None of the commands so far seem to work to make it drop to the pure terminal mode.
But I did find something interesting by logging out. In this Mint version there are option for different ways to login to the GUI.
Some without all the extra fancy stuff such as Cinnamon witch was using some of the CPU cycles ever so often.
Now to see how many seconds this way may help.
The sudo su did work and was able to enter root, setup a password, but still unable to drop to just straight terminal mode.
 
Still some great help here, I'm learning.
Thanks guys!

EVGATech_IanJ

TheWolf

None of the commands so sar seem to work to make it drop to the pure terminal mode.
But I did find something interesting by logging out. In this Mint version there are option for different ways to login to the GUI.
Some without all the extra fancy stuff such as Cinnamon witch was using some of the CPU cycles ever so often.
Now to see how many seconds this way may help.
The sudo su did work and was able to enter root, setup a password, but still unable to drop to just straight terminal mode.

Still some great help here, I'm learning.
Thanks guys!

If you want a very light desktop GUI that is not going to use a ton of resources, open the package manager and install LXDE, then you will be able able to log into the LXDE desktop environment.

I'll looking into that as soon as this Big WU is done.
I've already messed up a couple fresh installs by playing around to much with different packages. lol
Tweak tweak tweak, always looks for those few more seconds less in folding times.
Thanks

Setting the File Type to EXT3 is still in testing. Its actually looking pretty good on frame times for the CPU speed 3.0 and 24 cores at 29:15 avg.
CPU-G "a Linux CPU-Z" only shows it running at 2.934 but I think it actually running 3.0/3.1Ghz with the turbo on.
Found a few cool little programs for checking things out such as CPU-G & Psensor. Both pretty easy to install and setup.
Ya I'll be leaving it alone more now that I have about everything setup the way I like it. Still might try a few more tweaks.

Punchy

i7z from Google Code is the most reliable way I know of to check the actual speed on Intel processors.  I have not tried CPU-G so I can't compare.

Got it and got it working, took a moment, need other parts.
Works quite well & gives the real CPU clock speed.
Thanks

Xavier Zepherious

linux mint 14?

well I guess I'll have to install that on the new rig (when I get that running)

How do you like linux mint?

I actually like it very much. Wasn't to hard to get use to.
Found you can go to home\fah folder and from there open a terminal by
right clicking and picking terminal from the popup menu so you can skip
the CD fah  in a normal terminal. But where this comes in handy "for me"
is when setting up different packages I download "some with crazy names"
I can just start a terminal from within that folder and start right to working
on the setup of the install package. As mentioned earlier log out and before
log back in gives options to pick different way to run the OS in. Lower resources
or older style Linux Mint look & feel.
 
Ya you should give it a try, If installing from W7 its a snap to install or uninstall.
I found this a great help after messing up my 1st install with unneeded packages
I was trying out. Gives dual boot menu at boot so you still have W7 to use is great.
Just pick the OS from the boot menu you wish to have loaded for that moment.

I got an older version of linux mint on the one rig (just didn't keep up on the newest kernel)
 
Im a regular linux user
from the days of slackware and recoding and recompiling the kernel and XWindows manually and having a boot strap kernel  in windows95 that is a basically a machine code version of linux that I can run from windows  (basically a lilo kernel  in windows)
 
and Unux user
so adopting wasn't so bad
 
did lots of XWindows programming in my days
 
I kinda think it was easier to install than ubuntu (at least for dual boot) ...even tho they are basically the same thing

you have to use wine in linux (windows emulator)
 
http://www.fold4life.com/...pic.php?f=3&t=1392
 
http://foldingforum.org/v...c.php?f=67&t=18058
 
http://forums.evga.com...x?m=437423&mpage=1
 
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=322535
 
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Im folding in w7 currently
 
eventually there will be a native GPU3 client in v7 for linux
as was indicated in the Folding forums
 
 

I think I had it all set up before posting, but after downloading v7 for Linux It could never connect to a server to get work.
Wasn't sure if it was a problem on my end or there is just no server/WU's for GPU & Linux/v7 yet?
 
I didn't test for bigadv in v7 as I already had a BA running in terminal.
I did notice problems after all the setup just after installing v7.
I started getting freezing and stuff quit responding. Lost a BA at 48% done,
were as I wasn't have any problems before..
So now on this rig I'm back at ground zero with uninstall of Linux Mint
and also messed up my W7 OS so I had to wipe the HDD of that as well.
Still showing a Linux option at boot even after it was uninstalled and clean W7 install.
EasyBCD should fix the dual boot option tho.

