Thanks D_A. I'm going to do that on my Beast.
Printable View
Thanks D_A. I'm going to do that on my Beast.
I just put Ubuntu 10.4 (lucid) on my westmere box. Running fine except ubuntu is throttling my cpu's. Went into the bios to lock the freq's but it's still throttling. I remember someone complaining on WCG about this but can't find it. Is there a command to keep crunching at max speed?
Another problem I have is lm-sensors. Anyone using a super micro board running ubuntu? Seems when I ran sensors-detect, none were found except the hard drives. There has to be sensors on the board, isn't there?
In the BOINC client itself there is an option to use the CPU while the computer is in use.
Yes there will be sensors on the board but that doesn't mean their registers are in standard places. Sometimes manufacturer's do some "funny" things, just because it suits them and sometimes the Linux drivers just can't read them for some reason. You might need some additional library to get them to work.
Try this:
Open the Synaptic package manager, then open Settings > Preferences
Check the box next to "Consider recommended packages as dependencies" and click apply
Now click Edit > Fix broken packages and follow it through.
then run sudo sensor-detect and see what it gives you.
I don't know if it will help but it's worth a try.
As for the throttling, that really should be in the BIOS.
Right click on the tool bar (top of the screen) and click "Add to panel" then scroll down to "CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor".
If it installs without a complaining then frequency scaling is still enabled in the BIOS somewhere. I'm not sure, but you might be able to use it to hold the CPU frequency at 100%. Maybe.
Do not use the System Monitor. It will show show your CPUs at all sorts of percentage of use. The System Monitor runs at a higher priority than Boinc WUs. Open a Terminal and type top. It shows more info anyway just not as pretty.
I went into the bios and locked down the CPU so it's max only. Better than configuring each core. I will try what D A suggested and report back later. If I can't monitor my temps, will have to go back to windows7, which bites. Ubuntu is know to perform better.
Anyone ever heard of ipmi-sensors? Am trying to find this info. When I run sensors-detect, I get this warning about missing this.
I'm not familiar with it but you could search for it in the Synaptic package manager ( or sudo apt-get install ipmi-sensors and see what happens)
Seems to be something new the mobo makers are implementing. Seems to be a royal PITA to configure. I'll hold off and see how crunching goes on Ubuntu compared to win7.
The other option is to download the source for the sensor modules and compile it yourself, which isn't as scary as it sounds but can be fiddly if you're not familiar with it.
Ok, searching through synaptic I found a package called freeipmi-tools which includes ipmi-sensors. Try installing that and see how you go.
Well, install the free ipmi files. When I give it the command, says cannot connect to server. Tried -d local but still doesn't work. Will have to keep looking.
Got it working. So far, it's command line base using terminal. For those interested, here is a link to the project:
http://www.gnu.org/software/freeipmi/documentation.html
It does read CPU, memory, fans, etc.. Still looking for an gui applet. So far, it's reading everything on my SM board.
Looked most of the day with no luck. Appears SM has an option to install a card for monitoring remote systems. Also, Super doctor II appears to run in Linux but not sure if it can run as a stand alone without buying the card. I emailed SM about this so soon as I find out, will post solution. Ipmi can run in command line. Sucks to type this in terminal every time you want to see your temps though.
I need a little help with Linux. I'm running Ubuntu Server 10.10 64-bit edition on my Arima quad socket. I have two running and one is giving me a problem. I was looking through the event logs and not seeing anything helping. What I am seeing is the system is totally freezing up after sometime. No caps/num lock response and the screen doesn't wake from energy save mode. Fans and lights are on but no one is home...or crunching. A reboot brings it back up, but after a period of time [I'm still looking for this exact period] it goes into this freeze phase. Any tips on what to look for or should I just wipe it and move on? Thank you.
That sounds like a hardware issue, but it could be anything. Make sure the machine isn't fully hibernating or something like that as well (Ubuntu Server edition won't be doing that but the BIOS might, maybe), but run diagnostics on your hard drive and RAM and check your heatsink mounts. Failing that, it could be your power supply. Like I said, it could be anything.
