oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

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oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

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\FAH6.30-win32-SMP>Folding@home-Win32-x86.exe -smp 4 -advmethods -oneunit
when I hit enter, it quits unexpectedly
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Re: oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

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It's always better to show us the FAHlog ...

But after the WU completed and the results uploaded, the client will wait for user input (which will exit it). This is how -oneunit should work.
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Re: oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

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[13:46:54] -configonly flag given, so exiting.

C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Desktop\app\fah\FAH6.30-win32-SMP>Foldin
g@home-Win32-x86.exe -smp 4 -advmethods -oneunit

C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Desktop\app\fah\FAH6.30-win32-SMP>Foldin
g@home-Win32-x86.exe -smp 4 -advmethods -oneunit

C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Desktop\app\fah\FAH6.30-win32-SMP>Foldin
g@home-Win32-x86.exe -smp 4 -advmethods -oneunit <---------- I hit enter, but it quits, I know what is oneunit, I use it in old version and behaves correctly

C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Desktop\app\fah\FAH6.30-win32-SMP>
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Re: oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

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Remove the -oneunit command, let it get a WU, use crtl-c and then add the -oneunit flag. Does it then start?
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Re: oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

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no
but it should start in the old version
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Re: oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

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I think the -smp 4 flag breaks the -oneunit
I tried different combination of -smp 4 -advmethods -oneunit , likes -advmethods -oneunit -smp 4 , -oneunit -smp 4 -advmethods , -smp 4 -oneunit -advmethods
but only -advmethods -oneunit , -oneunit -advmethods , -oneunit works @@
without -smp 4 , I have only 2 cores working
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Re: oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

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If you just do -smp all the cores should be active. I have never had a client that wouldn't use all the cores when -smp was used.
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ok , fixed . I will use -smp rather than -smp 4
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Re: oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

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only 2 cores? Out of how many total? On what kind of CPU?
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Re: oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

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in old version -smp 4 works
but now I use -smp instead , then stdout will show "4 cores detected", without -smp, I will not get "4 cores detected", and only 2 cores out of 4 remain working
I am with a athlon II x4 630
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Re: oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

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kissson wrote:In old version -smp 4 works
You could go back to it if the new version is causing you issues.
kissson wrote:but now I use -smp instead , then stdout will show "4 cores detected"
That is what is should say. The default is to use all detected cores. if you don't want all cores used, that is where -smp n comes in.
kissson wrote:without -smp, I will not get "4 cores detected", and only 2 cores out of 4 remain working
I am with a athlon II x4 630
Without -smp or -smp n then it will act as the uniprocessor client. You must use -smp or -smp n to work on SMP WU's.
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Re: oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

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still, -smp n like -smp 3 won't work with -oneunit
I need to set the processor affinity
anyway , solved
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Re: oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

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Um, i used -smp 2 and -oneunit a bunch of times.

Though, i set -smp in the parameters and -oneunit in my shortcut.
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Re: oneunit parameter not working in 6.30 ?!

Post by 7im »

Add the flags to the Additional Parameters field, or add them in to a shortcut.

Or when typing this command in on the command line as you did, you will need to enclose the whole thing in quotes. Command lines don't work so well with extra spaces...

C:\Doc & Sets\xxx\Desktop\app\fah\FAH6.30-win32-SMP>"Folding@home-Win32-x86.exe -smp 4 -advmethods -oneunit"
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