Posts by Keith T.
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Frank D. Drake 1930 – 2022
(Message 2106216)
Posted 3 Sep 2022 by  Keith T.
Post: https://www.seti.org/frank-d-drake-1930-2022 RIP |
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Message boards :
SETI@home Science :
Arecibo Observatory
(Message 2061091)
Posted 10 Nov 2020 by Keith T.
Post: Another cable has snapped at the Arecibo Observatory, damaging the dish further. More information here https://www.ucf.edu/news/a-second-cable-fails-at-nsfs-arecibo-observatory-in-puerto-rico/ |
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Science (non-SETI) :
Voyager 2 is back online after eight months of radio silence
(Message 2060560)
Posted 3 Nov 2020 by Keith T.
Post: Voyager 2 is back online after eight months of radio silence https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2020/11/03/voyager_2_back_online/ |
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Politics :
Don't know where it should go? Stick it here 2
(Message 2056884)
Posted 11 Sep 2020 by Keith T.
Post: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157815226083585&id=655543584 |
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Number crunching :
Trying to get BOINC running on a few old netbooks under Linux.
(Message 2054511)
Posted 1 Aug 2020 by Keith T.
Post: Thanks Keith. I have downloaded Etcher for 32bit Linux, I see that it's also available for Win First run I seem to be missing a dependency. At least I'm getting an error message, but the window is too small to see the complete message, with no way to enlarge it ! I'm going to look for a Log File, and also try to install again so that I am not missing dependencies. [Edit] I've tried putting the app and the image file in the same directory. Etcher loads, I select the ISO, select a writeable Flash Drive with enough space. Hit Flash, Starting... About 10 seconds later: Attention, Something went wrong... There are about 20 lines of error reports, but the popup window can't be expanded or the content copied ! At the end I just have Cancel or Retry buttons ! I can't find a logfile to copy, could I create one by running in Terminal or Console ? Getting late, Help please. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Trying to get BOINC running on a few old netbooks under Linux.
(Message 2054496)
Posted 1 Aug 2020 by Keith T.
Post: OK, I've been concentrating on the Aspire One 533 for the last few days. I can boot Puppy 32bit successfully, with working sound and correct screen resolution. I can boot from HDD or USB. The CPU is 64bit capable, so I tried to install the 64bit version of Puppy, without much success. I have also downloaded 64bit Ubuntu 20.04 After countless install attempts, I eventually managed to get 800x600 screen resolution, and very quiet sounds. I originally tried to get Ubuntu running on the same drive as Puppy on different partitions, but something didn't want to play, so I eventually wiped all the partitions and did a clean install. It runs very slowly in 1gb RAM, and I haven't been able to get the correct display resolution. I subsequently wiped it again because of problems with the boot loader. I have heard of Lubuntu, and downloaded 2 different 64bit versions, but I am still having problems with creating a multi boot, or single boot installer on USB. I have about 6 or 7 different USB thumb drives and SD cards of various sizes from 1gb up to 64gb. My current problem is creating a Lubuntu boot USB from Puppy. I am probably missing something obvious, but I just need a way to create a single or preferably multi boot Linux USB boot drive under Linux I have used the YUMI creator from Windows 7, but I no longer have a working Win 7 system, I do have working Windows 10 and XP systems, and also several different Android tablets and phones. Any help please ? |
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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Hi Housto_ We have a proble_ !
(Message 2054494)
Posted 1 Aug 2020 by Keith T.
Post: It looks like David A_derso_ is not the only one that has difficulty with proof reading importat web pages and articles ! https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/nasa-mars-2020-spacecraft-launch-rocket-perseverance-rover-a9647436.html has a typo in the 4th paragraph. Maybe someone's spelling or grammar checker has gone into Safe _ode or HIBERATION |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
The last day of S@H
(Message 2054150)
Posted 26 Jul 2020 by Keith T.
Post: The last tasks that I was aware of have just timed out 3 tasks on here were among the last https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=8833115&offset=0&show_names=0&state=1&appid= As we know, nothing has updated since 16 June, but I was monitoring the timeouts and late returns. The last ones that I was aware of expired today, so if we still had the database running it would probably have just reached zero Tasks In Progress |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Trying to get BOINC running on a few old netbooks under Linux.
(Message 2053951)
Posted 24 Jul 2020 by Keith T.
Post: Thanks Martin Did you know of John Murga ? Apparently he was an active member of the Linux development community. The missing status of his forums makes it difficult when I try to find an answer online, as many Google searches point to http://murga-linux.com One annoying thing that I'm trying to fix is the powerapplet_tray. It doesn't update correctly on my Samsung, or Acer One. I think others have experienced the same issue. I currently have one charger between 2 working netbooks. The Dell also appears to use the same charger, but it tries to power on for a few seconds, then shuts down. I'm concentrating on 2 working netbooks for now. I have managed to get the HDD out of the Dell Mini 10, and I have a USB drive caddy to try to recover data from it. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (119)
(Message 2053947)
Posted 23 Jul 2020 by Keith T.
