I just folded my first protein

[techwise]

You must have the 32bit libraries installed to execute the fah6 64 bit client. There are details as to why on the FAH site but just do an "apt-get install ia32-libs" and then run it again. Ubuntu has no multi lib issues like mentioned.

The general consensus on dual core procs is to not run the "-smp" option but if you have a quad core the run it like "./fah6 -smp" and it will work on all cores.

Cheers

Mike

[bwkaz]

Ubuntu has no multi lib issues like mentioned.

Ah, good. Debian used to only support multiple bit-width binaries using a chroot setup (I'm not sure if it still does only work that way though); it's good to see that Ubuntu natively supports multilib via /lib and /lib64.

[techwise]

Ok everyone, we are on the threshold of 10,000,000 points for the JL folding team.

Unfortunately we keep loosing ground in the team rankings. I know we can do better. Spread the word and make sure you have folding running on any available idle procs you can get your hands on and maybe we can gain some ground in the team ranks. Remember, it's for a good cause.

Grand Score 9990884

Cheers

Mike

[cybertron]

I'll be firing up my new quad core as soon as I find the right overclock, and that should increase my point production quite a bit.

[bs_texas]

Hey....

I just noticed also that we are about to pass the 10,000,000 milestone.

I am on my latest acquisition, a notebook with a Core 2 Duo Extreme X7900 2.8Ghz. It's a Dell M1730. (M for Massive!)

It has Windows Vister Ultimate. I'm testing Ubuntu 64bit on another machine. Once I get that sorted out, I may go that route on this machine.

But, I'll never catch mhanson at this rate!

[bs_texas]

. . . just do an "apt-get install ia32-libs" and then run it again.

Hmmm...

bs@bs-ubuntu64:~$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
[sudo] password for bs:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package ia32-libs
bs@bs-ubuntu64:~$

I assume this is a repository issue, and I don't know much about repositories with Ubuntu 7.10 64bit. I guess I need to select one or more of the check boxes below. I threw the DVD in but it still didn't find it.
This is from the Synaptic Package Manager:

[bs_texas]

Well, I'm in business. I selected the top 2. Did a Reload in Synaptic. Went from somewhere around 1600 files to over 22,000!!

ia32-libs was there.

Now I have this: The CPUs seems to be playing pong with the cycles.

[bwkaz]

Now I have this: The CPUs seems to be playing pong with the cycles.

Let me start over, since I misinterpreted what you were asking last time.

You have two CPUs (well, probably two cores, but close enough). You have a single process running the F@H stuff. That process is bouncing between CPUs from time to time, because that's what Linux does (you can prevent this by setting the affinity of the process, but that can cause bad stuff to happen too, so I wouldn't recommend it).

You have two lines on that graph, one for each CPU. When one isn't running, the other one is (for the most part: there are a few points where some other process wakes up and runs for a short time). That generally just means that a single process is running on each CPU in turn.

If you want to see both of them running at 100% all the time, you can either start another instance of fah6 (if it lets you do that), or tell it to run multiple jobs in parallel on its own. (I don't see any reason they'd recommend against doing this on a dual-core machine, actually. There is no difference (to the OS or user programs anyway) between two "full" CPUs and a single package with two cores in it. So it shouldn't matter one bit.)

[bs_texas]

Sorry for the delay in getting back to this. But, as I posted in another thread the other day, I found some instructions at the folding website and now both processors (well, cores) are running near 100%, depending on what else is going on.

I have another Core 2 Duo computer on the way. I'll have it up and folding before long. I ordered some Rocks Cluster CD's the other day through linuxcd.org. I'm going to try and cluster my 4 older computers together to work as one.

Here's how we look today:



I would post the actual link, but for some reason I can't get to folding.extremeoverclocking.com through our proxy. I have to go through pagewash first.

Looks bad for je_fro. But, I'm assuming it's just a lull in the action.

I'll have to shut down for a couple of weeks soon, as I move from Kwajalein to Roi-Namur.

[je_fro]

Hehe... it's just a lull I assure you!

[bs_texas]

je_fro, at the first of this thread you mentioned clustering 4 P-133's together.

Did you use a clustering distro or just hack out a solution on your own?

Thanks...

[bs_texas]

Well, I'm about to flat line it here for a couple of weeks while I move. I guess I should apologize in advance here for the sharp down spike we'll see. Maybe some new people can jump in and take up the slack! (hmmm... is there a pun in there?)

I was going to shut it all down today and box it up, but then I see I'm at over 497,000 points. If I can just hold off until tomorrow, maybe I'll hit the half a million points milestone! (Isn't core 2 duo fun?!)

[je_fro]

je_fro, at the first of this thread you mentioned clustering 4 P-133's together.

Did you use a clustering distro or just hack out a solution on your own?

Thanks...

I followed drobbins' openmosix tutorial over at ibm:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/es...openmosix.html

Unfortunately openmosix died recently, and I don't know what comes next... those old dell 133's are collecting dust atm

[techwise]

Ok, after I fixed some trouble with the RAID array on "silverado", it has been crunching over a week now and I should be at #1 in a few days.

I now have 15 machines folding. Two of them are the workhorses that are made up of 16 cores and 12GB of RAM. And one PS3.

We need more crunchers! Our team keeps dropping positions. Im gonna put up a link on our LUG site and see if I can get some more folders.

Cheers

Mike

[bs_texas]

He's the Wiz and noooobody beats him!!



My bunch-o-computers is back up and folding. I'll be your wing man...