Well I installed Red Hat Linux 7.3 on a 1.3GHz duron machine. It is now producing slower than my 200MHz Pentium machine!!! Something has to be up.
Linux is slower at D2OL than win98.... Hmm
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Check this link Linux client doesn't seem to do work to the D2OL forum and see if that might be the problem. It was for me using Mandrake 9 but now that it?s fixed my 800 cel @ 896 is outperforming my cel 1.1 and PIII 933 under W2K
mastertech01
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Definitely, as most report major improvement. You might want to check out thier forums for additional Linux info.
Well I tried what the link said and no go. I am going to download Red Hat Linux 8.0 and give it a try. Also I am going to try and install as a developer. Some one said it needs some resource file that only gets installed as a developer....
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I am also trying to get a X'less' install script from the sengent team to run it in CLI. It apparently gives an almost double performace increase according to DPC_LawnMooherMen, which may account for his amazing production.
I am going to convert a XP 2100+ on a Mandrake 8.2 box to this client as soon as I get the install script.
Oh my SETI production is going to suffer....
SHUX
I am going to convert a XP 2100+ on a Mandrake 8.2 box to this client as soon as I get the install script.
SHUX
Hey - maybe there's hope for my dual p2-400 rigs after all!
Gonna have to get serious about Linux I guess..
Gonna have to get serious about Linux I guess..
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Shux was that just a basic Mandrake install or did you use the modification you mentioned a couple posts up? Im game for about 3 nodes if thats the kind of improvement seen.
Well I installed RH 8.0 and its now up and running a bit faster than my 2000+ XP.
If you get that script to work tell me. I will have three computer up running linux by the end of the day.
If you get that script to work tell me. I will have three computer up running linux by the end of the day.
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I havent installed the c++ Libraries yet cause this rig is X-less and the "sh ./installDDOL.bin" fails with a mess of Java errors. I have an email out and am really looking forward to this. If you have X-windows installed I would suggest installing it, the libstdc++ issue seems to be more random but is easily resolved. Here are libstdc++ Tarballs and Here is a libstdc++ RPM (for Red Hat). If you install and configure it and you find that it is looping then install a newer version of libstdc++ and if that spits out errors then create symbolic links to "ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.2.8.0 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.3", that seems to be the big fix. Seems very worth it.
SHUX
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Well it is running right now off of a plain install of RH 8.0. Do I still need to update the lib?
I also recieved a mess of java errors. But all the one I recieved were binding errors. Hopefully nothing to important.
I also recieved a mess of java errors. But all the one I recieved were binding errors. Hopefully nothing to important.
I changed a p3 550 over to Mandrake 9.0(from win98) and after 36 hours it is showing a 15% increase, but it's still to early to tell. I'll check back in later with more conclusive results.
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All I have on hand right now is Mandrake 8.1... hope it works OK. Hoping to get my parts for the other 2 rigs in today or tommorrow
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Was that during an install? ( sh ./installDDOL.bin) or when you started the client? I get it when I try to install without being in X-Windows, and since that rig is X-less I am fscked until I get some type of answer from the Sengent folks.
The way to run it is without X from what I have seen ( ./D2OL controller:cli) I am not positive about sending it to the background ( & ) yet but it seems that would work wiothout any hassle provided you have the client configured and setup properly.
SHUX
If you get a copy of the script, let me know. Im going to try and get it to work under OpenBSD's Linux emulation...
It was during the install. It seems to run fine. It am getting an average of 20min canidates from it. (1.3GHz Duron, 128MB ram). But that does not seem like the increase I was looking for from Linux. My 2000+ XP averages 18min canidates....
If you see any optimazations give me a message.
If you get this to work give me a PM or post it here. I have a BSD server box that I could run it on. I would put Linux on it but I just feel more at home on the BSDs in general. (Running FreeBSD) And it has ran stably for so long I really don't want to mess with it to much.
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I am desparate myself for this script as I have a 2100+ that is just screaming for D2OL...
Is the XP 2000+ on Win32? If thats the case its still a vast improvement considering the Duron 1.3GHz is 100MHz fsb vs the 133MHz on the XP 2000+ which is also clocked 466MHz faster... :Q I am not gonna guess at the percentage of improvement but seems to me its a way unfair atvantage for the Linux/Solaris crowd.
w00t! Hee-Hee....SHUX
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Another thing that has come up is you CPU depending on whether its Intel or AMD seems to be a factor as well on both platforms.
Obviusly AMD still kicks some serious butt, but it seems that Intel gets a better boost if on Linux. Looking at the old Athon 900 vs. the CII 900 the CII actually does better. But then when you look at the P4 2.4GHz it still only out performs a AMD T-Bird 1.4GHz by a very small number even though its 1000MHz faster. Right now I have a XP 2000+ that has done 92 on Win32 (2K) in the past 24 hours and a XP 1800+ thats doing 68 (2K). Like I mentioned I have that XP 2100+ that I am very intrested in getting going on Linux to see how that will do. That P4 1.7GHz was dogging on Win32 (2K) @ 37, but if I had managed to install Mandrake 9 like I tried then I would have expected to see close to a 90% improvement.
BTW; If anyone knows how to get Mandrake 9 on a Dell Insperion 2650 I am all ears.
SHUX
Obviusly AMD still kicks some serious butt, but it seems that Intel gets a better boost if on Linux. Looking at the old Athon 900 vs. the CII 900 the CII actually does better. But then when you look at the P4 2.4GHz it still only out performs a AMD T-Bird 1.4GHz by a very small number even though its 1000MHz faster. Right now I have a XP 2000+ that has done 92 on Win32 (2K) in the past 24 hours and a XP 1800+ thats doing 68 (2K). Like I mentioned I have that XP 2100+ that I am very intrested in getting going on Linux to see how that will do. That P4 1.7GHz was dogging on Win32 (2K) @ 37, but if I had managed to install Mandrake 9 like I tried then I would have expected to see close to a 90% improvement.
BTW; If anyone knows how to get Mandrake 9 on a Dell Insperion 2650 I am all ears.
SHUX
Originally posted by: Shuxclams
I am desparate myself for this script as I have a 2100+ that is just screaming for D2OL...
Is the XP 2000+ on Win32? If thats the case its still a vast improvement considering the Duron 1.3GHz is 100MHz fsb vs the 133MHz on the XP 2000+ which is also clocked 466MHz faster... :Q I am not gonna guess at the percentage of improvement but seems to me its a way unfair atvantage for the Linux/Solaris crowd.
Well it is a XP200+ on WinXP. So I guess it is a fairly good speed. Once I get this machine (the 2000+ XP ) up and running with red hat 8.0 I will post the number under both.....
Also the new client seems to have increased my output on winXP by alot. I was only getting (from dspy) about 60 a day, now I am getting about 100!
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