Post: https://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/ the alternate URL for this site is still broken too. I wonder if it was Eric or D Aderso that broke the websites :-) |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (119)
(Message 2053944)
Posted 23 Jul 2020 by Keith T.
Post: You have to wonder, why keep a beta site in the air of a project that's in hibernation? It just gobbles up electricity. There are decades of development history on the Beta website forums. There also used to be a social community there as well as here. Some of the Beta members used to avoid the SETI Main forums. The site also probably runs on the same hardware as SETI Main. It might be useful if Eric could do the same RAC trick that he did here to allow posting in the Beta forums again. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Trying to get BOINC running on a few old netbooks under Linux.
(Message 2053941)
Posted 23 Jul 2020 by Keith T.
Post: The Puppy Linux support forums were hosted at http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy Unfortunately the owner of this domain died recently. Many of the references are currently lost, although i believe some other community members are trying to get some of the support content re-hosted elsewhere. I didn't know about the loss of the support website when I chose to install Puppy, instead of a different distro of Linux. Can anyone recommend an easier route to take ? |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Trying to get BOINC running on a few old netbooks under Linux.
(Message 2053939)
Posted 23 Jul 2020 by Keith T.
Post: I'm now the owner of 4 Intel Atom based netbooks or similar devices. The oldest is a Samsung NC10, which used to run various BOINC projects under Windows XP Home I recently upgraded it to to Puppy Linux 32bit. I also have an Acer Aspire One 533, which had Windows 7 when I got it. I have a Dell Inspiron Mini 1010 which has hardware issues. The newest machine is an Acer SW5-014 running Windows 10. All 4 machines came with licensed copies of MS Windows. More to follow... |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (119)
(Message 2053869)
Posted 23 Jul 2020 by Keith T.
Post: My wingperson for my last valid task will be timed out in 15hrs, but IIRC a few here said that they had 1's that would also meet that fate on the 26th.Looks like the last workunit has timed out or been timed out.Still got 13 in my Valid list, and the SSP is still broken. There are 3 here for the 26-7 https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=8833115&offset=0&show_names=0&state=1&appid= |
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Message boards :
News :
SETI@home hibernation
(Message 2053423)
Posted 16 Jul 2020 by Keith T.
Post: Hibernation or HIBERATION ? I think the notice at the top of the Home Page may have been typo'd by David Aderso :) N N N |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
SETI Server Status Page
(Message 2053196)
Posted 5 Jul 2020 by Keith T.
Post: I'm assuming that the cost of running all the servers in the Data Center may be significantly higher than the bandwidth costs of the extra requests . I thought that Matt or Jeff or Eric had posted previously about the cost of each running drive. That's what I am guessing may be the reason for the shutdown of some of the servers. Has SETI@home run out of funds at the moment when NASA has started funding other SETI projects on the east coast ? |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
SETI Server Status Page
(Message 2053164)
Posted 4 Jul 2020 by Keith T.
Post: I'm wondering if the project staff have shut down many of the server boxes in order to save Data Center costs. I think that I read somewhere that they pay according to how many drives are running. Does that make any sense ? |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
SETI orphans
(Message 2053163)
Posted 4 Jul 2020 by Keith T.
Post: https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ms/device/viewBoincProfileConfiguration.do?name=Default Thanks, that worked. I've set it to 250. I see that I can set the share for individual WCG projects here too. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
SETI orphans
(Message 2053161)
Posted 4 Jul 2020 by Keith T.
Post: The only other public, recognised, project shown on BOINC's project list is Collatz Conjecture. Thanks Richard, I've added Collatz, and got my first tasks. First GPU task took almost 21 hours, I also received a CPU task before I managed to turn off CPU, ETA is currently around 12 Days. I have set Collatz to Resource Share of 10, with most other projects between 75 to 200, SETI is still on 10,000 :) I would like to increase the resource share of WCG to 200 or 250, It's currently the default 100 I have searched for how to change this on WCG settings and Forum Search without success. Does anyone know where the setting is hidden ? I know that WCG is a bit different to most other BOINC projects, as most have a fairly similar layout, but WCG is very different. @Keith. I am currently running Einstein GPU tasks einsteinbinary_BRP4_1.34_windows_x86_64__opencl-intel_gpu-Beta |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
SETI orphans
(Message 2053060)
Posted 2 Jul 2020 by Keith T.
Post: Does anyone know of a list of projects which support Intel GPU ? I have successfully run Einstein tasks, and used to run SETI GPU tasks. I would like to know of any other projects that will run on an Intel GPU please ? |
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