How to add app_info to e@h?
16 Jan 2012 0:38:38 UTC
Topic 196138
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My 560ti only runs at a max of 60% gpu load.How do I take + add an app_info.xml to the e@h program data?I'm running win7 pro x64 + the program data folder on C drive does not show up,only program files.HELP!
How to add app_info to e@h?
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Since the BOINC data directory is hidden by windows, you'll have to tell windows to show hidden files and directories.
There have been several threads on this forum with how-to's and example xml files.
Gruß,
Gundolf
Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)
Hallo Gundolf! RE: There
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Hallo Gundolf!
The problem is, that they become old, nearly 1 year now, and will soon become deleted. (The search in the forum ends after 1 year.) I found this thread.
Futhermore the adresses givne therein to download the additionally needed files are no longer valid, as I tested.
So it would be very nice, if one of the specialists could please give here an update.
I´m also interested in that.
Many thanks in forehand!
Kind regards
Martin
RE: The problem is, that
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When I search six months into the past for app_info, I find 6 "Thread titles matching your query" between 38 and 173 days old.
And in the list of "Messages matching your query", the second one shows the valid download link.
Gruß,
Gundolf
Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)
How about the one from
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How about the one from Toobster's thread Anyone with a working app_info.xml?, gotten from looking in the Cruncher's Corner Index and reading S@NL - Mellowman's I need a recent app_info.xml (or by just going down a couple of threads more in the CC's Index)?
As far as I can see, the binaries used in that app_info.xml file are all still current.
Hallo Jord! Thanks for your
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Hallo Jord!
Thanks for your answer!
My problem isn´t to find the proper app_info-file, but where to place it. At now there is no such file on C:\. So it´s not just a replacement by a new one with the additional capabilities. But if it´s an additional file, that has to be referenced from another file, that does know at the right context from the existence of the app-info-file. This referencing file should be a moodified existing file too. Or is the existing system so noble to check at startup for an existig app_info-file and if so, it includes it from thereon into its operation? Or how does it work?
Sorry for bothering you. I have just little experience in programming, and with such systems here not at all.
Kind regards
Martin
it does not exist, boinc
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it does not exist, boinc looks to see if it does exist on startup.
check the messages tab of boinc, one of the first messages at the top should be some thing like,
1/21/2012 12:55:36 AM Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
i do not have win 7, but i am on vista (pretty close) i have my system set to hide hidden files (the desktop gets cluttered other wise) but im still able to view that folder. i do however have "hide protected system files" un checked so maybe that has some thing to do with it?
you can try typing %programdata% in start > search. additionally (assuming w7 works the same) you can copy the path from that message on your tab, go to start > computer. click the "computer" part in the "address bar", paste the path and hit enter.
note: im not sure if any of that will work in cases where system folders are hidden.
hope this helps :)
seeing without seeing is something the blind learn to do, and seeing beyond vision can be a gift.
Hallo Paul! Thanks for your
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Hallo Paul!
Thanks for your help!
Oh, that´s not the question for me. In the Explorer all hidden, system and protected files are shown. But still I don´t find any app_info.xml file, neither under BOINC - here I wouldn´t expect it - or in \projects\einstein.phys.uwm.edu or in a slot folder.
Please tell me, where to place the app_info file.
Another question : As I have 2 graphics cards, do I require also 2 app-info files or has the app-info file to be modified to work with both cards?
Kind regards
Martin
RE: But still I don´t find
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The app_info.xml file is project-specific, with a maximum of one per project and minimum (and installation default) of none.
As it is possible during installation to direct the BOINC data to other than default location, it is wise to explore enough to find your actually current BOINC data directory tree. But on a Windows7 system (I have three), most likely you will find it under Program Data\BOINC\projects, probably on your boot drive.
If you can find that, and see under it one directory for each project, it is still wise to check files in that directory for timestamps, to make sure you are looking at the currently active one, and not the midden heap of one used in the past.
Once you are sure you are looking in the right place, you just place an app_info.xml file for a particular project in that project's directory. The next time boincmgr starts up, it should read the file and place a notification in the messages log. For example, for Einstein I got this message log entry last time I restarted:
[pre]Einstein@Home 1/20/2012 5:51:07 PM Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform[/pre]
Many (probably most) of us who have attempted app_info use have made errors. One highly likely result of an error is loss of all current work in queue or in progress. It can be highly rewarding when you get it right, but sometimes tedious or disheartening to get there. Don't expect helpful error messages, though there are some.
Hallo archae86 ! Thank you
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Hallo archae86 !
Thank you for your valuable answer and hints.
So it is programmed the noble way, as I supposed. And I will empty my buffer of work almost - it will take some days - before trying the installation.
Thank you and kind regards
Martin
Probably have to un-hide all
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Probably have to un-hide all the folders and files...