Remote desktop and BOINC

[_heinz]

13.09.2010 14:31:21      Starting BOINC client version 6.10.58 for windows_x86_64
13.09.2010 14:31:21      log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
13.09.2010 14:31:21      Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3
13.09.2010 14:31:21      Data directory: D:\BOINC\DATA
13.09.2010 14:31:21      Running under account heinz
13.09.2010 14:31:21      Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5405  @ 2.00GHz [Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6]
13.09.2010 14:31:21      Processor: 6.00 MB cache
13.09.2010 14:31:21      Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 syscall nx lm vmx tm2 dca pbe
13.09.2010 14:31:21      OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Ultimate x64 Edition, Service Pack 2, (06.00.6002.00)
13.09.2010 14:31:21      Memory: 16.00 GB physical, 31.81 GB virtual
13.09.2010 14:31:21      Disk: 2.00 GB total, 1.64 GB free
13.09.2010 14:31:21      Local time is UTC +2 hours
13.09.2010 14:31:21      No usable GPUs found
13.09.2010 14:31:21   SETI@home   Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
13.09.2010 14:31:21   Milkyway@home   Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
13.09.2010 14:31:21   SETI@home Beta Test   Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
13.09.2010 14:31:21   Collatz Conjecture   Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
13.09.2010 14:31:21   SETI@home   Missing coprocessor for task 29mr10ac.1266.4980.12.10.46_1
13.09.2010 14:31:21   SETI@home   Missing coprocessor for task 29mr10ac.1266.4980.12.10.148_1
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Although I have inserted a  vga-dummy BOINC did not find my GTX470 over remote desktop.
If I use a monitor directly connected BOINC works normally.
Any idea why BOINC did not find the GPU ?

heinz

[Jason G]

remote desktop uses it's own generic sVGA drivers, which do not support Cuda.  Use VNC instead (I use TightVNC but there are others).  You'll need to get things set up with a monitor attached, then once the VNC server is operational you should be able to run headless (with a vga dummy if necessary)

Jason

[cristipurdel]

I'm using team viewer without any issues for gpu projects.

[corsair]

I really wonder to know how to do it, as I'm mariner and use to be away home, sometimes I like to do a RDC, but always thinking about the GPU work will be stopped and most of the times ended in error.

what should be the way to do a RDC and not to stop the GPU work??

[glennaxl]

radmin is the best... I can even watch any videos on the remote. Full colors - no issues. Speed is the greatest. Take a look at the comparisons here. Cost is $50 though.

[Raistmer]

In "my times" RAdmin had very nice trojan inside
Better to stop on VNC protocol

[cristipurdel]

what should be the way to do a RDC and not to stop the GPU work??

I ran seti, einstein and collatz while using team viewer, which even has a portable version.
While running gpugrid and folding, I did experience some issues, but not too often.

[HSchmirPo]

For me too Teamviewer5 is very good. Even play it on my iPhone...

[perryjay]

I've found Logmein to work well and a big plus is it's free.

[Ghost0210]

I prefer LogMeIn as well
Only downside with the free version is there's no file transfer tool on it

[_heinz]

I got Ultra VNC server (non commercial license is free) running now on v8-SK01. On my R3600 Atom VNC Viewer is installed.
I can connect to v8-SK01 and see BOINC is running and is using my GTX470. VGA Dummy connected.

13.09.2010 23:13:55      NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 470 (driver version 25896, CUDA version 3010, compute capability 2.0, 1248MB, 726 GFLOPS peak)

Thank you all for your helpful comments.

heinz