Posts by carmar Universe@Home

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Server Thread (Message 5942) Posted 10 Nov 2022 by carmar Post: Amen. Thanks for the notice.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Server Thread (Message 5933) Posted 9 Nov 2022 by carmar Post: Right now it seems the download and upload servers are the only ones working. Everything else shows as Not Running or Disabled.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Does Universe@Home ever roll over some tasks? (Message 5906) Posted 17 Oct 2022 by carmar Post: I did the “merge computers” action hoping something would change. Maybe that was the reason.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Does Universe@Home ever roll over some tasks? (Message 5904) Posted 17 Oct 2022 by carmar Post: Thanks. I only see 1 task which I had already aborted but shows as In Progress. I’ll just go with the 901 that Grant found. Has to be the right number. I appreciate everyone’s help and time.
5) Message boards : Number crunching : Does Universe@Home ever roll over some tasks? (Message 5902) Posted 16 Oct 2022 by carmar Post: Interesting. They’re both the same computer. When I login, I see all my computers properly merged. So I tried viewing my profile without logging in and then I see what you see. However, I still don’t see the 901 number of tasks. Could you point me to how you found that?
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Does Universe@Home ever roll over some tasks? (Message 5899) Posted 15 Oct 2022 by carmar Post: Thanks. That’s why I asked here. My account page shows nothing. I’ve been contributing solely to Einstein for a few weeks and I think that absence is all it took to wipe out all my numbers. I have total credit & RAC of course, just not anything beyond those.
7) Message boards : Number crunching : Does Universe@Home ever roll over some tasks? (Message 5897) Posted 14 Oct 2022 by carmar Post: Thank you both. I’ll have to give up on the idea. @Keith - Valid tasks would have been good enough. But your noting of the credit change throws a wrench in the works. @Grant - Unfortunately, I have had to reinstall BOINC a few times. Mostly due to: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=14506 That may have thrown off the readings. For example, my MLC tasks show as 199 even though I’ve done > 2k for that project (their website preserves task count).
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Does Universe@Home ever roll over some tasks? (Message 5894) Posted 13 Oct 2022 by carmar Post: I’m not sure if this is the right place to post. I understand that it is not possible to see the actual tasks since they get removed but is it possible to get a total count for each of my machines?
9) Message boards : Number crunching : Varying task time (Message 5802) Posted 1 Sep 2022 by carmar Post: Thanks.
10) Message boards : Number crunching : Varying task time (Message 5800) Posted 31 Aug 2022 by carmar Post: Also the brownie points are fixed at some multiple of the speed of a vinyl LP. One of my machines hasn’t been on since the 26th but I still see credit being added to it. I’m guessing this is an example of what you meant? That such “true up” is done long after the work has been submitted?
11) Message boards : Number crunching : too much task sent (Message 5797) Posted 27 Aug 2022 by carmar Post: You can decide how many tasks to accumulate: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Editing_computing_preferences_with_the_BOINC_Manager Change number of days of stored work.
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Confirm no nvidia GPU task (Message 5743) Posted 7 Aug 2022 by carmar Post: Thank you for the walkthrough. I checked again after a fresh boot. Both CUDA and OpenCL entries identify my nvidia GPU. I got one line for each. The event log refreshes very quickly and I couldn’t find the entries again but at least I can confirm. Btw, I use a fork of Ubuntu, so no risk of MS drivers. But I appreciate the heads-up on directly getting drivers from nvidia site. When I used to be on Windows, I always used Nvidia site.
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Confirm no nvidia GPU task (Message 5741) Posted 7 Aug 2022 by carmar Post: Thank you for your detailed explanation. Apologies again - my language was unclear. I have one machine with Nvidia GPU and two with only integrated GPUs. I don’t have any machines with AMD GPUs. I have seen the nvidia GPU process tasks for other projects. I did look at the event log but all I saw were lines about uploading tasks. However, you answered my question by confirming that only CPUs are used for this project, as well as clarified that not all applications for any project would use GPUs. Thanks again.
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Confirm no nvidia GPU task (Message 5739) Posted 7 Aug 2022 by carmar Post: Sorry for the stupid question but I’d just like to confirm that only AMD GPU can process tasks but not NVIDIA, correct? My conclusion is based off (a) the preferences parameters and (b) I’ve never seen my GPU being used (I have one machine with NVIDIA). Thanks.
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Varying task time (Message 5721) Posted 25 Jul 2022 by carmar Post: Thanks. I’ll give it another shot.
16) Message boards : Number crunching : Varying task time (Message 5714) Posted 21 Jul 2022 by carmar Post: LOL. On that note, I did notice that at certain times of the day I wouldn’t get credit and that would be corrected the next day. Thanks. For now, since the machine I use the most isn’t powerful, I’ve decided to move away from this project. My old beater may die waiting for these tasks to finish. ;)
17) Message boards : Number crunching : Varying task time (Message 5711) Posted 20 Jul 2022 by carmar Post: Thanks. I probably didn’t notice until now since I haven’t been on that long.
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Varying task time (Message 5709) Posted 20 Jul 2022 by carmar Post: Hi. This week I noticed variation in my task times. Typically 2.5 hrs/task. Now it has been in the 3~4 hour range. I saw one task complete in 1.25 hrs. Credit is same per task. Any ideas as to why? Thanks.