Never mind, got it installed. Had to edit grub from inside the GUI with text, since it wouldn't allow it to be done as root with locked write mode.
Once that was done and booted to text terminal mode it install without a hitch. 
Of course I had to boot in safe video mode to re-edit the grub back to splash, now all is good.
Lets see what kind of trouble I can get I into now. lol

After spending many hours trying to get gpu to run in Linux, I finally gave up. There are guides out there for gpu folding but they never worked for me (plus the guides are several years old). I think someone hacked a gpu2 client to make it work and is now useless.
 

texinga

Here, here...love Linux Mint and is my favorite of the distros. 

Just wondering if you may have ran into this problem. On Linux Mint 14 after a week
or so of folding I keep getting a pop-up saying low of HDD space. The rig becomes unstable
and I start loosing WU's. I'm guessing is caused by the low HDD space. This was with a
default size of 18GB moved to 20GB and even 25GB size now. What size do you use when
doing a dual boot install of Mint 14? I can't understand why it starts to get the low HDD
space pop-up when I haven't installed anything. I looked in the work folder of fah for
old WU stuff that might not have been cleaned for take up space. This doesn't seem to
be the cause. But something seems to be growing and taking up more and more HDD space.
Since I don't know much about Linux and the way it works or may cache stuff I can't put
my finger on a cause. Any help on this, anyone?

Thanks for the input. I haven't seen the problem since I went to 25GB install.
If and when I run into it again on the other rigs I'll just up the allowed space to "fresh install"
around 30GB since I don't have enough HDD's to have separate OS per HDD to do hot swaps.
Thanks

Xavier Zepherious

the problem of most install is that most don't incorporate Swap partitions like the old days where we made separate partitions for swap space  (linux can have two swap partitions for OS workspace)

the new installer defaults to all in one - so if you didn't put up enough disk space you could be in an issue (since they share the same space now like M$)

I however did a custom install and made swap partition in linux mint and made a significant drive space for the OS

Thanks, I'll look into this on the next fresh install I have to do.
I was thinking it might be something like a swap file growing and
wasn't sure how all that is done in these Linux installs.
 
What I been seeing is loss of space then the OS becomes unstable
a couple times I can get by with fsck to fix the problem some what
then the OS will complete crash or just be so bad only a new install works.
Been hurting my folding from the down time "+new Install" plus the loss of work,
one BA just last night at 92% done EUE. 40 something hours lost
Seems everytime I think things are running smooth it rears its ugly head.

This discussion of Swap file/partition size needing to equal Memory size has me thinking.  Even on my discrete installations of Ubuntu 10.10 (64-bit), I've followed the typical advice from the Folding/Linux Guides that says "create a 4GB Swap Partition" as one of your two partitions on the HDD.  I've followed that advice, but on all of my Linux-based Folding rigs, the Memory is at least 8GB and in some cases much more.  My 4P has 8GB per CPU for a total of 32GB, but the Swap Partition set for Ubuntu 10.10 (64-bit) is only 4GB. 
 
I haven't yet run into the problem that Wolf has been seeing, and that may have more to do with having large enough amounts of HDD space for the system (EXT3 partition).  But this discussion on Swap File/Partition size has me thinking about it.  On my 4P, I'm wondering if I should kick that Swap Partition size up to 32GB to match the total installed memory.  Increasing the Swap Partition size is no big deal on a dedicated Linux Rig because there's plenty of the HDD space that is never used given the small footprint that Linux/Folding requires.  If I do make a change, I'll wait until I get onto the next string of endless 8101 WUs, oneunit it and see about making an adjustment. 
 
Edit:  Maybe the suggestion of having Swap size equal Memory size dates back to when memory was a lot more expensive.  I'm thinking that with larger memory sizes and low cost of memory, that the Swap size may not need to equal memory when we are talking about 8GB or larger memory sizes.  If I understand the need for the Swap area, it pertains to when the OS/Applications need more area than the installed memory provides.  But if Linux+FAH doesn't require levels exceeding 8GB or >, then the Swap area may be something that isn't used?  Just thought I'd add this thought/question after thinking about this while thing a bit more.

note -  the default swap on Linux is small less  than 1GB 

the fact is if your hibernating/resuming swap must equal mem ptherwise you can get errors because on hibernate the memory is swapped prior to sleep
if any errors occurs during this then it's unable to resume
 
for folding I don't think you'll have a BIGBETA or Bigadv that takes more than 4GB
so you wont hit a memory issue
however as others have note if there is a memory leak/program fault on a program then you may wind up running out of room
 
as others have said it all depends on your use
   
if you use cad programs/simulation/heavy ram intensive progs then you might need more
 
if you only using for folding then at least consider swap of 8GB or swap = mem (if you wish to hibernate)
remember the OS eats some of the swap and you need a few GIGs for the WU
 
linux os (running Xwindow/gnomedesktop with precision x and temp sensor and then F@H plus anything else running on the taskbar )
should eat at least 2-3 Gigs (it's not like console mode because you're using xwindows - memory hog) then add in the WU
it might even be more than 3GB for the OS
 
just leave enough for the OS and what room the programs may need for addtional space