Problem with folding on linux

[rbd89]

Hey guys I recently installed Fold@Home and from what I can tell it installs fine, however when I run it it gets to "[22:19:23] Extra SSE boost OK." and then a blank line and stalls there. Is this correct? I feel like it should be updating the console on its progress but the progress stays at "[22:19:23] Completed 158899 out of 20000000 steps (1%)". Id like to get this up and running so any help is apreciated.

Thanks.

(Im running a 3.2 p4 at 3.5, 1 gig of ddr2, x850gto, kubuntu)

[S3CUR3 1]

How long have you let it sit there? Depending on the project number, it could take up to or even more than an hour per frame.

[rbd89]

Oh, well ive let it stay up for about 20 minutes, however I didnt see any progress and it looked like it had stalled so I decided to end the program. But Ill def. leave it up for a longer period of time this time. But shouldnt it be showing at least some progress as it continues to work?

[HotRod]

What does TOP say?????? Is the cpu under load???

[rbd89]

Yeah the cpu is under load so I guess it must be doing something. Thanks guys.

[S3CUR3 1]

I've found that the Linux client is pretty hit-and-miss with reporting when it hits the checkpoints (a sign that it's not just sitting there). If you're wondering, you could try running it like this:
./FAH504-Linux.exe -verbosity 9

I imagine that would fix the problem, but it's never concerned me so I haven't tried.

[rbd89]

Got it working, just had to let it sit for a while. Thanks alot guys!

[Sneevly]

I'm assuming this is your first time folding, so welcome!

Yea, I don't blame you for thinking it was locked up. No body likes watching a new program start up and not do any thing for 20 minutes.

[S3CUR3 1]

Originally Posted by rbd89

Got it working, just had to let it sit for a while. Thanks alot guys!

Awesome! Congrats!

[Rishi]

Originally Posted by S3CUR3 1

I've found that the Linux client is pretty hit-and-miss with reporting when it hits the checkpoints (a sign that it's not just sitting there).

Irregular writing to FAHlog.txt could be a result of messed up permissions on the file. If the user running the client doesn't have write permissions for the log file (e.g. it's owned by root) then the client will continue to work but will be unable to report it's progress.

[rbd89]

Nah its going good now, but **** it takes a LONG time to make progress, its been running for about 2 hours and its only done 4% :-/. Owell

[MrObvious]

Yeah. That's why I run wine and the winblows client. It works much better that way.

[S3CUR3 1]

Which project is it? If you give us the number, we might be able to tell you if your times per frame are consistent with what others are getting.

[rbd89]

[23:43:20] Protein: p2125_lambda_5way_melt_4_10011

is that what you were asking for?

[HotRod]

Originally Posted by rbd89

[23:43:20] Protein: p2125_lambda_5way_melt_4_10011

is that what you were asking for?

Yep....That is what we need. Each protein run is different. This way we can compare.

Example: Project: 1495 (Run 3, Clone 202, Gen 36)

[S3CUR3 1]

According to the fahinfo.org stats, you should be getting around 130 PPD with that chip on that WU. Comparing that to the Stanford Current Projects page, that comes out to:

3 days/WU * 24 hours/day * 60 mins/hr / 100 percent/WU = About 43 mins per percent.

Sorry, I know that's a long equation, but I wanted you to be able to check me to make sure I did the math right.

[rbd89]

Yup that's exactly what I'm getting. Thanks alot. But are there any other ones that dont take so long that would be available in linux once this one is done, or would I have to use wine in order to get the better WUs?

[S3CUR3 1]

Originally Posted by rbd89

Yup that's exactly what I'm getting. Thanks alot. But are there any other ones that dont take so long that would be available in linux once this one is done, or would I have to use wine in order to get the better WUs?

I'm sure there are, but I'm not exactly clear on the whole Linux WUs vs. Win WU's. Those 21xx are really benchmarked poorly. I just got done running one myself that was taking me around 50 mins a frame. Now I'm running P1167 - this one's worth 100 points more and is taking me 37 mins a frame.

Someone with experience with PPD running Linux vs. Windows would be a lot more help to you.

[frozndevl]

Originally Posted by S3CUR3 1

I'm sure there are, but I'm not exactly clear on the whole Linux WUs vs. Win WU's. Those 21xx are really benchmarked poorly. I just got done running one myself that was taking me around 50 mins a frame. Now I'm running P1167 - this one's worth 100 points more and is taking me 37 mins a frame.

Someone with experience with PPD running Linux vs. Windows would be a lot more help to you.

Actually, the 21xx aren't benchmarked poorly, they are benchmarked perfectly. There have been many discussions over at the folding-community forums and the problem with them is that they showed up while the heavily bonused 600 pointers and others were out and prolific.

In my opinion, as much as it sucks, is that the other WUs are giving too much of a bonus. Oh well. I just stuck advmethods back on my rigs and started getting the 11xx series, better ppd than the 600 pointers.