I just folded my first protein

I joined 4 days ago with a atlon xp 1800 521mb and a AMD64 3200 1gig
the athlon has finished one WU and is finishing numer 2 and the AMD64 will finish in 10 hours.
Last night i started messing with overclocking on the AMD64 3200 to speed things up, went up to 240 fsb (frontsidebus) that's the almost same speed as a AMD64 3800, everything went black, the pcie graphics card stopped working even on reboot no text to get into bios, had to find cmos button on motherboard to clear settings.
Then i went with 230 fsb over night and in the morning no graphics (folding seemed to go on all night), but text on reboot, changed to 220fsb (ca same as AMD64 3500) and that has been stable all day.

The motherboard I'm working with is MSI K8N NEO4, its a nforce4 board with a lot of overclocking stuff in bios, but i will probably not try this much further.

:rolleyes:

Well I'm not sure if I did it right, but I downloaded and started folding on two of my pc's. If all goes well I will have one maybe two more on the job within two weeks. I hope all I had to do was add the team number to join that team (36480) if not let me know so I can get it right.
Thanks
Dan

Well just folded my first protein, took about 44 hrs. thats on my gamer pc. I'm not quite half way done on my other pc, it should be done on 11-16-05 and by that time I should have another done on the gamer. Finely putin these pc's to good use.
Dan

Has anyone else been having problems downloading new cores? I just recently reformatted my box and installed Ubuntu. I re-installed FAH and it has been stuck trying to download a new core for three days now. Anyone else having similar issues? My PC at work has been folding away without any problems, but it hasn't had to download a new core for a while now.

I had two of my pc's download new cores yesterday 11-29-05 with no problems, the other one is dew to download one sometime today, will see how it worked when I get home.

Dan

I had a core get stuck a couple of weeks ago, but never any trouble downloading one...

Hmm, great. When I get home (at work right now) I'll post a snippet of the console output and maybe that'll give someone else a clue as to what might be happening.

There is a thread on the folding forums talking about this too. I think it turned out to be a network problem for the other guy, it was for me too. I rebooted my Gentoo box and it lost the route for some reason. It never lost it before. < shrugs > May want to check and make sure everything works on the network, just to be sure.

I have been known to stop it then restart it and have it work like a charm. I'm on dial-up and I don't like to stay online for long periods of time so it either has to hurry or miss the boat. Mine will send in what it finished and want to wait a while before getting a new one. I get impatient.

Later

:D :D :D :D

edit: My typing sucks OK. It's in my sig. Don't bug me about it. :p

I don't think it's a network problem for me. I can still access the web and my e-mail just fine. I will try taking a look in the folding forums and see if I can find any clues. Thanks.

I am still having trouble getting my home machine folding. I have tried both the 5.02 and 5.04beta versions of the clients. I will attach my FAHlog file in hopes that someone can provide some insight. Also another interesting thing, FAH used to work when I had Mandriva installed at home, but with Ubuntu 5.10 it doesn't.

I found someone with the same error message here: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archiv...p/t-18393.html

Basically make sure that in your client.cfg under http you have active=no. Apparently that's a setting for proxy connections that will give the error message you're seeing if you're not actually on a proxy.

Thanks for the suggestion my config file looks like this:

Code:

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[settings]
username=JayMan8081
team=36480
asknet=no
machineid=1

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080

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I've done some searches on the Ubuntu forums and the Folding forums with no luck so far. I double-checked and I don't have a firewall running in Ubuntu so I'm still looking for more suggestions. Thanks. :)

It must be something else then...my /opt/foldingathome/client1/client.cfg is:

[settings]
username=je_fro
team=36480
asknet=no
bigpackets=yes
machineid=1
local=67

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080

[core]
checkpoint=10

Well for now I found a temporary fix. I found a link from the Folding forums to a site where I could manually download the cores. This works and the first WU finished yesterday and it had no problems submitting the results. So I guess for now I will just continue to download the cores by hand.

Hey, guys, you've gotten me folding, too (and yes, I'm on the justlinux team, lol).

Hooray!
Welcome aboard! :D

I finally figured out why my FAH clients could not dowload wu. It was because I had set my router to block some websites and apparently it was also blocking FAH from requesting and downloading new working units. So all is better now and I have a new machine doing folding now! :)

Does anyone here use the advmethods flag along with allowing BigWUs? What effect does it have on your PC? Is it still useable for other tasks while folding? For example can you still do development, compiling, and web surfing? I am thinking about using both those options but I still need to be able to do C++ development while folding runs in the background. Thanks!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by JayMan8081

Does anyone here use the advmethods flag along with allowing BigWUs? What effect does it have on your PC? Is it still useable for other tasks while folding? For example can you still do development, compiling, and web surfing? I am thinking about using both those options but I still need to be able to do C++ development while folding runs in the background. Thanks!

