Posts by Michel Makhlouta

1) Message boards : Number crunching : More tasks in cache (Message 1933947)
Posted 6 May 2018 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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anything downloaded or uploaded between 1AM and 5AM does not count towards my quota, those are "free" hours. that is why I was wondering if someone somewhere would do something about this. at least give us a 36 hours worth of tasks based on our few days of crunching.

the only feasible option it seems is to have a separate ISP for this machine with terrible but open quota package... not sure this is a cost I can justify on top of electricity spent running this rig.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : More tasks in cache (Message 1933763)
Posted 5 May 2018 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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Hello fellow crunchers,
I've got a rig with 3x1070 on linux running 24/7, and lately discovered that it is consuming a good chunk of my humble monthly quota. I do get unlimited quota between 1AM and 5AM and I've set the scheduler to download/upload during that time only. And the cache to 10 days.

Well whatever I am getting during those hours is usually processed by 10AM. Is there a way around this?
3) Message boards : Number crunching : use 2 out of 3 GPU (Message 1902229)
Posted 21 Nov 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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yes i am not new here but i have been away for a year... i was actually missing some packages, that's why it chose CUDA60. Now i am running SoG, with the above cmdline, and suffering from severe lag as well...
4) Message boards : Number crunching : use 2 out of 3 GPU (Message 1902218)
Posted 21 Nov 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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this is what the server is sending me, i haven't modified anything... am i missing something? shouldn't I be getting SoG?

edit: needed to install nvidia-opencl-icd package, now i am getting opencl.
5) Message boards : Number crunching : use 2 out of 3 GPU (Message 1902067)
Posted 20 Nov 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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i have added the below:
 -tt 1500 -sbs 1024 -period_iterations_num 4 -spike_fft_thresh 4096 -tune 1 64 1 4 -oclfft_tune_gr 256 -oclfft_tune_lr 16 -oclfft_tune_wg 256 -oclfft_tune_ls 512 -oclfft_tune_bn 64 -oclfft_tune_cw 64


to the file mb_cmdline-8.01-cuda60.txt...

still suffering from severe lag... any suggestions?
6) Message boards : Number crunching : use 2 out of 3 GPU (Message 1901527)
Posted 17 Nov 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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i have been away for a while from this project that I cannot seem to remember where to put the cmdline... and i cannot find any hints so far

edit: figured that out, in the cmdline text file under /var/lib/boinc-client (for debian anyway)
7) Message boards : Number crunching : use 2 out of 3 GPU (Message 1901372)
Posted 16 Nov 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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It's a good idea to switch back to the iGPU and use the additional card. It is getting cold here... Now I'll have to get over my laziness and get to the back of the tower
8) Message boards : Number crunching : use 2 out of 3 GPU (Message 1901370)
Posted 16 Nov 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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awesome, thanks that worked. posting the below for future reference....

        <exclude_gpu>
             <url>http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/</url>
             <device_num>0</device_num>
             <type>ATI</type>
             <app>astropulse_v7</app>
        </exclude_gpu>
        <exclude_gpu>
             <url>http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/</url>
             <device_num>0</device_num>
             <type>ATI</type>
             <app>setiathome_v8</app>
        </exclude_gpu>
    </options>
9) Message boards : Number crunching : use 2 out of 3 GPU (Message 1901362)
Posted 16 Nov 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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Hi,
Is there a way to use 2 out of 3 GPUs only? Running seti on the GPU connected to the monitor is creating lots of lag (linux).

So I am wondering if there is a way to set a preference for the main GPU to stop during computer use (in preferences) while the other two are crunching.

Or completely disable the main GPU and leave the other 2 running?
10) Message boards : Number crunching : Linux CUDA 'Special' App finally available, featuring Low CPU use (Message 1865677)
Posted 5 May 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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did you give the added files the correct permissions?
11) Message boards : Number crunching : Ryzen 1700x Build (Message 1861907)
Posted 16 Apr 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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my bad, I saw them on the bottom with the dust filter and my brain automatically assumed they're intake fans :)
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Ryzen 1700x Build (Message 1860690)
Posted 10 Apr 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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nice setup... congrats!

it would be better to remove the lower fans and keep one on the right hand side instead of having it under the GPU card... you're pushing air directly into the GPU fans while its fans are pushing air out...
13) Message boards : Number crunching : User achievements thread......... (Message 1856788)
Posted 20 Mar 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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made it to the top 20 computers in seti, thanks to petri's special app and my 3 1070's.

