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mjmnam

10-09-03, 10:15 AM

i tried downloading the beta client for linux. but it wouldn't connect to the server to get another WU (i switched between WUs). it would just keep saying "connecting to update server" and would never get any further. any ideas?

Arkaine23

10-09-03, 10:19 AM

Move it to a new directory and try it. Test and make sure your internet connection works. What distro are you using?

mjmnam

10-09-03, 01:32 PM

mandrake 9.1. I upgraded from 3.24 to 3.25beta last night and it was folding fine, it just wouldn't connect for a new WU. when i switched back to the 3.24 console this morning it connected right away, DLed a new WU, and started pluggin' away at it.

and yes i did configure the permissions and everything so it could run.

Arkaine23

10-09-03, 02:01 PM

AFAIK, 3.25 beta will usually cause a Segementation Fault error right away in MDK 9.1 because of mismatched glibc packages.

Running the windows 3.25 beta in wine is a work around though....

mjmnam

10-09-03, 02:07 PM

ah. hmm, does the windows beta fold faster than the linux 3.24? because if it doesn't i don't want to have to change all those scripts you helped me with as i don't really remember how to do them.

wth is AFAIK?

Arkaine23

10-09-03, 03:17 PM

As far as I know = AFAIK

yeah, scripting the wine-windows client is not too hard, but I've never been able to make it run automatically. It's not really any faster, but sometimes 3.24 clients turn off SSE on AMD CPU's, and that can affect speed.

What I do to work around that is set the client to shutdown at midnight and turn back on at 12:01 via cron. That just restarts it and makes sure -forceasm is still forcing SSE on the CPU. You lose a few minutes for the frame that was in progress, but gain speed overall if SSE had been turned off.

The SSE problem with 3.24 is not so big anymore b/c Stanford assignment servers are avoiding the WU's that cause that problem. Just keep an eye on your logfile. The client will note it when and if SSE is ever being disabled. I don't think you'll need to worry about it.

You can view the whole logfile (as opposed to just the last few lines as in my viewfold script) like this:

less /path/to/your/fold/directory/FAHlog.txt