Linux: Folding@Home

Trox · 27 May 2007 at 13:33

Im pretty much a noob to this, so...

I have installed FaH as per the guide, i run the client and it starts up no problem, or so it says, i type in the following to check the status...

root@Ultima:~/foldingathome# ./folding status 1

['folding' ver. 5.5]

Status of running FAH client(s) on 1 processor(s):
Status on all possible FAH client(s):
FAH504-Linux.exe (pid 20431) is running
Status on all possible FAH cores (FahCore_78.exe):
FahCore_78.exe (pid 20600 20601 20602 20603) is running
Status on all possible 'FaH' scripts:
FaH (pid 20429) is running

Processes running from /root/foldingathome/CPU1 directory:
FAH client pids: 20431
FAH core pids: 20600 20601 20602 20603
FaH pids: 20429

FAH client flags: '-verbosity 9'

Current Work Unit
-----------------
Name: p2527_Am22-43
Download time: May 27 12:08:19
Due time: July 19 12:08:19
Progress: 0% [__________]

Status of FAH client(s): OK
root@Ultima:~/foldingathome#

All seems well, but!
Going by my Gkrellm the CPU isnt under any serious load, and the progress nver goes above 0%, i left it over night and it was still 0%.

Anyone shed some light on this please ?

Im running Ubuntu Fiesty, specs are..
FX53
2gb ram

Trox · 27 May 2007 at 14:37

problem solved!

a mate in IRC had an idea of what the problem was, it was running at 19 priority, changed it to 0 and its working normally

Cheers for errr nothing

verbal · 27 May 2007 at 15:27

Good work, welcome to the fold.

Nice to see more people using Linux as well

SiriusB · 27 May 2007 at 17:02

How did you find the guide?

Trox · 27 May 2007 at 17:08

The linux guide was good, worked first time. Only trouble was the above, i sorted it out by going in terminal
'Top' command then renice the pid for fah to 0, as it was set on 19 which is very low priority.

I would like a guide for setting up a monitor for it. Im trying to set up a Gkrellm plugin for it but im having some trouble.

Cheers for the welcome

Snapshot · 27 May 2007 at 17:08

SiriusB said:
How did you find the guide?

He just looked down the list of messages and there it was.....

I'll get me coat.

SiriusB · 27 May 2007 at 21:12

Heh, off you go!

There is a section for installing FahMon, which is by far the best Folding@Home monitor going. GKrap is a horrible, horrible program and has no place in my awesome guide.

Feisty has its own CPU monitor built-in. Right-click on the top bar and choose Add to Panel. In the list scroll down and find "CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor" then click on it and then OK. Gives you a nice little graph.

uncle_fungus · 27 May 2007 at 22:15

SiriusB said:
GKrap is a horrible, horrible program

It's not that bad, admittedly the default and many of the included themes are truly foul but there are some reasonable ones out there. It's also one of the most configurable monitors, much better and leaner than SuperKaramba.

SiriusB · 27 May 2007 at 22:28

Still don't like it. I would rather nail my lips to a door frame than install that again!

uncle_fungus · 27 May 2007 at 23:00

SiriusB said:
Still don't like it. I would rather nail my lips to a door frame than install that again!

Each to their own I suppose

WoZZeR · 27 May 2007 at 23:59

What do you chaps know about the Linux visuals for FaH that Finstall asks if you fancy. I have then on my install but haven't a clue how to get them working.

uncle_fungus · 28 May 2007 at 00:51

You mean fpd?

That's easy, run

Code:

./folding status cpus fpd

And it'll print out the full client status and give you a nice OpenGL graphic window showing the current WU.

WoZZeR · 28 May 2007 at 00:58

Cheers, will try it in the morning.