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Tim Send message Joined: 19 May 99 Posts: 211 Credit: 278,575,259 RAC: 0 |
New BOINC version with Virtualbox. What is this? Tim |
bill Send message Joined: 16 Jun 99 Posts: 861 Credit: 29,352,955 RAC: 0 |
Did you read the Release Notes? http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Release_Notes |
juan BFP Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 9786 Credit: 572,710,851 RAC: 3,799 |
I read that... but you read: - Currently !VirtualBox VMs can't run GPU applications. This may change in the future. Is still true? |
bill Send message Joined: 16 Jun 99 Posts: 861 Credit: 29,352,955 RAC: 0 |
Sure looks that way to me. I don't see any around that either. I'd say it was included to cover the projects that run under Virtualbox. You can say no to installing Virtualbox. |
MarkJ Send message Joined: 17 Feb 08 Posts: 1139 Credit: 80,854,192 RAC: 5 |
New BOINC version with Virtualbox. There are two flavours you can download. One with virtualbox and one without. You can also download virtualbox on its own from the oracle site. You only need virtualbox if you are going to run a project that uses it such as Test4Theory. If you don't want to run one of the virtualbox projects then it's best to get the version without. The virtualbox version bundled with BOINC is already (slightly) out of date which is one reason you might want to get it directly from oracle. BOINC blog |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
The virtualbox version bundled with BOINC is already (slightly) out of date which is one reason you might want to get it directly from oracle. The VirtualBox bundled with BOINC has been chosen, from experience, as one which has a good track record of running BOINC projects - in other words, for compatibility. Later versions may be better for other uses, but for bundling and using with BOINC, this one seems best for now. Check the message boards of the VBox project you wish to run under BOINC, before upgrading unilaterally. |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
The virtualbox version bundled with BOINC is already (slightly) out of date which is one reason you might want to get it directly from oracle. The latest version available from Oracle (4.3.2) has a critical bug that stops work-fetch from T4T. Hence why they say 4.2.16 is recommended, and why that version is included in the installer. That GPUs don't work in VirtualBox is because they aren't emulated. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox#Device_virtualization for more information. By default VirtualBox provides graphics support through a custom virtual graphics-card that is VESA compatible. The Guest Additions for Windows, Linux, Solaris, OpenSolaris, or OS/2 guests include a special video-driver that increases video performance and includes additional features, such as automatically adjusting the guest resolution when resizing the VM window or desktop composition via virtualized WDDM drivers. |
Tim Send message Joined: 19 May 99 Posts: 211 Credit: 278,575,259 RAC: 0 |
What? Already new version? 7.2.31? That's new. Tim |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 |
What? That is Basically 7.2.28 with one Bug fix: Just to clarify what has happened the last couple of days. Claggy |
Mike Bader Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 231 Credit: 20,366,214 RAC: 33 |
7.2.32 Mike Bader BOINC V7.16.5 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_join_form.php?id=5 - Join Our International Team [img]http://boinc.mundayweb.com/one/stats.php? |
Tim Send message Joined: 19 May 99 Posts: 211 Credit: 278,575,259 RAC: 0 |
Thank you for the info Claggy....I saw your post today. I will try 7.2.32 Mike, if it become ''Recommended version'' Tim |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 |
Thank you for the info Claggy....I saw your post today. No, It's 7.2.31 that is Recommended, that version is the same as 7.2.28.1 (7.2.28 with the Bug Manager Bug fix), 7.2.32 is the version that has the experimental stuff in it, that one isn't recommened. Claggy |
Tim Send message Joined: 19 May 99 Posts: 211 Credit: 278,575,259 RAC: 0 |
Thank you for the info Claggy....I saw your post today. Yes i know.The second part of the message is going to Mike. :-) Tim |
Mike Bader Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 231 Credit: 20,366,214 RAC: 33 |
OK 7.2.33 is now the suggested version Mike Bader BOINC V7.16.5 http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_join_form.php?id=5 - Join Our International Team [img]http://boinc.mundayweb.com/one/stats.php? |
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