The "Oh My, Look Who Has Pie" Thread

[D_A]

It kind of depends what distro you're talking about. It might be better to take it to the Linux thread,too, since it will be relevant to a number of people and that's where they'll go looking for it.

[nanoprobe]

It kind of depends what distro you're talking about. It might be better to take it to the Linux thread,too, since it will be relevant to a number of people and that's where they'll go looking for it.

From what little I've read seems like Ubuntu might be he easiest to work with. I actually ran the Dotsch version with BOINC as part of the install package on USB drives a while back. They were pretty much set and forget but they were for CPU crunching only and didn't work when the IB CPUs and mobos came out. I'll look at the Linux thread. I keep hearing getting the video drivers to work is the biggest issue with ATI cards.

[D_A]

From what little I've read seems like Ubuntu might be he easiest to work with. I actually ran the Dotsch version with BOINC as part of the install package on USB drives a while back. They were pretty much set and forget but they were for CPU crunching only and didn't work when the IB CPUs and mobos came out. I'll look at the Linux thread. I keep hearing getting the video drivers to work is the biggest issue with ATI cards.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...31#post5182731
This is the one I'm referring to, just so we're on the same page.

[yojimbo197]

How much trouble is it to run Linux with ATI or is it to large a PITA to bother?

The first installation I did on Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon(64 bit) was a little hard for me because I knew zero about linux. Once I got the hang of it it got easier the 2nd time. I just installed it the 3rd machine and it was easy as pie, though that time I didn't install for GPU crunching.(Although I did forget to change the machine profile in my WCG profile for a couple of hours).

I was thinking maybe DA and some other Linux guru's should collaborate on a "This is how you set up Linux for crunching" sticky. I figured it out with his help and a few others. However, It was a little hard to figure out exactly what to do from all of the posts the first time just on my own.

[stoneageman]

[D_A]

I was thinking maybe DA and some other Linux guru's should collaborate on a "This is how you set up Linux for crunching" sticky. I figured it out with his help and a few others. However, It was a little hard to figure out exactly what to do from all of the posts the first time just on my own.

You mean this thread? http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...all-and-forget

It was a sticky for a while but got un-stickied for some reason.

[yojimbo197]

You mean this thread? http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...all-and-forget

It was a sticky for a while but got un-stickied for some reason.

Yep that's the one. I guess I was thinking if there was a more simplified protocol for installation, along with some notes like, you can do this or this at each step, that might be more helpful than trying to scroll through and digest a whole thread. Your simplified steps at page 5 or 6? ended up working well on my last installation. But I did know where to download BOINC and how to install it. On the first attempt I didn't understand anything about Linux, so I didn't even know how to mark the BOINC program for installation.

I will say that on some projects, the Schistosoma, Leishmaniasis, Malaria,and Human Proteome Folding in particular, I'm seeing reduced times to WU completion of approximately 40-50% of what I'd see in W7. So that may provide enough motivation for some.........

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[EtaCarinae]

The GPU project is finishing right on time with the rising external temperatures. We are at over 20 deg Celsius here. Finally spring is here. It was a long long winter.
I am near the target of rank 15th. Should happen in two days. After that the big crunching season will be over until next winter. It was a hell of a ride.

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[[XC] Oj101]

WTF SAM? Over TWO MILLION BIONC in 24 hours? Dafuq dude, dafuq

[Mumak]

Yesterday I reached #13 based on daily numbers Finally resolved issues - had to disable Xfire, otherwise it produced errors and stuck WUs... I have one more GPU , maybe if I add it, I'll make it into the pie

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[EtaCarinae]

Careful Sam. You are on overdrive. Is it the final sprint that motivates you. Maybe you could leave some of the last GPU WUs to others. Anyway you passed the 3 billion boinc points, and 4 million will not be reachable except if the HCC GPU project is extended by at least 40 days at todays rate. But who nows you may have other targets in mind.

[stoneageman]

My goal is to try & pass neu-innova before hcc1 ends, which at my current output is 20 days away. Doubt I'll do it . One days output now will take me 20 when it's just cpu

[vitchilo]

Just switch your GPUs to POEM or GPUGrid or whatever. There's several projects that use GPUs.

[EtaCarinae]

My goal is to try & pass neu-innova before hcc1 ends, which at my current output is 20 days away. Doubt I'll do it . One days output now will take me 20 when it's just cpu

You remember your journey across the valleys. I understand that you try to get out from the Valley of Tears. But beware, if you manage to get to the neu-innova pass, you will enter the Valley of Fears.

[stoneageman]