RAC 108K and climbing
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Panic Mode On (105) Server Problems? (Message 1856787)
Posted 20 Mar 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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my main is getting http server internal error whenever it tries to upload something.
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Linux CUDA 'Special' App finally available, featuring Low CPU use (Message 1856503)
Posted 19 Mar 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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here's my xorg.conf running 3 1070's with one connected to a monitor. Thermal settings work on all 3 of them:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    Screen      1  "Screen1"
    Screen      2  "Screen2"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
    FontPath        "/usr/lib64/X11/fonts/TTF/"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
    Driver         "kbd"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
EndSection                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Section "Monitor"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
    Identifier     "Monitor0"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
    VendorName     "Unknown"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    ModelName      "Unknown"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
    Option         "DPMS"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
EndSection                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Section "Monitor"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
    Identifier     "Monitor1"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
    VendorName     "Unknown"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    ModelName      "CRT-0"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
    HorizSync       0.0 - 0.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
    VertRefresh     0.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
    Option         "DPMS"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
EndSection                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Section "Monitor"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
    Identifier     "Monitor2"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
    VendorName     "Unknown"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
    ModelName      "CRT-0"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
    HorizSync       0.0 - 0.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
    VertRefresh     0.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection


Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BusID          "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device2"
    Driver         "nvidia" 
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BusID          "PCI:3:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Coolbits" "4"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Device1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT"
    Option         "Coolbits" "4"
    Option         "Stereo" "0"
    Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen2"
    Device         "Device2"
    Monitor        "Monitor2"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT"
    Option         "Coolbits" "4"
    Option         "Stereo" "0"
    Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection
16) Message boards : Number crunching : Linux CUDA 'Special' App finally available, featuring Low CPU use (Message 1855527)
Posted 14 Mar 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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for top you can use q or esc i think instead of breaking it with ctrl+c... you can also check htop, it is much nicer and still a command line.

for copy & pasting, i prefer to setup my terminals to copy on selection. so whatever you select is copied and get used to the shortcuts:
ctrl+insert = copy
shift+insert =paste

now you have use for the right hand side ctrl :)
17) Message boards : Number crunching : Linux CUDA 'Special' App finally available, featuring Low CPU use (Message 1855088)
Posted 12 Mar 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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. . OK here goes nothing ...


Mon Mar 13 02:02:08 2017       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 375.39                 Driver Version: 375.39                    |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  GeForce GTX 105...  Off  | 0000:01:00.0      On |                  N/A |
| 65%   59C    P0    61W /  75W |   1597MiB /  4033MiB |     88%      Default |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
                                                                               
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                       GPU Memory |
|  GPU       PID  Type  Process name                               Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|    0      1049    G   /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg                             117MiB |
|    0      3110    G   compiz                                          57MiB |
|    0      4733    G   unity-control-center                             1MiB |
|    0      4760    C   ...ome_x41p_zi3k+_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu_cuda80  1417MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+


. . Damn I really love it when I can get something to work ... :)

Stephen

:)


now that you've got everything running, how satisfying is it to get things done under linux? :)
18) Message boards : Number crunching : I have roughly 18 HP DL 360's from 2011-2013 (Message 1855086)
Posted 12 Mar 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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i wouldn't say i need them, but i definitely want them... unfortunately, i am very far away..
19) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part IV (Message 1855014)
Posted 12 Mar 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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the law here is very simple: it's the fault of the person with the most wheels (humans > bike > car > truck > ... )

so let's say someone decided to take a leap of faith, and landed on your parked car, guess who's at fault? as I said, very simple :)

He wanted to become a pavement pattie and your car was in the way. So you are at fault!?


yes :)
20) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! Part IV (Message 1854849)
Posted 11 Mar 2017 by Profile Michel Makhlouta
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the law here is very simple: it's the fault of the person with the most wheels (humans > bike > car > truck > ... )

so let's say someone decided to take a leap of faith, and landed on your parked car, guess who's at fault? as I said, very simple :)


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