Posts by Keith Myers

41) Message boards : Questions and problems : GPU computing suspended Computer still downloads GPU tasks (Message 112714)
Posted 20 Sep 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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The BOINC client only does what it is told. You need to look at your settings for the project in the client, the project website and which venue the host is located to be sure you actually didn't ask for gpu work.
42) Message boards : GPUs : GPUs Missing after yum update Rocky 8 (Message 112713)
Posted 20 Sep 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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Have you checked that you have OpenCL component available? Einstein tasks need that. Though Asteroids doesn't and has native CUDA apps.

Are you doubly sure that the drivers are installed?

~$ sudo dmesg | grep nvidia


~$ clinfo


Should see the discovery in the Event Log startup if the cards are seen by the system. Don't know if setting the Event Log coproc_debug would show anymore enlightening information.
43) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Boinc for Mx Macs (Message 112630)
Posted 3 Sep 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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There is a dearth of projects that support native Mx Macs. Only one I am sure about it is one OpenCL gpu application for Mx Macs at Einstein that was recently kludged. I think there is another one on some math project somewhere also that was the instigation for trying the same kludge at Einstein.

https://einsteinathome.org/content/native-apple-silicon-m1-app-available
44) Message boards : Questions and problems : NUCs and BOINC Projects (Message 112617)
Posted 31 Aug 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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You should stay away from Intel hybrid cpus for BOINC computing. No scheduler so far can figure out how to keep tasks off the efficiency cores reliably.
45) Message boards : Questions and problems : Client downloads Tasks and runs not by Deadline Date Priority (Message 112616)
Posted 31 Aug 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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Boinc Client (Windows 10) Version 7.22.2 (x64)

Hello - Is there a way to set the Client process tasks by Deadline date priority?

I note that when a fresh batch of Asteroids@Home are downloaded, that no matter the Deadline date of Einstein@Home is set at, the newly downloaded Asteroids@Home tasks start immediately and places the existing Einstein@Home tasks on 'hold'.

I'd rather set the client to process tasks by Deadline date in chronological order to ensure that each tasks are completed at or before their Deadline date.

Thanks in advance, David

Yes, you can help out the credit rebalancing among projects that the client does to converge much faster if you change a default setting in the cc_config.xml file.
Change:
<rec_half_life_days>10.000000</rec_half_life_days>
To:
<rec_half_life_days>1.000000</rec_half_life_days>

This will shorten the averaging function timespan from 10 days to a single day. You would see the host return to Einstein work much faster after it has repaid its dept to the Asteroids project.
46) Message boards : Questions and problems : NUCs and BOINC Projects (Message 112600)
Posted 30 Aug 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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Lots of reviews of mini-PC's. Seems to be popular choices for low-cost, low energy consumption for basically full power computing equivalent to the best laptops minus the screen.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mini+pc
47) Message boards : The Lounge : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! (Message 112586)
Posted 29 Aug 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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Yes, the latest kernels have had lots of pruning done to them to remove old crud and speed them up. 6.5 kernel is even faster than the 6.2 kernel on my 7950X.
48) Message boards : Questions and problems : Returning, now connection problem? (Message 112562)
Posted 20 Aug 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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I think the problem lies here.

8/19/2023 07:50:16 PM | | Libraries: libcurl/8.0.1-DEV Schannel zlib/1.2.13
8/19/2023 07:50:29 PM | | [http] [ID#2] Info: schannel: disabled automatic use of client certificate

The host is not allowing the default project SSL certificate to be used and then falls back on trying to set a cookie which is disallowed.
49) Message boards : GPUs : "Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling" setting in Display settings -> Graphics -> Change default graphic settings. (Message 112458)
Posted 6 Aug 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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I turn off hardware assisted gpu scheduling in the browser. Both the cpus and the gpus are fast enough on their own where I don't need to give any app or browser gpu assistance.

Don't know of the tweaks and dials you can turn in Windows. You'll have to explore on your own.
50) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 112446)
Posted 4 Aug 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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Just watched it myself. Awesome is the right word. Always get a kick when a series show attempts a musical. Some pull it off and some fall flat.

I too liked the crossover episode especially when I had just started watching Lower Decks a night before the SNW crossover episode. The intro had me going WTF.
51) Message boards : Questions and problems : Strange Behavior - Even amounts of "Work done" credit/Slow validation/Low GPU usage (Message 112405)
Posted 29 Jul 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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You need to uncheck "use cpu" in your project preferences. Not mess around with the cpu usage value. That should be left at 100%.
That way you won't be sent cpu tasks and will only get gpu tasks.
https://einsteinathome.org/account/prefs/project
52) Message boards : Projects : Anything and Everything to do with (WCG) World Community Grid (Message 112381)
Posted 26 Jul 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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They all fail because they are misconfigured.
53) Message boards : Questions and problems : Systemd timeout stopping boinc-client (Message 112370)
Posted 26 Jul 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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I see this on a few projects for cpu apps. I have to wait approx. 15-30 seconds for all the universe tasks to finish up in the system monitor and flush out after exiting the client. Then I can feel confident all the apps and tasks have written out all the result files.
54) Message boards : Questions and problems : Linux download in Ubuntu 22.04 shows "Preliminary Version" or similar (Message 112349)
Posted 24 Jul 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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If you are using the distro provided BOINC, which is version 7.18, that is the improperly grabbed version by the distro devs. That version was solely written for Android users. Not x64.

It is somewhat usable but has many quirks that were not intended because the target platform is not what is actually in use.
55) Message boards : Questions and problems : How does one kill the BOINC Mgr and associated work processes in Ubuntu Linux? (Message 112348)
Posted 24 Jul 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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You can thank the distro devs for that. Boinc runs as a service and can't be killed by the user. With your version the only way to stop the client is to invoke superuser.

sudo systemctl stop boinc-client


I run an older client that still has the ability to stop the client and all processes through the Manager interface.

To restart the client if you aren't going to reboot use this.

sudo systemctl start boinc-client
56) Message boards : Questions and problems : Projects window will not display projects names columns (Message 112339)
Posted 23 Jul 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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Have you closed the Manager and restarted it?
57) Message boards : Questions and problems : Linux download in Ubuntu 22.04 shows "Preliminary Version" or similar (Message 112320)
Posted 20 Jul 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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The BOINC package in Ubuntu 22.04 is incorrectly compiled and should not be used. You should use the package from the Ubuntu BOINC PPA.
https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/boinc
58) Message boards : Questions and problems : Projects window will not display projects names columns (Message 112314)
Posted 20 Jul 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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Since you mention you are running the latest client, I assume you are running the matching Manager. The Manager now has the ability to select Columns shown in the Options tool tab.

You likely have Projects un-selected. Toggle it on and it should appear.
59) Message boards : Projects : News on Project Outages (Message 112311)
Posted 19 Jul 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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NumberFields is down at the University level.
60) Message boards : Questions and problems : What project needs the most RAM to run? (Message 112283)
Posted 11 Jul 2023 by Profile Keith Myers
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Just a FYI. The Seti project is extinct.


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