geokilla

All rights I got 0.6 up and running, folding the normal 1920 point WUs. I got a final question. Is this like the Notfred client where if I shut down the VMware, the folding progress will automatically start from the last checkpoint? Reason being is that I shut my computer off at night.

@linux. Thanks for answering my questions earlier. I saw on the first page, first post that most of my questions had already been answered.

I have it set to do the backup on shutdown (before shutting down fah6) and restore on startup when a Ramdisk is enabled. I am working on updating the scripts to do this even when the Ramdisk is not enabled and when auto-startup is enabled.

linuxrouter

geokilla

All rights I got 0.6 up and running, folding the normal 1920 point WUs. I got a final question. Is this like the Notfred client where if I shut down the VMware, the folding progress will automatically start from the last checkpoint? Reason being is that I shut my computer off at night.

@linux. Thanks for answering my questions earlier. I saw on the first page, first post that most of my questions had already been answered.

I have it set to do the backup on shutdown (before shutting down fah6) and restore on startup when a Ramdisk is enabled. I am working on updating the scripts to do this even when the Ramdisk is not enabled and when auto-startup is enabled.

So since I turn off the computer daily, my only option is to get the backup script up and running or enable ramdisk in order to have it start at the last checkpoint?

linuxrouter
You can run these commands:


fahbackup
shutdown -h now

fahbackup will copy the queue.dat and work directory to a directory called backup.

I plan to upload an updated image soon that will do this automatically on shutdown as well as a restore on boot.

I would still recommend running the backup scripts, because it does a hour-by-hour backup. This is handy to have in the event that the last backup has some kind of issue.

My sister shut off her computer last night before I did any backing up. Surprisingly, turned the computer on today and it resumed from where it last left off at. Guess that's one less thing to worry about.

When starting up the Folding image, I get the option to choose between 2.6.32.2-intel and 2.6.32.2-amd. Is there a difference between the two? I have an AMD CPU.

Oh and I managed to change the priority of Folding using the following:

priority.ungrabbed = "idle"
priority.grabbed = "idle"
processor0.use = "TRUE"
processor1.use = "TRUE"

Davabled
Edit/Question:  How do we get the virtual machine to display the F@H progress, similar to what the console clients do?  (I already know how to do it F@HMon and HFM) Ah, it was right there on the screen, duh.  After logging into the VM client, type tail -f fah-out.log 

You can also view by web.


http://IP/log.php

geokilla
Is there a way to default to that kernel? I have to be pretty quick in that boot up screen in order to select the AMD kernel. And it's usually my sister booting up the computer so if I can't default it to the AMD kernel, it'll go to the Intel kernel. 

And speaking of the kernel, is the AMD kernel supposed to fold better on a AMD processor? I'm getting more or less the same amount of PPD.

You have to edit /etc/lilo.conf and add a default entry:


nano /etc/lilo.conf


Just below lba32 add:


default = linux-2.6.32.2-amd


Then run:


lilo


I do not have an AMD system to the test the AMD kernel with. I added it in there in case it might help performance on AMD chips. The kernel has the option to build for AMD chips instead of Intel or generic so I thought it would be worth a try.

TheCrazyCanuck

Maybe it's the jetlag and I just missed it but what's the difference between build 0.6 and 0.7?

I added a few more things to the web interface. Someone over at folding forum asked if I could add an option to enable NTP, which I did. I also added an option for specifying Ramdisk size and for enabling the oneunit option. There were a couple other minor issues with the scripts I needed to fix up.

I also made it so when Auto-start or Ramdisk is turned on, the system does a backup of the folding files on system shutdown and a restore of the files on boot. This was already enabled for the Ramdisk in 0.6, but I thought it might be handy to have even if the Ramdisk is disabled.

The core Linux system is still the same. The changes are mainly with the web and init files.

Which log is this from? Is it the one via the web or the one via the console?

The folding client does download fairly large work units, especially if you have bigadv enabled. The bigadv ones can take 15-30 minutes to download. The download process can affect network performance. Otherwise, I am not entirely sure what was cause the network issues. Do you have any other firewalls installed beyond Windows firewall?

