1) Message boards : Multicore CPUs : What is the current YDL OS? (Message 1145)
Posted 5768 days ago by sslickerson
No, the YDL 6 iso is a universal image for a few platforms...
I think you live in the USA? Then you could use this direct link to the image -> http://mirror.anl.gov/yellowdog/iso/yellowdog-6.0-DVD_20080207.iso

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Great, thanks again Stefan!
2) Message boards : Multicore CPUs : What is the current YDL OS? (Message 1143)
Posted 5768 days ago by sslickerson
You\'re welcome.

Here\'s a list of public mirrors for YDL 6 if you already would like to download it:

http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/downloads/


Will I need YDL 6.0 specifically for PS3 or any YDL 6.0 iso? I only ask because one mirror has ***-ps3.iso and another has YDL-6.0.iso but the one with ps3.iso is not 6.0. Hope that makes sense...

Thanks again,

Timothy
3) Message boards : Multicore CPUs : What is the current YDL OS? (Message 1141)
Posted 5769 days ago by sslickerson
Thanks GDF and Stefan!
4) Message boards : Multicore CPUs : What is the current YDL OS? (Message 1136)
Posted 5770 days ago by sslickerson
Does anyone know what the current YDL version is available for the full install on the front page?

Mine is listed as:

Linux
2.6.16-20070425.ydl.3ps3

But this is over a year old, so....

Thanks,

Tim
5) Message boards : Number crunching : I need to cancel A LOT of WU latelty (Message 1054)
Posted 5839 days ago by sslickerson
ok, I had enough
I told my BAM to not allow new tasks for yoyo and wanted to run a couple of ps3grids

running 2 projects parallel causes problems with the pendrive I read in this forum
but even with only the ps3grid project active I continue to have problems

my current job runs since 70 hours and has still 0 progress

I don\'t like to boot up ydl sincse it takes quite some time to boot up and shot down.
The pedrive is a great thing if you switch between gaming and folding but it is full of bugs.

I think I\'ll use it now only for yoyo since the projects are short and if I have to cancel one, I don\'t loose too much time


I\'ve documented this problem time and time again throughout these forums. The only way to fix this problem is to completely uninstall BOINC and then reinstall. After attaching to PS3Grid again follow the instructions at the end of message 990 here per Keith

Timothy
6) Message boards : Number crunching : No problems (Message 993)
Posted 5855 days ago by sslickerson


On multiprocessors, use at most = 1



This would be great but will this not affect my other computer (that has two processors)? I don\'t want to lose work to do work, know what I mean? Can I set this preference specifically and only for my PS3?

Timothy


If you set it only for the venue of the PS3 (e.g. work) it doesn´t affect your other computer(s) if they are in another venue... ;)
Also if you would use the global_prefs_override.xml posted by Keith localy on the PS3, it does only affect the PS3...


Thanks Keith and Stefan, this looks promising and I\'ll give it a shot as soon as I have the time.

Timothy
7) Message boards : Number crunching : No problems (Message 991)
Posted 5855 days ago by sslickerson


On multiprocessors, use at most = 1



This would be great but will this not affect my other computer (that has two processors)? I don\'t want to lose work to do work, know what I mean? Can I set this preference specifically and only for my PS3?

Timothy
8) Message boards : Number crunching : No problems (Message 983)
Posted 5857 days ago by sslickerson


Well, we do save quite frequently. A fast usb pendrive should help.
The vast majority of the users are using the pendrive edition.

GDF



I\'m not though (at least not since SONY made the firmware update and trashed my PS3). I\'m nearly certain that my problems stem from bad utilization of the SPE\'s. It should not be possible for two projects to crunch during the same time but whenever yoyo and PS3GRID crunch together all they do is fight and thus trash the BOINC manager. Nothing short of a *complete* reinstall of BOINC solves this problem.

This happened for the last time about a week ago and since then I have turned my PS3 off and will not turn it on again until this problem is fixed by either BOINC, yoyo, PS3GRID or some other party. This project is one with very much potential but the wasted cycles do nothing but drive my electricity bill up. I\'ll keep watching the boards but enough is enough as far as I\'m concerned.

Timothy
9) Message boards : Number crunching : CPU Usage down? (Message 952)
Posted 5863 days ago by sslickerson
My latest WU has run for 65 hours. I tried to restart BOINC, then restart my PS3 but none of these worked. Tomorrow I will again uninstall BOINC and then reinstall......again.......and again.......and again. I really cannot wait for a PS3 BOINC application that works. I\'m out of here the instant a new app becomes available. I hope as many people leave this project as possible, perhaps our voices will finally be heard when GDF notices that no one crunches here anymore.

Timothy


Well Tim, I don\'t know what to say.... but this problem has been around for quite a while and seems only to occur if you run Yoyo and PS3 grid together. We just run one project at a time and all seems OK. That seems to be the easiest non-violent solution. Most BOINC projects have their teething problems that require some initial workaround until the Devs have time or the knowledge to find a solution. Maybe there will be no solution here. Maybe the PS3 will never be able to run more than one BOINC project at a time. Possibly the non-BOINC project Folding@Home would make you happier?? However, we think this project has great potential and won\'t be leaving anytime soon.


I agree, this is a project with great potential but I think we need to understand that PS3GRID operates as a part of the BOINC environment. I am pretty sure BOINC was designed so that participants could run more than one project at a time due to the eventuality of a server going down, or having a bad app or any of the hundreds other things that can go wrong. We all know this project has had several of these problems (as all BOINC projects do) and I would like to be able to be certain that my PS3 DOES NOT sit idle, hence the BOINC application. If PS3Grid wants to run in this environment they really need to start playing by BOINC rules, ie share the wealth.

The bottom line is, I run apps designed to run on the BOINC platform. There is something to be said there, a history of fairness, of proper discussion and of results, getting things done. I\'m not going to sit here and stroke the backs of the \"powers that be\" and tell them that everything is going to be OK like I would for a little child. Those same powers that be chose to make a statement when taking on the challenge of running BOINC on the PS3 but without being eyewitness to their own folly they are hurting the nature of BOINC. By ignoring the problems that exist here they are harming the participants in this project and that is as anti-BOINC as anyone can get. (perhaps this isn\'t even a PS3GRID problem? We will never know as long as the PS3GRID does not take on the responsibility of looking into it)

Those of you who believe the fix to this problem is to \"just run one project at a time\" perhaps you need to go to folding@home. I run BOINC, I\'m proud to run BOINC and I support the nature of BOINC. If PS3GRID wants to run BOINC they need to get with the program, literally.



10) Message boards : Number crunching : CPU Usage down? (Message 950)
Posted 5863 days ago by sslickerson
My latest WU has run for 65 hours. I tried to restart BOINC, then restart my PS3 but none of these worked. Tomorrow I will again uninstall BOINC and then reinstall......again.......and again.......and again. I really cannot wait for a PS3 BOINC application that works. I\'m out of here the instant a new app becomes available. I hope as many people leave this project as possible, perhaps our voices will finally be heard when GDF notices that no one crunches here anymore.

Timothy


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