Cool, Thanks DA.
Virtual Ramdisk... oh how you elude me. Though, creating the ramdisk isn't really the main issue. I'm wanting to run an application (java game server) from my ram in the form of a ramdisk (of course). It seems I could either add the directory to my /etc/fstab file or just drag the folder into my /dev/shm directory. Issue is, assuming one of the two is right (no idea... been doing a few hours of Googling... it's 6:30am /drool).. anyways issue is that being a server it will need to remember the changes done to "world" done by the clients accessing the server so I'd need to back the ramdisk up to the HDD on a set interval. Right? No idea how this all works.
I'd like to have a ramdisk (200MB max size) that can dump to HDD every 5 minutes and also load from the HDD on boot (same dir that it's dumping/updating to on the HDD)
Sorry if this isn't super clear. I'm so tired that my sight has blurred. :D Reason for the ramdisk is for my Minecraft server which deals with a ton of tiny little files (thousands?) while running. The "world" or map is the part with all of the small files and it's constantly changing and being accessed.
Thanks!
Update on my situation: I took out 2GB or RAM and it's been stable all night. Seems I have some bad RAM maybe. Now some of my WUs are saying Waiting for Memory. I'll fiddle with it some more.
Edit 12/1: It seems to be back to normal. I left it alone and it's been running fine ever since. It was crunching super slow, then it seems to have picked up the pace back to what it should be.
Sorry so slow to answer, health issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamekiller
Unless someone has a more elegant solution I would write a script to copy the files to a backup directory on the hard drive. Run the script from crontab every 5 minutes. Then use a startup or init script to copy the files from the hard drive to the ram drive on startup/bootup. Make sure startup script is run after ram drive is mounted.
Example:
#!/bin/bash
cp /dev/ramdisk/gameserver/* /opt/gameserver/backup/
Make executable and add script name to /etc/crontab and set to execute every 5 minutes. Make sure all directories exist and are correct. Execute by hand to see if any errors.
Hope this helps.
Thanks PG! I'll give that shot! :D
(Hope you feel better!)
Is there a place that I can put a file to be ran when the system is being turned off? This goes along with my previous project.
Put a link to it in /etc/rc0/d
make sure it uses same naming convention as other files. Start with S and a number. Files are executed in numerical order. S90halt being last.
Linux Init Process
Thanks once again PG!
Sorry to have so many questions but I mounted my ramdisk as /tmp/MC so do I need to format it to ext 4? Do I need to label it (/dev/MC1)?
This ramdisk is turning out to be a headache! :D
Ext4 is a nice fast journalling file system, but I don't know if it's faster than Ext2, which is older and simpler but doesn't have the journalling. If you do need to format it, experiment and see which gives you better performance.
Ok, a bit of poking around suggests you do need to format it when you create it and before you try to mount it.
I did read that Ext2 is faster than Ext4 with journaling enabled but Ext4 is faster with it disabled. (no idea how to disable it)
I got it unmounted.
I can't figure out how to format it. Google is bearing no fruits. :(
Thanks, D_A!
Pretty much all I've done is:
mkdir -p /tmp/MC
/tmp/MC chmod 777
sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=200M tmpfs /tmp/MC
umount /tmp/MC
Found this on the Ubuntu forums. Looks like it should help.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=182764
Quote:
1. Set up your /boot/grub/menu.lst to change the size of ramdisks
2. Make a filesystem on the ramdisk
3. Mount the ramdisk somewhere
STEP 1.
Open a terminal and type:
Code:
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
Enter your password to be able to edit the file
Find a section that looks something like this:
Code:
title Ubuntu Linux
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-10-686 root=/dev/hda5 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-10-686
savedefault
boot
Add ramdisk_size=500000 to the end of the kernel line, replacing 500000 with whatever size you want your ramdisk to be in KB (this example makes a 500mb drive)
After modification, the line should look like this:
Code:
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-10-686 root=/dev/hda5 ro quiet splash ramdisk_size=500000
You need to reboot in order for the change to the ramdisk size to take place, otherwise you'll end up with a smaller (around 50mb for me initially) ramdisk.
