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badaz907 Send message Joined: 8 Dec 03 Posts: 41 Credit: 873,780 RAC: 15 |
Since this forum is filled with computer nerds like me,j/k, here is a question for you, I just recent acquired a free Dell Vostro 200 (Core Duo E2160 1.8GHz, 4GB RAM, 80GB HDD, the cd rom is broken so I will have to load an Operating system via usb, I looked into Ubuntu which is a whopping 25gb, what operating system that is free is recommended and easy to load, and is not huge. I think Linux based ubuntu is a good fit but what version? |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34253 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
I`m using Linux Mint 18.3 Installed from an USB stick. Download ISO and use UniversalUSBInstaller. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
Keith Myers Send message Joined: 29 Apr 01 Posts: 13161 Credit: 1,160,866,277 RAC: 1,873 |
All the Linux distributions are around the same size. Except I would say typical is closer to 18GB. Ubuntu 18.04 has a Minimal installation choice now that doesn't load all the fluff, games, apps and such. Just the bare minimum to load the kernel and download. Seti@Home classic workunits:20,676 CPU time:74,226 hours A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association) |
badaz907 Send message Joined: 8 Dec 03 Posts: 41 Credit: 873,780 RAC: 15 |
I saw Mint and made a note to try that, also I saw Android operating system as an option, anyone have any experience loading android on a pc? |
tullio Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 |
My OpenSuSE Leap 42.3 has an ISO file of 4.3 GB. I loaded it also on a USB stick. Tullio |
mmonnin Send message Joined: 8 Jun 17 Posts: 58 Credit: 10,176,849 RAC: 0 |
I believe Arch is supposed to be pretty minimal. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/installation_guide A basic installation with all packages from the base group should take less than 800 MB of disk space. |
badaz907 Send message Joined: 8 Dec 03 Posts: 41 Credit: 873,780 RAC: 15 |
im going to try Mint 18.3 , and then do a minimal installation |
Tom M Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5124 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462 |
Since this forum is filled with computer nerds like me,j/k, here is a question for you, I just recent acquired a free Dell Vostro 200 (Core Duo E2160 1.8GHz, 4GB RAM, 80GB HDD, the cd rom is broken so I will have to load an Operating system via usb, I looked into Ubuntu which is a whopping 25gb, what operating system that is free is recommended and easy to load, and is not huge. I have Lubuntu loaded onto an 8 Gb flash drive. I would swear its smaller than "25gb". :) Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). |
Tom M Send message Joined: 28 Nov 02 Posts: 5124 Credit: 276,046,078 RAC: 462 |
I saw Mint and made a note to try that, also I saw Android operating system as an option, anyone have any experience loading android on a pc? I didn't run my "android" on an X86 very long so I don't really have any experience. But I am running android Seti on my cellphone. So here is my best guess. So if you load android seti, I strongly suspect you will not have access to any gpu processing. If that is true you would be running two tasks because you have two cores. No matter what your video card is, it won't be used. And you have to use the mouse to run the "touch screen" (which I don't have) to do all the drag/clicking. HTH, Tom A proud member of the OFA (Old Farts Association). |
badaz907 Send message Joined: 8 Dec 03 Posts: 41 Credit: 873,780 RAC: 15 |
linux mint installed, seti installed, but not downloading any tasks, any thoughts |
Zalster Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 |
what does the event log say?? |
badaz907 Send message Joined: 8 Dec 03 Posts: 41 Credit: 873,780 RAC: 15 |
Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | Starting BOINC client version 7.6.31 for i686-pc-linux-gnu Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | Libraries: libcurl/7.47.0 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.32 librtmp/2.3 Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | Data directory: /var/lib/boinc-client Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | No usable GPUs found Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | Host name: seti-Vostro-200 Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz [Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13] Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM 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 Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | OS: Linux: 4.10.0-38-generic Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | Memory: 5.92 GB physical, 6.00 GB virtual Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | Disk: 67.30 GB total, 57.69 GB free Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | Local time is UTC -4 hours Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | Config: GUI RPCs allowed from: Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | No general preferences found - using defaults Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | Reading preferences override file Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | Preferences: Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | max memory usage when active: 3031.26MB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | max memory usage when idle: 5456.26MB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | max disk usage: 57.59GB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | don't use GPU while active Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25% Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | gui_rpc_auth.cfg is empty - no GUI RPC password protection Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:52 AM EDT | | gui_rpc_auth.cfg is empty - no GUI RPC password protection Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:52 AM EDT | | This computer is not attached to any projects Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:52 AM EDT | | Visit http://boinc.berkeley.edu for instructions Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:22:23 AM EDT | | Suspending computation - CPU is busy Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:22:43 AM EDT | | Resuming computation Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:22:53 AM EDT | | Suspending computation - CPU is busy Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:23:03 AM EDT | | Resuming computation Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:23:33 AM EDT | | Fetching configuration file from http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/get_project_config.php Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:24:13 AM EDT | | Suspending computation - CPU is busy Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:24:23 AM EDT | | Resuming computation Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:24:43 AM EDT | | Suspending computation - CPU is busy Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:24:55 AM EDT | SETI@home | File referenced in app_info.xml does not exist: setiathome_v8 Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:24:55 AM EDT | SETI@home | [error] State file error: missing application file setiathome_v8 Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:03 AM EDT | | Resuming computation Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:03 AM EDT | | Running CPU benchmarks Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:03 AM EDT | | Suspending computation - CPU benchmarks in progress Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:35 AM EDT | | Benchmark results: Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:35 AM EDT | | Number of CPUs: 2 Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:35 AM EDT | | 2190 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:35 AM EDT | | 6051 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:36 AM EDT | | Resuming computation Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:41 AM EDT | SETI@home | Master file download succeeded Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:44 AM EDT | | Suspending computation - CPU is busy Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:46 AM EDT | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Project initialization. Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:46 AM EDT | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | SETI@home | No tasks sent Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | SETI@home | No tasks are available for SETI@home v8 Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | SETI@home | This computer has reached a limit on tasks in progress Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | SETI@home | New computer location: work Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 27-Jul-2018 17:03:09) Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | SETI@home | Computer location: work Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | SETI@home | General prefs: no separate prefs for work; using your defaults Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | | Reading preferences override file Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | | Preferences: Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | | max memory usage when active: 3031.26MB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | | max memory usage when idle: 4243.76MB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | | max disk usage: 5.00GB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | | Number of usable CPUs has changed from 2 to 1. Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | | max CPUs used: 1 Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | | don't use GPU while active Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 60% Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:53 AM EDT | | Resuming computation Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:55 AM EDT | SETI@home | Started download of arecibo_181.png Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:55 AM EDT | SETI@home | Started download of sah_40.png Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:55 AM EDT | SETI@home | Started download of sah_banner_290.png Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:55 AM EDT | SETI@home | Started download of sah_ss_290.png Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:57 AM EDT | SETI@home | Finished download of arecibo_181.png Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:57 AM EDT | SETI@home | Finished download of sah_40.png Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:57 AM EDT | SETI@home | Finished download of sah_banner_290.png Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:25:57 AM EDT | SETI@home | Finished download of sah_ss_290.png Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:34 AM EDT | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 27-Jul-2018 17:03:09) Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:34 AM EDT | SETI@home | Computer location: work Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:34 AM EDT | SETI@home | General prefs: no separate prefs for work; using your defaults Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:34 AM EDT | | Reading preferences override file Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:34 AM EDT | | Preferences: Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:34 AM EDT | | max memory usage when active: 3031.26MB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:34 AM EDT | | max memory usage when idle: 4243.76MB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:34 AM EDT | | max disk usage: 5.00GB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:34 AM EDT | | max CPUs used: 1 Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:34 AM EDT | | don't use GPU while active Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:34 AM EDT | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 60% Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:34 AM EDT | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:35 AM EDT | SETI@home | update requested by user Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:38 AM EDT | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:38 AM EDT | SETI@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need () Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:39 AM EDT | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:52 AM EDT | SETI@home | update requested by user Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:54 AM EDT | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:54 AM EDT | SETI@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need () Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:26:56 AM EDT | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:27:06 AM EDT | SETI@home | update requested by user Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:27:11 AM EDT | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:27:11 AM EDT | SETI@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need () Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:27:12 AM EDT | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:28:15 AM EDT | | Suspending computation - CPU is busy Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:28:25 AM EDT | | Resuming computation Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:30:02 AM EDT | SETI@home | update requested by user Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:30:03 AM EDT | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:30:03 AM EDT | SETI@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need () Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:30:04 AM EDT | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:33:17 AM EDT | SETI@home | update requested by user Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:33:20 AM EDT | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:33:20 AM EDT | SETI@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need () Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:33:23 AM EDT | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:33:26 AM EDT | | Suspending computation - CPU is busy Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:33:36 AM EDT | | Resuming computation Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:37:37 AM EDT | | Suspending computation - CPU is busy Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:37:47 AM EDT | | Resuming computation Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:38:35 AM EDT | SETI@home | update requested by user Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:38:39 AM EDT | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:38:39 AM EDT | SETI@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need () Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:38:41 AM EDT | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:37 AM EDT | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 27-Jul-2018 17:03:09) Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:37 AM EDT | SETI@home | Computer location: work Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:37 AM EDT | SETI@home | General prefs: no separate prefs for work; using your defaults Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:37 