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by prcowley
Sat Jan 17, 2026 9:31 am
Forum: v8.5.5 Public Release for Windows / Linux / macOS
Topic: comms interruption and completed work unit will not restart reupload
Replies: 4
Views: 358

Re: comms interruption and completed work unit will not restart reupload

Hi toTOW

Thanks for that info. I will download it and install it tomorrow.

Appreciate the help

Cheers
Pete
by prcowley
Fri Jan 16, 2026 8:26 am
Forum: v8.5.5 Public Release for Windows / Linux / macOS
Topic: comms interruption and completed work unit will not restart reupload
Replies: 4
Views: 358

comms interruption and completed work unit will not restart reupload

My wifi connection is a bit flaky. It sometimes disconnects and then reconnects (or not depending on ...) A reboot of the wifi box (a separate unit from the router) as the wifi unit services 13 people (in a lodge) Eventually I reboot the wif iunit and all is well for a while - usually returns stabil...
by prcowley
Thu Dec 18, 2025 7:13 am
Forum: v8.4.9 Public Release for Windows / Linux / macOS
Topic: Set folding to run at specific hours/days
Replies: 16
Views: 1722

Re: Set folding to run at specific hours/days

There is a utility program called fahctl (https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/fah-client-bastet) which is command line program that lets you start (fold) & pause and finish Using crontab you could set up a start time "fahctl fold" and a stop time "fahctl pause" I don't see any r...
by prcowley
Sun Oct 26, 2025 8:17 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: AMD RX480 8GB stuck in wait loop
Replies: 12
Views: 1308

Re: AMD RX480 8GB stuck in wait loop

You can see the numbers of jobs in the various queues here: https://apps.foldingathome.org/serverstats (it contains a lot of useful information) Until today, the number of GPU folding jobs has been very small indeed with just over 3,000 available and hence the reason you (and I) were getting a lot o...
by prcowley
Thu Oct 23, 2025 8:45 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Restarting FAH
Replies: 10
Views: 1821

Re: Restarting FAH

Have you entered the passkey? This gives extra bonus points but it takes about 10 days before that starts to show in the stats.
by prcowley
Wed Oct 01, 2025 4:54 am
Forum: Issues with a specific server
Topic: Cannot download WU?
Replies: 5
Views: 2387

Re: Cannot download WU?

Oh Dear....

Seems several servers are out of commission. I wondered why my lounge was so cold this morning when it is usually quite nice. Took a while to notice the fah was having communications difficulties with the servers. I guess shit happens!
Hopefully it will be resolves soon.
Cheers
Pete
by prcowley
Tue Apr 22, 2025 6:58 am
Forum: GPU Projects and FahCores
Topic: Core26 released to full FAH ?
Replies: 78
Views: 98710

Re: Core26 released to full FAH ?

Well here we are near the end of April. I see from the F&H Server stats (https://apps.foldingathome.org/serverstats) that core 26 has some public and some beta jobs however I have never received one. Is there some special criteria for these to be chosen? I have a Nividia 4080 super running on Ub...
by prcowley
Thu Jan 16, 2025 10:59 pm
Forum: GPU Projects and FahCores
Topic: Core26 released to full FAH ?
Replies: 78
Views: 98710

Re: Core26 released to full FAH ?

In reading this thread about core 26, I went and had a look to see if I have received any. Yep, I have been processing some core26 projects for a couple of days. The main thing I noticed is how short the TPF time is (project 17652) - just 8 seconds or there about. Processing a medium sized project o...
by prcowley
Tue Jul 09, 2024 7:02 am
Forum: V8.3.xx Open Beta
Topic: How to get v8.3 to only fold on the GPU
Replies: 11
Views: 10548

Re: How to get v8.3 to only fold on the GPU

Thanks Calxalot for your update,. Defiantly more trouble than it is worth! I have given up on the idea. I just can't seem to get rid of the V7 service in systemd but it is not running and disables so "oh well!" I thought the V7 control was well laid out but suitable for only one machine at...
by prcowley
Tue Jul 09, 2024 2:38 am
Forum: V8.3.xx Open Beta
Topic: How to get v8.3 to only fold on the GPU
Replies: 11
Views: 10548

Re: How to get v8.3 to only fold on the GPU

well, trying to run v7 with v8 installed failed. The upgrade to V8 actually removed the v7 client and trying to reinstall it says it is in conflict with V8 - they are not independent of each other. Such is life but seems to be going against me memory of folks saying they could, in theory, be run tog...
by prcowley
Tue Jul 09, 2024 2:12 am
Forum: V8.3.xx Open Beta
Topic: How to get v8.3 to only fold on the GPU
Replies: 11
Views: 10548

Re: How to get v8.3 to only fold on the GPU

Yes I did.
The config directory for V7 is /etc/fahclient
and for v8 /etc/fah-client

same deal with /var/lib so I hope I can start V7 service and complete the unit. Seems such a waste to let it expire, although it may be too late. Worth a try.

Cheers
Pete
by prcowley
Mon Jul 08, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: V8.3.xx Open Beta
Topic: How to get v8.3 to only fold on the GPU
Replies: 11
Views: 10548

Re: How to get v8.3 to only fold on the GPU

Thanks Calxalot for your answers. Some things were so obvious it's a wonder they didn't slap me on the face - i.e. the slider with the number of CPU cores. Duh! On the Start Folding page, I should have read though the 8.3 Client user guide. It was even in a bigger font I went straight into download ...
by prcowley
Mon Jul 08, 2024 11:44 am
Forum: V8.3.xx Open Beta
Topic: How to get v8.3 to only fold on the GPU
Replies: 11
Views: 10548

How to get v8.3 to only fold on the GPU

I have finally decided to upgrade to FAH 8.3.17. It was a bit of a nasty experience and didn't go well but eventually I got it running.

How do I tell Fah to fold only on the GPU and NOT the CPU?

I have not been able to find a way to do this. Help appreciated

Cheers
Pete
by prcowley
Sat Jul 01, 2023 2:04 am
Forum: V8.1.xx Open Beta
Topic: v8.1.18 - frequent re-installs required (Ubuntu 22.04)
Replies: 28
Views: 39791

Re: v8.1.18 - frequent re-installs required (Ubuntu 22.04)

I don't have any experience with v8 client but I had the same issue with V7 for quite some time, so I offer this in the hopes it might help you. It seems that the config file got stomped on and the default one used on startup. I think this was related to the fact that FAH would auto start and someti...