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Former Member
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Is my mac too old to use for this project? I'm new and not sure what I'm doing wrong.
I am using a PPC iMacG5 running Leopard 10.5.8. I signed up with the Ripple team and downloaded BOINC (6.10.58). I keep getting the following readouts: Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 Starting BOINC client version 6.10.58 for powerpc-apple-darwin Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.7l zlib/1.2.3 c-ares/1.6.0 Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 Data directory: /Library/Application Support/BOINC Data Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 Processor: 1 Power Macintosh Power Macintosh [Power Macintosh Model PowerMac12,1] [AltiVec] Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 Processor features: Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 OS: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Darwin 9.8.0) Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 Memory: 1.50 GB physical, 210.71 GB virtual Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 Disk: 233.64 GB total, 210.47 GB free Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 Local time is UTC +0 hours Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 No usable GPUs found Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 World Community Grid URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 2603414; resource share 100 Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 World Community Grid General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01) Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 World Community Grid Host location: none Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 World Community Grid General prefs: using your defaults Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 Reading preferences override file Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 Preferences: Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 max memory usage when active: 768.00MB Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 max memory usage when idle: 1152.00MB Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 max disk usage: 10.00GB Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 don't use GPU while active Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager) Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 Not using a proxy Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 World Community Grid Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Mon Dec 9 12:13:36 2013 World Community Grid Requesting new tasks Mon Dec 9 12:13:38 2013 World Community Grid Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks Mon Dec 9 12:13:38 2013 World Community Grid Message from server: No tasks sent Mon Dec 9 12:13:38 2013 World Community Grid Message from server: No tasks are available for Mapping Cancer Markers Mon Dec 9 12:13:38 2013 World Community Grid Message from server: No tasks are available for FightAIDS@Home - Vina Mon Dec 9 12:13:38 2013 World Community Grid Message from server: No tasks are available for FightAIDS@Home - AutoDock Mon Dec 9 12:19:46 2013 World Community Grid Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Mon Dec 9 12:19:46 2013 World Community Grid Requesting new tasks Mon Dec 9 12:19:48 2013 World Community Grid Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks Mon Dec 9 12:19:48 2013 World Community Grid Message from server: No tasks sent Mon Dec 9 12:19:48 2013 World Community Grid Message from server: No tasks are available for Mapping Cancer Markers Mon Dec 9 12:19:48 2013 World Community Grid Message from server: No tasks are available for FightAIDS@Home - Vina Mon Dec 9 12:19:48 2013 World Community Grid Message from server: No tasks are available for FightAIDS@Home - AutoDock Mon Dec 9 12:26:46 2013 Running CPU benchmarks Mon Dec 9 12:27:17 2013 Benchmark results: Mon Dec 9 12:27:17 2013 Number of CPUs: 1 Mon Dec 9 12:27:17 2013 1666 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU Mon Dec 9 12:27:17 2013 4331 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU Mon Dec 9 12:27:18 2013 Resuming computation Is there anything I can do to get some tasks running? Thanks Boxious |
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Former Member
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The techs are looking at rebuilding MCM so it will also run on 10.5.x OS-X. Don't know if there's a PPC version though. Per a look on the system requirement page at http://tinyurl.com/un3ez it seems there presently is only an Intel CPU based version for Mac, so fear there wont be [too few possibly to not have enough active wingman... i.e. results taking overlong to validate, holding up batch completion. This has happened in the past with several sciences for Mac [spread the word in Mac world might change that... it's in amongst about the hits that WCG registers by devices that want work but can't be served for the requested science].
----------------------------------------edit: On further hard look, can't see any science supporting the Power PC. Maybe the admin/tech would want to add a general footnote if it's become policy. [Edit 2 times, last edit by Former Member at Dec 9, 2013 1:25:03 PM] |
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Okay Rob - thanks for replying, your explanation is helpful.
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sunfolk
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Hi boxious,
----------------------------------------Yes your Mac is too old, as is mine.  I have a PowerPC G4 running 10.5.8. The WCG techs have told me that there are only around 200 individuals running PPC computers here.There will be no new PPC projects. support is at end of life!  You can still use your PPC over at boincsimap.org to crunch useful science though.  Please consider this. Thanks!    [Edit 1 times, last edit by sunfolk at Dec 9, 2013 1:56:13 PM] |
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mikey
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Members running Windows 8 or Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8
----------------------------------------For members who have upgraded to Windows 8 or Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, these operating systems will not work with the version of BOINC that we are currently offer (6.10.58). You will need to obtain BOINC version 7.0.28 or higher from the Berkeley site . We will change our recommended version of the Windows and Mac client after the following activities are completed: 1) Extensive testing of client functionality and resolution of any identified defects 2) Security review of the source code and resolution of any identified defects 3) Observations of the behavior of the official BOINC version in use by large numbers of users We will be updating to the 7.0 client on all platforms, as the 6.10 version of the client does not install properly on Windows 8 or Mac 10.8. You can always download the latest Boinc versions here: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/?C=M;O=D   |
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Is this a 'long time no see' welcome back to the forums?
As for the link, that's is the full list for testers... I'd hesitate to share this out and cause members to stumble into a broken version. There's the expanded download page with explanations, much safer for most who leap ahead: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php |
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