Is anyone having problems getting the configuration webpage for build 0.7 to remember your settings?  Any time I reboot the VM the settings seem to be lost.  Things like the passkey and host name are lost which is causing me problems downloading new work units or finding the VM on my network since the name keeps going back to "FAH"

I may be having a problem. I finished folding the 1920 point WU and have the Langouste De-coupler enabled from the web. It seems that my WU can't be uploaded to the server, but it proceeded to get a new WU just fine.

[10:41:05] Completed 250000 out of 250000 steps  (100%)
 [10:41:07] DynamicWrapper: Finished Work Unit: sleep=10000
 [10:41:17] 
 [10:41:17] Finished Work Unit:
 [10:41:17] - Reading up to 21421872 from "work/wudata_01.trr": Read 21421872
 [10:41:17] trr file hash check passed.
 [10:41:17] - Reading up to 5051476 from "work/wudata_01.xtc": Read 5051476
 [10:41:18] xtc file hash check passed.
 [10:41:18] edr file hash check passed.
 [10:41:18] logfile size: 194227
 [10:41:18] Leaving Run
 [10:41:20] - Writing 26817359 bytes of core data to disk...
 [10:41:22]   ... Done.
 [10:42:24] - Shutting down core
 [10:42:24] 
 [10:42:24] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FINISHED_UNIT
 [10:44:41] CoreStatus = 64 (100)
 [10:44:41] Sending work to server
 [10:44:41] Project: 2662 (Run 1, Clone 367, Gen 43)
 
 
 [10:44:41] + Attempting to send results [January 5 10:44:41 UTC]
 [10:44:41] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
 [10:44:41] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
 [10:44:41]     (171.64.65.56:8080)
 [10:44:41] + Retrying using alternative port
 [10:44:41] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
 [10:44:41] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
 [10:44:41]     (171.64.65.56:80)
 [10:44:41] - Error: Could not transmit unit 01 (completed January 5) to work server.
 [10:44:41]   Keeping unit 01 in queue.
 [10:44:41] Project: 2662 (Run 1, Clone 367, Gen 43)
 
 
 [10:44:41] + Attempting to send results [January 5 10:44:41 UTC]
 [10:44:41] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
 [10:44:41] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
 [10:44:41]     (171.64.65.56:8080)
 [10:44:41] + Retrying using alternative port
 [10:44:41] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
 [10:44:41] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
 [10:44:41]     (171.64.65.56:80)
 [10:44:41] - Error: Could not transmit unit 01 (completed January 5) to work server.
 
 
 [10:44:41] + Attempting to send results [January 5 10:44:41 UTC]
 [10:44:41] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
 [10:44:41] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
 [10:44:41]     (171.67.108.25:8080)
 [10:44:41] + Retrying using alternative port
 [10:44:41] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
 [10:44:41] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
 [10:44:41]     (171.67.108.25:80)
 [10:44:41]   Could not transmit unit 01 to Collection server; keeping in queue.
 [10:44:41] - Preparing to get new work unit...
 [10:44:41] Cleaning up work directory
 [10:44:41] + Attempting to get work packet
 [10:44:41] - Connecting to assignment server
 [10:44:42] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.56).
 [10:44:42] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
 [10:44:42] Loaded queue successfully.
 [10:45:01] Project: 2662 (Run 1, Clone 367, Gen 43)
 
 
 [10:45:01] + Attempting to send results [January 5 10:45:01 UTC]
 [10:45:01] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
 [10:45:01] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
 [10:45:01]     (171.64.65.56:8080)
 [10:45:01] + Retrying using alternative port
 [10:45:01] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
 [10:45:01] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
 [10:45:01]     (171.64.65.56:80)
 [10:45:01] - Error: Could not transmit unit 01 (completed January 5) to work server.
 
