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BOINC 2.08 & Seti 2.03 released and at last crunching.

R

Rattledagger

Elite Member
2 posts from the beta-list:

"Yesterday's release of SETI@home (version 2.00) didn't work
because we had forgotten to call the function (boinc_resolve_filename)
that translates from the filenames in the "slots" directory
to the actual filename in the projects directory.
We just released a new version (2.03) that fixes this.
It's running correctly, with graphics, on our machines here.

In BOINC, an application version can consist of multiple files.
We're using this to include a "SETI@home logo" file
(better_banner2.jpg) that gets drawn as a texture map in
the graphics.

Many of you have noticed that the BOINC screensaver fails to
start the BOINC core client, leading to lots of icons in the system tray.
This apparently is due to a change in Windows (XP security update?).
The same bug now appears in SETI@home classic, for the first time.
Our plan is to change the screensaver so that, if the core client
isn't running, it displays a message telling the user to start the core client.

-- David"

"I forgot to mention, there's a new version of the Windows
core client (2.08). This fixes various bugs, such as the
problem where right-clicking on Work items
would bring up the wrong popup menu.
Please upgrade if you're running WIndows.

Also: a couple of people have asked how to get SETI@home workunits.
Answer: it happens automatically;
our server now has a mixture of AP and S@h work,
and you should get some of each.
If you're impatient, you can "reset" the project
(right-click on it in the Projects tab)
to flush work currently in progress.

David" (Anderson)

Personally, I'm BOINC'ing a seti-wu, and this has run for a half hour now. 🙂
Speed, it looks like slower than before, but this shouldn't be a problem since it's not wu they'll counting. 😉

Oh, and still only available for current beta-testers.
 
Well, the 1st wu exited with an error-message "exceeded disk limit 500000"
But since another wu has crunched more %-wise, it's probably just a wu with too much in it, just like in v3.03...

Appart from this early termination, it's crunching along probably as it should.
 
Thanks for the info, Rattledagger 🙂

is downloaded the seti exe, and is just started running on my machine. I'll chuck this on my laptop today as well 😉

Gotta get AT up there in the rankings 🙂😀


Garry
 
WUs are taking 4 seconds each on my machine at home 🙁

Just gonna try my laptop here at work...

Will report back soon


Garry
 
OK, tis working on my laptop. Either i've got a dodgy download at home, or my CPU's overclocked too much and it doesn't like it! Will tone down the overclock a little and see when I get home.

But, for now, how about a pic of the graphics in motion 🙂


Will keep updated on it's progress 🙂


Garry
 
Look above ya, SirUlli 😉

I can go one better, too 😛

Here's a video low quality (10.3MB, 2 mins) or high quality (38.3MB, 2 mins) of the graphics in motion 🙂

You may need the XviD codec installed, get the best XviD/DivX etc codec here (this has worked best for me, no green blobs or upside down videos any more!)

Hope this whet's your appetite for more 😉


Garry
 
Thank you Confused,

but the Low Graphic Link worked not, and by the High Graphic, i had green blobs or upside down videos any more always after updating the Video Codec . But very nice Work.

Sir Ulli
 
Whoops...forgot to rename the low quality file after I uploaded it to my server.

Weird about giving you green blobs and/or upsidedown videos...that codec fixed it on two machines....!


Garry
 
you are right, on an other machine it worked perfectly.

Thanks for this fantastic Videos.

Greetings from Germany
Ulli
 
If you already had a codec pack install you need to uninstall it before installing any new packs.
I'm using the ace mega pack myself.
Neither link works for me for some reason
Right clicking on the link and saving seems to be working
 
Well, I've not seen much to the great graphics, but this is due to the method I'm running BOINC. 😉

Except for AP 2.06 crashing if trying to look on the graphics, I've seen no more problems. 🙂

Run-times don't mean anything, since it's not wu they're counting, but for the stats-aholic out there:
1st machine is normally using 4h20m on "normal" wu under v3.03
AR 7.58 - 5h38m16s
AR 3.19 - 5h37m52s
AR 3.19 - 5h48m51s
AR 0.553 - 6h39m18s
Oh, and "expected" time is for all these 6h59m46s

2nd machine is normally 3h40m, and has always been terribly slow in seti... This is also apparent then looking on expected time, 4h44m0s:
AR 7.74 - 4h29m27s
AR 0.553 - 5h15m07s
AR 0.431 - 5h36m25s
AR 0.431 - 5h31m29s
AR 0.432 - 5h25m14s
AR 0.577 - 5h29m58s
Astropulse 10h39m31s - expected 9h30m40s

Berkeley will probably fix the Astropulse crash also, but I can't see any other problems before opening up the beta...
 
my BOINC SAH times

AthlonXP at 11.5 x 200 with Nforce2 ca 4.00
P4 2.4c at 3.0 HT disabled ca 4:40
P4 2.6c at 2.8 HT enabled 6:00 for 2 WUs, so one WU in 3:00

just one Word to the Graphics, it is OpenGL, so no CPU time only GPU time i think.

Happy Crunshing

Sir Ulli
 
Thanks for the update & WU times RD ,& thanks for the links Garry🙂

SirUlli
Hows does that compare to v3.03 times on your rigs?

Btw it uses the GPU?,cool🙂 ,have you done any tests to compare WU times with graphics & without to be sure?
 
Originally posted by: Assimilator1
Thanks for the update & WU times RD ,& thanks for the links Garry🙂

SirUlli
Hows does that compare to v3.03 times on your rigs?

Btw it uses the GPU?,cool🙂 ,have you done any tests to compare WU times with graphics & without to be sure?
Click to expand...

no , the Graphics are not stable enough,

3.03 times

AthlonXP at 11.5 x 200 with Nforce2 ca 4.00 at 3.03 at 2:15

but SAH 2.04 is out

Hit me

hope that this will be better.

Greetings from Germany
Ulli
 
v2.04? I think I've already got a seti-account with this name... 😀

Whee, after getting credit for 5 of the crunched wu, I've got 0.17 in credit. :frown:
Looking a little closer, it's 5 astropulse-wu, there my claimed is 80.25... :brokenheart:

As for seti-wu, none of these has more than 2 successful returned, but in all instances the 2nd successful is a <60-secound-cruncher...
rolleye.gif

Time to turn on the verifiers, so maybe it's possible to get some stats also. 😉
 
A quick test here with running 1 wu on dual-rig, and enabling graphics increased cpu-usage from 50 to 70-75%... Over at BBR, one machine looked to double the cpu-time then enabling graphics... Of course, I've not got the latest graphic-card-wise, but neither seti nor BOINC needs a fast graphics-card. 😉

So the latest news I've seen, over at the list:

"When you do a "reset project", the core client enters a state
where all future results will exit immediately with a "quit requested"
(-126) error code.
Exiting and restarting the core client clears this state.
This bug is now fixed; we'll try to get new core client versions out soon.

The current Astropulse Windows app seems to be broken;
we should have a new one very soon.

We added web links for viewing all your results,
and for downloading XML stats data.

-- David" (Anderson)
 
G550 and older models... 😉 😱
...and isa-card in the NT4-box.
The graphic-tested is G550 coupled with MP1600+, and is the 4h20m-machine.
 
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