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Gerry Rough
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24 Oct 2009 2:06:02 UTC
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    I just noticed that there is a new version of BOINC to be downloaded and installed. Is the bug fix worth the effort at the new version? I don't recall having any problems with the last version. Also, what will the new version do to my GPU?


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    Jord
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    New BOINC version is out

    24 Oct 2009 9:29:49 UTC
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      For 6.6.41 the biggest fix is the zero bytes upload bug for projects like Sztaki and Lattice. Previous versions would crash the client on trying to upload these zero byte files. Since BOINC 6.10 is not ready for mainstream release yet, I asked that the fix for this problem was back-ported to a 6.6 version and got that request granted.

      It shouldn't affect your Nvidia GPU. ATI detection isn't in 6.6.41, that's really slated for 6.10

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      6.10.17 is now the "official"

      31 Oct 2009 5:09:02 UTC
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        6.10.17 is now the "official" version. From the BOINC Alpha email list...

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        We are pleased to announce that 6.10 is now ready for public use.

        This release of BOINC contains the following enhancements:

        1. Support for ATI GPUs

        2. Support for detecting proxy configurations within companies

        3. Improvements to the CPU/GPU scheduler

        4. A new default screen saver

        I would like to thanks everybody who has used a pre-release version of 6.10 over the last couple of months, for providing feedback and helping us make the BOINC system even better.

        Release Notes: Release_Notes

        System Requirements: System_Requirements

        Download: Download

        ----- Rom

        BOINC Development Team

        BOINC blog

        DanNeely
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        anyone know if it fixes the

        31 Oct 2009 20:31:19 UTC
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          anyone know if it fixes the problem of boinc asking for CPU and GPU work and doing a 4hr backoff after getting none of the later because of a CPU only app info?

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          RE: anyone know if it fixes

          31 Oct 2009 21:56:36 UTC
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            anyone know if it fixes the problem of boinc asking for CPU and GPU work and doing a 4hr backoff after getting none of the later because of a CPU only app info?


            Not until Einstein upgrades their server software.

            There is a - sort of - fix which stops the client even requesting work you don't want to run. But it's not quite fully polished (bugs with non-default venues), and it relies on an updated version of the "Use Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) if available" preference, which isn't available at Einstein yet.

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            31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---]

            1 Nov 2009 8:22:41 UTC
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              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.10.17 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 c-ares/1.5.1
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Running as a daemon
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Data directory: /home/boinc
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz [Family 6 Model 28 Stepping 2]
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Processor: 512.00 KB cache
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] OS: Linux: 2.6.30
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Memory: 1.47 GB physical, 250.98 MB virtual
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Disk: 4.58 GB total, 2.06 GB free
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Local time is UTC +1 hours
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] NVIDIA GPU 0: ION (driver version unknown, CUDA version 2030, compute capability 1.1, 509MB, 35 GFLOPS peak)
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [Einstein@Home] [error] App version has unsupported platform i686-pc-linux-gnu; changing to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [Einstein@Home] [error] App version has unsupported platform i686-pc-linux-gnu; changing to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [Einstein@Home] [error] App version has unsupported platform i686-pc-linux-gnu; changing to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Not using a proxy
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Version change (6.6.40 -> 6.10.17)
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [SETI@home] URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 5102101; resource share 80
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [Einstein@Home] URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 2069906; resource share 100
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [SETI@home] General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 24-Oct-2009 21:14:07)
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [SETI@home] Computer location: home
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] General prefs: using separate prefs for home
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Reading preferences override file
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 752.68MB
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1354.82MB
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Preferences limit disk usage to 2.29GB
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Running CPU benchmarks
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Running CPU benchmarks
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Running CPU benchmarks
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Running CPU benchmarks
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Running CPU benchmarks
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:42 [---] Benchmark results:
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:42 [---] Number of CPUs: 4
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:42 [---] 451 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:42 [---] 1208 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:43 [Einstein@Home] Restarting task h1_1014.30_S5R4__1963_S5R6a_1 using einstein_S5R6 version 101
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:44 [Einstein@Home] Restarting task h1_1014.30_S5R4__1962_S5R6a_0 using einstein_S5R6 version 101
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:44 [Einstein@Home] Restarting task h1_1014.30_S5R4__1948_S5R6a_0 using einstein_S5R6 version 101
              31-Oct-2009 12:46:44 [Einstein@Home] Restarting task p2030_53839_35324_0022_G40.22-00.30.C_1.dm_406_1 using einsteinbinary_ABP1 version 110
              31-Oct-2009 13:44:54 [Einstein@Home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
              31-Oct-2009 13:44:54 [Einstein@Home] Requesting new tasks for GPU
              31-Oct-2009 13:44:59 [Einstein@Home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
              31-Oct-2009 13:44:59 [Einstein@Home] Message from server: platform 'x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' not found
              01-Nov-2009 02:02:01 [---] Received signal 15

              ...

              01-Nov-2009 09:10:03 [Einstein@Home] update requested by user
              01-Nov-2009 09:10:06 [Einstein@Home] Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
              01-Nov-2009 09:10:06 [Einstein@Home] Reporting 4 completed tasks, requesting new tasks for CPU and GPU
              01-Nov-2009 09:10:11 [Einstein@Home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
              01-Nov-2009 09:10:11 [Einstein@Home] Message from server: platform 'x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' not found

              ...

              It looks for me that the identifier has changed in boinc 6.10.17.

