Okay I'm a complete noob with linux so I'm going to have a lot of questions.
I've installed ubuntu and did the updates also activated the nvida drivers. Since I'm not familiar with navigating in linux how do I get the to the area where I use the $ sign also, in the directions to get the client from stanford so I type in the whole link to stanford? Do I need to type in anything special to get the new hefty bigadv's running?
 
Sorry if these sound dumb.
I have a bigadv  on windows that will finish in the morning (when I'm on duty at the firehouse) so I used the oneunit flag. I'd like to get all my questions/research done before I try this Friday.
 
Thanks for any help!
 

car_Hauler

Tank, everything you need to know can be found here.  Just follow the directions.

So if I add smp-12 it will pick up the new bigadv's?

I'm been running the Wubi install of Ubuntu 11.04 since last Saturday.  I processed a complete 6903 on my SR-2 with no issues.  I grabbed another 6903 yesterday morning and it was at 24% when I went to bed last night.  Came in this morning and my Ubuntu screen was totally non-functional (frozen).  The screen was there, but no mouse, no keyboard and I could see (via the Terminal window) that the 6903 had not progressed overnight.  I tried all sorts of keyboard actions to try and regain some control of Ubuntu but it was hosed solid, so I had to do a power restart of the SR-2.
 
Long story short, when I mined for information on Ubuntu lockups/freezes there were quite a few reports of freezes with Ubuntu and the only thing that I saw that seemed to be a good thing to do was to update the Ubuntu Kernel from what is included with the installation file.  The Ubuntu 11.04 install uses Kernel ver 2.6.38-8 and the latest Kernel is 2.6.39-0.  The newer Kernel is supposed to correct a host of issues, so I updated to that Kernel this morning before resuming the 6903 WU.  Here is a guide to installing the new Kernel if anyone is interested:
http://www.addictivetips....04-kernel-to-2-6-39-0/
 
Thankfully, the 6903 resumed exactly where it left off.  I've read of issues with Ubuntu/Folding where the WU is lost and a new one starts instead.  I'll have to see if the 11.04 system freeze is helped by installing the new Kernel.

I read that if your system meets the requirements -bigadv flag is all you need to get a 6903. I have not changed my flag from -bigbeta yet.

Is this new WU going to be linux only, or are they going to release it for windows as well?

texinga
Thankfully, the 6903 resumed exactly where it left off.  I've read of issues with Ubuntu/Folding where the WU is lost and a new one starts instead. 

This is an issue with VMWare and Ubuntu. I haven't figured out yet how to use the backup script that allows you to restore from a hourly backup.

texinga

Yes, I recall reading a post by Grandpa_01 over on the FAH forums that he makes a copy of his fah folder ever so often during a WU.  Then when a disaster strikes, he follows some process (that I don't 100% understand) to restore that fah folder.  Seems he makes sure his internet connection is off, restores the fah folder and whatever else he does.  I'm so new to Ubuntu that I sometimes have trouble "reading between the lines" of what a person is actually doing.

 
I have the same problem.  Stupid M$ has corrupt my brain to how is should function!

z3r0t0l0rence
I have the same problem.  Stupid M$ has corrupt my brain to how is should function!

'Aint it the truth?  It feels like I'm trying to learn another language vs all the years of using MS OS's (started with ver 2.0 back in the '80s).  To be frank, if I didn't have to use Linux to run this 6903, I wouldn't have it on my PC.  All the discrete Terminal typed commands are why I was happy to leave the DOS environment years ago.  Every time I find something I want to install on Linux, I'm in the Terminal window with a host of commands or script needs.  I'm just not that technically-inclined anymore to actually enjoy doing all that stuff just to get a new app running (like temp monitoring, etc).  In some ways I wish I were because my background has been in computing for ~34yrs, but at my age, I prefer easy these days. 

Great to hear you are configured and running Linux Tank!!    A 6903 will be along soon I'm sure.
 
I don't think I've taken the opportunity to thank Rklapp, so here's a big THANK-YOU for putting this guide together for us!  They already awarded you a Blue Ribbon for it, and that is rightly deserved for this effort and help. 
 
I do have a question for you RK.  In the section that speaks to getting "Temperature Monitoring" setup, is says "Right click on one of the top or bottom task bars and select "Hardware Sensors Monitor". This will show the temps for each gpu and each physical core."  I did reboot after setting-up the lm-sensors utility and followed what you wrote to do in your guide.  However, I could not find a "Hardware Sensors Monitor" selection when I right-clicked anywhere and I tried everything on the screen, top menu bar, etc to see if there was a selection that I could enable.  I can run the sensors app from a Terminal command to get all the sensors to report that way, but that is it.
 
Edit:  I just noticed that you made a comment "(assuming you are using the Classic Desktop)".  I'm not running the Classic Desktop, so that must be why I can't find the selection that you mentioned.  Never mind....

Congrats, you should be getting 60k ppd from that.
 
Thank you everyone for your comments.
 
In Ubuntu, I would copy and paste the folding folder to make a copy when I want to Ctrl-C the client. When it reloads the wu back to 0%. I stop and run the backup. This has worked for me twice so far. Blocking the internet is to ensure that the restarted client doesn't tell Stanford that the wu failed but this hasn't been an issue with me so far.
 
Because VMWare is on a huge image, this technique is not feasible so I need to figure out the backup script or never stop the client.
 
There's probably some way of running the Hardware Sensors Monitor in the Unity desktop but haven't figured it out yet. I don't have motivation because I'm perfectly happy with the classic Gnome desktop.

click on applications( for me with 11.04) its a + sign on the left of the desktop, then click on installed to expand and scroll down to terminal.
Or left click on little ubuntu emblem at top left, click more apps to get to terminal icon and click on that.

tanner2

click on applications( for me with 11.04) its a + sign on the left of the desktop, then click on installed to expand and scroll down to terminal.
Or left click on little ubuntu emblem at top left, click more apps to get to terminal icon and click on that.

That brings up a new terminal, I want to bring back the terminal that I hid.

Got it and thanks again for the help RK!

Did you install it first?
Type $ sudo apt-get install lm-sensors sensors-applet

cblaxx
another question, do i always have to launch HFM from the command prompt, or can i just click on it somewhere? its kind of irritating to have to keep the prompt open all the time. I changed the preference-options to task bar. 

Yes, I got tired (quick) of typing those discrete commands too.  You'll need to create a Launcher (similar to a Windows shortcut) by right clicking on the Desktop and selecting "Create Launcher".  It will default to "Application" in the "Type" field and that is OK.  Then in the "Name" field, type in the name/title of your choice for the desktop icon it will create (HFM, etc).  Then in the "Command" field,  use the "Browse" button to browse over to the HFM folder (or wherever you installed HFM) and select the HFM.exe file.  Click OK on the Create Launcher window to close and save.  Then you will have an icon on your desktop that you can use to startup HFM rather than typing commands into the Terminal Window.