Seti@Home optimized science apps and information
Optimized Seti@Home apps => Linux => Topic started by: TouchuvGrey on 22 Nov 2007, 08:31:20 pm
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i just installed ubuntu linux on my laptop. Looks like i trashed Windows in the
process but oh well. Can someone point me at a simple explanation of
how to install a linux version of SETI/BOINC ( preferably an optimized app )
on my computer ? ( AMD Turion 64 SSE2 )
Mike
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OK, i have SETI@Home running now, regular version. Going to try
andfigure out how to get an optimized app now.
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Can someone point me at a simple explanation of
how to install a linux version of SETI/BOINC ( preferably an optimized app )
on my computer ? ( AMD Turion 64 SSE2 )
Mike
My way is to download the Linux version of BOINC from the BOINC download page. Move the file you download into the home folder. Go to Accessories, open a terminal and type into it
sh boinc*
Then type
cd BOINC
./run_client
open another terminal (if you open one in a tab, it will already be in the BOINC directory) and type
./run_manager
Then you will have the gui, which works like the one in windows and you can attach to Seti.
I let it download a work unit or two and set it to no new work. After the first two are done, then I report them and stop boinc by going back to the first terminal and typing
CTRL C
I close that terminal out and stop the boinc manager too. I download my optimized app. With your AMD, you want a generic sse2 linux app, 32 bit if you are using 32 bit linux. If you are not, you will have other issues, but I can help you with those.
Go to the projects folder in your BOINC folder and remove the Seti app there. Extract the optimized app and it's app info xml either into it's own folder and copy it into the project folder or extract it directly into the project folder, ARK is pretty easy to figure out.
When you start BOINC up again in the terminal the way you did before, then you should be crunching with the optimized app.
A lot of guys like the BOINC with Synaptic Package manager, but I don't. I like to run BOINC from the home folder. Hope this helps and welcome to Linux and Optimized Seti.
Pam
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OK, i have SETI@Home running now, regular version. Going to try
andfigure out how to get an optimized app now.
Oops, I need to read further down, I guess. If you did Synaptic Package manager BOINC, it's in the var lib folder and you will need to either get a super user Nautilus window to get your app in there or type a bunch of code in a terminal after sudo to untar it in there.
If you want to do my kludgy easy way, you would have to get rid of the Synaptic BOINC first, because Synpatic BOINC and Home Folder BOINC don't coexist.
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Hello Pam:
And Thank you, 46 views and you were the first to respond. I think i managed
it by myself though, but may have screwed up. This is what i see in "Messages"
Found app_info.xml: using anonymous platform
[error] No app version for result i686-pc-linux-gnu 527
[error] No app version for result i686-pc-linux-gnu 527
[error] No app version for result i686-pc-linux-gnu 527
[error] No app version for result i686-pc-linux-gnu 527
[error] State file error: result 22fe07ac.25718.9070.12.6.111_1 not found
Processor features: fpu vme de psc tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 cflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxe...
OS: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic
addendum: ubuntu 7.10 here if it makes a difference and how can i tell if
i'm running 32 or 64 bit linux ? ( there will be a lot more "newbie" type
questions i'm sure )
Any help will be appreciated.
Mike
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i restarted and now i get
Found app_info.xml: using anonymous platform
Processor: 1 AuthenticAMD AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-34 [Family 15 Model 36 Stepping 2]
Processor features: fpu vme de psc tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 cflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxe...
OS: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic
???
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addendum: ubuntu 7.10 here if it makes a difference and how can i tell if
i'm running 32 or 64 bit linux ? ( there will be a lot more "newbie" type
questions i'm sure )
Any help will be appreciated.
Mike
I think if you select the AMD64 Ubuntu, you get 64 bit but if you are running BOINC right now, you must be running 32 bit. If you have 64 bit, it usually takes getting ia 32 libraries to get BOINC to work the way I do it. It has become one of my steps when I install Ubuntu.
the version 527 error may be from not being metioned in the app info xml. I just looked at my app info's and they only refer to 515, so maybe I am missing out on some types of work units.
So help us out fellas, what does a good app info xml say nowadays? Do we have a 5.27 Seti Linux app? I see one of Crunch3r's for 32 bit Linux refers to 5.28.
Pam
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So help us out fellas, what does a good app info xml say nowadays? Do we have a 5.27 Seti Linux app? I see one of Crunch3r's for 32 bit Linux refers to 5.28.