The ramdisk size seems to be passed to the kernel at boot time, and all of /dev/ram* end up being that size.
STEP 2.
You need to make a filesystem on /dev/ram0 in order to be able to put files on it.
In a terminal, type:
Code:
sudo mke2fs /dev/ram0
STEP 3.
Now, you need to mount the filesystem somewhere.
Again, in a terminal, type:
Code:
cd /media/
sudo mkdir ramdisk
sudo mount /dev/ram0 /media/ramdisk/
sudo chmod -R 777 ramdisk/
Thats it. now you have a ramdisk formatted with ext2!
I'm getting real curious if this will have a substantial impact on BOINC performance, on how hard CEP2 works the drives and if it would be beneficial for SSDs as well.
I believe it does help. There were a few threads on the WCG forums about it and on these forums as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_A
I tried that and couldn't find /boot/grub/menu.lst (didn't exist) so I figure it was old and stopped reading.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_A
Edit: Tried:
sudo mke2fs /tmp/MC
in reply i got: "/tmp/MC is not a block special device. Proceed anyway? (y,n)"
This might be helpful: http://superuser.com/questions/17586...k-ubuntu-10-04
If I'm getting this, all you need to do is specific one line in your fstab and you're good to go. I'll have a little play with this and see what happens.
Scratch that, didn't work as hoped. Will keep playing.
Ran top. About the same as system monitor. Have usually 3 or 4 dipping below 40%. Never all at 100% or even close. Since I can't monitor my temps, am wondering if something is getting hot enough to trigger ubuntu or the bios to throttle.Quote:
Originally Posted by PoppaGeek
In TOP in the %CPU column is anything else showing more than a few %? What do Load Averages show in top right corner?Quote:
Originally Posted by bearcatrp
Ubuntu won't throttle your CPU unless you specifically tell it to. Your BIOS defaults assume you WANT it to.
Ok, in case anyone hasn't been reading the GPUGRID forum, I have issues running WCG and GPUGRID at the same time. It seems that the GPUGRID task get's choked out of resources. My dedicated linux box currently has a task duration correction factor of 8.7. It was 11 3 days ago until I suspended WCG and started goofing around. I've found a very cool command, renice. If I change the priority default for WCG tasks (19, very low priority) to normal priority (0) then the GPUGRID begins to crunch at a much more expected rate. So here's my question...
How do I set up a command to run every 20 minutes or so that can automatically change the priority of all processes with a name of acemd2* to have a priority of normal?
I found the renice command and I'm sure renice does exactly what I want, but I have no idea how to set up a scheduled task to execute a renice command every 20 minutes. Is there a script someone has that can do this? I've spent 2 hours trying to find scripts that do similar things so I could cannibal them and figure it out on my own, but I've run out of search terms to use. As it stands, my linux box is outputting just 13k/day average with a GTX 275.
Thanks!
I know it's possible but I'm not that good at script writing. There's an app on source forge called "niceall" that lets you renice multiple related threads with one command but I haven't played with it. You'd have to compile it yourself, too.
Write a script to execute the command in crontab as I suggested to GK here
here is a screen shotQuote:
Originally Posted by PoppaGeek
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/t...Screenshot.png
Load averages are no help as system has only been up 17 minutes. All the 90% and up are ok but there are alot of below 90%. I am curious what it would show after being up for an hour or more. Also close the Boinc Manager. Processes bounce around to different CPUs and it is possible that Xorg and Boinc Manager are most of the cause of the lower CPU utilization but it does look worse than I would expect. Compiling your own kernel might improve it. To my knowledge Linux does not throttle CPU due to temps. It is usually hard to even get a good temp reading in Linux.
EDIT:
Since you seem to be running all C4CW and the work units are pretty consistent have a look at the completed WUs for that machine and see if there are big differences in run time. If you have another machine running them also compare times or poet times here along with the CPU speed and we can get an idea if what we are seeing in Top is a problem or not.
