[{PMS}fishy]

Gentoo:

Code:

me@gen2 ~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep model     
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          4300  @ 1.80GHz

me@gen2 ~ $ cat /home/me/folding/unitinfo.txt 
Current Work Unit
-----------------
Name: Protein in POPC
Tag: P2605R14C475G75

me@gen2 ~ $ uname -a
Linux gen2 2.6.24-gentoo-r7 #1 SMP Thu Jul 3 18:36:20 UTC 2008 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

me@gen2 ~ $ tail /home/me/folding/FAHlog.txt   
[11:19:43] Writing local files
[11:19:43] Completed 200000 out of 500000 steps  (40 percent)
[11:40:02] Writing local files
[11:40:02] Completed 205000 out of 500000 steps  (41 percent)
[12:00:22] Writing local files
[12:00:22] Completed 210000 out of 500000 steps  (42 percent)
[12:20:41] Writing local files
[12:20:41] Completed 215000 out of 500000 steps  (43 percent)
[12:41:00] Writing local files
[12:41:01] Completed 220000 out of 500000 steps  (44 percent)

Ubuntu:

Code:

me@lunix:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep name
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6400  @ 2.13GHz

me@lunix:~$ cat /home/me/folding/unitinfo.txt 
Current Work Unit
-----------------
Name: Protein in POPC
Tag: P2605R15C500G75

me@lunix:~$ uname -a
Linux lunix 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri Jul 11 21:01:46 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

me@lunix:~$ tail /home/me/folding/FAHlog.txt 
[15:36:26] Completed 150000 out of 500000 steps  (30 percent)
[15:51:25] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[16:01:08] Writing local files
[16:01:08] Completed 155000 out of 500000 steps  (31 percent)
[16:16:08] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[16:25:58] Writing local files
[16:25:58] Completed 160000 out of 500000 steps  (32 percent)
[16:40:58] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[16:50:37] Writing local files
[16:50:37] Completed 165000 out of 500000 steps  (33 percent)

Something seem a little strange here.....

[thideras]

Are they working on the exact same unit? Can you post the beginning section where it has all the config info and unit info?

[{PMS}fishy]

me@gen2 ~ $ cat /home/me/folding/FAHlog.txt | grep -i project
[21:46:45] Project: 2605 (Run 14, Clone 475, Gen 75)


me@lunix:~$ cat /home/me/folding/FAHlog.txt | grep -i project
[02:54:15] Project: 2605 (Run 15, Clone 500, Gen 75)

Guess not, but I thought they were all suppose to be very very close in terms of work.

[thideras]

Hmm, I'm not sure how different they are, you could always just copy the folder over so they use the same one.

[traldan]

Interesting, that's a pretty surprising difference. What have you done to each, is that just a fairly stock install? I run Ubuntu in my VMs, but I cut out a lot of **** and just have it boot straight to command line, no ubuntu-desktop.

[{PMS}fishy]

Originally Posted by traldan

Interesting, that's a pretty surprising difference. What have you done to each, is that just a fairly stock install? I run Ubuntu in my VMs, but I cut out a lot of **** and just have it boot straight to command line, no ubuntu-desktop.

Default install of Ubuntu w/X running.

Default install of Gentoo off the 2008.0 AMD Live CD. CLI only.

I'd hope X is not that much of a hog. For anyone that wants to try Gentoo to see if it is faster there is a virtual appliance that you can download.

http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/1328 EDIT: Actually, I'm not sure if that is a 32 or 64 bit VM.

[mbentley]

hmm... maybe try to stop X (/etc/init.d/gdm stop) and try again.

but like you said, i can't imagine that X uses enough processing power to make that much of a difference...

very weird.

[ihrsetrdr]

I've run notfred's folding appliances(no X) and compared the TPF's to running the same WU in a distro with X, not running X doesn't seem to make a really big difference

[{PMS}fishy]

Originally Posted by mbentley

hmm... maybe try to stop X (/etc/init.d/gdm stop) and try again.

but like you said, i can't imagine that X uses enough processing power to make that much of a difference...

very weird.

Makes doing anything graphical very difficult when you kill X.

[mbentley]

Originally Posted by {PMS}fishy

Makes doing anything graphical very difficult when you kill X.

oh well good call... lol
i wasn't sure if you were running it in a vm or not...

[Zerix01]

Post this up in the Ubuntu forums and see what they say.

I would try it with CLI only first and see if it changes anything.