Anybody want to give me step-by-step F@H instructions?

[teriba]

Do we have a page setup for this yet? I'm interested in trying it out on my main machine to help out the new team. I'll keep SETI going on all of my other comp's, but I would like to try this out considering the recent SETI problems.

Is there a CLI? From looking at the website it doesn't really look like it. In extension, is there a SETI Driver like program?

 

[teriba]

How do the WU's compare? How fast would my Athlon XP 1600 crunch one?

 

[conjur]

I think a few threads down is one from narzy re:Folding@Home. It references the GUI but somewhere in there (maybe inguyen's sig?) is some help on doing the CLI (which I did earlier).

Haven't seen much else on a SetiDriver-like program. I haven't been able to do much in the way of benchmarking yet.

 

[Confused]

There is a CLI, check the Download page and look for the "Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP "No-nonsense" text-only console" and i seem to remember you run

fah2console -config

to set it up, make sure you've checked at bottom of download page to make sure no1 else is using your name, and enter team number 198

Then run it without the -config to get it to work

Don't know about how to hide it or run it like SetiDriver, hopefully someone else will give this info!

ConfusedBW

 

[Crazee]

Here is a link to the addons page for folding from the ARS team.

 

[MereMortal]

What exactly does SETI Driver do?

 

[Crazee]

SetiDriver does a few things:

1) Caches work units (which I understand you cannot do with F@H)
2) Hides the command prompt window
3) Gives updates to progress in bar graph
4) Allows for easy setup on a multi processor machine.

There may be other things but those are the 4 major things it does for me.

 

[teriba]

Note: Please read the license agreement (FAH2Console -license). Further
use of this software requires that you have read and accepted this agreement.

No directory settings found in registry. Using current directory...

###############################################################################
###############################################################################

Folding@Home Client Version 2.15

http://foldingathome.stanford.edu
email:help@foldingathome.stanford.edu

###############################################################################
###############################################################################


Benchmarking ...
- Ask before connecting: No
- ID = 475AFBF33A107CCC

Loaded queue successfully.
Core required: Core_65.exe
Core found.
Working on Unit 01
+ Working ...
Folding@Home Client Core Version 2.41 (Jan 22, 2002)

Proj: work/wudata_01
nsteps: 500000 dt: 2.000000 dt_dump: 100.000000 temperature: 600.000000
xyzfile:
" 763 1UBQ
1 N 27.340000 24.430000 2.614000 20 2 5 ..."
keyfile:
"#parameters opls.prm
#verbose
NOVERSION
ARCHIVE

printout 1000
wri..."

- Couldn't get size info for dyn file: work/wudata_01.dyn
Starting from initial work packet

Protein: 1UBQ
- Frames Completed: 0, Remaining: 100
- Dynamic steps required: 500000

Writing local files:

parameters work/wudata_01.prm
- Writing "work/wudata_01.key": (overwrite)successful.
- Writing "work/wudata_01.xyz": (overwrite)successful.
- Writing "work/wudata_01.prm": (overwrite)successful.
- Writing "work/wudata_01.key": (append)successful.

PROJECT="work/wudata_01", NSTEPS=500000, DT=2.0000, DTDUMP=10.000000, TEMP=600.0
0
TINKER: Software Tools for Molecular Design
Version 3.8 October 2000
Copyright (c) Jay William Ponder 1990-2000
portions Copyright (c) Michael Shirts 2001
portions Copyright (c) Vijay S Pande 2001

How long does it take to get past this step? Mine has been stuck here for a couple minutes.

 

[ProviaFan]

Once it's reached that point, it has begun to do a work unit. Eventually, depending on the complexity of the unit, it will start saying things like this, with a good several-minute interval between each update...
PROJECT="work/wudata_05", NSTEPS=500000, DT=2.0000, DTDUMP=10.000000, TEMP=300.0
0
TINKER: Software Tools for Molecular Design
Version 3.8 October 2000
Copyright (c) Jay William Ponder 1990-2000
portions Copyright (c) Michael Shirts 2001
portions Copyright (c) Vijay S Pande 2001
Finished a frame (1)
Finished a frame (2)
Finished a frame (3)
Finished a frame (4)
Finished a frame (5)
Finished a frame (6)
And so on, until it reaches 100, at which point it has completed a unit. Then it will download another one and do it again.

 

[Crazee]

Teriba,

Did you start it with the -config option. If not from what I have read it will not get credit for you or the TeAm.

 

[teriba]

My client.cfg:
[settings]
username=teriba
team=198
userid=475AFBF33A107CCC
asknet=no

[http]
active=yes
host=localhost
port=8080
usereg=yes

This means it's all setup correctly right? Can I check online somehow?

It has started working:
Finished a frame (1)
Finished a frame (2)
Finished a frame (3)

 

[Crazee]

That looks good to me. I am seriously contemplating moving some resources over after the MTR. (I won't desert E^5)

 

[teriba]

Why does it only show 29 people on our team page? Is that the people that have complete one WU? What's up with score?

 

[Twinhead]

Is the SETI driver available for Linux system?

 

[ProviaFan]

<< Why does it only show 29 people on our team page? Is that the people that have complete one WU? What's up with score? >>


Each work unit has a different amount of complexity, and with greater complexity (and thus greater length of time to complete on your computer) comes a greater score for that unit.

 

[Poof]

There's no caching ability available for F@H because new WUs are generated from those being returned... Thus there's a time limit on the return. There have been discussions on how to deal with this, with suggestions including having longer WUs, but getting more credit for them when completed.

And Twinhead - there's no "Setidriver-like" program for Linux but the closest to one is JSetidoor, a java-based caching program like Setiqueue. Unfortunately, most people who cache with linux either create their own little scripts and/or put a windoze box up with Setiqueue somewhere and/or point to a public Setiqueue.

 

[teriba]

How many frame's is it going to do?

 

[teriba]

Nevermind, it's 100.

 

[Poof]

LOL Teriba. You neffin' your way to Goldenhood????

 

[conjur]

<< That looks good to me. I am seriously contemplating moving some resources over after the MTR. (I won't desert E^5) >>



heh...better not! Too darn close!

I'm just testing one WU for F@H and once the MTR is over, probably move a few machines over.

 

[Crazee]

<< LOL Teriba. You neffin' your way to Goldenhood???? >>



And the problem with that is?????

 

[teriba]

Hey, if I'm going to nef, I'm going to do it right

 

[Evadman]

<< LOL Teriba. You neffin' your way to Goldenhood???? >>



How do you think I got there?

 

[Poof]

And how do you think I got where I am!!!

 

[Crazee]

Hmm is this step by step neffing instructions?