Posts by Keck_Komputers

41) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : upgrade 5.4.11 BOINC to 5.8.16 for Ubuntu 7.04 PC? (Message 40857) Posted 12 May 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: The 5.8.x clients have some nice improvements over the 5.4.x clients, however there is probably not a compelling reason to upgrade if you would rather wait for your package vendor to post the new version. I would email them and ask if they would update the package.
42) Questions and Answers : Windows : Credit Claimed vs Granted (Message 40629) Posted 10 May 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: Credit is granted per decoy. The amount granted is an average of all the claims per decoy for that workunit type.
43) Message boards : Rosetta@home Science : Windows 64 (Message 40468) Posted 7 May 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: Since I am not a computer buff, I have a question. Since windows 64 is getting information twice as fast to crunch as windows 32, will there be a significant increase in performance, or am I missing something? No. In most cases the difference is negligable, that is why the developers have not felt too much pressure to make a 64bit version. The FPU (Floating Point Unit) is virtually unchanged in the two types of CPU, since most projects use the FPU almost exclusively there is often no performance gain. As mentioned before simap has a fairly large gain, because that project spends less time using the FPU than most projects. Programs really gain from the 64bit CPUs if they need large blocks of memory, or if they do a large proportion of integer operations.
44) Message boards : Number crunching : Windows x64 official Boinc client in testing (Message 40180) Posted 2 May 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: Yep, however there was a bug in the server code. So the projects need to update to the 4/30/7 head for it to work. The 5.9.5 client seems to be working properly. The only project that has updated so far is BOINC alpha.
45) Questions and Answers : Windows : lose contact zu rosetta project with windows vista (Message 40125) Posted 1 May 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: Many participants have found that installing outside of the "program files" tree will prevent this problem from occuring. My vista system is installed to "d:boinc" and it works fine.
46) Questions and Answers : Windows : task progress doesn't get saved... (Message 40124) Posted 1 May 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: Definately stick with the current version, regressing will not help since it is the science app that is responsible for checkpointing. Please unhide your hosts. It does not show any sensitive information to other participants and may help in debugging. Click on my name at the left to see what info is displayed.
47) Message boards : Rosetta@home Science : Windows 64 (Message 40123) Posted 1 May 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: Hi. My current OS is Vista64. Yesterday I've installed the Boinc 64bit alpha version and tried to request units from rosetta, but I always become the following message from your server: "platform 'windows_x86_64' not found" When will be rosetta ready for the 64bit version? not an answer to your question, but they'll implement a script in the next alpha versions that will download the 32bit version if no 64bit version is available. The code is in the 5.9.5 version, however the projects have to update the server code with today's head (4/30/7).
48) Questions and Answers : Windows : task progress doesn't get saved... (Message 40075) Posted 30 Apr 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: The application does store it's state. However if you have a slow computer it may not make it to a checkpoint before you shut down. It is also possible that you are looking at different tasks, the names all look the same to me without detailed notes.
49) Questions and Answers : Getting started : adding more PCs in my account can result in a lower average score? (Message 39939) Posted 27 Apr 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: Both should go up. The average is like a speedometer, it is a rate of credit granted. The total only goes up.
50) Questions and Answers : Getting started : How do I remove a computer from my account? (Message 39904) Posted 26 Apr 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: Once all the tasks assciated with that host have been removed from the database you can delete it. If the CPU and OS have not changed you may be able to merge it with the new host sooner though.
51) Message boards : Number crunching : Windows x64 official Boinc client in testing (Message 39903) Posted 26 Apr 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: I definately recommend waiting for the 5.9.5 version before trying it on win 64. There is a serious bug in 5.9.4 were it will not send the proper alternate platform. This means you will not be able to get work from any project that does not have a 64 bit app. Currently the only projects I know of that have 64 bit apps are pirates, nanohive, and riesel sieve, only the seive is consistantly handing out work right now. Once 5.9.5 comes out you should be able to get work from any project that has updated their server code since 4/19/7.
52) Questions and Answers : Preferences : can i hide my ip (Message 38517) Posted 28 Mar 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: The IP is not displayed to anyone but yourself. Feel free to click on my name at the left to see what is displayed.
53) Questions and Answers : Windows : Why Am I having Login Problems? (Message 38166) Posted 23 Mar 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: You do need a different account for each project. However you should be able to attach multiple hosts to the same account at the same project.
54) Message boards : Number crunching : Catagorizing, firewall problems (Message 37873) Posted 16 Mar 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: The alternate URLs will not work with the more recent clients (any of the 5.x.x versions I think). Using an account manager sounds like the best solution. One thing to note is that if you do not have written permission to run BOINC on computers you do not own you can get into severe trouble.
55) Message boards : Number crunching : Problems with rosetta 5.48 (Message 37534) Posted 6 Mar 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: '50' is a project settable limit, so may be some other number. I don't think that is settable. I can not find it listed in the description of config.xml. That is were I would expect it to be set if it was settable.
56) Message boards : Number crunching : BOINC thread: Questions re scheduler & v5.8.x (Message 37501) Posted 5 Mar 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: You are correct a better way to do this may be needed for projects with multiple classes of tasks. The other way should still be good for projects where there is less variation in task complexity. I sent an email to the developer's list pointing to this thread.
57) Questions and Answers : Windows : BOINC always runs (Message 37446) Posted 5 Mar 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: When suspended to memory, the task still shows up in the task manager. This may be what you are seeing.
58) Message boards : Number crunching : BOINC thread: Questions re scheduler & v5.8.x (Message 37436) Posted 4 Mar 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: If my memory serves me correctly it is closer to d) none of the above. 1) A clean scheduler will issue results randomly from the available pool. 2) If a result is deemed unsuitable for a host it is prioritized so that work that has failed to be sent to a host will be attempted before a clean result is attempted. The server will generally attempt about 50 results per RPC. If none are suitable then you get the no work message. This may be outdated information. It was accurate prior to the implementation of locallity scheduling. Locallity and HR schedulers work differently. edit: The design goal is to get bad workunits out of the system. The prioritization is by incrementing a variable called infeasable_count associated with the workunit. Once that reaches a project settable threshold the workunit is automatically cancelled.
59) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : How do I "reset the project"? (Message 37297) Posted 1 Mar 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: The exited with zero status message can be ignored. The can't rename state file is a real problem though. Check the permissions in the BOINC folder. You may also want to exclude BOINC from your virus scans.
60) Questions and Answers : Windows : Cpu usage oscillates between 100% and 0% (Message 36874) Posted 16 Feb 2007 by Keck_Komputers Post: I have never seen this. But it sounds like the new memory settings in 5.8.8 could do this. Please post this on Number cruching board instaed more people read and answer questions there. Anders n It may also be that you have your preferences set to throttle CPU usage. When you enable that setting BOINC processes or suspends for one second at a time.

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