a bit to reduce frequency. You should be able to reduce wattage a decent amount for little performance loss. |
| 47) Message boards : Questions and problems : Option for downloading and computing only one task at all
Message 92210 Posted 17 Jul 2019 by mmonnin |
I haven't tried this, but I suppose you could set the resource share for all projects to 0. Additionally, you could set all projects to No New Tasks. Then, whenever you want to run Boinc, you could select the project you want to run and Allow New Tasks. With the resource share at 0 it should only download enough tasks for the processors you have active. When you don't want that project to download any further tasks you can set it back to No New Tasks. If you don't want all CPU cores to crunch tasks, follow Les' advice and reduce the percentage. This works. I do this to have a backup project in case the project I am running runs out of work. With 0 resource share the task count = CPU count. No tasks will be waiting to run. |
| 48) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc on debian server does not work
Message 92208 Posted 17 Jul 2019 by mmonnin |
There hasn't been any Linux work at climateprediction for ages. Ages? I am still running some now. They started like 22 days ago but thats the length of the task. |
| 49) Message boards : Projects : LHC@home moves SixTrack 5.02 to production
Message 92126 Posted 10 Jul 2019 by mmonnin |
Recent announcement from Alessio Mereghetti... https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/forum_thread.php?id=5011 GPU computing is not the solution for every compute problem. Otherwise why don't we just get rid of CPUs all together and just use GPUs as the main processor in computers? They are better than each other at different types of calculations. GPUs excel at specific types of calculations. If there are branching in the code then GPUs suffer and the math needs to be highly parallel to make use of small 'cores' on GPUs. |
| 50) Message boards : Questions and problems : Had to limit # concurrent tasks due to "hi priority" WCG downloads
Message 92125 Posted 10 Jul 2019 by mmonnin |
Use an app_config to set cpu usage on the GPU tasks to 0.1 CPUs so they will still run even if CPU tasks become high priority. This does not change how much CPU the GPU tasks will actually use. You can reduce the # of CPU tasks via BOINC Mgr setting or Process Lasso to allow GPUGrid tasks to get all the CPU cycles it needs. |
| 51) Message boards : Projects : News on Project Outages
Message 91922 Posted 21 Jun 2019 by mmonnin |
I had issues too with Universe. It was up and down for me going by event logs. Using a VPN worked for me. |
| 52) Message boards : Projects : Combining BOINC with cryptocurrency
Message 91921 Posted 21 Jun 2019 by mmonnin |
Calling someone a climate denialist likens them to holocaust deniers and is an insult and lack of civility. I hate SFS. Either someone used my email address or I used my email on my VPN where someone else did something bad so my email was linked to the bad IP and thus banned. No accountability whatsoever and a PIA to get it fixed. |
| 53) Message boards : Projects : Acoustics
Message 91920 Posted 21 Jun 2019 by mmonnin |
There is some issues with University Data Center. Currently unknown how long it will take to restore availability of the server. No worries, no data was lost. Just server of this project and probably some others that are hosted in the same University Data Center. This is basically what I read at another project. Data center was moving then bureaucracy issues. |
| 54) Message boards : Projects : QuChemPedIA
Message 91838 Posted 14 Jun 2019 by mmonnin |
I've read the google translate. Another member messaged me saying all the WUProp hours were from the only admin. So it's probably not open for testing yet. |
| 55) Message boards : GPUs : Request for Intel iGPU support to be a working feature again.
Message 91828 Posted 13 Jun 2019 by mmonnin |
My point, dear child, is that if other applications - from indie games to web browsers to modellers to commercial games - can work just fine being accelerated by my iGPU using the current driver, then it seems like it ought not to be impossible for BOINC to do the same. Except compute and gaming driver requirements are not the same thing and require different parts of drivers. Windows 10 will install NV CUDA only drivers with it's updates but DOES NOT install OpenCL. Across the many BOINC forums I've seen it over and over again where users no longer have a GPU to compute with due to Win10. Sure they can still play their games but compute does not work. You're asking for help then you're the one dismissing everything from admins and people that built the platform you're using. |
| 56) Message boards : The Lounge : Another unwanted "feature" update from Microsoft
Message 91822 Posted 13 Jun 2019 by mmonnin |
Yes, the May update handles chiplets better. If it's a single die zen chip, I'm not sure there's the same level of benefit. https://www.anandtech.com/show/14525/amd-zen-2-microarchitecture-analysis-ryzen-3000-and-epyc-rome/3 |
| 57) Message boards : GPUs : Request for Intel iGPU support to be a working feature again.
Message 91821 Posted 13 Jun 2019 by mmonnin |
Yeah, I do actually know a driver is, and one is installed, thanks very much you patronising person. That's why I can run hardware accelerated apps on a monitor plugged into my iGPU :-) If a multitude of games and 3D apps - commercial to homebrew, even web browsers can run and be accelerated by my iGPU using the installed driver, I would think BOINC ought to manage... The mindset of saying that BOINC should manage GPU drivers is along the lines of saying Steam should manage drivers. Steam is the loading interface for many games, BOINC is the interface for many projects. I'm not even sure drivers could be packaged with BOINC for licensing reasons. At most BOINC could check for latest/missing GPU drivers but that is out of scope of the program and not something I'd want BOINC doing as an end user. OSs do that too much already. |
| 58) Message boards : Projects : QuChemPedIA
Message 91820 Posted 13 Jun 2019 by mmonnin |
Some hours showed up on WUProp for a new project called QuChemPedIA. About the most I could find out about it is the GitHub link. Does anyone have more info about it? https://github.com/bharismendy/QuChemPedIA |
| 59) Message boards : Questions and problems : green screen death when using my GPU no message computer then crashes.
Message 91701 Posted 4 Jun 2019 by mmonnin |
Also the CPU and any case fans. I see Universe tasks being worked on in the log. Something like MSI AB, GPU-Z or HWMonitor can monitor the temps. |
| 60) Message boards : Projects : Question regarding resource and project management
Message 91366 Posted 3 May 2019 by mmonnin |
With more than one project being allowed to download work, the resource share ends up being a ratio. If one is at 100 and another is 20 then eventually one project will run 5x as more than the other. It's a long term thing though so once a 2nd project is enabled then BOINC will try to catch up its run time to meet that ratio. If you want to run each project evenly then set them all to the same #. It could be 1, 10, or 1000 if you want. I keep a project or two at 0% as a backup in case the primary project goes down or runs out of work. Then it will only download enough work to keep the processors busy. |
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