I adjusted my CPU in this platform so it dedicates an entire core for the GPU. It worked for a while, but now its crunching 9 units at the same time, meaning the GPU is being fed correctly.
What does your "On multiprocessor systems, use at most" setting in the Boinc manager menu "Tools - Computing Preferences" say?
Quote:
I still says 1 CPU + 1 GPU as oppose to before doing the change it said 0.5 CPU + 1 GPU.
My AMD application says 0.5 CPUs, might be an issue with the Nvidia app?
I adjusted my CPU in this platform so it dedicates an entire core for the GPU. It worked for a while, but now its crunching 9 units at the same time, meaning the GPU is being fed correctly.
I still says 1 CPU + 1 GPU as oppose to before doing the change it said 0.5 CPU + 1 GPU.
Any fixes?
I've moved the contents of the new thread you started back to the original thread because it's just the same issue. Please don't start multiple threads for the same problem.
Also, it's likely to be counter-productive for you to post a request for assistance and then show impatience just a few hours later! People will not deliberately ignore you. You need to allow time for people in different timezones to come on line and respond. If people get the impression that you are demanding an instant answer, they may very well decide 'not to bother'.
Thirdly, people wont bother trying to guess an answer if you can't be bothered providing any meaningful details. If you peruse the post I'm responding to, where are the details? I had to go find the original thread (which is why I've consolidated the two) just to get a bit more information.
And even more is needed. I find it hard to believe that you actually have 9 concurrent tasks, all executing. If you made the change as suggested previously and set up an app_config.xml, you should have 1 GPU task and 7 CPU only tasks. Your app_config.xml should have a setting of 8 so BOINC shouldn't allow 9 running tasks. I'm guessing that one of the 9 tasks could be 'waiting to run' perhaps, rather than 'running'.
But, to stop all the guesswork, why don't you just publish the app_config.xml file that you are using? Also, I don't understand what you mean by, "meaning the GPU is being fed correctly". You would need 8 running tasks for that to apply. If you really do have 9 simultaneously running tasks, it means that the GPU has reverted to only consuming 0.5 CPUs and you have 8 CPU tasks and 1 GPU task. If this is the case, perhaps you have inadvertently deleted your app_config.xml? Or perhaps it's been renamed to something else?
When creating/editing/opening configuration .xml files for Boinc please use Notepad or equivalent. Opening the file in Internet Explorer or a xml editor adds information/data that's not supposed to be there.
So, if you open your app_config.xml in Notepad is the content exactly like this:
[pre]
einstein_S6CasA
1
1
[/pre]
If not then replace it with the above.
Next thing to check is that the file is named app_config.xml and NOT app_config.xml.txt
Third thing to check is that the file resides in the projects\einstein.phys.uwm.edu folder which is a subfolder to Boinc's data folder. The location of Boinc's data folder is shown in the startup messages in the event log, press Ctrl+Shift+E to open it. The default location for Win 7 is: C:\ProgramData\Boinc\projects\einstein.phys.uwm.edu
Edit:
If/when all the above checks out then open Boinc and in "Advanced view" find the drop down menu "Advanced" and click on "Read config files". You should now have 8 tasks total running, 1 GPU and 7 CPU, although the info for GPU tasks might still show (0.5 CPUs + 1 Nvidia GPUs) but that will correct itself once a new tasks starts. If it's still not working then please go back to the top of this message and try again.
Edit:
If/when all the above checks out then open Boinc and in "Advanced view" find the drop down menu "Advanced" and click on "Read config files". You should now have 8 tasks total running, 1 GPU and 7 CPU, although the info for GPU tasks might still show (0.5 CPUs + 1 Nvidia GPUs) but that will correct itself once a new tasks starts. If it's still not working then please go back to the top of this message and try again.
After you've done that, open the Event Log and verify that you see a line like
Quote:
18-Apr-2014 10:57:38 [Einstein@Home] Found app_config.xml
in the block following 'Re-reading cc_config.xml'. Unless that line is present, you have to assume that the app_config.xml process has failed for some reason.
1/05/2014 9:13:25 PM | Einstein@Home | Found app_config.xml
You have a correctly named file but if you still have 9 concurrently running tasks, you must have something wrong with the contents. If you open the file with a text editor like notepad, you should see contents like Holmis has posted. Make sure there aren't any odd charaters or misspellings anywhere. Look for extra spaces where they shouldn't be.
When I asked you to publish your app_config.xml, I perhaps should have suggested how to do it.
1. Open your existing file in a text editor like notepad.
2. Hit the ctrl-a ctrl-c key combinations to select the entire contents and then copy the entire contents to the clipboard.
3. Open a 'Post to thread' window by clicking the 'quote' or 'reply' box on the message you are replying to
4. Hit the ctrl-v key combination to paste the clipboard contents into the reply you are creating.
5. Insert [ pre ] and [ /pre ] tags in front of and after the pasted text respectively. Note I've deliberately added spaces so they wont act like real tags for the purpose of this example. These tags will preserve the spacing and format of what you have pasted, allowing us to see any syntax errors you might have.
6. Add any further message contents you want, either before or after the contents of your app_config.xml file but don't disturb what you pasted inside the tags.
