winSMP help :(

cokecan · 12 Jul 2007 at 18:09

finally got round to installing this tonight but have a few tiny problems

firstly, when i try to run the install.bat file it asks me for a username and password to the logon im using (according to standofrds quick guide). i dont have a password on my logon, nor do i want or need one but the install.bat moans it can't handle blank passwords. anyway round this???

secondly, i set up another user account with a password so i could install it properly to test with. do i have to run the fah.exe everytime i have my PC on and keep it open for it to work? seem to remember reading something on stanford about it not supporting "start as a service"

thirdly, if i closed the fah.exe then re-opened it, i end up with like 8 processes in task manager all labeled as fahcore_a1.exe. i assume that usually there should be 4 for each core of the quad.

what am i doing wrong here? lol besides being retarded

cokecan · 12 Jul 2007 at 20:03

thanks for that, though now run into a new problem lol

i followed your destructions to the letter, everythings worked great, except for 1 thing. now when i start up my PC it will run mpiexec.exe and fah.exe but fahcore_a1.exe isnt in my processes list and cpu usage is only at 20% (cos of the mpiexec.exe)

fahmon also reports this

[18:56:47] - Ask before connecting: No
[18:56:47] - User name: cokecan72 (Team 10)
[18:56:47] - User ID: 662AEF1D3B3A5289
[18:56:47] - Machine ID: 1
[18:56:47]
[18:56:48] Loaded queue successfully.
[18:56:48]
[18:56:48] + Processing work unit
[18:56:48] - Autosending finished units...
[18:56:48] Core required: FahCore_a1.exe
[18:56:48] Trying to send all finished work units
[18:56:48] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[18:56:48] - Autosend completed
[18:56:48] Core found.
[18:56:48] Working on Unit 01 [July 12 18:56:48]
[18:56:48] + Working ...
[18:56:48] - Calling 'mpiexec -channel auto -np 4 FahCore_a1.exe -dir work/ -suffix 01 -checkpoint 30 -service -forceasm -verbose -lifeline 2032 -version 591'

cokecan · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:28

well after numerous installs and re-installs i finally got it working though still not so it starts up when i log on

apparantly it was something to do with the folder name i put it in. changing it from F@H to FAHSMP seemed to work. now it's been folding happily all day so far....with a 2k ppd and 12min a frame benchmark might i add (on a project 2605)