My other 2 crunchers do not have this problem. Harpertown and woodcrest xeons. They are pegged at 100% on all cores. Would hyperthreading be the problem? I did shut that off to see what would happen and it still does this. Me and Dave went through everything in the bios too. Doesn't do this in win7. It's got to be ubuntu doing this. Will stick with ubuntu as it get around 112 wu's in 24 hours versus 80 under win7.
Ubuntu may be doing it but I do not see how it could be because of temperature.
How does the complete time on WUs compare?
At command line type exactly as shown:
mpstat -P ALL 2 5
If the software is not installed it will tell you how to. What is the idle time of the CPUs? does it match what you see in top? In other words top shows a CPU at 60% load, does mpstat show it 40% idle? If it shows the CPUs at 0% idle then something is missreporting the CPU usage or something is stealing the CPU time.
http://img.techpowerup.org/101209/Untitled375.jpg
If all this is getting on your nerves then do not run top and leave it alone. It is still doing better on C4CW than Win7. :up:
Ok, to clarify: Dies this machine have 16 physical cores or 8 physical and the other 8 from hyperthreading?
Have you checked the preferences in Boinc Manager for Processor Usage? Set to use 100% of processors 100% of the time?
I run all AMD and know nothing about Intel so I am no help there and I am running out of ideas...... :(
2 e5640's. 8 cores, 16 threads. Everything is set to 100 percent. Am going through the bios again and changing one thing at a time. My other crunchers use asus boards. This one uses super micro. This is really bugging me.
If that's 8 physical cores with hyperthreading then those figures are probably accurate. The virtual cores created by hyperthreading don't give you a 100% performance boost since they're not real cores. What you're seeing there isn't your system losing 40% of crunching time, what you're seeing is you're system GAINING 60% (and more) crunching performance due to hyperthreading.
Weird it does this in ubuntu but not in win7 but since ubuntu spanks win7, will keep running ubuntu. That's folks for the help.
Maybe it is just the way CPU usage is calculated in Windows and Linux. :shrug:
Sadly I think I'll be moving my server over to windows. Having to search for a fix for every simple action for 8 hours a day was fun for a little while but I'm starting to grow tired of it.
Thanks for all of the help you guys have given me thus far. :D
Yes it gets old. There are a lot of things you can do with Linux but sometimes it seems more painful that it is worth to get there.
So I have a Pentium E2140 @ 2.4GHz with 1GB RAM running Ubuntu 9.04 for AMD64. It's exclusively crunching HCC. http://boincstats.com/stats/host_gra...wcg&id=1345004
RAC(WCG): 1092.995...
Mind you, the WCG PPD Estimator v0.39b says a Core 2 Duo (Conroe) at 2.4GHz should get 754.29 BOINC/day. Not bad to be beating that number by 45%.
I'm thinking of moving the main over to the same OS (via virtual machine) since it seems to be crunching so damn well. On the other hand, my Pentium D's output has dropped on the same regiment (HCC), even with its CPU cooling upgrade. It went from roughly 418 BOINC/day to 329 BOINC/day. That machine especially I've been thinking of changing over to Linux (it's just a file server--but I can't figure out how to move the computer over to "WORKGROUP").
Do you have Samba installed on it?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobsama
Right click My Computer, select Properties. Then it's the Computer Name tab, then the change button. Hope this helps.
Won't work. It's an Ubuntu 9.04 AMD64 install, so walk me through the Terminal method or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by retro77
sudo apt-get install samba
sudo apt-get install smbfs
sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf_backup
sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf
Find this line
workgroup = MSHOME
Replace with the following line
workgroup = new_domain_or_workgroup
Save the edited file (sample)
sudo testparm
sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart
Linux itself doesn't use workgroups like Windows does so you need something like Samba to allow Windows and Linux to operate in the same environment.
