winSMP help :(

[cokecan]

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

 

[BillytheImpaler]

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???

Nope, not at the moment. The method you used below seems to be sufficient. You could always use the Administrator account you created when you installed and continue using your own user account for everything else.

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"

There is a way around the lack of a service installer that works. In short:
1) Close F@H if you are currently running it

2) Navigate to the folder in which you have F@H installed via the command window and run "fah.exe -configonly"

3) Configure the client, making sure to select the option to install F@H as a service.

4) Run Regedit and locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->System->CurrentControlSet->Services->FAH* Key.

The key will be in the format "FAH@<DRIVELETTER>+<DIRECTORY>+fah". For instance, I have F@H installed under C:\FAHSMP, so my F@H Registry key "FAH@C:+FAHSMP+fah"

5) Here, specify any options you would like to add to F@H under the ImagePath subkey, much like you did for the original F@H client. I added the string " -local -forceasm -verbosity 9" to my ImagePath subkey.

6) Close Regedit and fire up Services.msc from Windows' run menu. Find your F@H service, which is named identically to the F@H registry key, right-click on it, and select Properties.

7) In the properties dialog box, select the Log On tab and then select the This Account radio button. Enter the credentials with which you installed MPI when originally installing F@H, and click apply.

8) Close the properties dialog box, and start the 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.

It doesn't seem to be terminating properly. When you close the terminal window you need to use Ctrl C rather than just X'ing it out. Using the service method above will likely fix any problems like this. Also, no matter how many procs you have the client will always use 4 copies of the core. Just FYI.

 

[cokecan]

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]

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)