I tried using Installer 0.2 on my Vista 64 dual quadcore AMD system with a GTS 250 card. Everything seems to install OK, but I get the following in my startup messages:

9/16/2009 9:16:55 PM SETI@home Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
9/16/2009 9:16:55 PM [error] App version uses nonexistent coprocessor CUDA
.....
9/16/2009 9:16:55 PM file projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/MB_6.08_CUDA_V12_VLARKill_FPLim2048.exe not found
9/16/2009 9:16:55 PM file projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/cudart.dll not found
9/16/2009 9:16:55 PM file projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/cufft.dll not found
9/16/2009 9:16:55 PM file projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/libfftw3f-3-1-1a_upx.dll not found

If I copy the missing files into the directory, they seem to get erased. The app_info.xml seems OK.
FYI: I installed it OK on an XP 64 system...

Any ideas what I am screwing up? Thanks!

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Do you have the latest drivers installed for your video card? And did you install in "Protected Mode" (service installation) or normal startup?

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Drivers are 190.38; normal startup (I think; I just let it install in its default mode).

BTW, the XP 64 installation is 6.6.20 and the Vista 64 is 6.6.36, if that makes any difference.

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9/16/2009 9:16:55 PM [error] App version uses nonexistent coprocessor CUDA

As long as you don't get BOINC to recognise the GPU under vista, that file will be deleted at startup of BOINC.

There's no GPU shown in "Computers belonging to jravin" for the vista machine.

Gruß,
Gundolf

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9/16/2009 9:16:55 PM [error] App version uses nonexistent coprocessor CUDA

As long as you don't get BOINC to recognise the GPU under vista, that file will be deleted at startup of BOINC.

There's no GPU shown in "Computers belonging to jravin" for the vista machine.

Gruß,
Gundolf

OK, then, how do I do that?

It shows up in Device Mgr; why doesn't BOINC see it????

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Might be a good idea to re-start BOINC and post the start-up message sequence here for proof-reading.

Richard: Here you go:

9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM Starting BOINC client version 6.6.36 for windows_x86_64
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM Configured to not use coprocessors
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8j zlib/1.2.3
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM Running under account Administrator
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM Processor: 8 AuthenticAMD Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 8354 [AMD64 Family 16 Model 2 Stepping 3]
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Ultimate x64 Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.00.6001.00)
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM Memory: 4.00 GB physical, 8.17 GB virtual
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM Disk: 186.31 GB total, 137.52 GB free
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM Local time is UTC -4 hours
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM SETI@home Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM [error] App version uses nonexistent coprocessor CUDA
9/17/2009 7:25:29 AM Not using a proxy
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM SETI@home URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 4912909; location: home; project prefs: default
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM SETI@home General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 02-Sep-2009 07:26:38)
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM SETI@home Computer location: home
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM SETI@home General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM Reading preferences override file
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM Preferences limit memory usage when active to 2047.22MB
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 3685.00MB
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM Preferences limit disk usage to 93.15GB
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM file projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/MB_6.08_CUDA_V12_VLARKill_FPLim2048.exe not found
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM file projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/cudart.dll not found
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM file projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/cufft.dll not found
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM file projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/libfftw3f-3-1-1a_upx.dll not found
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM SETI@home Restarting task 19au09ac.16547.110861.16.10.31_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM SETI@home Restarting task 19au09ac.16547.110861.16.10.105_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM SETI@home Restarting task 19au09ac.16547.111270.16.10.76_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM SETI@home Restarting task 19au09ac.16547.112088.16.10.221_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM SETI@home Restarting task 19au09ac.16547.112088.16.10.230_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM SETI@home Restarting task 19au09ac.16547.112088.16.10.240_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM SETI@home Restarting task 19au09ae.9636.9070.14.10.54_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603
9/17/2009 7:25:30 AM SETI@home Restarting task 20au09aa.4200.4571.14.10.158_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603

The second line ("configured to not use co-processors") is odd, is it not? Where is it supposed to be "configured"?
This is my cc_config.xml file:

<cc_config>
<options>
<no_gpus>1</no_gpus>
<save_stats_days>365</save_stats_days>
</options>
</cc_config>

It says to use gpus, doesn't it?

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The second line ("configured to not use co-processors") is odd, is it not? Where is it supposed to be "configured"?
This is my cc_config.xml file:

<cc_config>
<options>
<no_gpus>1</no_gpus>
<save_stats_days>365</save_stats_days>
</options>
</cc_config>

It says to use gpus, doesn't it?

No, that says no gpus - and I don't think it's an abbreviatiuon for "number of gpus"!

Take it out (or set the number to 0 (zero) - logical 'off') and see what happens. Best set 'no new tasks', re-start BOINC, check the log: if CUDA is found, then check that all the apps and DLLs are present in the project directory. Once everything is present and correct, allow new tasks and see what happens.

Richard:

That did it, along with (re)copying the executable and DLLs to the appropriate directory. (Normally, "no_cpus" would mean number of cpus, at least, that's what I thought. My bad...)

It works fine, now.

Many thanks!

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help :)

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_64bit_190.62_whql.html

64bits :)

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(Normally, "no_cpus" would mean number of cpus, at least, that's what I thought. My bad...)

That's <ncpus>.

In BOINC the no in <no_alt_platform>0|1</no_alt_platform>, <no_gpus>0|1</no_gpus> and <no_priority_change>0</no_priority_change> means No, the opposite of Yes.

It isn't the Latin Numero, a form of numerus for number. The correct sign for numero is "â„–" or "No.", including that dot.

/me ducks behind the couch to avoid the dictionaries/thesauri/encyclopedias thrown at him. ;-)

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/me ducks behind the couch to avoid the dictionaries/thesauri/encyclopedias thrown at him. ;-)

[Also ducking...]Shouldn't that be /encyclopediae?

F.

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[Also ducking...]Shouldn't that be /encyclopediae?

Not according to Wiki Answers. ;-)

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Hey - don't hijack my thread just to have an Encyclopxxxx War!

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Hey - don't hijack my thread just to have an Encyclopxxxx War!

Apologies. I just couldn't resist the opportunity to poke the Ageless one ;)

F.

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