Installed a ssd drive in my harpertown cruncher. Wouldn't recognize the drive. Went into bios and changed to ahci from ide. Wasn't sure if ubuntu would fire up. It did and my ssd drive is recognized. Do I have to reinstall ubuntu to take advantage of ahci? Or is there a setting I need to change. This is on a asus dseb-dg mobo.
As far as I can tell Ubuntu doesn't like AHCI for some reason. I've been googling but haven't learned much yet.
No issues so far. Had no choice if I wanted the ssd to be recognized. Just using it as a scratch disk when I rip movies. Shaves off about 5 minutes ripping to the ssd.
Hi all, I got a DELL R710 server. And it uses SUSE Linux Enterprise Sever 11(x86_64), there is Xserver program on this server but I don't use it because:
1. I don't know how to use the GUI interface on the server via my work computer remotely.:shrug:
2. The GUI takes some computer resource, maybe WCG runs faster in CLI interface.
So I just use the command line interface of BOINC program.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5095/...1dfdaffb_b.jpg
I use PuTTY to remote logon the servers and control BOINC programs, it seems working well.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5292/...1581161f_b.jpg
I opened 3 PuTTYs to use the server, one to see the BOINC and WCG status(lower left), one to control BOINC program(lower right), the last to see the system status.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5095/...07e50af3_b.jpg
If you are familiar with command line interface of BOINC, it's simple to use BOINC on your Ubuntu or other distributions. You don't have to worry about the GUI, just open several terminals and you can run BOINC too.
ni hao lidake007 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by lidake007
I used PuTTY for years, forgot all about it.
What I see that I like is 16 threads! :D
There are programs like VNC for viewing and using a desktop remotely. Some are a little faster than others and some have a better reputation for security. You can use a search engine to find them but if you are OK with the command line that is best I think. :up:
Thanks for the pictures!
Since you're running Windows on your desktop, search this thread for BoincTasks. It will make things quite a bit easier.Quote:
Originally Posted by lidake007
It allows you to monitor current status, view history and statistics, and change settings from one program for multiple machines.
I got a question, does WCG runs faster on Linux than on Windows machine??
Oh HELL yes! Especially running HCC work units. Linux 64bit is anything up to double the speed on those units.
BUT it also scores LESS points. Not just per unit but overall.
It's a matter of picking between more points awarded (Windows) or more work completed (Linux), not counting other differences of course.
Computing for Clean Water ran faster on Linux when the project first started. Do not know about now have not checked.
I believe they redid the Windows application a little while back and now they are closer to the same for C4CW.
I just set up my SB Asus P8P67-M Pro mobo and Dotsch/UX won't connect to the internet. Windows connects fine and Dotsch/UX will connect fine on other machines. I'm basically a Linux noob so do any of the resident linux gurus have a suggestion?
I'm not familiar with Dotsch/UX but here goes.
Can you ping your router? use the commandwhere <IP-ADDRESS> is the address of your router eg 192.168.1.1 or whatever you have on your network.Code:ping -c3 <IP-ADDRESS>
DotschUX is based on Ubuntu. Version 8.10 I believe. Can't ping the router. Message says network is unreachableQuote:
Originally Posted by D_A
Quote:
Originally Posted by D_A
It is Ubuntu packaged for small installs to USB or easy setup of diskless nodes and server. So it is just Ubuntu all-in-all.
At the terminal type ifconfig -a look for eth0 for wired and wlan0 for wireless. If they are not there linux does not reconise or have drivers for that device.
Yes, it is for small installs.Quote:
Originally Posted by PoppaGeek
Brain Cramp. I typed ipconfig -a instead of ifconfig -a. Anyway, here are the results.Quote:
At the terminal type ifconfig -a look for eth0 for wired and wlan0 for wireless. If they are not there linux does not reconise or have drivers for that device.
boinc@Dotschhdd8:~$ ipconfig -a
bash: ipconfig: command not found
boinc@Dotschhdd8:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr bc:ae:c5:a8:ac:9c
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:5661785488 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:249
eth0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr bc:ae:c5:a8:ac:9c
inet addr:169.254.9.237 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:249
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2944 (2.9 KB) TX bytes:2944 (2.9
The easiest thing to do at this point is put in a network card, wireless card or USB network. If you do not have one I can link you some that are known to work with Ubuntu and are cheap. If you are not in a position to buy one I can probably find a PCI network card for here.