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Not sure about the advmethods flag but FAH is configured with a nice level that it backs off considerably if the proc is required for something else. There are occasions where this does not occur but I haven't had any problems with daily usage and folding. I forget it's running most of the time.

If he is running Linux like I think he is, you won't even know it is running at all. It is set at the lowet priority and only uses the CPU cycles that are usually idle. You can do whatever you want and never know it is running.

I run Gentoo, which compiles everything from source that exists and I can't tell it is running at all. I have four compters running folding and it works fine.

Later

:D :D :D :D :D

Yeah, I use big WU's, but then again I have a lot of ram. AFAIK, the big ones will advance your score faster, but they can take a looooong time on an older machine.

I know that, with the normal options, I can run FAH in the background without really affecting performance. I was specifically asking about the big WUs as my work machine has a P4 proc and 2 GB RAM. So I was thinking of turning on the big WUs and advmethods but it's my work machine as well so it still needs to be functional. I think I will try it out when I get back into the office after the holidays. Thanks for the advice.

Well after a hiatus I am folding again with some force. A Sempron has replaced a PII and a Barton 3200 was replaced with a AMD64 3000+. Need a new mobo for the ol' barton to get it folding again. Need to get around to giving a PIV a new hdd and reassigning an old PII to get them folding.

I am a lowlife and a spammer and I should be flogged.
Glad I got that off my chest :D

Just an update on our status:

We are currently ranked 146th out of 42383 teams.
We have over 3430016 points.
202 Active CPUs, not bad considering we only have around 40 active members! The sad part of this is we have had 103 people join and only 40 have remained active! :(
Currently we have 2 members churning out over 1000 points a day - dkeav and andermic. :O
We average roughly 229 Points Per Day.

(ssh home.net && /etc/init.d/foldingathome start && exit)
/me cracks the whip! C'mon gang! Let's take it to the next level!
How does this sound, "Top 100 F@H Team!"
I wonder if they'd give us T-shirts? :D

i cured cancer and all i got was this lousy t-shirt :D

I don't have a unintinfo.txt file. Any ideas why? Here's some info:

Code:

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# pwd
/opt/foldingathome/client1
localhost client1 # ls
FAHlog.txt  MyFolding.html  client.cfg  foldingathome  machinedependent.dat
localhost client1 # cat client.cfg
[settings]
username=ions
team=36480
asknet=no
bigpackets=yes
machineid=1

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080

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Looking at the points it would appear I'm still reporting, although there has been a slight drop, and top shows foldingathome is working on something pretty hard.

Code:

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# ps aux | grep folding
104      13408 98.4  0.0  1836  616 ?        RNs  Jan24 2227:02 /opt/foldingathome/client1/foldingathome

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Hmmm:

Code:

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# cat FAHlog.txt


--- Opening Log file [January 25 00:36:29]


# Linux Console Edition #######################################################
###############################################################################

                      Folding@Home Client Version 5.02

                          http://folding.stanford.edu

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

Launch directory: /opt/foldingathome/client1
Executable: /opt/foldingathome/client1/foldingathome
Arguments: -configonly

[00:36:29] Configuring Folding@Home...


[00:36:49] - Ask before connecting: No
[00:36:49] - User name: ions (Team 36480)
[00:36:49] - User ID not found locally
[00:36:49] + Requesting User ID from server
[00:36:49] - Machine ID: 1
[00:36:49]
[00:36:49] -configonly flag given, so exiting.


--- Opening Log file [January 25 00:40:51]


# Linux Console Edition #######################################################
###############################################################################

                      Folding@Home Client Version 5.02

                          http://folding.stanford.edu

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

Launch directory: /opt/foldingathome/client1
Executable: /opt/foldingathome/client1/foldingathome
Arguments: -configonly

[00:40:51] - Ask before connecting: No
[00:40:51] - User name: ions (Team 36480)
[00:40:51] - User ID: 7846A4AB29642002
[00:40:51] - Machine ID: 1
[00:40:51]
[00:40:51] Configuring Folding@Home...


[00:41:06] - Ask before connecting: No
[00:41:06] - User name: ions (Team 36480)
[00:41:06] - User ID: 7846A4AB29642002
[00:41:06] - Machine ID: 1
[00:41:06]
[00:41:06] -configonly flag given, so exiting.