AM EDT | | Reading preferences override file Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:37 AM EDT | | Preferences: Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:37 AM EDT | | max memory usage when active: 3031.26MB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:37 AM EDT | | max memory usage when idle: 4243.76MB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:37 AM EDT | | max disk usage: 20.00GB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:37 AM EDT | | max CPUs used: 1 Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:37 AM EDT | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:42 AM EDT | SETI@home | update requested by user Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:43 AM EDT | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:43 AM EDT | SETI@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need () Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:43:45 AM EDT | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:13 AM EDT | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 27-Jul-2018 17:03:09) Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:13 AM EDT | SETI@home | Computer location: work Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:13 AM EDT | SETI@home | General prefs: no separate prefs for work; using your defaults Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:13 AM EDT | | Reading preferences override file Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:13 AM EDT | | Preferences: Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:13 AM EDT | | max memory usage when active: 3031.26MB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:13 AM EDT | | max memory usage when idle: 4243.76MB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:13 AM EDT | | max disk usage: 20.00GB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:13 AM EDT | | max CPUs used: 1 Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:13 AM EDT | | don't use GPU while active Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:13 AM EDT | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 50% Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:13 AM EDT | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:17 AM EDT | SETI@home | update requested by user Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:20 AM EDT | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:20 AM EDT | SETI@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need () Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:21 AM EDT | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:27 AM EDT | SETI@home | update requested by user Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:31 AM EDT | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:31 AM EDT | SETI@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need () Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:32 AM EDT | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:39 AM EDT | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 27-Jul-2018 17:03:09) Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:39 AM EDT | SETI@home | Computer location: work Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:39 AM EDT | SETI@home | General prefs: no separate prefs for work; using your defaults Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:39 AM EDT | | Reading preferences override file Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:39 AM EDT | | Preferences: Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:39 AM EDT | | max memory usage when active: 3031.26MB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:39 AM EDT | | max memory usage when idle: 4243.76MB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:39 AM EDT | | max disk usage: 20.00GB Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:39 AM EDT | | max CPUs used: 1 Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:39 AM EDT | | don't use GPU while active Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:39 AM EDT | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 50% Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:44:39 AM EDT | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:47:11 AM EDT | SETI@home | update requested by user Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:47:13 AM EDT | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:47:13 AM EDT | SETI@home | Not requesting tasks: don't need () Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:47:14 AM EDT | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:48:53 AM EDT | SETI@home | work fetch suspended by user Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:48:54 AM EDT | SETI@home | work fetch resumed by user |
badaz907 Send message Joined: 8 Dec 03 Posts: 41 Credit: 873,780 RAC: 15 |
This computer has reached a limit on tasks in progress ? |
Zalster Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 |
Are you only wanting to run work units on the CPU? According to the event log, it does not see any Graphic cards on your system. Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | No usable GPUs found Do you have any and if so did you load the graphic driver and also the compute components? Edit.. There is also this Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:24:55 AM EDT | SETI@home | File referenced in app_info.xml does not exist: setiathome_v8 Looks like application is missing from the folder |
badaz907 Send message Joined: 8 Dec 03 Posts: 41 Credit: 873,780 RAC: 15 |
Are you only wanting to run work units on the CPU? yes According to the event log, it does not see any Graphic cards on your system. there are graphic cards yes Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | No usable GPUs found Do you have any and if so did you load the graphic driver ( not sure how ) and also the compute components? ( dont know how) new to linux |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13720 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Fri 17 Aug 2018 12:20:51 AM EDT | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25% If you really feel the need to suspend BOINC work when the system is doing other things, then i'd set that to 85% Grant Darwin NT |
Zalster Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 |
Are you only wanting to run work units on the CPU? yes Ok, you have a dual core cpu but have limited usage to only 1 CPU. So if you only want to run CPU work units and not GPU then don't worry about the graphic drivers or compute components. Since you are wanting to only run the CPU work unit, then we need to figure out why the application did not download. I'm guessing you got the files from where? Cruncher's Anonymous? |
badaz907 Send message Joined: 8 Dec 03 Posts: 41 Credit: 873,780 RAC: 15 |
from the software manager built into mint |
Zalster Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 |
ok then, well it can't find the application because the server at seti hasn't sent it yet to you. Your computers are hidden so we can't see what you have or look at any results. So it's going to be hard to help you without seeing them. Most people running linux are installing the applications which they have downloaded from other sites. So if you are planning with going with standard applications then you will have to wait for the server to send those, short of downloading them yourself. I don't know why you got get a limit, usually we see that if you have invalid results. But again, with your computers hidden and their results. We are guessing. |
badaz907 Send message Joined: 8 Dec 03 Posts: 41 Credit: 873,780 RAC: 15 |
how do I unhide the computers |
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