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duffy Send message Joined: 21 Apr 02 Posts: 4 Credit: 20,448,302 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I am trying out Ubuntu and have got Seti running on it but can't seem to get any tasks for my GPU. Is it that there are no actual tasks that can be used for this combination? I have been running for a couple of days. Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | Starting BOINC client version 7.0.27 for i686-pc-linux-gnu Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | Libraries: libcurl/7.22.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1 zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.23 librtmp/2.3 Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | Data directory: /var/lib/boinc-client Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz [Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13] Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | Processor: 1.00 MB cache Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | OS: Linux: 3.5.0-28-generic Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | Memory: 1001.64 MB physical, 1022.00 MB virtual Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | Disk: 34.90 GB total, 28.04 GB free Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | Local time is UTC -4 hours Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 210 (driver version unknown, CUDA version 5.0, compute capability 1.2, 512MB, 326MB available, 59 GFLOPS peak) Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 210 (driver version 304.88, device version OpenCL 1.0 CUDA, 512MB, 326MB available) Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | Config: GUI RPC allowed from: Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | A new version of BOINC is available. <a href=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php>Download it.</a> Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 6985876; resource share 100 Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 29-Dec-2012 09:58:46) Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | SETI@home | Computer location: home Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | General prefs: using separate prefs for home Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | Reading preferences override file Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | Preferences: Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | max memory usage when active: 500.82MB Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | max memory usage when idle: 901.47MB Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | max disk usage: 10.00GB Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 % Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager) Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | | Not using a proxy Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | SETI@home | Restarting task 31ja13ab.26341.18633.7.11.200_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 in slot 1 Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | SETI@home | Restarting task 31ja13ae.28154.17826.3.11.104_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 in slot 0 Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:09 PM EDT | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:11 PM EDT | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks Sun 05 May 2013 02:18:11 PM EDT | SETI@home | Project has no tasks available Sun 05 May 2013 02:27:23 PM EDT | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Sun 05 May 2013 02:27:23 PM EDT | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA Sun 05 May 2013 02:27:25 PM EDT | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks Sun 05 May 2013 02:30:29 PM EDT | SETI@home | Computation for task 31ja13ab.26341.18633.7.11.200_0 finished Sun 05 May 2013 02:30:29 PM EDT | SETI@home | Starting task 31ja13ab.26341.18633.7.11.170_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 in slot 1 Sun 05 May 2013 02:30:31 PM EDT | SETI@home | Started upload of 31ja13ab.26341.18633.7.11.200_0_0 Sun 05 May 2013 02:30:35 PM EDT | SETI@home | Finished upload of 31ja13ab.26341.18633.7.11.200_0_0 |
rob smith ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22760 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 ![]() ![]() |
There is a shortage of tasks just now, and has been for a week or more :-( Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
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It seems, that I have the same problem... but it is 2 months later. Is it still the same problem? Is it again the same problem? Or is it another one? |
JohnDK ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 28 May 00 Posts: 1222 Credit: 451,243,443 RAC: 1,127 ![]() ![]() |
There haven't been any stock GPU app for Linux in ages, maybe never? There's one now but only for AP tasks, just remember to accept AP6 work in settings. |
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It seems, that I have the same problem... but it is 2 months later. Combination of 2 different problems, there is no stock app currently and we just updated to different apps for Multibeam. But I have updated the app_info for the X41g CUDA app to allow for v7 crunching and included the stock CPU app as well. http://www.arkayn.us/forum/index.php?action=tpmod;dl=item24 ![]() |
geyser Send message Joined: 7 Oct 04 Posts: 8 Credit: 64,645,821 RAC: 201 ![]() ![]() |