Can you copy and paste the output you get form the command? That might be helpful.Quote:
Originally Posted by nanoprobe
Linux drivers are for chipsets not brand name. You will need to know the chipset of the network device.
It's quite possible the interface just isn't configured. I've forgotten to do that while installing a couple of times.
When I installed Dotsch it seems to me it did not configure the network automatically and I did have to do it manually. Since I started installed Ubuntu 10,x it has done it. So you may be right.:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by D_A
During the install it asks if you want to configure the network or let Dotsch do it. I always let it do it's thing. I've run Dotsh on everything up to and including my i7-920 and this is the first time I've had this issue. I think I have an old PCI network card around here somewhere. If I can dig it up I'll try it. If not, and this can't be fixed any other way I'll just let it run on Win7Quote:
Originally Posted by PoppaGeek
It'd be very unusual for it not to be able to handle the network interface.
can you copy and paste the output when you enter ifconfig -a as it might help
Here ya goQuote:
Originally Posted by D_A
boinc@Dotschhdd8:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr bc:ae:c5:a8:ac:9c
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:5661785488 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:249
eth0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr bc:ae:c5:a8:ac:9c
inet addr:169.254.9.237 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:249
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:40 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2944 (2.9 KB) TX bytes:2944 (2.9
How aboutOne of my machines looks like:Code:cat /etc/network/interfaces
Quote:
michael@node2:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 192.168.1.7
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.254
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.2
My guess is DHCP is not getting or not able to get it's IP. Make sure you have a good network cable. Is there a blinking light on the ethernet port?Quote:
Originally Posted by nanoprobe
This line shows linux sees the device:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr bc:ae:c5:a8:ac:9c <-- HWaddr is the Mac Address of the ethernet controller.
Goto System > Preferences > Network Connections then click eth0 then click Edit then on IPv4 Settings tab and make sure Method says Automatic (DHCP)
Added a Network Troubleshooting section to first page, second post. Comments and suggestions please.
Please keep in mind I am trying to keep things as simple as possible and still useful using the commands installed by default.
Question. Is showing the full printout of the ifconfig command too much info? shoued I edit out all that is not helpful?
I think the full return would be most appropriate just so folks don't think it will only return a couple of lines and instead get a page of stuff and freak.
I think it's great!
Thanks for input!
Added Quote boxes to output for readability and did some editing.
Sorry for the delay in getting back. When I go to network connection it shows auto eth5 instead of eth0. Also, on the right side of the window it says never in what looks to be grayed out print. I tried to edit it to eth0 but that didn't work. DHCP is on auto.Quote:
Originally Posted by PoppaGeek
If you can tell me the make model of the motherboard, assuming the nic is built in, I can try and find the chipset and see if drivers are available. I have a feeling that the distro does not have the drivers for the nic.
Thanks
It would be a VERY odd nic that doesn't have drivers in Linux of any modern distro.
nano
enterinto a terminal an paste the output here for us.Code:cat /etc/network/interfaces
Do not know how easy it is for him to cut and paste if it is not on the network.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_A
Ok then, let's back up a bit. nano, when you were working on it before did you have terminal access or are you using a desktop (gnome/KDE/XFCE etc)?
Here ya go.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_A
boinc@dotschuxUSB3:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# Used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8). See the interfaces(5) manpage or
# /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples for more information.
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp
auto eth3
iface eth3 inet dhcp
Hmmm ... You see any problem with that PG, coz I don't ... unless the router has either run out of dynamic address space or just isn't accepting DHCP requests.
nano you can try typing at the command line sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 up IF your network is 192.168.1.x if not then use thec correct network and an ip not used elsewhere. Tells us what is says.
OK 2 things you can do although they are getting kinda ugly.
Do a sudo lsmod and post the output here, since you seem to have a way of doing that.