Pam
I don't run Linux and although I try to follow the discussions on the subject the details often get lost. But I do know there are versions of BOINC for both 32 bit and 64 bit, see the all versions (http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php) page. Through 5.10.21 they were trying to make builds which would install on any version of Linux, more recently they changed to builds for Ubuntu though I think the target is the version before 7.10.
The S@H applications (http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/apps.php) situation is more complex. The stock build for 32 bit Linux/x86 is version 5.27, but for 64 bit there are both 5.12 and 5.28 versions. IIRC it depends on the platform string BOINC sends which of those would be downloaded.
But with an app_info.xml the S@H application version doesn't really matter, there was a problem before BOINC 5.5.13 but all recent BOINC versions are OK. But again the platform string reported by BOINC does matter, the servers won't send work unless that matches one of the platform strings they expect.
AFAIK, the app_info.xml files Crunch3r supplies with the Linux builds should work well, I don't recall any complaints.
Joe
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OK, now another question on my newly linuxed laptop the benchmarks are
Operating System Linux
2.6.22-14-generic
Memory 1010.05 MB
Cache 1024 KB
Measured floating point speed 612.46 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 1190.09 million ops/sec
while the results for the same compter 2 days ago were ( before linux )
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Professional Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00)
Memory 1022.17 MB
Cache 976.56 KB
Measured floating point speed 1785.81 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 3256.43 million ops/sec
Any thoughts on this ?
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OK, now another question on my newly linuxed laptop the benchmarks are
Operating System Linux
2.6.22-14-generic
Memory 1010.05 MB
Cache 1024 KB
Measured floating point speed 612.46 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 1190.09 million ops/sec
while the results for the same compter 2 days ago were ( before linux )
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Professional Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00)
Memory 1022.17 MB
Cache 976.56 KB
Measured floating point speed 1785.81 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 3256.43 million ops/sec
Any thoughts on this ?
Hmm, your result under Linux (http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=665676575) shows:
Revision: R-2.2B|xW|FFT:IPP_SSE2|Ben-Joe
CPUID: AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-34
CPUs: 1, cores: 1, cache: L1=64K, L2=1024K, L3=0K
Features: MMX 3DNow! 3DNow!+ SSE SSE2
speed: 797 MHz -- read MB/s: L1=975, L2=1289, RAM=946
while a result under WinXP (http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=659876281) showed:
Revision: 2.2B|xK|FFT:IPP_SSE|Ben-Joe
CPUID: AMD Turion 64 'Lancaster'
CPUs: 1, cores: 1, threads: 1 cache: L1=64K, L2=1024K, L3=0K
Features: MMX, 3DNow!, 3DNow!+, SSE, SSE2, SSE3,
speed: 1778 MHz -- read MB/s: L1=9769, L2=4997, RAM=1947
That seems to indicate the CPU is being throttled under Linux by Cool'nQuiet or whatever the Linux equivalent is. Beyond that, BOINC on Linux is built with a different compiler than BOINC on Windows, so the benchmarks do tend to be different. Earlier this year the developers worked on equalizing them by using specific optimization options for that part of the Linux build, but I don't think they used a Turion system to do the comparisons.
When you get a chance, switch to a 2.4 or 2.4V build. They're a touch faster and use the current multiplier when reporting fpops_cumulative, so your credit claims would match current standards.
Joe
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I certainly did not do anything to deliberately throttle the CPU.
Any suggestions as to what it is, where i can find it, and how to
set it to full throttle ?
Mike
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I certainly did not do anything to deliberately throttle the CPU.
Any suggestions as to what it is, where i can find it, and how to
set it to full throttle ?
Mike
It's a power management function, and of course everyone assumes that the goal is minimal power usage to get ordinary tasks done. I think it will be using the AMD Athlon™ 64/FX Cpufreq Driver for Linux as described on this AMD page (http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_9706,00.html). According to that the driver is built into the kernel, though my understanding is that different distros may build their kernels differently.
A similar case to yours is discussed in this thread about Folding@home (http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66552). Perhaps the final post will give you some hints on how to control.
Here's one more link (http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/11/04/enabling-cpu-frequency-scaling/) which might be helpful, but note that it is about 2 years old.
I'm sorry I can't help more, we need a real Ubuntu guru.