As I said in an earlier message you can also add the line
8
immediately after the tag and before the stuff. This would also prevent 9 tasks from running.
Anyone?
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Anyone?
RE: I adjusted my CPU in
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What does your "On multiprocessor systems, use at most" setting in the Boinc manager menu "Tools - Computing Preferences" say?
My AMD application says 0.5 CPUs, might be an issue with the Nvidia app?
RE: I adjusted my CPU in
)
I've moved the contents of the new thread you started back to the original thread because it's just the same issue. Please don't start multiple threads for the same problem.
Also, it's likely to be counter-productive for you to post a request for assistance and then show impatience just a few hours later! People will not deliberately ignore you. You need to allow time for people in different timezones to come on line and respond. If people get the impression that you are demanding an instant answer, they may very well decide 'not to bother'.
Thirdly, people wont bother trying to guess an answer if you can't be bothered providing any meaningful details. If you peruse the post I'm responding to, where are the details? I had to go find the original thread (which is why I've consolidated the two) just to get a bit more information.
And even more is needed. I find it hard to believe that you actually have 9 concurrent tasks, all executing. If you made the change as suggested previously and set up an app_config.xml, you should have 1 GPU task and 7 CPU only tasks. Your app_config.xml should have a setting of 8 so BOINC shouldn't allow 9 running tasks. I'm guessing that one of the 9 tasks could be 'waiting to run' perhaps, rather than 'running'.
But, to stop all the guesswork, why don't you just publish the app_config.xml file that you are using? Also, I don't understand what you mean by, "meaning the GPU is being fed correctly". You would need 8 running tasks for that to apply. If you really do have 9 simultaneously running tasks, it means that the GPU has reverted to only consuming 0.5 CPUs and you have 8 CPU tasks and 1 GPU task. If this is the case, perhaps you have inadvertently deleted your app_config.xml? Or perhaps it's been renamed to something else?
Cheers,
Gary.
This is what i'm using. And
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This is what i'm using. And yes its 9 'Running" concurrently.
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einstein_S6CasA
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1
1
When creating/editing/opening
)
When creating/editing/opening configuration .xml files for Boinc please use Notepad or equivalent. Opening the file in Internet Explorer or a xml editor adds information/data that's not supposed to be there.
So, if you open your app_config.xml in Notepad is the content exactly like this:
[pre]
einstein_S6CasA
1
1
[/pre]
If not then replace it with the above.
Next thing to check is that the file is named app_config.xml and NOT app_config.xml.txt
Third thing to check is that the file resides in the projects\einstein.phys.uwm.edu folder which is a subfolder to Boinc's data folder. The location of Boinc's data folder is shown in the startup messages in the event log, press Ctrl+Shift+E to open it. The default location for Win 7 is: C:\ProgramData\Boinc\projects\einstein.phys.uwm.edu
Edit:
If/when all the above checks out then open Boinc and in "Advanced view" find the drop down menu "Advanced" and click on "Read config files". You should now have 8 tasks total running, 1 GPU and 7 CPU, although the info for GPU tasks might still show (0.5 CPUs + 1 Nvidia GPUs) but that will correct itself once a new tasks starts. If it's still not working then please go back to the top of this message and try again.
RE: Edit: If/when all the
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After you've done that, open the Event Log and verify that you see a line like
in the block following 'Re-reading cc_config.xml'. Unless that line is present, you have to assume that the app_config.xml process has failed for some reason.
I says 1/05/2014 9:13:25 PM |
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I says
1/05/2014 9:13:25 PM | | Re-reading cc_config.xml
1/05/2014 9:13:25 PM | | No config file found - using defaults
1/05/2014 9:13:25 PM | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
1/05/2014 9:13:25 PM | Einstein@Home | Found app_config.xml
RE: 1/05/2014 9:13:25 PM |
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You have a correctly named file but if you still have 9 concurrently running tasks, you must have something wrong with the contents. If you open the file with a text editor like notepad, you should see contents like Holmis has posted. Make sure there aren't any odd charaters or misspellings anywhere. Look for extra spaces where they shouldn't be.
When I asked you to publish your app_config.xml, I perhaps should have suggested how to do it.
1. Open your existing file in a text editor like notepad.
2. Hit the ctrl-a ctrl-c key combinations to select the entire contents and then copy the entire contents to the clipboard.
3. Open a 'Post to thread' window by clicking the 'quote' or 'reply' box on the message you are replying to
4. Hit the ctrl-v key combination to paste the clipboard contents into the reply you are creating.
5. Insert [ pre ] and [ /pre ] tags in front of and after the pasted text respectively. Note I've deliberately added spaces so they wont act like real tags for the purpose of this example. These tags will preserve the spacing and format of what you have pasted, allowing us to see any syntax errors you might have.
6. Add any further message contents you want, either before or after the contents of your app_config.xml file but don't disturb what you pasted inside the tags.
As I said in an earlier message you can also add the line
8
immediately after the tag and before the stuff. This would also prevent 9 tasks from running.
Cheers,
Gary.
[pre] einstein_S6CasA 8 1
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[pre]
einstein_S6CasA
8
1
1
[/pre]
Looks like its working now, after I added the max concurrent line. But here is the file if you want to see.
its running 9 concurrently
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its running 9 concurrently again, I dont know why