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boinc didn't recognize my dual core proc

i have acer with pentium D, last week after i upgrade to boinc 6.4.5 didn't process 2 task like the other computer. (i have 5 pc pentium D and all using same boinc version) my OS are CentOS release 5.2 (Final)any clue ?

05-Mar-2009 17:20:57 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.4.5 for i686-pc-linux-gnu
05-Mar-2009 17:20:57 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
05-Mar-2009 17:20:57 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3 c-ares/1.5.1
05-Mar-2009 17:20:57 [---] Data directory: /root/BOINC
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz [Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 7]
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl cid cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] OS: Linux: 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] Memory: 217.69 MB physical, 447.99 MB virtual
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] Disk: 71.65 GB total, 28.02 GB free
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] Local time is UTC +7 hours
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] Not using a proxy
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] No CUDA devices found
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] No coprocessors
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [World Community Grid] URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 749829; location: (none); project prefs: default
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 12-Jan-2009 23:06:19)
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] Host location: none
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] General prefs: using your defaults
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 108.85MB
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 163.27MB
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [---] Preferences limit disk usage to 10.00GB
05-Mar-2009 17:20:58 [World Community Grid] Restarting task faah5328_001995_MC_xmdEq_1BDQ_0E_0 using faah version 606

my global_prefs.xml

<global_preferences>
<source_project>http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/</source_project>
<source_scheduler>https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/boinc/w...</source_scheduler>
<mod_time>1231776379</mod_time>
<cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>120</cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>
<disk_interval>60.0</disk_interval>
<disk_max_used_gb>10.0</disk_max_used_gb>
<disk_max_used_pct>50.0</disk_max_used_pct>
<disk_min_free_gb>0.5</disk_min_free_gb>
<end_hour>0</end_hour>
<idle_time_to_run>3.0</idle_time_to_run>
<max_bytes_sec_down>0.0</max_bytes_sec_down>
<max_bytes_sec_up>0.0</max_bytes_sec_up>
<max_cpus>16</max_cpus>
<net_end_hour>0</net_end_hour>
<net_start_hour>0</net_start_hour>
<run_if_user_active/>
<start_hour>0</start_hour>
<cpu_usage_limit>100.0</cpu_usage_limit>
<ram_max_used_busy_pct>50.0</ram_max_used_busy_pct>
<ram_max_used_idle_pct>75.0</ram_max_used_idle_pct>
<vm_max_used_pct>50.0</vm_max_used_pct>
<work_buf_min_days>0.2</work_buf_min_days>
<work_buf_additional_days>1.5</work_buf_additional_days>
<suspend_if_no_recent_input>0.0</suspend_if_no_recent_input>
</global_preferences>
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Re: boinc didn't recognize my dual core proc

According to the log it does recognize your cpu as a Pentium D dual core.

Might be your memory limit. According to Boinc you only have 217.69 MB physical memory of which it is only allowed to use 108.85MB.

According to this FAQ one FAAH wu can easily use all available RAM, leaving not enough for a second.

Is the reported RAM correct? (sounds like 256MB installed which is quite limited)

Btw, the latest WCG endorsed client version is 6.2.28. 6.4.5 is known to have issues.
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Re: boinc didn't recognize my dual core proc

Yeah, may be you are right. After reboot, it works 2 task then after that only 1 task is running. sad

is there any way to make it run 2 task without adding more RAM biggrin i've just bought RAM for my core 2 duo
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Re: boinc didn't recognize my dual core proc

Depends on what you use that computer for... just crunching? If so, increase the ram % when in use.

Is a Pentium D a real dual core or virtual? Running 2 jobs in so little ram causes allot of memory to disk swapping but that depends on the project combination. Set it to only run RICE & HCC and they will easily fit together in 108mb ram.
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Re: boinc didn't recognize my dual core proc

Depends on what you use that computer for... just crunching? If so, increase the ram % when in use.

Yeah only for crunching laughing

Is a Pentium D a real dual core or virtual? Running 2 jobs in so little ram causes allot of memory to disk swapping but that depends on the project combination. Set it to only run RICE & HCC and they will easily fit together in 108mb ram.


real dual core but the problem is i'm only crunching for FAAH only crying devilish i'll try to change % of memory use; hope it works.

05-Mar-2009 23:27:31 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 163.27MB
05-Mar-2009 23:27:31 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 217.69MB

and still same, only 1 task crying
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Re: boinc didn't recognize my dual core proc

I guess you have an personal reason for only running FAAH. If not I'd suggest you try to run HCC or RICE (even if only as a test) as they have a much smaller memory footprint.

As you can see in the FAQ i linked to FAAH can be quite memory hungry. I'm not a linux expert but I guess you have something like a taskmanager there where you can see how much memory your FAAH science project is actually using.
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Re: boinc didn't recognize my dual core proc

top - 15:13:46 up 15:41, 1 user, load average: 1.13, 1.03, 1.01
Tasks: 68 total, 3 running, 65 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 50.0%ni, 50.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 222916k total, 151476k used, 71440k free, 2400k buffers
Swap: 458744k total, 57616k used, 401128k free, 56396k cached

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
7321 root 39 19 277m 71m 804 R 100 33.0 202:47.81 wcg_faah_autodock

total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 222916 150876 72040 0 2428 56396
-/+ buffers/cache: 92052 130864
Swap: 458744 57616 401128

well, there is no personal reason for me running FAAH only but i want to help to find the cure biggrin and i'm not a linux expert either crying

may be i should switch to another WCG project that suitable with this computers

thanks all for the information :)
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