After each of my Linux upgrades I always worry that my Nvidia driver does not match my kernel and so my existing GPU tasks fail out. I use this command to monitor the log file: less -M -i -p gpu\|nvidia /var/lib/boinc/stdoutdae.txt and then use the follow command, F, to see what is happening. I leave leave it running in a window as a monitor. I run primegrid and milkeyway because they have native Linux CUDA support. I was happy with the recent release of the CUDA program for Seti. Thanks for the expanded Linux support. |
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Thanks. Now it is loading CUDA-Work. But after one second it's finished with an error. The messages say: Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | Starting BOINC client version 7.0.65 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | Libraries: libcurl/7.29.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1c zlib/1.2.7 libidn/1.25 librtmp/2.3 Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | Data directory: /var/lib/boinc-client Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10] Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | OS: Linux: 3.8.0-25-generic Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | Memory: 3.86 GB physical, 149.02 GB virtual Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | Disk: 1.50 TB total, 1.42 TB free Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | Local time is UTC +2 hours Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 660 (driver version unknown, CUDA version 5.50, compute capability 3.0, 2048MB, 1708MB available, 1982 GFLOPS peak) Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 660 (driver version 319.32, device version OpenCL 1.1 CUDA, 2048MB, 1708MB available, 1982 GFLOPS peak) Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | SETI@home | Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | Config: GUI RPCs allowed from: Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 7031125; resource share 100 Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 07-Jun-2013 18:50:34) Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | SETI@home | Computer location: home Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | General prefs: using separate prefs for home Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | Reading preferences override file Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | Preferences: Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | max memory usage when active: 1976.93MB Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | max memory usage when idle: 3558.47MB Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | max disk usage: 2.00GB Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | gui_rpc_auth.cfg is empty - no GUI RPC password protection Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | Not using a proxy Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:19 CEST | | Suspending GPU computation - user request Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:41 CEST | | Resuming GPU computation Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:41 CEST | SETI@home | Starting task 27au08ah.8940.7843.10.12.82_0 using setiathome_v7 version 700 (cuda32) in slot 0 Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:43 CEST | SETI@home | Computation for task 27au08ah.8940.7843.10.12.82_0 finished Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:43 CEST | SETI@home | Output file 27au08ah.8940.7843.10.12.82_0_0 for task 27au08ah.8940.7843.10.12.82_0 absent Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:43 CEST | SETI@home | Starting task 27au08ah.8940.7843.10.12.123_0 using setiathome_v7 version 700 (cuda32) in slot 0 Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:44 CEST | SETI@home | Computation for task 27au08ah.8940.7843.10.12.123_0 finished Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:44 CEST | SETI@home | Output file 27au08ah.8940.7843.10.12.123_0_0 for task 27au08ah.8940.7843.10.12.123_0 absent Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:44 CEST | SETI@home | Starting task 27au08ah.8940.7843.10.12.175_1 using setiathome_v7 version 700 (cuda32) in slot 0 Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:45 CEST | SETI@home | Computation for task 27au08ah.8940.7843.10.12.175_1 finished Don 04 Jul 2013 21:14:45 CEST | SETI@home | Output file 27au08ah.8940.7843.10.12.175_1_0 for task 27au08ah.8940.7843.10.12.175_1 absent Don 04 Jul 2013 21:22:16 CEST | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Don 04 Jul 2013 21:22:16 CEST | SETI@home | Reporting 3 completed tasks Don 04 Jul 2013 21:22:16 CEST | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU and NVIDIA Don 04 Jul 2013 21:22:19 CEST | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks Don 04 Jul 2013 21:22:19 CEST | SETI@home | No tasks sent Don 04 Jul 2013 21:22:19 CEST | SETI@home | No tasks are available for SETI@home Enhanced Don 04 Jul 2013 21:22:19 CEST | SETI@home | No tasks are available for SETI@home v7 Don 04 Jul 2013 21:22:19 CEST | SETI@home | Nachricht vom Server: Ihre app_info.xml Datei enthält keine nutzbare Version von SETI@home v7. Don 04 Jul 2013 21:22:19 CEST | SETI@home | This computer has finished a daily quota of 1 tasks Don 04 Jul 2013 21:28:26 CEST | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Don 04 Jul 2013 21:28:26 CEST | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU Don 04 Jul 2013 21:28:28 CEST | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks Don 04 Jul 2013 21:28:28 CEST | SETI@home | No tasks sent Don 04 Jul 2013 21:28:28 CEST | SETI@home | No tasks are available for SETI@home Enhanced Don 04 Jul 2013 21:28:28 CEST | SETI@home | No tasks are available for SETI@home v7 Don 04 Jul 2013 21:28:28 CEST | SETI@home | Nachricht vom Server: Ihre app_info.xml Datei enthält keine nutzbare Version von SETI@home v7. Don 04 Jul 2013 21:28:28 CEST | SETI@home | This computer has finished a daily quota of 1 tasks Ihre app_info.xml Datei enthält keine nutzbare Version von SETI@home v7. Why doesn't my app_info.xml contain a usable Version of Seti V7? I use the "app_info.xml-cuda_and_stock_cpu_v6andv7"... |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 ![]() |