Joe
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Another thing I do when I install Ubuntu is remove Powernowd if I don't like the way it acts with BOINC. I like to put the CPU usage applet on the panel (with Gnome) and if it is showing 100% while BOINC is going, then I don't worry about it, but if it shows throttling, I take it out with Synaptic Package Manager. I don't worry about benchmarks between Linux or Windows, since benchmarks don't play a role in credit anymore at Seti.
Pam
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OK, i found it, removed it with Synaptic Package Manager ( did not know
i had it, will investigate it carefully ) re booting now, running benchmarks
Bingo partly at least benchmarks are now
Operating System Linux
2.6.22-14-generic
Memory 1010.05 MB
Cache 1024 KB
Measured floating point speed 1407.8 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 2686.86 million ops/sec
better than what they were, but still not what they used to be.
i'll take it for now, any progress is better than none.
Mike
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I'm using the 5.10.28 Ubuntu release downloaded & installed to my /home--I agree that I like seti run from /home. Running Beta testing 8.04 Hardy with no problems....Interesting--my app_info shows version_num 521--I'll try changing it to 528 & see what happens---
I just download & install the basic seti app to my /home & after I run a couple of units I stop it & sub the optimized one for it---
Grey---you can goto System>Preferences>Main Menu & create a start launcher for the manager--just mod the run_manager script you will find in your BOINC folder--E me at autocrosser1<at>gmail<dot>com & I'll shoot you some more info-----You can also mod the run_client script & set it to run as soon as you login--I'll cover that also---
By the way---I'm autocrosser at ubuntuforums.org----
<note> All it seemed to do is reload all my w/u--unsure if it changed anything else.
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By the way---I'm autocrosser at ubuntuforums.org----
<note> All it seemed to do is reload all my w/u--unsure if it changed anything else.
Welcome, autocrosser, nice to see you here.
Pam
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Welcome, autocrosser, nice to see you here.
Pam
Greetings & glad to finally talk to everyone here. I lurked around for quite a while---normally have too much work with Ubuntu to chat much of anywhere else. We are at a bit of a lull right now--the new Xorg still won't work with the restricted Nvidia drivers & the alpha seems to be working very well---waiting for the rewrite of network manager. Started crunching SETI late in Oct 1999 (Blue/White 300mhz G3) & do use a Pent D 3.4 for my Linux machine.
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running 64 bit ubuntu 7.04 now
|Benchmark results:
| Number of CPUs: 1
| 1391 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
| 3480 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
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I think i have the optimized application installed. What should
i look for in messages that will tell me if i do or don't ?
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When BOINC starts up, I think there is a "found app info xml using anonymous platform" message. But even if there isn't, then you will know for sure from the messages in your results- when you look at them on the internet, they will show there, when you select results and then task id.
Pam
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OK, got this online:
<core_client_version>5.10.28</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<stderr_txt>
setiathome_enhanced 5.28 Revision: 26 g++ (GCC) 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)
libboinc: BOINC 6.1.0
What does it tell us ?
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OK, got this online:
<core_client_version>5.10.28</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<stderr_txt>
setiathome_enhanced 5.28 Revision: 26 g++ (GCC) 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)
libboinc: BOINC 6.1.0
What does it tell us ?
It says the host is still running the stock application.
The project is about to go into its weekly downtime, but after it is back up, go to the Top Computers list from the home page, look for a host running Linux and check some of that host's results to see what the optimized app puts in. It is actually quite similar to what a Windows optimized app has:
Optimized SETI@Home Enhanced application
Optimizers: Ben Herndon, Josef Segur, Alex Kan, Simon Zadra
Version: Windows SSE2 32-bit based on S@H V5.15 'Noo? No - Ni!'
Revision: R-2.4V|xW|FFT:FFTW3_SSE2|Ben-Joe
CPUID: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.60GHz
Speed: 1 x 1620 MHz
Features: MMX SSE SSE2
Joe
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Can someone point me at a simple explanation of
how to install a linux version of SETI/BOINC ( preferably an optimized app )
on my computer ? ( AMD Turion 64 SSE2 )
Mike
My way is to download the Linux version of BOINC from the BOINC download page. Move the file you download into the home folder. Go to Accessories, open a terminal and type into it
sh boinc*
Then type
cd BOINC
./run_client
open another terminal (if you open one in a tab, it will already be in the BOINC directory) and type
./run_manager
Then you will have the gui, which works like the one in windows and you can attach to Seti.