              > 31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [Einstein@Home] [error] App version has unsupported platform i686-pc-linux-gnu; changing to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

              This little cruncher (http://einsteinathome.org/host/2069906) cannot report completed workunits and also will not get new work. This happend after:

              > 31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Version change (6.6.40 -> 6.10.17)

              I'm sure this will affect all linux 64 bit crunchers running the 6.10.17 boinc.
              Stephan

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              RE: ... It looks for me

              1 Nov 2009 12:59:51 UTC
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                Quote:

                ... It looks for me that the identifier has changed in boinc 6.10.17.

                > 31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [Einstein@Home] [error] App version has unsupported platform i686-pc-linux-gnu; changing to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

                This little cruncher (http://einsteinathome.org/host/2069906) cannot report completed workunits and also will not get new work. This happend after:

                > 31-Oct-2009 12:46:11 [---] Version change (6.6.40 -> 6.10.17)

                I'm sure this will affect all linux 64 bit crunchers running the 6.10.17 boinc.


                Have you changed from a 32-bit boinc (i686) to now installing the 64-bit boinc for 6.10.17?

                Is that error only for e@h? (Is s@h ok?)

                Happy crunchin',
                Martin

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                Stephan Goll
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                RE: Have you changed from

                1 Nov 2009 14:05:49 UTC
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                  Quote:


                  Have you changed from a 32-bit boinc (i686) to now installing the 64-bit boinc for 6.10.17?

                  Is that error only for e@h? (Is s@h ok?)

                  Happy crunchin',
                  Martin

                  28-Oct-2009 20:34:27 [Einstein@Home] Message from server: No work sent
                  28-Oct-2009 21:36:47 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.6.40 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
                  28-Oct-2009 21:36:47 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
                  28-Oct-2009 21:36:47 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 c-ares/1.5.1

                  This was the boinc I used before. It was a 64 bit boinc too.
                  At the moment I only running e@h on the atom. I will reenable s@h now ...

                  01-Nov-2009 15:04:41 [SETI@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
                  01-Nov-2009 15:04:41 [SETI@home] Requesting new tasks for CPU
                  01-Nov-2009 15:04:46 [SETI@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
                  01-Nov-2009 15:04:46 [SETI@home] Message from server: (Project has no jobs available)

                  At least I do not see a x86-64 related error message.
                  Stephan

                  Update: I got s@h WUs.
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:02 [SETI@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:02 [SETI@home] Requesting new tasks for CPU
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:07 [SETI@home] Scheduler request completed: got 3 new tasks
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:09 [SETI@home] Started download of setiathome-5.28.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:09 [SETI@home] Started download of seti_528.jpg
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:11 [SETI@home] Finished download of seti_528.jpg
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:11 [SETI@home] Started download of setiathome-5.28_AUTHORS
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:12 [SETI@home] Finished download of setiathome-5.28_AUTHORS
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:12 [SETI@home] Started download of setiathome-5.28_COPYING
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:14 [SETI@home] Finished download of setiathome-5.28_COPYING
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:14 [SETI@home] Started download of setiathome-5.28_COPYRIGHT
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:15 [SETI@home] Finished download of setiathome-5.28_COPYRIGHT
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:15 [SETI@home] Started download of setiathome-5.28_README
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:16 [SETI@home] Finished download of setiathome-5.28_README
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:16 [SETI@home] Started download of 19au09ac.4216.123540.11.10.231
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:20 [SETI@home] Finished download of 19au09ac.4216.123540.11.10.231
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:20 [SETI@home] Started download of 19au09ac.4216.123540.11.10.237
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:25 [SETI@home] Finished download of setiathome-5.28.x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:25 [SETI@home] Finished download of 19au09ac.4216.123540.11.10.237
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:25 [SETI@home] Started download of 19au09ac.4216.123540.11.10.249
                  01-Nov-2009 15:12:30 [SETI@home] Finished download of 19au09ac.4216.123540.11.10.249
                  01-Nov-2009 15:16:25 [SETI@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
                  01-Nov-2009 15:16:25 [SETI@home] Requesting new tasks for GPU
                  01-Nov-2009 15:16:30 [SETI@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
                  01-Nov-2009 15:16:30 [SETI@home] Message from server: (Project has no jobs available)
                  01-Nov-2009 15:19:12 [SETI@home] work fetch suspended by user

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                  RE: This was the boinc I

                  1 Nov 2009 22:53:07 UTC
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                    This was the boinc I used before. It was a 64 bit boinc too.
                    At the moment I only running e@h on the atom. ...


                    "Atom"?!...

                    Isn't the Intel Atom an i686 (32-bit) CPU?

                    Happy cruinchin',
                    Martin

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                    RE: Isn't the Intel Atom an

                    1 Nov 2009 23:30:22 UTC
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                      Isn't the Intel Atom an i686 (32-bit) CPU?


                      Apparently, they're both.

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                      RE: RE: This was the

                      1 Nov 2009 23:30:26 UTC
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                        Quote:
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                        This was the boinc I used before. It was a 64 bit boinc too.
                        At the moment I only running e@h on the atom. ...

                        "Atom"?!...

                        Isn't the Intel Atom an i686 (32-bit) CPU?

                        Happy cruinchin',
                        Martin

                        > uname -a
                        Linux atom 2.6.30 #1 SMP Sat Sep 19 09:15:02 GMT-1 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

                        > cat /proc/cpuinfo |grep 33
                        model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz
                        model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz
                        model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz
                        model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz

                        Please do not mix the netbook version (n270, speedstep, 32 bit only) with the nettop version (230, 330, no speedstep, but 64 bit capable). 16 CUDA cores are there to ...
                        > http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=36331&processor=N270&spec-codes=SLB73
                        > http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=35641&processor=330&spec-codes=SLG9Y
                        Best regards,
                        Stephan

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