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I just installed F@H 2.11 Full, on a Win2K Server, and it won't run. I can enter my name, and group#, and Proxy Info, but it crashes. The F@H screen doesn't fill in all the way, and then just quits.
Any ideas peeps?
TIA,
Doctor
If you are using the graphical version I guss its called.
Try downloading 2.10
I believe 2.11 is a beta
They're all beta quality, which doesn't make me too happy. Hopefully we'll get a good, stable build within a month or three.
Originally posted by YMAN
If you are using the graphical version I guss its called.
Try downloading 2.10
I believe 2.11 is a beta
Ya, I already tried the console version, and it works, but can't seem to get any work. I have 2 computers on the same network, behind a firewall. Both are configured the same, but the console one can't find work. It got a machine ID though?
Any more ideas?
TIA,
Doctor
Check and see which server it's trying to get work from. You can't control this, but it helps to know that you are trying to connect to a screwed up server. They are identified by the last three numbers of the IP address. they range from somewhere in the 80's to at least 113. There is an assignmenet server that will send you to one of several work servers. Server 111, a work server, has been causing problems all weekend and I came home from work today to find my computers sitting there idle, trying to connect to 111 again for work. Eventually they will be redirected to another server but it can take a while before that happens.
(If You ARE Behind A Firewall)
By machine ID do you mean port?
Folding @ Home 2.XX
Requires 1 available port dedicated to it.
To cause Folding @ Home to use a specific port
in the graphical version you go into the configuration
and at the bottom of that window...You will see it.
Thanx guy's.
I spent a long time trying to fugure this one out last night, and finaly got it. Since I run this machine as a server, I had share permissions on the "C" drive turned off (for obvious reasons). Once I allowed sharing, it would download the work unit, and crunch away. The lack of permissions were not allowing the work to be placed on the "C" drive........
Another question:
It still won't run the full version, but I can run the console, no problem. However, It's only using one of the 2 processors in the machine. Is there a limitation to the software that won't make use of multiprocessors, or is there a hack I can do?
I Wanna Fold!
TIA,
Doctor
lennytiger
10-30-01, 06:17 AM
My Server has Win2k Server and it does not run at all, so I bought a copy of VMWare and run 98 on the vmare workstation works fine and folds away!!
Originally posted by Doctor
Another question:
It still won't run the full version, but I can run the console, no problem. However, It's only using one of the 2 processors in the machine. Is there a limitation to the software that won't make use of multiprocessors, or is there a hack I can do?
I Wanna Fold!
You can use the Text Only Client for this. Just make another directory and place the client in that directory. Make a shortcut with the -local flag and run it from the shortcut. If you two of the text only clients then it should use both CPU's at close to 100%
Dunga Bee
10-30-01, 08:22 AM
To add to the Win2K server discussion, here are a couple of observations I have made while setting it up to run as a service:
1) Stating it as a service puts the log file in your NT/system directory and does NOT write to the fahlog.txt file in the fah directory.
2) Having the directory hidden stops the program from working.
I am not sure about the 2 processor thing unless you have a startup shortcut for them (which means you have to log on to the machine). I do not think that they can both be started as a service because of #1 above.
I checked the FAH2 site, and it states that you cannot run 2 itinerations of FAH2 on the same machine, because of machine ID conflicts. The next version will have the ability to run both CPU's at the same time.
As far as running it as a service, I just made a shortcut to "FAH2Console" in my startup directory, and all is well. When the machine boots up, under Admin, it starts automaticly.
Thanks again with all of your help,
:)
Doctor
You can do it with the text only client as long as they are in separate directories. Several of us are doing it and it's been working well. The GUI client will not allow multiple instances.
They are anxious to make the gui client multithreaded which should make things much better for people with two processors. Less to manage.
Excellent!
Thnaks 4 the advise!
I now have Dual 1GHZ, PIII's folding @ 100% CPU usage, and an AMD T'Bird folding @ 1794 MHZ
I'm a folding fool!
:)
Doctor
BTW, how many "frames" are in a work unit?
Dunga Bee
10-30-01, 10:40 AM
Originally posted by Doctor
BTW, how many "frames" are in a work unit?
It used to be always 200 in version 1 but now there are some with up to 4000. But those 4000 frame ones zip right through the frames where others take longer.
I've got one processor on frame 531, and the other one, I just started on frame 15. It appears to do about one a minute.
Does that sound normal for Dual 1ghz, PIII"s?
Doctor
Dunga Bee
10-30-01, 11:01 AM
Depends on the protein you are doing. Open your FAHlog.txt file and go to the bottom. Then scroll up until you locate the last downloaded protein and let us know what it is.
Then we might be able to draw comparisons.
It should look something like this:
Protein: trpzip1_N
- Frames Completed: 0, Remaining: 4000
- Dynamic steps required: 1000000
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