Thanks. Not very helpful that you're got your hosts hidden, good job you supplied your host ID. The Error that Boinc reports is: <core_client_version>7.0.65</core_client_version> Have you set your application permissions? app_info.xml Datei enthält keine nutzbare Version von SETI@home v7. That is a Red Herring, you're errored your SETI@home v7 (anonymous platform, nvidia GPU) Wu's out, so your Max Task per Day is only one, the project isn't able to send you any SETI@home v7 (anonymous platform, nvidia GPU) work anyway: Application details for host 7031125 Claggy |
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Now it works. Thank you, for your help! But it works very slowly and there is no work form the server for the CPU. I Think about runing Seti on Windows, until there is a better solution for Linux. |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 ![]() |
and there is no work form the server for the CPU. Did you put the Stock Linux CPU app in your app_info too? Claggy |
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Now it works. ... But it works very slowly ... 'very slowly' means nothing, give real time to complete the tasks and what 'angle range' are they. CUDA have to be 'much faster' (e.g. x10 speed) compared to CPU Edit: You have one completed 'SETI@home v7 Anonymous platform (NVIDIA GPU)': http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=3064315856 Really have too big Run time 84,087.52 (23 h) At the start of task: 'clockRate = 1032500' (1032 MHz) but it may change during task run - check if the GPU don't downclock or go in some power-save mode I don't use Linux but found this (first result on Google for 'Ubuntu Nvidia power-save mode') Nvidia Powermizer defaults to adaptive mode: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1478192 "Nvidia appears to have kindly designed a power saving mode (Powermizer) for our video cards, by clocking down the GPU" Same GPU and same app (another user): http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=5643864&offset=0&show_names=0&state=4&appid=11 'Run time 2,092.58', 'clockRate = 1071500': http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=3066908080 Â ![]() ![]() Â |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 ![]() |
Now it works. ... But it works very slowly ... How about 84,087 seconds (almost 24 hours) for a Mid Range AR task on a GTX660: All tasks for computer 7031125 Claggy |
S@NL - John van Gorsel ![]() Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 193 Credit: 139,673,078 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Now it works. ... But it works very slowly ... I'm running the same GPU application on a GTX560Ti on this host and it takes around 1200 seconds for a mid range AR task (running 2 tasks in parallel). This host is running an older Linux version, Boinc 7.0.25, and nVidia driver 310.40. Other than that, I don't see significant differences between the stderr outputs. Seti@Netherlands website |
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The Same Computer under Win XP has Host ID: 4354565 The GPU does the same Work in 18 minuts that needs 24 hours under Linux. |
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The Same Computer under Win XP has Host ID: 4354565 What stops you to fix the Ubuntu Nvidia Powermizer settings? (it's not true that 'it' "needs 24 hours under Linux", see other people Linux computers) Â ![]() ![]() Â |
.clair. Send message Joined: 4 Nov 04 Posts: 1300 Credit: 55,390,408 RAC: 69 ![]() ![]() |
The Same Computer under Win XP has Host ID: 4354565 Using Ubu 10.4 lts and nv280 one wu at a time. Of the tasks that my 8800GTX has crunched and validated the longest running one took 2257 seconds - 37 min Its an old slow card compared to new kit. |
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("nv280" is probably the version of Nvidia driver?) Did you need to make some adjustments/edits to Nvidia driver Powermizer settings? (I don't know if 'Powermizer' is the current name that Nvidia uses for this) What mode/profile for GPU power-saving was set by default? Â ![]() ![]() Â |
TBar Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 5204 Credit: 840,779,836 RAC: 2,768 ![]() ![]() |
From my experience with Ubuntu using recent nVidia GPU drivers, even Multibeam tasks require a free CPU core to work correctly. The MB times were twice as fast with 1 free core as opposed to just setting the 'use at most ___ % CPU time' to around 95% hoping that would be enough. It wasn't enough, it needed 1 complete core free. One of these days I'm going to try to install nVidia Driver 266.56 in Ubuntu and see if that makes the same difference it does in Windows. As for now, with 1 free core, my Ubuntu times are about the same as they are in Windows XP. |
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