Does anybody know whats going on with bkh? He hasnt folded his usual for almost a week....

Man, if we lose him we are in trouble...



Avi

you can still try to send some of them.

check the state of the queue, (-queueinfo) and if there are any finished WU that the deadline hasnt expired, you can use the send command with the queue position.

of course, first make sure you have connectivity...

Avi

derekva wrote: I work for MS
-Derek

Greetings from a fellow Microsoftie...

No problems on my machines either.

Most of my folding machines are @ work. It is a little social justice to get a big corporation to help find a cure for Alzheimers....

So, I went and tried ubuntu 7.04 using vmware in windows, and I finished a 1440 point WU in less than a day. I used the calculation suggested here , and it suggests I'm getting approximately ~2000PPD. Not sure how accurate the estimate is. But, even using VMware, it's extremely fast. I've decided a...

avi_dan, minor off topic: are you personally running purely the linux smps? I'm running purely the xp smps and we seem to be trading places a lot recently on the 'leader board' and just wondered if we could clarify (for the benefit of the team of course!) whether vmware-ubuntu64-f@h is better or no...

Hi Here is the info on my experimentations with different OS for F@H: The machine in question is: Core2Duo 2.13 GHz 2 Gb DDR2800 RAM Under Native WinXP: Project : 2610 Credit : 1523 Avg. Time / Frame : 21mn 40s - 1012.16 ppd Project : 2651 Credit : 1760 Avg. Time / Frame : 19mn 39s - 1289.77 ppd Pro...

I didnt get to this post to be of help, but to change any setting in a session, you need to make sure that its not running...


Neil, can you post a comparison of Ubuntu native vs. Ubuntu-VMWare?

Avi

Sorry, the Linux SMP client will only run on a 64 bit os.

No chance on it running on the P3's the P4's may be ok if the processor supports EMT64.

There is no catch. Just sign here along the dotted lines....

Sorry, the confusion stems from calling the F@H client a "core". What I meant was:

run the GPU client in one CPU core and in the other CPU core run the SMP client (instead of the normal client)

It sounds as if the Ubuntu client and the Windows client are more or less on a par performancewise....

I am running an old laptop so it very quiet....

wussboy wrote:Greets everyone. After much humming and hawing I decided to get off my ass and back into the folding game. It seemed like

BTW, Great to have you back in the game!!

I am not sure of this but I woould sugest running the GPU client and then changing the affinity of the core thread (the one that takes up the CPU) to use only a specific core. Then run the SMP client and also change its 4 core threads (FahCore_a1.exe in windows) to use the other core. Even though th...

VMware :?: can you explain a little about what this is and how to configure it? VMWare Server is software that allows you to run a different OS from within windows. So its a way of running the LINUX F@H client from within windows. The benefits of doing this is that if you need to use windows on the...

My PIII 700 Mhz gets the 3042 WU done in a week and a half. But Folding is all it does 24/7.


Avi

Shukuteki wrote:Just started folding with a 930mhz Pentium 3 running ubuntu.

Any bit helps I suppose.

What performance are you seeing? How long does it take to complete a step (%)

I put an old pIII laptop to work under XP and it takes about 1.5 hour for one step...

I am running Ubuntu under VMware in Windows (XP) and it rocks.

THis is a great way to mantain windows functionality without compromising F@H.

Highly recommended.

The Linux client is the best!

Avi

I dont know how much CPU performance I am losing by running it in a Virtual machine, But it makes it up by allowing me to continue to run my windows apps normally... I am running it on a system with: Core2 Duo Conroe @ 2.13 GHz 2 GB RAM and its crunching a 2604 WU at 18 minutes per % What performanc...

Yes, its running smoothly....

The only tweak I did to it is to set the priority of the vmware thread to low so that it wouldnt interfere with other work on the station...

Avi

Wow, that was easy!

Thanks

OK, Installed the 64 bit version, and its running fine.

Now a LINUX newbie Q...

How do I share (SMB) a folder from LINUX?

I basically want to use FahMon from the host OS (windows) to monitor progress in the LINUX virtual machine...


Thanks!

Thanks, I will try it out with Ubuntu

Thanks, I have never configured a LINUX instalation. Is it secure with default values?

If we could get a recipe to get the image ready it would be awesome!

Hi

It seems the best way to run F@H on a multi proc/core machine is running the LINUX SMP on a LINUX virtual machine on Virtual Server or Virtual PC .

Does anybody know how to set this up?

Thanks.
Avi


Keep folding....

I installed the Win SMP client on a P4 3.0 GHZ with 1 MB that is taking 3 days to finish the 2610 wu.

1500 point / 3days = 500 ppd

Not bad for a Non-multi core machine, and a lot better than the non SMP Win client.

BUT yeah, the Win SMP is not as good as then Linux SMP.

Dont be disouraged, the 2610 is notoriously slow.

check out this thread in the EOC forum:

http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/p ... ost2670247