Do a sudo lshw the output will probably be very long. It will show if there is a driver loaded for the nic. Look for the line description: Ethernet interface. Then in that block look for driver=:
If driver= shows nothing then second and third line product: and vendor: lines. Or just post the same block here. If there is more than one Ethernet interface then we need all.Quote:
*-bridge:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: MCP55 Ethernet
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
logical name: eth0
version: a3
serial: 00:50:45:02:61:49
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bridge bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 latency=0 maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes
resources: irq:30 memory:d0009000-d0009fff ioport:2808(size=8) memory:d0005800-d00058ff memory:d0005400-d000540f
Went back thru your posts. The Asus P8P67-M Pro uses the Realtek RTL8111E Gigabit LAN controller and should be supported. To try and make this a little easier please try these in order.
Swap ethernet cable
Check if leds are blinking at ethernet port
Wait a few minutes then type ifconfig and see if there is an IP number assigned. Try to ping 8.8.8.8
If still no IP Try typing at the command line sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 up IF your network is 192.168.1.x if not then use the correct network and an ip not used elsewhere. If you do not know what your network is try this on a Windows machine. ipconfig Notice this is iPconfig not the ifconfig on linux. Look for IPv4 Address.......: might ought to write down Default Gateway as well may need it later. Use the same numbers as what ipconfig shows except for last one. Use a number under 254 that is not used on another machine on the network. So if the ipconfig on Windows shows 10.10.1.20 replace 192.168.1.50 with 10.10.1.100. BTW 2 common network numbers are 192.168.1.x and 192.168.0.x These are NOT the same network. First 3 sets of numbers need to be the same and last one unique between 2 and 254. The Netmask should be 255.255.255.0
After running sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 up try to ping your router or another PC on your network or 8.8.8.8 (Googles DNS server)
To get to a command prompt on Windows:Quote:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\poppageek>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::f9fd:3135:256:fcd%10
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.119
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:1444:1147:3f57:fe88
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1444:1147:3f57:fe88%12
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
C:\Users\poppageek>
Start Button > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt
Not trying to say you do not know how to do anything just not making any assumptions and this info might help others.:up:
To manually setup a network interface instead of using DHCP:
Assumes Ubuntu, wired ethernet and using GUI.
System > Preferences > Network Connections > Click on interface listed such as eth0 > Edit > IPv4 Settings tab
Next to Method click on and select Manual > Add > Enter Address, Netmask and Gateway then DNS servers. Use your router, ISP DNS servers or Googles DNS 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 which I find are more reliable and faster than my ISPs. Just click on the box under each to start entering Address, Netmask and Gateway.
Gateway will usually be your router. Netmask is usually 255.255.255.0.
http://img.techpowerup.org/110209/111222333.jpg
In network connections it lists auto eth5 not eth0. I tried to manually set it but when I reboot it's back to auto. I'm beginning to think that this hardware is just too new and I don't have the correct driver. I'm going to try a beta live CD and see if that connects.Quote:
Originally Posted by PoppaGeek
I booted to a live cd beta and it connects so I'm guessing this is a driver issue. I noticed that when I try to manually set up the network in Dotsch it doesn't see the router. I put in the gateway IP but when I hit ok the ip goes to 0.0.0.0
Thanks for all the help. I don't think there is anything else that can be done.
I wonder if permissions are keeping you from saving the settings. :shrug:
Why not install the latest release of Ubuntu? I did searches and the chipset does seem to be supported in 10.x.
How do I find out if I have the proper permissions and is there a way to change it if I don't?Quote:
Originally Posted by PoppaGeek
I may do that. It's just that I really like Dotsch for dedicated crunchers.Quote:
Originally Posted by PoppaGeek
I run Ubuntu Server edition for my headless rigs. Very lean install but NO desktop environment (which would steal cycles anyway). Just make sure you select to install the OpenSSH Server at install time so you can log in for maintenance remotely. You'll get the option to choose if you want automatic updates or not as well and BOINC is in the repositories, which I recommend you use so that it will run without a user logged in.