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So I ran the config once again:

Code:

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# /opt/foldingathome/initfolding

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

Folding@Home User Configuration



--- Opening Log file [January 26 14:26:40]


# Linux Console Edition #######################################################
###############################################################################

                      Folding@Home Client Version 5.02

                          http://folding.stanford.edu

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

Launch directory: /opt/foldingathome/client1
Executable: /opt/foldingathome/client1/foldingathome
Arguments: -configonly

[14:26:40] - Ask before connecting: No
[14:26:40] - User name: ions (Team 36480)
[14:26:40] - User ID: 7846A4AB29642002
[14:26:40] - Machine ID: 1
[14:26:40]
[14:26:40] Configuring Folding@Home...

User name [ions]?
Team Number [36480]?
Ask before fetching/sending work (no/yes) [no]?
Use proxy (yes/no) [no]?
Allow receipt of work assignments and return of work results greater than
 5MB in size (such work units may have large memory demands) (no/yes) [yes]?
Change advanced options (yes/no) [no]?

[14:26:50] - Ask before connecting: No
[14:26:50] - User name: ions (Team 36480)
[14:26:50] - User ID: 7846A4AB29642002
[14:26:50] - Machine ID: 1
[14:26:50]
[14:26:50] -configonly flag given, so exiting.
/opt/foldingathome/initfolding: line 4:  6218 Terminated              /opt/foldingathome/client1/foldingathome -configonly

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Where is this -configonly flag coming from?!

Here are my USE flags:

Code:

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USE="alsa apm avi asf bash-completion bitmap-fonts calendars cups dvd dvdr eds encode evo \
    foomaticdb ftp gb gd gif gnome gtk gtk2 hal jabber java jpeg mozilla mp3 mpeg \
    msn nptl nptlonly offensive php png pnp quicktime samba scanner \
    spell tiff truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb vorbis win32codecs xine xmms yahoo -kde \
    -mozdevelop -moznocompose -moznoirc -moznomail -moznofxt -mozsvg -qt \
    -xinerama"

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I don't see a -configonly there.

And this is the version installed:

Code:

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# emerge -vps foldingathome
Searching...
[ Results for search key : foldingathome ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]

*  sci-biology/foldingathome
      Latest version available: 5.0.2-r4
      Latest version installed: 5.0.2-r4
      Size of downloaded files: 243 kB
      Homepage:    http://folding.stanford.edu/
      Description: Help simulate protein folding at home
      License:    folding-at-home

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by dkeav

i cured cancer and all i got was this lousy t-shirt :D

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You got a t-shirt?:D

ions, is there something in the init script that would be adding -configonly?

If it does I'm not aware of it. My points have dropped. Even though the proc is working on something it's not folding.

tail -f /opt/foldingathome/client1/FAHlog.txt
it's folding, but probably as Anonymous for the gentoo team. Gotta fix client.cfg, I think.

Code:

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# tail -f /opt/foldingathome/client1/FAHlog.txt
[14:31:01]
[14:31:01] Configuring Folding@Home...


[14:31:07] - Ask before connecting: No
[14:31:07] - User name: ions (Team 36480)
[14:31:07] - User ID: 7846A4AB29642002
[14:31:07] - Machine ID: 1
[14:31:07]
[14:31:07] -configonly flag given, so exiting.

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What about just downloading the binary from the official site? Not running Gentoo myself, is there any benefit to using the package from Portage?

the one from portage works fine....
what about this?

$ cat /opt/foldingathome/client1/client.cfg
[settings]
username=je_fro
team=36480
asknet=no
bigpackets=yes
machineid=1
local=75

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080

[core]
checkpoint=10

Code:

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# cat /opt/foldingathome/client1/client.cfg
[settings]
username=ions
team=36480
asknet=no
bigpackets=yes
machineid=1

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080

---

Code:

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jeff@speedy ~ $ ls /opt/foldingathome/       
client1  client3  client5  client7  copy_client_config
client2  client4  client6  client8  initfolding
jeff@speedy ~ $ ls /opt/foldingathome/client1/
FAHlog-Prev.txt  FahCore_79.exe  client.cfg            unitinfo.txt
FAHlog.txt      FahCore_7a.exe  foldingathome        work
FahCore_65.exe  FahCore_82.exe  machinedependent.dat
FahCore_78.exe  MyFolding.html  queue.dat

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Do you have all that?

oh, and everything in /etc/conf.d/foldingathome is commented out except for CPU=0

Code:

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# ls /opt/foldingathome/
client1  client3  client5  client7  copy_client_config
client2  client4  client6  client8  initfolding
localhost client1 # ls /opt/foldingathome/client1/
FAHlog.txt  MyFolding.html  client.cfg  foldingathome  machinedependent.dat

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Yup, everything in /etc/conf.d/foldingathome is commented out except for CPU=0.