I let it download a work unit or two and set it to no new work. After the first two are done, then I report them and stop boinc by going back to the first terminal and typing
CTRL C
I close that terminal out and stop the boinc manager too. I download my optimized app. With your AMD, you want a generic sse2 linux app, 32 bit if you are using 32 bit linux. If you are not, you will have other issues, but I can help you with those.
Go to the projects folder in your BOINC folder and remove the Seti app there. Extract the optimized app and it's app info xml either into it's own folder and copy it into the project folder or extract it directly into the project folder, ARK is pretty easy to figure out.
When you start BOINC up again in the terminal the way you did before, then you should be crunching with the optimized app.
A lot of guys like the BOINC with Synaptic Package manager, but I don't. I like to run BOINC from the home folder. Hope this helps and welcome to Linux and Optimized Seti.
Pam
Hello Pam:
I am ( now ) running 64 bit ubuntu and cannot for the life of me
get an optimized application to run. Any suggestions ?
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<core_client_version>5.10.28</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<stderr_txt>
Optimized SETI@Home Enhanced application
Optimizers: Ben Herndon, Josef Segur, Alex Kan, Simon Zadra
Linux port: Crunch3r, Hans Dorn, Simon Zadra
Version: Linux 64-bit based on S@H V5.15 'Noo? No - Ni!'
Revision: R-2.4|xW|FFT:IPP_SSE2|Ben-Joe
CPUID: AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-34
CPUs: 1, cores: 1, cache: L1=64K, L2=1024K, L3=0K
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Not long ago when I last set up Ubuntu on my new AMD laptop, I could not get the 64 bit 5.10.28 BOINC to run anything. It would say the work unit was suspended, even though I had not set BOINC to suspend anything. I couldn't find anywhere anyone else experiencing this problem, but I fixed it by switching to Crunch3r's 64 bit 6.1 BOINC client. Let me hunt down the link for that...
http://calbe.dw70.de/boinc_red.html
I changed the name of the file from boinc-client to boinc and dropped it into my boinc folder and everything was cool. I've been using this on all my 64 bit Linux boxes.
Pam
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Unless i'm missing something ( very possible ) i've got the optimized version
installed and running:
Fri 15 Feb 2008 06:31:54 AM CST||Starting BOINC client version 5.10.28 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Fri 15 Feb 2008 06:31:54 AM CST||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
Fri 15 Feb 2008 06:31:54 AM CST||Libraries: libcurl/7.17.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3
Fri 15 Feb 2008 06:31:54 AM CST||Data directory: /home/mike/BOINC
Fri 15 Feb 2008 06:31:54 AM CST|SETI@home|Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
Fri 15 Feb 2008 06:31:54 AM CST||Processor: 1 AuthenticAMD AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-34 [Family 15 Model 36 Stepping 2]
Fri 15 Feb 2008 06:31:54 AM CST||Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm
please let me know if i'm wrong
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Unless i'm missing something ( very possible ) i've got the optimized version
installed and running:
please let me know if i'm wrong
You got it. You are optimized.
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i think i'll stick with this one 2.4_Linux64_kernel_2.6_generic_SSE2.tar.bz2
that i got on the downloads page for a while and see how it goes. Though
i'm always looking for something crunchier to run.
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I'm puzzled here, 64 bit ubuntu, optimized application
RAc is now appx 211 on that machine.
211.62 21,327 AuthenticAMD
AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-34 [Family 15 Model 36 Stepping 2] Linux
2.6.20-16-generic
identical machine not 6 feet away running XP Pro SP2 is
314.92 146,499 AuthenticAMD
AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-34 [x86 Family 15 Model 36 Stepping 2] Microsoft Windows XP
Professional Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00)
I would have thought linux would be faster. Both machine on and permitted to run BOINC
24/7. Can anyone offer any insight or suggestions here ?
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211.62 21,327 AuthenticAMD
...
identical machine not 6 feet away running XP Pro SP2 is
314.92 146,499 AuthenticAMD
...
I would have thought linux would be faster. Both machine on and permitted to run BOINC
24/7. Can anyone offer any insight or suggestions here ?
It takes RAC usually 6 to 8 weeks to level out. How long are yours running ? Did you compare runtimes of single work units having very close/identical Angle Ranges (AR) ?