Posts by Keith Myers

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61) Message boards : Questions and problems : Can't see gpu's
Message 113001
Posted 27 Oct 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		All those projects use OpenCL apps. So you don't have any OpenCL component loaded with your drivers.

Plus there are no gpu apps or work for Milkyway project.

So start with reinstalling your drivers to include support for OpenCL.
62) Message boards : Questions and problems : account missing
Message 112817
Posted 6 Oct 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		If you just didn't forget your username and password for the project, likely then that the project lost or updated its user database and older records were dumped, lost or purged.

So you had to create a new account and get a new hostID. You should look in your host details page, check the function to look for hosts that haven't contacted the project in over 30 days and see whether your old hostID is still visible.

If that is so, you can merge your old hostID into the new hostID you just created and get back your missing host stats.
63) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC Manager memory saturation upon adding project
Message 112754
Posted 26 Sep 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		Code-signing has to do with certs. New client probably needs new certs. BOINC is constantly polling the server trying to update your certs.
64) Message boards : Questions and problems : gstate.init() fails error code 192
Message 112737
Posted 23 Sep 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		Post your boinc-client.service file contents at /etc/systemd/system/boinc-client.service.d/

Likely the service file is setting up the wrong read-write permissions.

Do you have this in the file? It helps with the newer distros and clients.
PrivateTmp=true
ProtectSystem=strict
ProtectControlGroups=true
65) Message boards : Questions and problems : 7.24.1: install dialog box blocks win11 taskbar search input
Message 112735
Posted 22 Sep 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		Problem with the password manager. I too have issues with a password manager which always grabs focus of any input box.

Solution is to copy the password for the account into the scratch buffer and paste into the desired input box.
66) Message boards : Questions and problems : GPU computing suspended Computer still downloads GPU tasks
Message 112719
Posted 21 Sep 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		That's what I assumed the OP was posting about. I always tend to assume most questions come from Windows users.

Using the Activity menu in the Manager should be permanent as Richard states.
67) Message boards : Questions and problems : GPU computing suspended Computer still downloads GPU tasks
Message 112716
Posted 21 Sep 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		I don't run Windows, but if I remember correctly, the Suspend activity for gpu work . . . . or cpu work for that matter extends for only 60 minutes. Then reverts to active again.

The only way to make that permanent on a project is to suspend the project or suspend currently cached gpu tasks for the project and set NNT.
68) Message boards : Questions and problems : GPU computing suspended Computer still downloads GPU tasks
Message 112714
Posted 20 Sep 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		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.
69) Message boards : GPUs : GPUs Missing after yum update Rocky 8
Message 112713
Posted 20 Sep 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		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.
70) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Boinc for Mx Macs
Message 112630
Posted 3 Sep 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		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
71) Message boards : Questions and problems : NUCs and BOINC Projects
Message 112617
Posted 31 Aug 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		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.
72) Message boards : Questions and problems : Client downloads Tasks and runs not by Deadline Date Priority
Message 112616
Posted 31 Aug 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers
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.
73) Message boards : Questions and problems : NUCs and BOINC Projects
Message 112600
Posted 30 Aug 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		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
74) Message boards : The Lounge : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here!
Message 112586
Posted 29 Aug 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		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.
75) Message boards : Questions and problems : Returning, now connection problem?
Message 112562
Posted 20 Aug 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		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.
76) Message boards : GPUs : "Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling" setting in Display settings -> Graphics -> Change default graphic settings.
Message 112458
Posted 6 Aug 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		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.
77) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions
Message 112446
Posted 4 Aug 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		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.
78) 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 ProfileKeith Myers 		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
79) Message boards : Projects : Anything and Everything to do with (WCG) World Community Grid
Message 112381
Posted 26 Jul 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		They all fail because they are misconfigured.
80) Message boards : Questions and problems : Systemd timeout stopping boinc-client
Message 112370
Posted 26 Jul 2023 by ProfileKeith Myers 		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.
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