 
 [10:45:01] + Attempting to send results [January 5 10:45:01 UTC]
 [10:45:01] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
 [10:45:01] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
 [10:45:01]     (171.67.108.25:8080)
 [10:45:01] + Retrying using alternative port
 [10:45:01] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
 [10:45:01] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
 [10:45:01]     (171.67.108.25:80)
 [10:45:01]   Could not transmit unit 01 to Collection server; keeping in queue.
 [10:45:01] + Closed connections
 [10:45:01] 
 [10:45:01] + Processing work unit
 [10:45:01] Core required: FahCore_a2.exe
 [10:45:01] Core found.
 [10:45:01] Working on queue slot 02 [January 5 10:45:01 UTC]
 [10:45:01] + Working ...
 [10:45:02] 
 [10:45:02] *------------------------------*
 [10:45:02] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
 [10:45:02] Version 2.10 (Sun Aug 30 03:43:28 CEST 2009)
 [10:45:02] 
 [10:45:02] Preparing to commence simulation
 [10:45:02] - Ensuring status. Please wait.
 [10:45:03] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=5002908 data_size=24742709, decompressed_data_size=24742709 diff=0
 [10:45:03] - Digital signature verified
 [10:45:03] 
 [10:45:03] Project: 2662 (Run 1, Clone 493, Gen 32)
 [10:45:03] 
 [10:45:03] Assembly optimizations on if available.
 [10:45:03] Entering M.D.
 [10:45:16] Run 1, Clone 493, Gen 32)
 [10:45:16] 
 [10:45:16] Entering M.D.
 [11:04:49] pleted 2500 out of 250000 steps  (1%)

geokilla

I may be having a problem. I finished folding the 1920 point WU and have the Langouste De-coupler enabled from the web. It seems that my WU can't be uploaded to the server, but it proceeded to get a new WU just fine.

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I asked that question yesterday, see LinuxRouters helpful info here: http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=105080

The gist of it:  It should be working just fine and you can ignore those errors, but if you want to be sure check out the link.

TheCrazyCanuck

Is anyone having problems getting the configuration webpage for build 0.7 to remember your settings?  Any time I reboot the VM the settings seem to be lost.  Things like the passkey and host name are lost which is causing me problems downloading new work units or finding the VM on my network since the name keeps going back to "FAH"

I have not come across this issue yet on my system. Which browser are you using?

Tasmac

LR everything went well, v0.6 finished wu today no probs.
it took me a while to update from v0.1 to v0.6 so it may be a few before I update again.
doing ok LR, glad your well

p.s is there a pause on this? I mean if I had something to do and needed to pause -bigadv - in linux not the vm.

Glad to hear 0.6 has worked out for you. Holding off on the update should be fine. I am still doing a bit of work on the image.

There are two signals for stopping and starting a process:

SIGCONT 18 Continue executing, if stopped (POSIX) 
SIGSTOP 19 Stop executing(can't be caught or ignored) (POSIX)

You could try something like this:

kill -19 `pidof fah6`

kill -18 `pidof fah6`

linuxrouter

folder
It was all I could get from Fahmon.   How can I print off what's on the VMware window, or is it in a file in //FAH/fah?

If you have the auto-start turned on, there should be a log there called fah-out.log. You can access it with this command:

more fah-out.log

Otherwise you can access the same file via the network share in Windows.

The log is cleared on system reboot though.

Just thought I'd ask that the log doesn't get cleared on system or VMware reboot. Like I said, I turn my computer on nightly and the logfile is still there according to FahMon, letting me keep track of the folding log for the past couple of runs and stuff.

I tried the

ls /tmp/langouste   
 more <filename>   
 
 
 The filename should be in this format: langouste-helper-XX.log 

but I didn't get anything. Maybe cus I restarted the computer. I did seem to get the corresponding amount of points though.

I am pretty new to folding, but am trying to get involved.  Anyways, I just recently picked up a i7 920 setup with 6gbs of ram and have clocked it to 4.2ghz and since that is a lot of power for my day to day use i would love to put it to a good use. 

Anyways, I'm having trouble with the -bigadv part, for some reason it never gets very far and I have  a screenshot to show exaclty what is going on. 



I assigned 4800 MB to the virtual machine and even though my memory usage in windows is a little high, i don't believe it should be an issue.  I started running ./fah6 -bigadv -smp 7, but i believe i was running -smp 6 at the time of this error seeing if -smp 6 helped prevent it. 

1920 seems to be going well, but i would much rather be crunching bigadv. 


Any input is appreciated, Thanks!